The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-29

Eotabilities Golns % Durspe.
Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt leaves this day
for England. in the Atlantic. She has given about
one hundred concerts in this country, and has
realized about 600, Or which she has given
Amt 3S0, 600 in charity. She intends, we under
stand, TO appropriate some Of the balance TO public
charities in her own c0untry-luRatic asylums, asy-
lums for the blind, and deaf and damb, and some,
also, to the cause Of education-not the whole
$l5O,OOO, as Barnume gave ont, to raise an excite
ment. Her popularity has been very great, but, !
strange to say, II has not sprung from her real
merits-which she has never had the opportunity of
displaying in this country-but from some skiful
tricks Of the voice, which, being beautiful, difficult
of performance and altogether novel, carried away
the unthinkirg and unmusical crowd, who passed
over some of her finest gems from the operas with
out a single plaudit. There has been very little Of
the classic pure artistic in her concerts and she
has been applauded, not az an artist, but as
clever vocalist. If she had appeared in comic
opera, such as The Daughter Of the Regi-
ment," or such operas b0mnambua /" and
Robert the Devil, she would have earned
a higher reputation here, and one that would
have told better for her in Europe than the cap-trap
of the echo Song" the " Bird Song and similar
compositions In these operas she would have shone,
and mnstered delight to every person possessed Of
true musical taste. But she has gone, without the
people Of this country knowing anything Of her
abilities as artist and opera singer. She goes,
however, $780, 900 richer than che came, and with
husband to boot; and that is something She vii
probably effect an engagement at one of the London
opera houses.
A number Of bishops are going to Europe to-day
by the same steamer.
Madame Murat left in the last steamer for France
She is the daughter of Virginia planter and mar
ried Prince Murat, eldest son of the King Of Naples
after his arrival in this country, when he was
banshed from France. They settled in Florida,
where he died. She is accompanied by her servant.
1t is stated that Louis Napoleon sent for her, and
sent $4,000 to pay her expenses. Persgny, the
fast friend Of the President, and Minister Of the In
terror, is married to the daughter Of Lucien Murat,
another son Of the Marshall who married the daugh-
ter Of LATTE, the great banker Of Paris.
TEEToTALIsM IN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
IsLAHD-Govemor Boutwell, is abused on all hands
Tor signing the Maine Liquor law, passed by the
Legislature of Massachusetts,. The papers of that
State say that he vetoed the first bill, and then
reference to the people being taken away, which
indicated one Of two things-ether that they were
afraid to submit it to the judgment of the people,
knowing that it would be emphatically against
them, or that they despised the people as mere
canaic, who have no brains to think for themselves
to what they shall eat and drink, whercwithal
they shall be clothed. But we do not concur in
these attacks on Governor Boutwell,. We think he
has acted perfectly right. When he saw the Legs-
lature bent forcing this measure, he came to the
conclusion Of giving them bellyful of cold water,
and let them drink it till they burst. 1t is all a
party trick; and the very men who voted for the
measure violated their own consciences and did not
believe in or practice temperance His cue, there
fore undoubtedly is to give them such dose of cold
wat er as will make them heartily sick oft They did
not expect he would sign the bill, and they thought
they would have the credit Of voting for it, while
they could enjoy the luxury of a glass of good
liquor But Governor Boutwell, has caught the
hypocrites in their own trap, and they will be the
| first to repent the law they have made
| The Governor of Rhode Island has acted precisely
| in the same manner. He, too, opposed the law
but when he saw the Legislature resolved upon
passing it. he determined he would sign it, but told
| them they would regret it. And so they will. If
these Governors carry out the law striDgently,
trust they WILL enforcing it particularly in the
| of the members of the Legislature, sending every
of them to the Penitentiary that dares TO drink
single dep aay lind nf spr;tuo,,s liquors. and
while there putting them to hard labor if they don't
drink a copous draught Of water-at least oae
quart every hour in the day.either fresh or salt,
or brackish-if the law is carried out in this way
the mock teetotalers and sanctiiied Mawworms viii
have enough Of it before all is over.
There is provision of the law, as il has passed
in Massachusetts,, that shows tie hollow hearted
hypocrisy of the whole measure. While it pro-
hibits the manufacture Of liquor, TO be sold any
where in the State, it permits the manufacture,
provided the liquor goes to other States; that is,
say they, we shall not permit the people OF Massa-
chusetts TO be poisoned by rum, but we viii permit
them to poison many Of the people Of other
States they please, Such is the elastic India rub
Der conscience Of a Massachusetts, legislator.
Never did any measure kick up such social re-
volution as this win DO in a very short time. Not
only win hotels and watering places be destroyed
by it in Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, but poll
ticians will be completely upset by the reaction
that is sure to take place. Already is the tide on
the ebb, which will leave the bark Of teetotalsm
high and dry the strand to be dashed to pieces by
the waves Of the next food. The whole of this
movement is abotionism in disguise-ior the men
who sustain it are nearly all abolitonis,s. We al
wise every one, therefore, to avoid Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island, during the coming summer, as
if those States infected with the plague or the
cholera. The greatest of all plaques are abolition
ism and fanaticsm Let no one travel by their
Enthusiastically can get dropof decent drink by
the way. Let nobody stay a. their hotels, OF visit
any Of their cities where they can get nothing but
oxygenated bittas, and such perilous stuff as that.
Above ALL let everybody avoid Newport-she
greatest plague spot of all-the most abomnable of
all the cold water denominations in Yankeeland.
ANTI.SLAvERY AGiTAF,oN-Abo meetings
being held all over the North. The most violent
language used against all who differ in opinion with
the agitators Every man who does not agree with
them is sent directly to the botomless pit the moment
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