Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-12-04
METZ YORK CORRESP0NDENCE.

world of New York occurred last evening" in the opening of
the Opera House Aston Place This location is far
up town, than mile and half above the Park which
considered the heart of the city, and for this many
have predicted that would be entire failure. But hum
bred and fifty individuals having subscribed each
dollars year for five years would support
for that me and before the end of five years will be far
from the centre Of the wealthy residents of the city, Indeed
If It'll well conducted there is little doubt of its receiving
sufficient support New York is great place for amuse-
ments There theatres and opera houses in
successful operation filled every night almost to OVERLOOKING,
say nothing of the bands of able Harmonis
"Chrysies Mnstres" Ethiopian serenaders, &C. who
drawing crowded audiences in various halls and saloons
about the city, To the support of these places the transient
and floating population contributes considerable portion
but is evident there is lack of for Of
this kind among the resident citizens since not less than m
teen twenty thousand upon average visit place Of
amusement every evening The Asor Place Opera House is
fine edifce, thoroughly and carefully built and elegantly
finished was not at the opening last evening, but ac-
cording to the reports of Others it entirely filled, and
mostly too by the of the upper thousand There
little interruptions in the workings OF the
chne for the evening" such the going out of the lights
in the great chandelier, &c., but the WHOLE is said the
opera went off WELL and gave great satisfaction and the house
is started under favorable auspices.
Joutu Jtt.--Ih
turned from trip up the Hudson tells the work is still
going bravey to raise the ship of Captain Kdd loaded
with gold and treasures, that sunk upon time
somewhere in the river in the neghborhood of the Highlands
Somebody be specializing in stocks and making
Of them be able support this humbug long, Ct be-
eve it is two three years since commenced and my
friend said there appeared to be twenty thirty persons still
work upon the gigantic undertaking fence out piece of
the river in deep water by Golfer dam, that the water
might be pumped out and give fair chance pick up all the
gold there is at the bottom An old gentleman residing in the
neghbohood who is interested in the stocks showed him
piece of gold CLOTH which said somebody's great great
grandmother oandmChes great aunt Staten Island had
received from the prat, Captain Kidd himself who assured
her it sample Of piece he took from the great Mogu
whom he murdered and pitched into the My friend said
the cloth seemed to be made silk and gold threads and
different from any thing he had before II is undoubt
eddy useful in keeping up the value of the stock Sundy
auges ALSO which have been thrust down twenty or thirty
feet through the water and brought up something yellow
them, have contributed little the end. small
cannon very wormeaten and rusty that raised the
premises something than year ago. had tremendous
effect in showing up the Stocks Notwithstanding wicked
and unbeevng wags declared that they had the
cannon week two before in New York. But the men
might lie-the cannon certainly could not.
NEW i DIRK, NOVEMBER "A, lS4I.
Last evening Professor AeAssIz closed his able and inter
estng course of lectures on natural history, and Monday
evening he gave the last of the on ovooy and embr
oogy all Of which have been listened with great sasac-
ton and increasing interest by large and unusually nte-
gent audiences From first to last he has continued rise
my estimation, both as the great light of the
age in natural science He to have all the nvestiga-
tons and discoveries in natural history and the facts and
theories Of all the great authors the subject his tongues
ends and is wonderful to with what power he takes
pieces Of their imperfect structures and auanges
pares, and combines the materials in forms and upon
principles, till the whole is presented before you in
perfect and harmonious system, commanding the
and admiration of the intellect and the homage of the
heart II is gratifying find that his profound researches
into the depths Of nature bring up nothing to conflict with an
enlightened Interpretation Of the teachings Of Scripture and
that the brilliant light Of his science casts no dmness upon
that "true light which gheh every man that cometh into
the world.n
In the Of his lectures he traces animal life in all its
various forms and changes up through the primary seconda
, and tertiary strata of the Of our globe 10 the present
geological epoch when the types and forms reached their
present perfection and the great plan the Creator so far
animal life upon this globe was consummated by
the creation of man Sin his image" to have dominion
the fish Of the sea- and the fowl Of the air and
the CATTLE and all the EARTH and over every creep
ing thing that creepeth upon the earth"
Professor Agassiz thinks that the whole view Of animal life
pon globe proves that the great and beautiful and ha-
monious plan Of the Creator has been carried out and fin
shed that il complete whole, and that no further or
higher types developments Of animal life should be looked
for this globe What though the progress of this work
creation has occupied millions and millions Of years. as we
compute time what though the days Of the creation men
toned in the first chapter Of Genesis may mean geological
epoch of whose duration form adequate concep
ton what that to the great Creator to whom one day is
a thousand years. and thousand years one tay And
what though man. whose creation delayed for so many
millions of ages has been but recently placed on this globe
"Thc bcst to-day is completely
As who began thousand years ago"
It is not for morals with our limited powers TO fix times
and for the Deity whose infinite works creation
we cannot stretch thought
90 Through worlds unnumbercd though God be known
It's TO trace him only in our own
Among the interesting facts brought 10 view in the Profess
closing lecture was the limitation Of different species of
animals to particular locations the earth Mans dwelling
place every portion Of the carhs surface and
every but there other specimen OF animal
life which extends generally the earth through the
of the They all confined to limited feds
whose bounds they pass Each continent and the diff
portions of continents have each their peculiar species
Of animals which unknown In other portions the earth
They all remain upon the field where they were
created and the fossil remains in the different strata OF III