The New York herald., 1851-09-25
Catherine Hayes.

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HEA SECOND CONCERT AT rRIPLER HALL.
Catherine Hayes night will give her second concert
ct Tpler Hail. asssed by the artists who appeared
ct the hrst entertainment and also by Miska Hauser
the most dssgushed vioinist in the country This
second concert likely to attract large number Of the
best musical judges in the city well thousands Of
lovers Of music.
Curious comparisons, which distress well educated
critics, have appeared specimens Of musical judgment
on the merits of the great vocalist but nothing yet pub
hhed has been worthy Of her claims Half dozen tyros
IN erticism have compared her great artistic whose
prstence IVES often greater than her performance This
h uDjust If We believe that any popular nightingale
the music Of Caste Diva It is not necessary
to say 80, when she does not challenge our criticism
The fact that Catherine Hayes to sing that cayatius
onight s all tha. the critic is to consider when the
time comes for his opinion With that we are contented
and shall not travel out Of the record know whether
not the public do such thing make bad taste
9 virtue, or e1tol positive defects, and those bar
barsns which have been censured ninety years in all
refined musical societies, the perfection Of ocasm
1t better to LET these things rest-particuary where
admirers may rather injure idol than preserve the
pedestal which they have placed It, by attacking
itself and the very gifts Of nature. Catherine Hayes
cannot with proprety be compared with any Of the great
vocalists who have visited the United Statesmen that
che is not equal to them, but that there is such
thing estimating the styles Of vocsts Of such oppo
site merits The Unitarian faith in music is poor en-
couragement to genius.
The selections of the concert this evening will be
found think quite likely to prove to the unnitated
that Italian music is the forte of the vocaist-though
any one who can sing ansEpgsh ballad WELL like Mara,
or Ellington, STORAGE must be good vocalist of
the Italian school Every student in musical history
knows the reason.
MOVEMENTS OF CATHERINE HAYES.
Yesterday Miss Hayes received large number of calls
rom friends who visited her for the purpose ccngra
tulatng her on her perfect Tuesday evening
Among those who called the members Of President
Fillmores family All who with Miss Hayes
speak in high terms Of her conversational powers she
Is ever cheerful and ready, has excellent manner,
chooses her words we and without any apparent effort
could not be improved When she conversss on topics
Of interest her countenance lights up and her anma
srkaby we'll Informed on all matters Of general nts.
rest and converfes with inxenuousness that is
equally charming and commendable; she possesses
another social virtue Of great value but which too
often despised -she is polite listener and ap-
pears anxious for the end Of the sentence which being
addressed to her in short Miss Hayes displays in the
social circle all those qualities which adorn q highly
educated Irish lady and 1t has become tri,e saying
Mrs Fillmore is delighted with Miss H. and the mem ,srs
ef her family to whom she has been introduced.
We understand, from good authority, that Com Ste
vens and several Of the of the yacht America
are on board the steamer Baltic which left Liverpool on
the lth nst and will probably arrive here Saturday
or Sunday next.
The Rev. Theobold Mathew has arrived In this city,
after tour Of nearly two years through the South and
West He is the guest Of Archbishop Hughes.
Lord Elgin, Col. Bruce, Lord Mark Ker and the Hon
George Weldegrove, arrived at Montreal on the 10Th
inst from the Boston jubilee.
The Hon. 8. Douglas and Gov Wright of In
have left Rochester for the State fair of Ohio at Co.
lumbus.
Ex-President Tyler is at Niagara.
James G. Johnson North Carolina; Thomas J. Hardy
Norfolk, Virginia; j. ID. Mnlwood England; James A.
Mscanley, Louisville, Ky; Aaron Vail New York; +.
ssrasip. Switzerland; H. Jones, Liverpool Mrs Wnett
New York; s. Burge, Staten Island; O. H. Cramer Troy
n. "; J. p Gardner A Heard, Jr Boston were among
the arrivals yesterday at the Union Place Hotel
Geo. b. Mathew, ii. b. nj. Consul, Charleston; Judge
Wayne. U. g. Supreme Court, Ga. General Garland, o.
A. Captain Shields, U. 8 A.; Hon NJ c. Story Pough.
keepsie; Hon. Peter NJ. Dox Geneva; Hon Robert c.
Nicholas do; Judge Irwin NJ c.; Rt Rev Bishop Hop
kns Vermont; W. W. Corcoran, Washington; Captain
Rotert Mouis, U. s. A., were among the arrivals yes
Il trdsy at the Irving House.
Thomas Dyer Chicago; DR. Kellogg Troy; B. Mcneil,
Mobile; j. Livingston, New York; J. Howe, Boston:
Bithop Freeman Arkapsas; DR.. Bossah OHM; Robert
Leech, N: G., arrived yesterday at the Astor House.
HIN j. GAbraith, James Miles Erie, Pa DR. John
Graham, British Army; George A. Porter, U. 8 Consul
Copstantinople; Bottenhem, London have arrived at
the Cullamore House.