New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-04


AABsas so~rsa.--A few Of tbs NewYorksss have ,
last atssts Of the great sonags voice On sstrds
the 18th ult, considerable number Of ladies snd GENT,
maa were invited 10 attend rebearal After describin
the preliminary aonrishes the assistant musicians th
Post proceeds as follows to the divinity herself:
But it obvious that every body awaited the appesr
snce of sontag with impatienes and felt hard to ur
the repetition ofsome Of he movements which ounc
| necessary to perfect precision
Well she finally forward dressed in pink ma pts
with white trimmings. over white barege, pink sunces
and pik hat, with little about per
son She is seemingly not than forty years ago
has light brown hair blue eyes nlest moheriy and ex
pressive face with the prettest teeth world Her
manner s ady-like and higl-bred and more graceful
than Jenny Linds whose charms Of the rtu
rder and more so than Albon whose person II tooarya
| for perfect refinement
She Of course greeted with immense enthusiasm,
the ladies present taking part In the appiausss
But the first note Of her voice. 10 began the recfatve
Of the Came Of the SomBambuia the zig
nal OF profound silence which not broken until the
| close OF the yarse allowed the feelings escape in
| cappings and cheers s8.ss
sontag it obvious from the angor Of her Nee had
beeh suffering severely yet she became in
spired By the music features lighted up with sweet
and almost divine expression IA
Her voice is q sorso of the uost elciax,a ,yitv ex
tensive in us compass and wonderfully flexible II has
perhaps less pcwer than Jenny inds, but is, If such
thing bs possible The tones orIy show the
Elects of time yet slightly that scarcely discover
able by the nicest ess aaa1 llisN
But in the upper and middle register her oruan il per
sct it has delicacy refinement, exquisite serenity
that az Vrgins says, nothing lives sBd 81
enee" Nor is her management Of II less remarkabis
every note is brought clear distinct finished she
reaches above the lines without strainin which sas
ng much in these days Of vocal force and her
curacy. ssss7T.11F
The second piece sung By Madame sonsg the bra
qualities Of voice. and charms II manner aud Il can
Only be hkened TO meiodious cascade in which every
audience cspyated than By the esaufsit yartefv
and grace Of this performsnce - -77 = =
WHIT THE Fssr IsDIss cosr THE Birrlsn 0oss2
bIerrie England IS altogether exempt fyn
those difficulties sser consequent upon struggis for the
:ioaves and fishes, and the pos Of office The Select
Committee Indian Afairs IL IS highly probable viii
be renewed st the session Of the House Of Commons
and the whg journals exceedingly fearful tas tbe
civil patronageof Iadia sa ss made eyer fsr tssrty
years to the Tories. This civil list is very nca
thing for those who are 50 fortunate to be upon
amounting as Il does in the aggregate about f320.
e0o exclusive Of the charge Of collection or about sx
teentwenlieths Of the whole Indian revenue while the
civil list OF Great Britain only amounts about sx and
half one-hundredths Of the revenue The number of
superhuous governments there being less than seven
.hs @ and monstrous salaries are the principal causes
civil officer from the day he arrives in India receives
the full pay Of Lieutenant Colonel in the British IN
fantry and after ten service has pension Of o0o
year.
The salary the Governor General is 9250Co ue7 am
mum (ye times as much as the President of the United
Sates besides furnished palace any quantity of ser
wants public feasts the public cost III his travelling
expenses, and the snug Of f5000 for outfit and pas
sage money, There four urse him at
salaries of .e1oOoo each; them the Conmauder
in addition. in bis military capacity Thc Cover
of Madras and Bombay have quite as much but
areeruely obliged to manage fl59oO per aunum
while their cunselors suffer on the short allowance of
only fSO00 Thus the Executive and Legislative Gov
ernment Of India costs about f2 zoo 000 uef npnrr
The Judicial branch not far behind It costs about
a2oo0Ooo more which little short Of E7o0000
than that of Great Britain and Ireland.
There ara first four Queens Courts, three Supreme
and one Recorders Court with eight Judges in all Their
annual cost is about fT5O00 The Chief Justice Of BEN
laa .,,st b<~~ n -
f60o0. The Puisnes of Bengal have $4,000 each and
those Of Madras and Bombay 5000 The Recorder Of
$50 mites to fulfil his duties has "a 50o and all have pen
sons after ten years service Of f10OO to fz per
year besides outfit and passage money Il
There are also extensive ecclesiastical esabrhmepts
consisting OF Bishops Archdeacons Ckaplsirs Presbyte.
ran minister's Of the Scotch kirk, and others ali Of
whom receive salaries pensions outfits passage money
etc, but whether they return quid ,ro cuo in India,
souls saved is not settled taken consideration
The passage money alone in 1851, amounted to
fi9.495 liz. Cd. e4-a4A fgs FsS
Reward for service is not in any degreo TO
the dignity or usefulness Of the Office ali ars rewarded
as be alike the only principle governing
being that every officer should be paid rs large sum AZ
possible Supreme Judges and Collectors Of Taxes re-
ceiye the salaries Chief ProvinciaI Judge has
fSS00 year and Exeisean precisely the same suu,
The pension list Is open to ali alike after the nrsserhad
time of service from the small collector with his
f10.000 s
trast between these enormous salaries paid the Eng
sh officers aud those paid the English subordinates is
n
dia only about 10000 Engiishmen There are three
classes of native Judges who receive
one-tenth Of the salary English Supreme Jure ths
second onetwelfth Of the an English Provi;aI
judge and the third less than twentipth Of
paid TO q subordinate Collector of Land Tax
The inordinate salaries Of the English officers IN India
we're fixed at the time it thought be rich in mine
RAJ wealth put It has proved poor enough since the wages
of the aboring classes only 2d day and 1O0Go0GoO
of people only contribute 925 about one half
OF what quarter Of the lumber Of people contribute in
Great Britain The salaries Of the Governor General and
Judges We're fixed eighty ago. and some high sub
ordinate officers sixty years since when a voyage to
India occupied six months and was-very expensive II
can now be made easily and agreeably in thirty days
and may live in Calcutta almost as cleap as he can H,
London and enjoy the same luxuries that the great
metropolis affords.
An East India Director with this euoru,ous cstror,o.
to bestow. is certainly TO dc ones hat to- and
whose smile and favor is not be despised But sill this
goes to show that much of those upon some Of
which the suare tag is being hoisted every hour out of
the wentyfour costs than comes to- and that It
may be all well to boast of but it is an exceedingly
expensive luxury to keep.
WHALE WITH TIE oorH-AcrrE-Ert,aet nom a
UhGiema's Joa7Gi-Among the ailments which sperm
whales subject is the jumping toothache operates
on their system it does upon those Of man
kind rendering them grabbed and ractous Just at day
break one morning, while were cruising on the or
shore ground violent commotion in the water nbeut
two miles AHEAD resembling breakers attracted atten
ton 1t continued unabated till within ifty rods Of it,
when sperm whale flor such it proved to be) threw his
entire body into the air and fell back his native ee-
ment with tremendous report of course the varIs
hauled aback and the boats lowered but ssyerai
minutes elapsed before it deemed prudent to approaeh
the monster Finding however, that he had no idea of
becoming quiet we advanced with caution and succseded
in securing one iron firmly in his back which rendered
him more restless Giving him plenty Of slack line We
removed to respectful distance hoping he would sound
or retreat, but he was not disposed do either So
taking our pulled sufficiently near to give the
boatheader an opportunity to lance him. He seemed to
be aware OF our intention for he turned and rushed to-
wards us with the design OF giving fcns which we
narrowly escaped During the half hour he chased
us aud it was with much difficulty that we avoided him
When near u.s. he turned his back and raised his Jaw
bringing to view two handsome rows of ivory Among
terrific objects enraged whale holds prominent place
An hour passed in unavaing attempts to accomplish
the desired object the whale becoming furious and
the hope of conquering him growing fnter At length
while the attention of the directed towards
the mate upon him in opposite direction and
dealt him death wound, relieving US of burden of
anxiety, which indicated itself in the pald
and nervous agitation of the boats He very
reluctant to YIELD and the death struggle long and
violent Ii cat has nine lives is sometimes remarked
that fellow had nineteen
Before night his bubber in the try-pots and his
jaw was stripped OF its covering On extracting teeth
the cause Of his singular movement was revealed The
cavities in several contained sage number WORMS
eighth of an inch in length The teeth perfectly
sound but the marrow Of the TOOTH which was
in inch in diameter at the lower extremity in many
1f them entirely consumed by the that seemed TO
nave bred there IIallowell Gazette.
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Hoo srArIsTics,-The Louisville Courier Of the 9th
alt. gives the following: