Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-10-11
AN ENGLISH VIEW OF AMERICAN
EXCITEMENTS

he Lonuoh Cnronicle, OF september 18th,
has an amusing article, upon the news carried
out by the latest steamer of the excitement pre-
vailng in New York, on the two subjects of the
execution of Professor Webster, and the arrival
of Jenny Lind. We copy some parts of it:
The Europa steamer, which brought the last Are-
rican mails left the people of the United States parti-
cularly the inhabitants of New York, in a perfect
phrenzy Observation-Disclosures by conflicting emo
tons like Garrck between tragedy and comedy. or Cf
they will pardon the SMILEY like the donkey of the
metaphyslcians, who unable to make I'D his mind
ny Lind had arrived, and Professor Webster had been
hanged. Ii Lord Brougham las was once antcjpatedl
! had cotemporaneously landed with his new pamphlet
n MS hand they would have gone mad outright and
MT Dsrael would no longer have been able to boast
That he IS the only living politician in either hemisphere
whose warmest Ut not most Discriminating admirer is
shutup in unatc asylum But the interchangeable ex-
chancellor richly merits triumphant entry to himself
amongst people who have so largely benefited by
his enlightened labors in his peculiar field of law
reform; and, for the moment, they have enough and
more than enough, TO occupy them.
Mr Coopers last novel, The Way Of the Hour
was composed for the avowed purpose of reforming
the administration OF the criminal law in the United
States; and he draws startling picture of the mode in
which Juries alternately tempered with through the
fundamentally OF professional agents, and msed and
preJudleed by the lowest class Of newspapers. Web
sters case however, had attracted much attention
10 the old world, to admit OF the employment of these
indirect influences, assuming them to be in con-
slant operation as described and the greatest pains APP
pear to have been taken by the tribunals and authorities
to impress the European public with favorable opin-
ion of American Justice. The verdict, in our opinon.
was fully supported by the evidence"
After divertng description of Jenny's enthu-
siastic reception by the Gothamites, the Chroni-
Gle discourses as follows:
We have been wont to believe that the boundle.s en-
thusasm excited by Madame Rossi (then Mademoselle
Sontagl some twenty years since in Berlin would not
he ontdone In our time. One OF her Shoes procured
by bribery from reacherous wa ng maid, served as
drinking cup, on festive occasions, club of officers
so long as 1t lasted and half-inished glass of wine
captured by body OF students who forced their way
into room she had just left was actually put up at auc-
non and bought by one OF them at seventeen dollars
The ankee amateurs, however, are running the Ger
mans hard. The hall Of Jenny Lnd's hotel is filled
from morning to night with crowds pressing to see her
autograph signature in the arrival book; and is said
mat the tickets OF admission her first concerts are to
De disposed OF by auction. All this time there are
questions OF no mean Importance under discussion in
congress- but what avas it to refer to alarming diff
ferences between North and South TO new lava Tor
aggravatng the horrors of slavery or to the buddinp
seeds OF communism? Murder and music horror and
harmony, are the all-absorbng topics of interest in
New York "
Washington correspondent of the Petersburg
News writing about the assduity of the Office
says:
Mr. Secretary Stuart of the Interior, (by the bye,
perhaps the most handsome and courtly gentleman
here) and Mr. Secretary Corw in of the Treasury are
the most beset. Among the appointments recently
MADE the latter gentleman procured the nomination OF
his torme pupil in the Law, Judge CORTLAND Gushing,
OF Madison la toa cb.rgeship to one of the South
American Republics. Mr. Crittenden the Attorney
eneTa has as installed his old preceptor, the Hon. Geo
NJ BIB, (Mr Tyler's Secretary OF the Treasury into
me meet 0ihce OF Recording Law Clerk with slavery of
S2ooo year-thus teacher and pupil have aIternated
lavors. Mr: Corwm has also given Judge Bbbs son
elerksp IN the lrearury The judge himself is well
known here as a thorough bred gentleman OF the old
Schooi and as inveterae an angler old Isaac Walton
himself; AN amusing anecdote, said to have occurred
here few days SINCE is related of Mr. Secretary Cor
win. Beng leased beyond endurance by tine number
that crowded his ante-room, and not being able to
give them each separate audnence he instructed his
messenger to admit them all at once, and accordingly
some twenty instantly rushed into his presence "WeIl
said he, gentlemen, what do you all wantl" To this
query no one replied but each gazed at his neghbor
IN mute establishment. 81 presume, Continued the
Secretary, you all want office; now it is impossible
for we to give you each an office. Your recommen-
daons are all on file, Twill carefully examine them,
and to the most worthy will give the few places in
| my power" AT this, the office seekers nightly
chap-allen left the apartment, and many Of them left
| the city also - ~ '