New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-08
CITY ITEMS.

! SIGKORIKA BARILL-This accomplished artist
has announced her benefit for Tuesday evening next
We are happy be assured that she will be greeted on
that occasion by the OVERLOOKING audience which she so
eminently deserves Her high musical cultivation, just
taste and freedom from preence qualities so ser
ing as to render the means by which reputation is
sometimes sought be made for inferior artists totally
unnecessary to her She safely stand upon her own
merits without fearing the opposition of hostile eiiques
or needing to form friendly ones.
Apropos of clqHes. On occasion of recent concert
in many respects the most brilliant Of the season. the
gentleman who filed the place of our regular critic fell
himself constrained to speak in terms OF censure OF the
singing of the fair beneficiary His judgment express
ed perhaps 10 ono two sentences with q little too
much severity we have no doubt just The Eoen
iae Posi- however did the honor to pronnn-~S IL the
voice OF cliquc and A--"u ESQ nearo Oh 'l2~fs from
other sources sueh things probably exist though we
havo the honor of their acquaintance but apprc
bend that the press may sometimes condemn as well as
| praise performance or an artist with independence
aud sincerity Criticism, to be worth anything must be
as free from the bias of friendship Of hostility the
applause of oligues s worthless as their condepns
ton 1t is undoubtedly Jdie alt detect for the public
the faults Of artist of lady especially whose pro.
ession Ia main dependence for support but there
highc duty the interests Of art and the correction
and elevation of the public taste and this duty npera
tive I'm attempting to fulfill it often tread on the
toes of preence and error our aim will lie TO do this
as gently as possible but above all TO furnish Criticism
which NAV be relied on. If It be set aside by the
DOOR cry of clique why nobody will rejoice more to see
its fate than ourselves.
LAKE SuPERIoR-We bad the pleasure on FRI
day evening of listening to Mr. Hodges lecture on the
Mineral Region around Lake superior 1t was excellent
and deserved TO be heard 10y crowded audience IN
stead of the small number who were present Inc
lecturer seemed perfectly conversant Win the region
he was describing and with geology and mining IN gen
ara His manner was all that could be desired IN
popular lecturer simple, ioTeible and "hoAy unAl'
feted lie gave an account of the mines on the south
sbore of the lake which together with the rect OF his
lecture, we would report at length had We room he
then passed to the islands and to the North shore de-
scrbiue the explorations and mining operations which
have taken place there and concluded with genera!
view Of the whole region which he said was probably
richer than any other in the world and would ultimately
Weld return to the industry of those who should work
its mines However he thought it by no means certain
that the companies by whom the resources OF the eoun
try are opened would make fortunes by the egnna ate
operations of mining To those who contemplated en-
ssgns in the business his advice would be conveyed In
spanish proverb, the sense of which was, that one
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mine requires another to carry il on.
| rS- The HARBlEGER for last week is unoom
monty good ls leading editorial is account Of the
| Organization and Progress OF the Associatonists o.
France which will be interesting TO the opponents al
well az the friends OF the Associative cause The Criu
cal department contains notices OF Mr.. Weiss Sermon
| on Unity end Peace The Literary World, Whittier
supernaturalisn &c. Among the miscellany Is an art
Gle upon Diet and translation of part OF Victor Con
.iderants admirable Essay on the Redemption VIZ
regret that this is not rendered into better English Ih'
Usrbueers TRANSACTIONS are not won, to be 50 nierio
10 the original in point OF style and this essay 10 par
tcular ought to have received more just treatment W.
quote the following neat little poem
THE FROZEN CASCADE;
ozrHE sRIpE OF THE SOCK
Is besuiy perfected, with lavish grace.
s;he casts herself about his rugged form
| WITH ali her vesture on Of snowy white,
Nor left one pendant out one dropping pearl
| Conld ,he be fairerl Through her silver veins
Tbe warm sun searches AZ for some weak spot
But with a pride resned she snileth back
- / gave myself in beauty 10 this Rock
| Ancient he is and reverend and strong:
i And will fringe hsm With my snowy arms,
\ And Law NV white cheek on his dark gray oto"'
| Nor ever melt for al thy beamins eyes
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