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114 LL.
March 21,1850. I—' ly
JOHN M. MILLED
.ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
June 28th, 1850. 14—ly
* V G. ARRINGTON,
Attorney at Law and Notary Public,
Oglethorpe, Jl:ieon Cos.,
dec 14 UEOHUIA. 38—ts
DAVID REID, 3 u P
AND NOTARY I’U BUG,—MACON, GEO.
CIOMMISSIOXER OF DEEDS, &.C., for the States of
) Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee,
Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Flori
i da ,Missouri, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, I’enn
- sylvsnia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, Maine, &c.
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Macon, June 28, 185(1 14—ly
REMEMBER!
“lItTH.KN in your extremity that Dr. 31. S. THOMSON is
VY still in Macon, Georgia, and when written to, sends
Medicine by mail to any part of the country.
Dontgive up all hope without consulting him.
June 7, J 8548 11 — ts
€jje Corner,
For the Georgia Citizen.
To illy Child.
BY .MRS. M. H. OLMSTF. VD, OtegO, N. Y,
Star-like and unshadowed,
Is the light in thine eye,
Like radiance streaming
From a clear morning sky.
With voice of sweet music
That onchaineth the ear,
, Like strains from a Seraph
I Win n hoveling near.
The fawn in its fleet ness
Bouudcth not in the morn,
More glad than thy spirit,
In thy life’s dewy dawn.
Olt! child of fair beauty
Like a flower vase tilled —
Whose breath of sweet incense
No dark blight hath chilled.
In rich glowing freshness
Thy soul sheddeth forth,
Its innocent treasures,
Like pearls on the earth.
Like a heaven tinged vision
Thou cbeerest the soul,
That life in its spring-time
No passions control.
But the rose hath its hour
Os glorious pride,
The sunbeam a shadow
Its gladness to hide.
And life, its sweet morning,
Its high dooii and eve,
And dark clouds to mantle
The visions we weave.
Oh ! may the^ Eternal
With broad wings of love.
Shield thee in his bosom,
Bright gift from above.
For the hour swiftly cometh
Os shadow and storm —
Up wings of the morning,
Flies infancy's npirn.
And manhood’s stern mission,
Thy lot must fulfil,
’Mid blight, and t'e blossom,
Unfaltering still.
And onward, still onward,
Through toil, and unrest,
Till moored in yon heaven
’Mid isles of the Blest.
From the Louisville Journal.
We take great pleasure in publishing the following
stanzas from the pen of the young poetess whose star like
fame is mounting so brilliantly up the sky of American liter
ature :
To one Unknown.
BY .Jilts L. VIRGINIA SMITH.
I have not known thee, fair and gentle stranger,
And yet my spirit in its visions warm
Thro’ fancy’s rain-bowed realm a ranger,
lias shadowed forth a bright serial form,
M ith brow of light and voice of music singing
Some sweet glad carol of its bosom’s glee,
On golden pinion,onward, upward winging,
I gazed upon it, and I named it— thee.
I do not know thee, but when glory, gushing
From the fire fountains of the glowing West, •
Is lighting up the sky and softly flushing
The cloudy castles of the angels Blest,
I meet tlice where the heavy dew- pearls glisten,
And my wild spirit, floating far and free,
W bile silent stars, and drooping roses listen
Calls softly to thee—wilt thou answer ine?
I never shall know thee, bright and lovely lady—
When passing through the temples of the world,
We heap its sacrifice, with vows, though ready
To curse the altar whence that incense curled.
The chains of clay arc coldly round us wreathing,
And though together we may bow the knee,
As earth’s young worshippers, such heartless breathing
Shall bring no whisper from my soul to tliee.
But oh! to know thee in a land of gladness,
To meet, to love thee, in an Eden dime,
Forgetful, how, in soft and dreamy sadness,
We lived as strangers on the shores of time.
To feel thine angel-arms around me pressing,
And count the hours of long eternity
By glowing heart throbs, sweetly blest and blessing,
When thou art known to me and 1 to thee.
Education.
BY MRS. SIGOURNEY.
If thou hast plucked a flower
Os richest, rarest ray,
And borne it from its garden bower
Thou knowest’t will fade away :
If thou hast gathered gold,
Unrusled and refined,
That glittering hoard of worth untold
Thou knowest the thief lind.^^^^^^_
r V - There plaiß thatTeafe
No adverse season's strife,
But with au inborn fragranco cheers
The wintry eye of life; N[
There is a wealth that foils
The robber's roving eye,
The guerdon of the mind that toils
Fur immortality.
O ye, whose brows are bright,
Whose bosoms feel no thorn,
Seek knowledge, by the rosy light
Os youth's unfolding morn ;
With ardor uncontrolled
Seek wisdom’s lore sublime,
Ami win the garland, and the gold
That cannot change with time.
ftlisrellnmi. •
Daneing.
Itetneing claims its origin from the earliest age of
ihe world. Joy and pleasure were at first expressed by
the natural motions of the body, by irregular jumps
and springs, but, in process of time, those irregular
movements were regulated by the sound of the voice
and musical instruments. Then, the motions of the
body and arms and the features also began to ex
press, after some acknowledged principles, the pas
sions of man. According to the impulse of these,
the feet moved either slowly or quickly.
It is to dancing that young people are indebted for
that elasticity of their limbs, that ease in the mo
tions of their bodies, those polite and agreeable man
ners, and prepossessing graces which are all so or
namental in society. The domain of dancing is im
mense. Thir art possesses unbounded advantages
and well acknowledged attributes. It certainly en
hances, embellishes, and perfects the work of nature.
To enter an assembly and salute the company with
unaffected case; to approach a person with affection;
to present or receive any thing; to sit down with an
agreeable deportment; to do away awkward timidi
ty and tnauvaise honte which denote weakness of
character; to display a frank and open countenance,
sweet and agreeable manners; to banish a foppish
and sometimes insipid appearance; such are th<rob
jects and benefits derived from this elegant art.
Dancing is to the body what reading is to the
mind. Reading good books enriches the intellect,
and causes it to shed a lustre, an eclat more brilliant
than if it was left to the simple resources of nature.
Thus a scientific mode of execution in dancing gives
the body advantages, which nature alone does not
impart.
“The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is
turned into mourning.”—[Lamentations, v: 15.
“ There is a time to weep and a time to laugh ; a
time to mourn and a time to dance.”—[Ecclesias
tes, iii: 4.
“AndMiriam, the prophetess, took a timbrel in
her hand, and all the women went out after her
with timbrels and with dances.” —[Exodus, xv: 20.
“ Jeptha’s daughter came out to meet him with
timbrels and with dances.” —[Judges, xi: 34.
“Again I will build thee, and thou shall be built,
Oh, Virgin of Israel! Thou slialt again be adorned
with thy tubrets, and shall go forth in dances of them
that make merry.” —[Jeremiah, xxxi: 4.
“ The women came out of all the cities of Israel,
singing and dancing to meet King Saul.'—[l Sam
uel, xviii: G.
“Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing.”
—[Psalms, xxx : 11.
“Let Israel rejoice in Ilim that made him. Let
the children of Zion rejoice in their King. Let them
praise His name in the dance.” —[Psalms, cxlix: 2,3.
“And they shall not sorrow any more at all. —
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both
young men and old together; for I will turn their
mourning into joy, and will comfort them aud make
“3ni)cpcnticnt in all tljings —Neutral in NaHjing.”
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1851.
thorn rejoice from their sorrow.”—[Jeremiah, xxxi:
13.
“ Go and lie in wait in the vineyards, and see and
behold if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance
in dances; then come you out of the vineyards and
catch you every man his wife.”—[Judges, xxi; 20,
“ And David danced before the Lord with all his
might. And as the ark of the Lord came into the
city of 1 )avid, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through
a window and saw King David leaping and dancing
before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
Therefore, Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child,
unto the day of her death.”—2 Samuel, \i: 14, 10,
03 - • J
“ YVe have piped unto you and ye have not dW'-’
cd.”—[Matthew, xi: 17.
“Now Ids older son was in the field; and as he
came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music
and dancing.”—[St. Luke, xv : 25.
(This is from the beautiful parable of the Prodi- 1
gal Son. The glad father, to welcome the returning
penitent, and to express his gratitude to heaven,
kills the fatted calf, calls together his friends to join j
in thanksgiving; and the elder son, as he returns;
from the field, hears “ music aiul dancing.''')
“Mount Vernon, Nov. 22, 1700.
Gentlemen. —Mrs. Washington and myself have I
been honored by your polite invitation to the assem
blies in Alexandria this winter, and thank you for
this mark of attention. But alas ! our dancing days
are no more. We wish, however, all those who
relish so innocent and agreeable an amusement all
the pleasure the season will afford them; and am,
gentlemen, Your most obedient and obliged bum
ble servant, GEORGE WAS 11 IN GTON.”
“The exhilerating exercise of the dance is ad sub- !
ably suited for weak and debilitated constitutions,
as, from the various emulations, all the muscles of the
body are brought into bemjiieial action.”— Dr. Cairns
on Healthful Exercise. JB
Lutiieu on Dancing. —ln a life of Martin Luther,
by M. Amlin, an eloquent French writer, the follow
ing opinion on dancing, is quoted from the Reformer:
“is dancing sinful his disciples asked him. lie
replied “Was not dancing allowed to the Jews? 1
am not able to say ; but one thing is certain —peo-
ple danced uow-a-days. Dancing is a necessity of
our state, like dress with women, and like dinner or
supper. And, indeed, Ido not see how dancing can
be prohibited. If people comuiitt sin, it is not the
fault of the dance, which does not offend against
faith or charity. Dance, then, my children.”
An Epicurean.
The N. Y. ”
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It reminds us of Falstalf's compound of villanotts smells.
Then comes a discharge of bottled artillery—anon a volley
of Sarsaparilla or Philadelphia porter, answered by the echoing
roar of soda water, ginger beer, with the occasional solitary
rifle whiz of a Champaigne bottle, which bursts under your
nose like a hand grenade. We have little doubt but that the
notorious valor of our men before a battery, is owing to their
daily drilling at the “ Lottie's” mouth, infinitely more than
at their battles. Os the two, doubtless, the bottle is more fa
tal than the battle! The Indians were right when they cal
led its contents “ Fire Water.” Gunpowder is comparative
ly harmless to tho liquid!
A dinner is a very serious affair, dear reader — not only
life and death hang upon it, but human happiness, much more
important item. This has been tho opinion of philosophers
almost as wise as Figaro —Shelley, the poet of (juccn Mab,
(not our friend of Broadway,) attributed tho strong animal
passions of man to auimal food ! —and Logos is now writing
a book to be published by Putnam, in which, with true com
mercial regularity, he posts up to each description of meat,
its consequent foible. Murder springs from beef! Petty
Larceny from veal! Timidity from lamb ! Stupidity from
pudding! and Greediness from pork! Instability of charac
ter from fish ! Wo were aware that mutton produced mau
vtsisc hontc, because Leigh Hunt once confessed to us in a
very bleating tone of voice, that lie had eaten so many mut
ton chops that he was ashamed to look a sheep in the face!—
and it was on this occasion ho quoted Pope’s celebrated lines;
The Lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day,
Knew lie the kitchen, would lie skip and play
Pleased to tha last, the flowery food he crops,
And licks the hand that cuts him into chops.”
political.
Secession in South Carolina.
The election of delegates to the South Carolina
D t
State Convention has passed, and, of course, the
Secession ticket has been triumphantly elected. We
have never observed a more decided contrast than
than exhibited by the thunder peals of the press, and
the hardly audible whispers of the popular voice at
the ballot box. Speaking of the small vote (1038)
cast in Charleston for the twenty delegates, that
strong resistance paper, the Dalnietto State Banner,
says:
“ A pitiful vote, surely for Charleston, on a ques
tion of such moment. Where is tho Charleston
Southern Rights Association?
The citizens of Charleston cannot be advocates of
the old Tory doctrine:
‘ That they shall take who have tho power,
And they shall keep who can ?’
Forbid it heaven! Small though the vote be, we
fervently trust that those who have been elected will
prove of the right stamp,”
The Anderson (S. C.) Gazette (Resistance) thus
speaks*:
“The question was literally convention or no con
vention. Those in favor of a convention voting,
those against it refusing to vote, by the advice of the
moderators.”
If those who refused to vote throughout South Car
olina are opposed to the Convention, as we infer from
the remarks of the above resistance papers, then the
people of that State have no sympathy for the mad
project of immediate Secession from the Union.
And why should they have any such sympathy ?
It is difficult for the human imagination to conceive
of a whole Commonwealth given up to such unre
lieved madness. We know that South Carolina, not
withstanding the indecent jeers and sarcasms of
which she is so often the subject, (and which we
dare say have exerted more influence in irritating
her proud spirit than all the actual wrongs she has
ever received from the Northern States,) is one of
the most heroie, generous and virtuous communities,
not only in America, but in the world. Thus mucli
1 we will say, in sheer justice, no matter what tit of
tollv she may bo tempted to commit. We acknowl
edge her to be a true cavalier, brave in spirit, and
; strong iu intellect, yet, like him of La Mancha, a lit
tle touched in the upper story on one subject. Our
friend Sully, of this town, has a picture of that re
; nowned pink of knight errantry, which represents
him according to the true conception of Cervantes—
a gentleman, and man of noble bearing and acute in- ;
j tellect—but with a wandering in his keen eye which j
j clearly indicates an unsettled mind. The Don is a ;
i gentleman and a hero, hut lie is a monomaniac.— |
jAYe mean no disrespect to South Carolina, hut, just j
‘lit we consider her the Quixotto of the States.
1 ShoV 1 * a monomania on the subject of Federal Op
! pressiem. She is preparing for an expedition infin
itely more crazy than any upon which the knight of
La Mancha ever ventured. And she is worse off
; than he was in the way of retainers, for Georgia has
1 refused to join her banner, and Alabama declines to
play Sancho to the knight. There were only one
hundred men present at the late State Rights Con
i vention of that State, composed of delegates from
all flic State Rights’Clubs in Alabama. Surely this
is but a sorry retinue with which to go upon the wars
j and, wo may add, in which there will be some
thing more than windmills tofnriit and bags of wind
to cut open.
We shall be glad to put upon the small vole of S.
Carolina the same construction which is put upon it
by the Secession organs from which we have quoted.
We cannot believe that the people of South UaroU
na—intelligent, prosperous aud. happy to excess, arc
eager to makv tlieni . I\. 3 miserable aud ernpoverish
od. If they secede alone,- they cannot maintain a
\ government, except by an amount of taxation vyhicb
will ruin their planters, while, at Ihe same time, their
principal seaiorts will become a solitude. Savan
nah, as Bisl op Caper* hfWmnvntliem, will become
the seaport, at ine expense of Charleston. But, the
truth is, they do not and cannot expect to secede
alone. Their confident anticipation is, that other
Southern States, Virginia included, will bo drawn —
no, we should say forced —to their banner. It is the
most miserable delusion that was ever entertained
by any people. Were it possible, were it practicable
it would be the greatest injustice and tlm most bit
ter insult. AY ho made South Carolina judge and
ruler over the other Southern Stated? AA’bat
wrongs lias she received that they have not received?
What rational apprehensions lias she for the future
to which they are not equally alive ? What loss of
property has she suffered to be compared with theirs?
And what loss can she suffer from a war which will
be cqu.al to that which Virginia and the other fron-
the South must endure? Has Virgiu
an injury, no heart to fed it,
■*' : -‘J y\'‘- - : f ) Wjfckha: Smith < ‘nrdii.a mti-l
. c v - j ‘,*l
HHpPHnrust asille now, as incompetent to lead a
’moVement which, disguise it al you will, must end
in war —war upon our farms, ilot upon yours —war
in which our cities must light the skies with
their red, red glare; our yfung men crimson
our soil with blood, and the shrieks of our women
appal the listening heavens! And it is expected, is
it, that A irginia thus slighted,Mhus contemned, thus
virtually told that she has nemlier the courage nor
capacity to defend Southern Institutions, is to enlist
under the flag of this leader, and meekly obey, when
cursing her for a big lazy, stuiid dolt, he orders her
to fall into the ranks ? Oh, 1151, no. Never! AA’hy
she would be asubnlissioni.lt, worse than the lowest
serf who kisses the rod whftli smites him, to submit
to that. If South Carol in a? goes out of the Union
she must go alone, and vyC trust that she may be
permitted to go without* the slightest application of
force by the Federal Government. Let her go!—
If she is determined tof go, bayonets will not keep
her in. Let her go, aife’ nestle under tho w ings of
that old hawk whose protection she covets! Let her
tear her star from the bright emblazonry of the na
tional banner, and restore it to the British diadem
from which the great A'irginian, whose anniversary
comes on Saturday, struck it with a battle-axe. Let
her secede, if site will, from this planet, and proclaim
non-intercourse with all the rest of creation, but let
her go in peace, and let her not expect that a single
Southern State will shoot from its or bit, to follow her
mad career.
From tho N. V. Day Ilonk, Feb. 24.
The Boston Riot and the Administration.
Tho administration, with a blindness unaccounta
ble amid till the light which surrounds it, wanned
and nursed these serpents in its bosom until they
gained strength aud courage to sting it to death. —
The President was seduced into the belief that the
‘people regarded the difference between the advo
cates and opposers of the law as merely one of opin
ion, to which they had a perfect right. This was
his fatal error, and his opponents knew it. Instead
of regarding the fugitive slave law as a law to fulfill
a contract, a law demanded by the constitution, and
which can no more be repealed than the constitu
tion itself can be repealed, and dealing with its op
posers as enemies of the government, the President
held that a man might be an opponent, of the law
and yet make a good officer. The principle that
the law ivas wrong was allowed to be held by men
who were appointed to execute it, and an example
was thereby set to the people that its fulfillment
might be a matter of legitimate discussion. This
discussion was of course cloaked under the pretcuec
of discussing its repeal; and a large party arc now
fighting their way to the polls, avowing their oppo
sition to the fugitive slave law; and our State Legis
lature absolutely has refused to acknowledge it
as necessary to the carrying out of our constitu
tional obligations aud preserving the peace of the
country.
When this paper took the high and ultra ground,
as it was called, that opposition to the Law was trea
son, and that the right to repeal it did not exist,
and that those who asked for its repeal or held to
the doctrine that they need not support it or favor
it, were disuuionists and guilty of attempting to
violate the constitution, it was denounced, and by
many most violently assailed and condemned. —
Who will now say that we were not right ? AV ho
will say that had the administration pursued as bold,
as independent and (to its enemies) as offensive a
course,it would not have succeeded in quelling the
very spirit of insurrection and rebellion ? llad it
declared war against those enemies of the country
—had it drawn a distinct line between the opposers
of this law and its supporters —it would have saved
itself from the imputation of imbecility and weak-
ness, and our country from the wound inflicted upon l
it by a gang of Boston vagabonds.
ihe Broclamation of the President should have
proclaimed the state of Massachusetts in open re- !
hellion to the government, as it really is, and as her
citizens by her laws were forbidden tocarrv out the 1
laws of the United States, he had ordered citizens
of the United States, or troops of the United States, !
into her borders to compel obedience. If he had \
told us this,, and told us he had suspended the mar- 1
slial and ordered the arrest of Commodore Downs !
for refusing to assist the government officers who
called upon him, vve should have some confidence j
in bis assurance that the law should be obeyed in
future. - 1
Mr. AVebsiter has written a strong letter to the j
Union Committee, and if tho administration will
carry out the sentiments and principles of that letter
there would be hope of it; but writing is one tiling
and doing is quite another. To a Union commit
tee or a Union meeting Mr. AVebster will make a
tremendous appeal inl>elmlfoftheTJnion,but dure he,
or dare the President make one single more against
Sc ward ism? Dare the}’ displace a Seward office
holder because lie is a “higher law” man, because
he believes the fugitive slave law wrong? Dare
they deal with him as a thief because he docs not
believe stealing a crime? No! They have not the
courage to carry out their own principles. They dare
not proclaim the opponents of this law enemies to
the constitution whose absolute requirements it fttl
fil!s;and because they Jan- not and do not, they neg
lect t-’ fulfill the duties devofvnig upon them as ex
ecutive officers of the government. An enemy to the
fugitive slave law is an enemy to the constitu
tion, and call no more hold an office under tin* gen
eral government, consciously and justly, tlTan a lo
ry in the revoTfinonary war could have acted as aid
to General Washington. There can be no question
upon this point; as well might a man say lie is in
favor of a contract, but opposed to paying anything
toward fulfilling it. The talk about the privilege of
one’s own opinion, the right of private judgment, Ac.
A r c., is a traitor’s plea; and whether it comes from a
governor elect, legislators or a would-be senator, it
is criminal, and should be so considered by the exe
cutive of the government. Mr. Clay isthe only man
who lias dared to speak out plainly and boldlv up
on this point. “They are all traitors,”said lie, “and
deserve a traitor’s doom.”
The President and the Secretary of State can
write and talk and proclaim, but why don’t they act?
Action is what vve now want —not words. AA’hcn
they began to talk, the Day Book gave them three
cheers with the “rest of mankind,” and we declar
ed ourselves their friends and supporters, and would
have gone as far and as strongly with them and for
them as any paper in the Union, but when vve see
them insulted, snubbed, bearded and defied in their
very dens, by such unrnititigated scoundrels as Tlinr- !
low AVeed and bis satraps —-when vve see them cow
ering before the miserable freesoil whig faction of
Xcvi ‘York, to ystir or turn because they may
n.. .t tvfi-ain iium r^
> pressing our thorough conviction thaTthiV nave not
tho courage to fulfill their great trust, and are not
the men for the times. As far as they go, we are
with them and will support them; but if they per
sist in refusing to make the war an offensive otic,
when it is so sell-evident that that is the only war ■
which there is the least hope of success, they must
expect to be left behind to fight their battles alone.
AA'e can assure them that the people will not help
those who dare-trot-or doj not help themselves.
CimTopoHitniff.
LETTERS from NEW YORK,
New York, Feb. 20, JSSI.
NO. IV,
Dear Doctor :—I am still in Novum Eboracum, which
by interpretation, signifieth the new city of Babylon. I
went yesterday evening to examine the modus operatuli of
tho new Printing Machine, recently invented by Mr. Hoe, of
this city. It is truly a wonderful machine. “When I saw it
it was striking off six impressions at one revolution of the
central cylinder; eight being tho number which it is capable
of striking oft’at a time, two of the feeders being absent. Al
that prevents it from being perfect is, the difficulty attending
the feeding of it. As soon it is perfected into a self-feeding
Machine, then will be consummated the utmost desires of ar
dent ingenuity.
If it wore a self-feeding Machine, the impressions might
be duplicated, or even triplicated, whereas, in tho present in
stance, only one side of the paper is worked off at a time.—
The cost of setting up two forms of the paper and striking them
off at once, would be less than it is now. The fact is, it
w ould be cheaper in the end, to stereotype the edition—al
though there tiro many inconveniences attending the spread
ing of metal over so large a surface. But lam certain it
will be done, iu which ease two papers will be worked off at
a time.
The Machine is susceptible of great improvement, although
it is truly a wonder as it is. The time will come when both
sides of the paper will be worked off a* onee. But,
before the consummation of this desirable object, the Machine !
must be self feeding^—‘ns it is with great difficulty that the
men, who now attend to it, can prevent two sheets from going
through at once. The edition going through the Machine
when I observed it, was fifty-five thousand. This is done
every day and occupies about four hours. The Machine cost
The old one, which at one time, was considered
quite a curiosity, is a mere pigmy by the side of* the new
one.
There are from twelve to fifteen men always at work in the
Press-room; besides about fifty conqtositors in the establish
ment. These are all independent of those who are employ
ed in circulating the paper. This will give you some idea of
the expense attending the publication of the paper. *lts ad
vertising patronage is about SSOO per day, and litis the larg
est circulation in the city, except the Herald.
1 went the other evening to see the Astor Library , but it
is not the building that I expected to see. The Architecture
is very plain, although situated in a beautiful part of tho city.
It is built on the old Yauxhall Garden ground, but docs not
open into the Bowery as I supposed.
Several capitalists in this city are engaged in making ar
rangements to build anew Opera House opposite the Astor
Opera House. I was told the other evening that anew Op
era House was going to be built on the site of the old Olym
pic theatre, in Broadway, but cannot vouch for the truth of
the report.
Jenny Lind will be here soon. It is said that she w ill not
visit England to be present at tho great World's Fair to be
held in May next; but will make another musical tour
through tho United States with Barnunt.
Banning lectures to-night, on the voice; but as lie is tho
inventor ol the body brace , 1 hail not go to hear him.
The Times newspaper of England, that beautiful pimp of
aristocratic blackguardism, which belongs to, and is under
the patronage of that nefarious clique of ‘l ories, who hired
the traitor George to conic to Boston, and “ play
such fantastic tricks before high Heaven, as make the Angels
weep ” —pretends that it decs not sanction what it was th
I rrryfirst t<> reqnest, The reason of this is, because tlic ras
cal was foiled in his damnable enterprise.
The abolitionists have instituted a suit against Charles M.
Hall, for issuing the warrant for the arrest of Ilcnry Long—
j the fugitive slave from Virginia. AY hat do you think of this ?
This is almost as bold as making the poor fellow perjure him
self.
The Ercning Post , of this city, has a long article in it in
which it mourns over the departure of many of the black chil
dren of Israel from tlicir Egyptian bondage in Buffalo, ti s
the Canaan of Canada to escape the vengeance of their own
ers in the South. Is it not astonishing that men whoeall
themselves smart, should make such arrant tools of them
selves.
I went the other evening to hear Professor ITows read
Shakspcare’s Macbeth, ‘ll 1 ere were about fifty j>ersons pres
ent. There were, at least, three hundred at Hope Chapel,
the night that ! heard Mr. Burr lecture on the Humbug of
the “ Ilappings.” ‘‘ Look on this picture and on that." —
! One a Hyperion—-the other a Satyr, This puts me in mind
] of the painter who changed his sleeping nymph into a Satyr,
because the people who went to see the Sleeping Nymph, li
ked the Satyr better. The Goddess which the people wor
ship here fits the Venus Paudemos—not the Venus Urania.
The reading of the play occupied about two hours. Here
was a man, of elegant acquirements, who spent about two*
hours in the most laborious employment to gratify an audi
ence of about fifty people who did not pay his expenses. He
not only read crcry line in the play, but represented every
character. This was a task which but very few men can ac
complish. In representing the play upon the Stage, the la
bor is divided among the various Dramatis Personae ; but
here lie represented every character, giving the distinct pro
nunciation and tone of voice of every owe them. This he
did in masterly manner—although with not so perfect a mod
ulation as 1 have heard Prof. Simmons read the same play.--
He was the greatest Eloeationist that I ever heard any wire *e.
The truth is, l never heard any man who could even approach
him. lie had devoted twenty of the best years of his life to
the study of Shakspenre, and was not only amply’ qualified,
for tlie task, bt was gifted by nature with a truly musical
voice.
Professor Hows Isis a lofty conception of tht* poetic art;
in fact, I do not know any man in this city who is equal to
him. lie eonld personate Macbeth admirably ru the Stage,
as Ire modulates his voice after the manner of the histrionic
readings. The only fault I find with him is in his sepulchral
monotone. Were he to take more exercise in the open
country, he would have a more melodious voice. But there
is not a man in a million who can read ShakspeatV as well
as be can.
His reading of the somambulic soliloquy of Lady Macbeth,
was different from any that 1 had ever heard before which,
was no doubt true to nature. All theaetresses tl-mt I ever
heard, read it aloud—he, in a whisper.
There was, also, a difference between his pronunciation of
the word Thane and that of Professor Simmons. He pro
nounced it as the Word in vane is—Professor Simmons as w'e
pronounce the letter a in Aarw; which is the oorect pronunci
ation. T •
The delight of hearing Shaksjware read by such a man is
t-uly Thft 1 T.leTi?, (Tiat no man, but one who has made
study of liis plays, can form any idea of his great,
having him interpreted by some smh reader as
Professor liows.
It is always delightful to go to such Readings, because you
never fail to find a reputable and intelligent audience there,
lie reads again next Thursday. I wi’4 give you some idea of
the Nac Eugltfnd Humbug , in my next. T. 11. 0.
NO. V. .
New York, March Ist, Issl.
Dear Doctor, —In the editorial columns of the Knicker
bocker, is a little Poem, the- refrain of which is “ Hal-lal
uluThis was sent to the Editor as an original “ nigger
song •” but no “ nigger ” ever wrote such poetry as that.
I Ivave in my possession, specimens of * nig get songs ” far
superior to anything ever written in any other country. Yotr
are, probably, aware of the fact that the Long time ago of
G. P. Morris's “On the lake where drooped the willow is
of u nigger origin.
The Refrain which the Author uses, was taken from Hol
la 100. The following is the original of the Poem he pub
lislics :•
My home’s ol>er Jordan,
Ilallaloo ! llnllalav-l
My lioine’s ober Jordan,
Halia loo!”
Iliad a little eister,.
An’ her name \wsNlckodeinUS,
An’ my home's ober Jordan,
11 allale o
I sere, yonsee, m t-lic real “ nigger ’’ simplicity, aud no/
ural perfection of rhythm.
The following is a specimen of one of thfr most beautiful
Lyrics in any language :
“ Jinny had de black eye—
Jinny was dc gal!
011 1 Jimicy Inul de black eye—
Jinny was de gal I.
Git away de cairn, boys !
Git away de cawn !-
Git away de eawn, boys ?
Gil away de cawn !
This is the finest corn song ever eomjiosed'. I have sjient
many years in collating the real original “ nigger' 1 ’ songs,
and have enough in my portfolio Vo make a “ good sized ”
volume.
1 could give many other specimens, but these are amply
sufficient to show that the correspondent of the Knicker
bocker cannot write a “ nigger song.'’ lie is probably, not
aware of the fact that some of the finest Lyrical rhythms in
any language are to be found in the Southern Nigger
Songs.' 7
How delightful that inefiliWc buzzard, called the New
York Tribune, will be when it'hears that all its ebony off
spring liave turned into nightingales. I recollect that one of
the old Greek Dramatic writers represents the Nightingales
singing in the groves of the Furies.
Pray, what do you suppose is the cause of the success of
the Christy’ Minstrels in this city ? Nothing more nor less
than their attempts to imitate the “ Niggers.” This ought to
be a damper to the old hypocritical foster-mother —for they
receive a greater patronage than the operatic singers from
Italy. The fact is, the Nigger Minstrelsy is taking this city
by storm. There is not a music store ia Broadway that is
not full of “ Nigger songs.” The little “ gals ” aud boys
whistle and sing them wherever they go. If you go t a fash
ionable party “ up town,’* the first thing you hear will be
“ Susannah don't you cry " —and the last thing before
you come away. 1 went to one other evening and stayed un
til midnight, and when I came away, left a beautiful girl, with
neutral violet eyes, singing “ / won t go home till morn
ing!”
1 was astonished the other evening on hearing a beautiful
young lady singing a rather diluted imitation of the song be
ginning—
“ 1 lookedJroo de windiran’ see de brake o’ day,” &c.—
She was astonished to find that 1 had heard the original ma
ny a time in the South. She was rather piqued, however,.,
when I informed her that she had not sung it correctly—as
every lady believes she does every thing to per section here.
We aro not only tributary to the Nortl/in the way of
wealth, but in the nery crown itself of this wealth—namely
NO. 50.