The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-24

scribable brief recital of his progress will be
ntere sting, and that we can attempt.
After leaving Boston, where his triumphs exceed.
ed anything in that peaceful city, he gave
a concert at Providence, and although only one
days notice had been given, eight hundred tickets
were sold. At Lowell, upwards Of five hundred
persons attended his concert. He was at first un-
willing to go there, but lady in Boston who had
been enchanted by his performances, and anxious
that the pretty girls of Lowell should enjoy the same
exquisite pleasure, prevailed upon him to go. AT
Salem, the audience also numbered about five hun
dred. At New Bedford eight hundred tickets were
Sold AT New Haven five hundred and fifty tickets
were disposed OF, and on the night of the concert
they were selling at sc each. At Hartford, the
demand for tickets was greater than could be sup
Piled. In Albany his success equally great.
AT Utica at least twelve hundred tickets were sold
At Rochester, tickets to the full extent of the
commodaton afforded by the Hall, were sold two
days before the concert was given.
Worcester, Springfield, and several places in
New England to which he had been invited, have
not yet been visited by him. He will, however,
give concerts there en- route to Canada. From
Canada he has innumerable invitations. The
officers of the garrison at Montreal have guaran-
| teed the sale OF twelve hundred tickets.
After his tour in Canada, Ole Bull will visit Sara
| toga, about the middle of August. Then he will
go directly West, without approaching this city.
Many interesting incidents, illustrative of the in
tense interest created by this great artist in New
England, might be related. An aged clergyman,
numbering upwards of eighty winters, followed
him to his hotel, after the Concert, and begged
lock of his hair, without which, the venerable pas
tor said, his wife would not consent to 60 home -
In New Haven, one of the most distinguished pro-
fessiona gentlemen of that pleasant little city, sent
his wife to measure Ole Bulls finger for ring !;
and next day magnificent ring sent as a slight
token OF the admiration and esteem of the donor
Everywhere, young and old, all classes, the pious
and the gay, the fashionable and the puritanica
all Wed the expression of their enthusiastic adj
mratiOn.
All this enthusiastic love and regard admits of an
easy enough explanation. Against Ole Bull not one
OF the old purltanica objections to artists, players or
theatrical performers could be awakened He did
not go amongst them, even as professional artist
Himself the son of clergyman-educated for the
church-a poet, philosopher, and genius of the
highest order, but whose tastes and genius had been
led by accidental circumstances to concentrate
themselves on the pursuit of musical science, and
whose mighty soul had found an apt instrument of
expression in the violin. Ole Bull was receiv
ed by the people of New England as great
moral teacher, as the accredited expounder
OF the hidden mysteries of passion and feeling, as
the ministering spirit of a soul-ennobng SCIENCE as
pure and as elevated as the heavens from which it
was SENT to inspire, to cheer and to purify the uni
versal heart of man. None other but such lofty
original, pure minded genius could have opened, as
Ole Bull did, the flood gates of such tide OF i'm
passioned feeling as that which burst forth after
him, wherever he went Broad, and deep, and tu-
mutuous enough betimes, is the tide of enthusiasm
IN the sober heart OF New England, but only when
touched by the rod of Moses, leap forth the gushing
| stream of that Horeb.
Like angels visit, will be Ole Bulsto us this
week. But it will be priced as it should be-more
alas! than can be always said of the visits OF the
angels.
COMMON CoUNcIL-REFoRM.-T Board meet
this evening to further disappont the hopes and
pectations OF the citizens of New York. whom they
have so shamefully deluded by false promises OF
reform in the abuses of the city government,
which have so long existed in this city. They
meet this evening to waste in idle defamation the
public time, lin discussing the political qualifications
of some applicant for the office of Inspector of
streets present to the public eye, in every quarter Of
the city, the most shameful and disgusting evl
dences of neglect on the part of the authorities,
calculated to bring splendid city into disgrace
In the eyes of every orderly and good citizen.
We expected much from the present Reform
party-se-caled-who have crept into power on
the abuses of the old corporations. Aware of these
abuses-and OF the necessity for their removal in
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the principles upon which they rode into power ;
and now nearly two months in office, what have
they done? The full amount OF reform with which
they have repaid the great body of our respectable
citizens, is in wasting the public time in idle dis
cussions about the removal of few of the old Off
Gals and subOrdnates, and the appointment of their
own friends to fill their places.
The crowds that have focked forward at each
meeting of the Board, since the new party came into
power, would lead stranger to imagine that some
grave question, involving the peace of eur citizens,
was under discussion but this interest is created
in relation to few appointments, while the inn
portant reforms in our streets obstinately
glected-the lives of citizens continually endan-
gered by furious driving of omnibusses in our tho
roughfares-the water which designed to
cleanse the public sewers kept shut up in the n.y.
drants; while green and putrd filth is allowed to
accumulate about the streets and in the channels,
endangering the health OF our citizens; and vari-
Gus other crying abuses staring the public in the
face. On Sundays, in every ward in the city, and
particularly in the Fifth ward, little urchins desc
crate the Sabbath by the firing OF crackers and
rockets; but it would be a task to point out the
numberless abuses that require prompt and immedi.
ate reform
A few poor apple-women are prevented the
means of earning livelihood-the cigar stores are
closed on Sundays few grog shanties are locked
up, in ludcrous mockery, on the Sabbath
while the big grog shops, the hotels are all al
lowed to remain open in lordly grandeur, and sup
per houses in aristocrstic splendor-to supply gin
and ardent liquors to every ounger about the doors