New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-19
CITY Items.

a, east an abundance Of patience in sitting quietly
through one Of the sariesi and most oppressive even
ings Of the season Il certainly no; exactly what
might be called lo weather but there was damp and
clnvins sulirness that ssd Itself into the very bones
and drew the Precipitation out IN streams Having sue
ceeded in obtaining andngplaee exactly opposite an
open window with our face Streaming ike a morning
glory with summer mist We were 20 fortunate as 10
catch some part Of the and the rheumatism a, The
same time Our views Of the piece therefore can scarce
" be said 70 be formed and We intend TO early next
Wednesday Night hear again, when will be repeat
ed with all the really superb Choruses which Gang
last night and the additional advantage Of great talent and
srstca skn employed in the leading parts Mr.. Segun
and M Frazer viii then take the parts q Antpater and
the High Priest. Honora will be sung By lady from
Hartford who comes under excellent endorsement ;
while the beautiful and touching character Of Malchus s
TO be- sustained by Mise Northa who made 80 excellent
an impression last winter at Ole Bulls concerts and s
understood 10 have since made great progress in the ac
QUESTION Of every thing she then lacked
The Oraorio itsefis nearly such as we had supposed
-respectably good throughout with occasional passages
Of much power and considerable pcuresqueness Of mu
steal effect But the grandness, the sublimty the calm
creative power the musical thunder that reverbersies
through every OF the soul filing all with holy and
beautiful imsges-hese wanting, or heard only In
faint and unsa,sying echoes An Orsoro should De 70
the troubled spirit Ike the urns Of Shelley from
which Ocean fed with calm Any thing short Of this
pals and grows weary-even buresque, we had almost
said-under the inierminabe white frocktiiuie os the
leading characters who sing the most ssonizlng and
fierce cxcements If they were on their way to a
pick nick and had anxiety only that the baske. should
not get spilled
| Now probably we have said grea, deal too much
about mediocre Oraioros and this frank expression OF
/ the ideas they create in may shock many But nu-
sc sacred thing with part OF our reigion-and
We dare express what do not feel. OF the per
formance last night the best part was the choruses-
They well drilled and did themselves and their in.
strucior great credit, Malchus the next best fes.
ture in the performance Her voice does not show to
very good advantage in this Oratono and she sang her
principal GYia-No Bout Of time. Honoria was res
pcctably sung and the Duet with Antipaer in No 81
was very sweety given Mr. Cheney was very effective
in the beautiful and touching accompaniment in No. 20.
The instrumental portion Of the performance was not al
ha, it ought have been. There one clarinet in
particular which should have been played in Brooklyn
or elsewhere that s tones might have been sofiened
down to the common capacity. The horns and from
bones were very well and the volnceos not much bet,
ter Mr. Loder directed with his usual kill and presence
Of mind and through his wachfu exertions, together
with Tmm's exquisite snsitiveness Of ear and sppre
henson on the organ the thing carried out as brave
y as was the tined Cesar borne the shoulders Of
/ Cassius through Theirs angry wave.
Another Oratorio was announced to come of on the
/ first Of October.
The WARD SCHOOLs-We have been for seve-
raj days intending TO notice the examination OF the Ward
Schools now taking place more in detail than We had
leisure to do when we fret mentioned the subject. We
hear on all hands the gratifying account Of the
Schools and correspondent has sent us the following
/ in relation to School No Ill in the Tenth Ward
/ M Edif0r-I do not know when have spent an hour
more pleasantly than Tuesday afternoon, IN witnessing
an examination Of the District School No. in the Tenth
Ward Of this City His Honor the Mayor, Dr. Reese.
several Of the Trustees a large number OF Teachers
from other Schools and many parents were present
/ The examination commenced In the Primary Depart
men, io3 children IN attendance al looShs meat nle
and happy After singing several songs DT Reese
examined class in reading and spelling and asked many
questions TO test their knowledge. These children ac-
quilted themscver in manner highly satisfactory 10 all
present and drew deserved encOmums from DR.. Reese
and the Mayor. This examination closed by singing A
hymn expressing their love for the Bible We then ad
journed TO the Female Department Here we found 2bl
Young misses whose intelligent cOuntenances showed
that they had advanced considerably above the school
below Here class examined in reading, spelling.
grammar geography and arithmetic, which they sus'
tanned with great credit
We looked in also upon the Male Department, but
that was not examined the school had been recently
reorcanized observed however that the order here
also perfect and learned that 2l2 pupils were pre-
sent.
/ II is worthy of remark that the Primary and Female
departments of this School managed entirely with out
the use of the srch The appearance OF these schools
clearly indicated that one not needed.
SPECTATOR
~ Mr. GOugh we understand went TO Boston
Yesterday He is very feeble but is recovering and vii
In few days be restored lie called upon yester
day by Mr. Frelinghuysen and Ex-Mayor Harper. who
earnestly advised him make clean breast Of il and
tell the story Of his late misfortune just It occurred
/ With this suggestion he ntimsed h- intention TO com
ply His statement will bee looked for with much interest
~ The Nc,r- York HIGHLAND Guard, Captain
Craig 20 on their annual Target Excursion TO Fort Ham
ilton on Monday next Dngle's Brass Band will be in
/ attendance.
- The leading cornet in Dodsworth Band re-
hearsas is too flat They practising some beautiful
music but the solo must sharpen up his footing wepon
We cannot bear the idea Of having any thing wrong about
/ Dodsworih
! r. Amos, every body is now afflicted with a
cold or some complaint arising from At this season
the dews ofnghi very heavy; and as Night always
pays her dues the consequence cold settled on the
lungs or in some other nconvenient place. For our
own part believe orr. has settled In our head-or
fngers-or else somebody has changed nkstsnds with
US We have been digging all day for brilliant para.
graph and have given itup in despair.
~ The Court of Sessions has run against some
thing OF snag in the shape of Malachi Falllon. The
Court having granted permission the daughter of one
the Poughkcepse barge robbers 10 visit him in com
pany with friend two Mr.. Fallon has peremptory
refused comply the ground tha, ne alone respon
sble the safe keeping Of the prisoners and don't in
tend give the mha chance for escaping This scenes
to to be spreity good argunen, and we shsll see
how the mags,enal dignity will abide this sort OF snub-
bing.
~ We find the following suggestion in the
Ereair9 Ga-ef,s
How to break up the gang Of Thieves and check the
Receivers Thsre 1000 IN the gang here all work
into each others hands They have their meetings and
scnas'her chief agents the pretended pedders and
vendors of small wares basket boys and girls map soap
and suspender sellers and others The most sure rene
dy is initiate Boston. Baltimore and New Orleans
stop all peddng-i, viii be Just and popular and will
arrest half the robbins WIN the Common Coun-
eli act The present law regarding hawkers and pedders