The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-11-18
New Fort Correspondence.
NV YoRK, Nov. Is, 1871

Park-Bopery and Napoleon's Funeral Obseglties,
dc, dc.
Nothing Of deep interest either in politics religion,
or finance has occurred since my last. nine days
repose Of the public mind in this city without any ex
citing occurrence To interrupt IT, is 80 unusual CIR
cumstance to deserve remark The Colt tragedy
was the last event that agitated the town. What
next will startle and afford theme for the journals
and gossipping clubs, cannot be said. Murders have
been frequent and in such unheATd Of forms, that
it if nothing of that character Of crime could
affect the public mind, already stated with sanguinary
horrors. Suicides of weekly occurrence, and the
victim of selfdestrucon must hold high social po-
sition for such event to produce any sensation
Bank defaulters henceforward will produce other
emotion than the Of any ordinary affair to
which the mind is familiarized. Repleed with these
events, there seems nothing in store TO move mems
minds but politics or religion For the former, all in
terest and curiosity remain dormant until the session
Of Congress close at hand with regard to the
latter, there to be slight sensation, which,
such il is at best OF novel kind and has for its
basis the Millennium Public meetings have been
Gently held here, at which gentlemen and diyines Of
name and talent, presided, the object of which to
discuss the prophecies relating the thousand years.
and to decide from them what time these things shall
be-" The assembly was large, highly respectable, and
deeply interested in the addresses which were able
and well received. The result of these public dis.
cussions, and of the united opinions of the learned
men engaged in II, brings the time close upon US,
lS43 being, according to their Interpretation Of the
prophecies bearing upon this point the first year of
the thousand years of the reign of Christ earth.
Since these discussions, the Millennium is the
great subject Of conversation among the religious por
| ton Of the community. Such conventions this
| have been frequently held in former centuries and
for the last four hundred years every generation has
had its millenal prophet oretelling the time be
| hand There is no doubt that, following the usually
received mode Of interpreting these important prophe
ces that the year ls43 is really the first year Of this
ongooked for period Of peace earth and good will
among men. This meeting of learned and respecta-
BILE to investigate and interpret the prophecies on
this subject, is one Of the signs Of the times.
There seems to be increasing disposition in the
public mind to be taught through lecture The lyce-
ums, Institutes and libraries for which New York is
distinguished to be opened throughout the season.
with choice and talented corps of lecturers upon ey
cry subject in the range of science and art David
Paul Brown, well known fine speaker, gives
lecture this evening before the Lyceum and Jared
Sparks also lectures before the New York Historical
Society. These lectures all thronged by the best
citizens and highly fashionable The theatres
have refrigerated as these have advanced and from
their healthy influence it is not venturing too much
TO foretell the ultimate downfall of the stage Tin its
presen, corrupt features) before this powerful engine Of
moral entertainment The mind ofthe present day is an
educated and thinking Ii have intellectual
food longer seek alone tho senseess amusement of
extravagant melo-drama and broad farce, when I'M
bent from the pursuits of daily life. Among
the lecturers engaged here is the celebrated and late
notorious DR.. Dyonisius Lardner, who run away with
Mrs. Heaviside. The DR.. has domesticated himself
| among the Gothamtes, and lives boards in good
style in fashionable part Of Broadway, far from
Nblos. So many other scandals have occurred of
other people since that Of his he is permitted repose
from newspaper paragraphs and tea-table gossip. 1t
is of the pecuiarities of the time, that only
his affair should be quite forgotten hut that he should
be- after all that has occurred to degrade him. publicly
invited by committee of scientific and highly respec
table men, to deliver of lectures before a re-
fined audience. When the consequences of moral
guilt short-ived in the public mind and SO eas
y passed over great barrier to vice removed and
men, seeing tina, the infamy that follows crime is SO
shor-lved, will readily risk the consequences of its
indulgence. Dr. LIS great scholarship should be no
plea the part of those who take him by the hand
The readings" by the fair elocutionist, Mrs Now
att to whom alluded in my last, well attended
She is young married woman of slight figure pos
sessing delicate style of beauty, with large blue eyes
and sunny ringlets flowing over her neck. She was
formerly Miss Ogden and her match with her pre-
h,,.h .pl bn pn,,cb al than
runaway one from boarding school am told
she ultra romantic girl school, and not lit
tie eccentric Her present appearance before the pub
lie is not from any necessity her husband is rich
and they have pleasant country house few miles
from town He is devotedly attached to her, and so
she can't give readings" for the want of pin-monsy
Her style is graceful and easy her voice sweet and
sometimes extremely rich in its deeper tones while
her gesticulations appropriate and pleasing She
is altogether an interesting person but there some
thing repugnant to my notions of womanly proprie-
ty in female appearing before mixed audience in
this public manner, that she beautiful as Di-
ana and wise as Minerva, could not look on her
with any thing like approval Her obiec, evidently
is, fondness for display and love of admiration two
very good feminine reasons for ladys resignng the
sacred empire Of her husbands freside for the ros-
trum.
DR.. Spring has just honor and commentator
by an admirable lecture on Physiology It was rich
with curious and interesting facts and was well re
ceived by audience composed principally of females
many of them young and beautiful. notwithstanding
the subject promised nothing very "akin 10 love-
But ladies getting TO be above lore nowadays
They leave it for misses and children The female
mind is growing scientific, and Cupid is like to be
pierced not with bodkn hut with one OF the legs of
dlvders and Drained with the corner Of rhomboid