New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-20

OPERA AT ASTOR- PLACE.-lH HIS e'enlDS
Robert to be repeated for the last time No opera
has ever been sung at Astorplace with greater gen
ulne success, which We confident will be contin
ued by La Gazza Lddra.
We observe some incredibly of the result of the
cheap system in establishing permanently good
Opera But has not the dear sy stem been tried L
il is true that in any house which have at pres
ent the receipts at fifty cents would not pay the best
artists it is equally true that In those houses the pub
lie is unwilling to pay dollar more for inferior
artists as the result has proved. There is no doubt
that If the united audiences Astorplace and NIB
los assembled at re asonable price spacious
house. the proceeds would cover the necessary ex-
penses, with a balance in the managers favor II
the, do not, the Opera must be abandoned because
there can be no government susvention. There is
no proper aristocr acy, and there is sufficient
steal taste in the community. Could dependence
be reasonably placed upon either OF these three re-
sources the price might be raised. Blu. the pso-
ple must support the Opera here, there must be the
people's price, or the thing will be an inefficient
imitation OF something altogether foreign. Il seems
to us that the fatal fault Of the Opera-management
in this country until recently, has been the forget
fulness of the fact that New-York is not London,
or Paris, OF st. Petersburg, or Havana
ANOTHER DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE
ERIE RALRoAp-Two PERSONS KILLED.-Another
dreadful accident occurred on the Erie Railroad on
Wednesday, while the mail train from he West was
stopping at Deposit for dinner and most OF the pas
seneers were in the saloon. While III. passenger
train was standing at the station freight train ran
into the rear car and entirely broke 1t up killing al
most instantly, two passengers and severely wound
| ing another. The persons killed were Miss Wisner
| of Goshen, Orange Co, and an Indian girl Mr.
Mooney was severely, If not fatally, wounded. We
are informed that the cause OF the accident was the
gross careessness and neglect of positive orders by
the engine man, and the conductor OF the frelghI
train. The freight train was on switch az Sum-
nit, eight miles from Deposit, when the passenger
train passed and ought not to have arrived at De-
post until seven minutes after the passenger tram
left. The freight trains are not allowed to run over
tvelve miles an hour, and If the instructions had
been obeyed the train would not have reached De-
post till long after the passenger train had left
Both the engine man and the conductor knew that
the train would stop at Deposit, and remain there
twenty minutes as that is the regular dining place
Mr. Nasterton, the conductor of the passenger
train and the station Waterman the freight tram
coming. and the conductor jumped upon the engine
ana started their train with sufficient speed TO lessen
very much the force of the collision The engine
man and conductor of the freight train sprasg on
before the engine struck, and thus saved themselves
We are informed that the officers OF the compan!
have ordered rgid investigation to be made ia'o
the circumstances attending the accident, and WI
spare no pains bring to justice the engineer auu
conductor of the freight train. They are prooa0V
both under arrest now
THE LAND Reform BANQUET. - Inc
land Reformers and Industrials generally, assem-
Md a, Military Hall on "Wednesday evening" req
Is 4, being their Fourth Annual Banquet, forming
one Of the largest and happisss social gatherings u
-. s..son Unlike most other public assemblies !"
was composed Of whole families Oh ihuu roys
80, ,ra,,ss in dancing and good suppers mo''