Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-04-18

faces with most effective whoop, in Metawo-
ra More than this-I have seen him both
Montague and Capulet, within the same balt
hour. / have seen him brutally murdered IN
the first act, and yet, going through quad
rille with unusual spirit, in the fifth. On one
occasion, absolutely beheld him attending as
mourner at his own funeral What must his
feelings have been And, oh, what a treasure
to his manager
Doubtless, it was grateful sense OF his
general utility and most praiseworthy ssslduI-
ty, that induced the same manager to tender
him benefit not long since. In an
evil hour, accepted it. Fatal error was
present, | remember, with Virgins. Inc
house was OF the most meagre, dlscoufaglng
character The orchestra actually outnum-
bered US. There was no explanatory tempest
raging without, either. On the contrary u
was a singuarly placid and beautiful evening:
| Poor - tried to look cheerful, though, ana
went through his mulufarious business with
his usual fidelity. 1t was cruel In Virgins, |
thought, to insist upon calling him out, as ne |
did. He responded at last, however, In the |
following brief speech
" Lady (there was but one presently and gen |
tlemen-Financially considered, this expert |
ment it must be confessed, is signal failure. |
1t is painfully evident that there are hardly as
many cents IN the house, as l did tondly nope, |
| at one time, that there might have been dol
| lars Ii is some consolation, however, TO teel
that the bakers dozen who have hoaored me
| with their presence, have been, IN the main,
pleased with. and edited by, the entertain
ments that have been presented. 1t is better,
no doubt, to secure the applause OF the udl-
cous few, than the dollars of the unthlnklng
multitude. At the same time, neither the man
| agement nor myself, will be caught IN sucn
| scrape as this very soon again. Lady and gen
| tlemen, nv immortal master the greatest of
all inspired minds, says in one of his exquisite
little songs,
"'Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot
| 4" With all nv reverence for his genius, and
veneration for his memory, must be permitted
to say, on this occasion, that the sooner this
particular beneft is forgotten, the pleasanter 1t
will be for all parties; manager, beneficiary
and creditors"
Virgins was quite tickled with this effort
so much so, that he sent - an anonymous
X. the next morning. l had no idea, myself,
that my old friend was so much Of a wag or
philosopher. To say truth, our intercourse,
though always of an agreeable character, was
not without a certain reserve Perhaps my
solemn phiz was restraint upon him or he
may have been saving up his animal spirits for
the labors of the evening OF there may have
been a latent feeling that his profession was
not sufficiently appreciated or esteemed by the
public 1t certainly is not. Why, do not
see The few of that calling that l am 40
quainted with, seem to be very pleasant, amla-
Bile fellows. They are not, as a class, perhaps,
quite so methodical as tho rest of their fellow
citizens They are better friends than book
keepers They are not, generally speaking,
pew-hOlders but though deficient IN faith,
they surely are not deficient in good works.
have not found then uniformly solvent must
saw or altogether bibbers of Croton; still,
good friends, warm, generous hearts II
could have my way their pockets should all
be stuffed as full of rocks as their heads lnva-
rtably are OF anecdotes.
Poor -- Where is he now, wender7
Perhaps he has already got an engagement IN
: Jupiter, or Georgium Sidus. Possibly ne Is
starring it in some other system. Who shall
say Well, heaven send him amiable and
7 solvent manager May his labors be lighter
his pay be heavier than they were on earth
} May he have the rare privilege of beholding
] the great bard himself, whom he SO reveT-
0 encedl
t And oh, may the Almighty Manager Of the
7 Universe deal msrcifully with him! He has
far better claims to that mercy than many who
wear long gowns and longer faces. Yes, l
+ had far rather stand in his shoes, on the Great
Day of Reckoning, than in those Of score Of
9 canting Pharisees that l wot of, who would
D think it an awful thing to be seen darkenlng
the doors of playhouse
q The APPROACHING CRISIS ReOielO Of
l Dr. BushnelFs recent Lectures OR Supernatural
ism. By Andrew Jackson Davis J. S. Red
Q field and Fowler and Wells New York Pub
Q lished by the author. To the lover of the mys-
:, tilted, logical "harmonial philosophy" which
a a is now gaining ground in the world, and rapid
ly raising structures to Spiritual materialism
+ this volume is especially addressed. The oc-
K casion which drew forth the series of reviews
= by Davis, was Dr. Bushnell's lecture, deliv-
! cred in the course of last winter in the North
/ Church, Hartford. We have but hastily glanced
g over the work, and our own deductions lead us
!, to conclude that Mr.. Davis the Matsrialist
" rather logically discusses and quietly dispose:
Q Of Bushnell the Supernaturalist. We Of course
Il may do nothing more than mention that the
IS approaching Crisis" is on sale by the vel
9 9 known publishers named above. We take oc
r casiOn, however, to introduce extract show
y ing up the reviewers idea Of the fallibility o
o the
II OLD DIsPENsATIoN.
ID When the pure Hebrew tongue ceased to b,
III vernacular, and the Jews had returned from
Babylon, there was Immediately formed sa
= cerdotal organization, and committee of Rab
III bis was appointed to collect and preserve al
u the known. Hebrew manuscripts This wa
done and the parchments placed in the Sacra
10 rum. 1t was not however, until many year
after the return of the Jews to the Babylonisl
~ captivity and exilement, that most of the book
a. of the Old Testament were heterogeneOuslI
- bound together. This was, properly speaking
- the "Babylonian Canon )" because 1t was orlgl
~ nally made by the Chaldeanic Rabbis. Blu
r many years subsequent to this collection, Their
IL arose some considerable dissatisfaction and dis
~ cussion among the younger Rabbis concerning
VI the heterogeneoUsness of the first canon
- Hence, by permission of the sacerdotal author
% ities they rejected some books, arranged Others
VI VI in different order, interpoated few passage
{, and made another Testament. This is proper
ps v termed the Jerusalem Canon )" because
was made by the Jews of Palestine. Durin
III all this time,-owing to local expressions am
y temporary NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., by the Jews
'n containing multdarious speculations and va
tional prophecies, multihed very rapidly PaI
% % hes and preferences became numerous, and be
gan to create dissatisfaction in regard to the las
le Canon which was formed and SO, apparentl
III to keep up with the demands Of the times
- another Old Testament was formed-the "Aiez
- andrian Canon'-in Egypt. ALI these comp
~ lations, be it remembered, were different. A
- this time, the book of DANIEL was generally II
Wv qarded as the creation of an eccentric old Jew
~ who was talented and a seceder from the reG
I Is ular priesthood. Hence, that interesting pa
Ao of the present orthodox Old Testament was nC
.e then universally received as containing reliabl
an inspiration. q.
tn LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF CAPT JACo
We y D. ARMSTRONG by Nathan c. Meskcr D.
art witt & Davenport, publishers. A popul'
Ut pamphlet of the "Sinbad the Sailor" and Il
tn "Bacon Munchausen" School, with sliel
sprMklngs of the "Robinson Crusoe." Polite
philology, physiology, psychology, are its primo
pal ingredients, and it therefore may be calle
a gamboge Of philosophers and monstrositie
he We trust the enterprising publishers will
G fortunate to seR an edition large enough to pt
or for the publication.
of SARTAIN's UNION MAGAZINE for Ma,
r!' H. Long & Brothers, New York, publishers
,he This splendid magazine for the coming mont
he is now on our desk, and brilliant number
he certainly is The embellishments are we
ell, worth the price of the book "The Forgott'
W. Strain" mezzotinto by Sartain, and TT
sir Corsair's Isie," are splendid artistic effort
ell, " Punch's Portfolio of Whimsicalities" is
led fine feature in this periodical, and in genuil
on, sallies of humor almost rivals the farfam
lcl- Knickerbocksr.
Ike GoDEY's LADYss Book for May.
us- Long g. Brother, New York, publishers-T
lu' favorite of our lady friends preserves its rep
"a a. tation as literary magazine. "January a
2 oto May" and May Day among the Juveniles