The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-18
MKT THEATRICAL EMEUTE AND REvo LUTON

BARON AND BArEMAN IN THE FIELD Our dstin
guithed fellow citizen, p. T. Barnum seems to have
kept Lnself quite in retirement Of late. since his
defeat the eetotal fuss and bother that he had got
up in Connecticut. But though there was unusual
silence III this region to his movements, he was
rot idle but, always, was actively engaged in
efois to attract public attention and create a fume
as 10 his doiugs. He was trying his hand at hum
buggng the Canadians, varying his operations
now by temperance lectures, and now by ex-
bibltmg troupes of monkeys, showing oT TIE lions.
and making the bears growl We understand,
however, that his fertile genius has been construct
ing new dodge to rekindle popular excitement.
ard Tia, he is bow preparing scheme for proM
gious explosion-a sort of theatrical emai,e-which
viii burst, in short time, upon the arrival III
this city Of certain theatrical characters soon cx
pected from England.
II viii be reeollected that about year ogo, at The
time he was closing affairs with Jenny Lind when
tie angel bolted and he bad to repd his connec
ton With her suddeny-that he picked up two very
remarkable chdren-the daughters of Henry L.
Batenen-who possessed wonderful dramatic aoili-
ties for their years. II seems that BarnUm entered
into contract with Bateman, that, for the cons
deraon of half the proceeds to arise from the cxh
bition Of these children, he to bring them FOR
ward before the public, puff them, and praise
them in the newspapers, and get all the
journals in this country and in England 70
put them in the way of making large fortunes,
b. eAhib ting them on the stage He procured some
Tremendous putting from American papers, par.
tcplarly those of this city. Soon after, under.
the management of Barnum's agent, Le Grand
Smith, the children went to Europe, in company
with Their father, and have had tolerably success
full time there 1t seems, however, that recently
there has been some difference Of opinion between
BaIDun. and Bateman account Of their contract
which was 10 terminate ut the end Of the first year.
with power 10 Barnum to continue it for two years
Whether these were the terms or not-which is a
point in dispute-the parties have, at all events
got up very belligercnt correspondence, which
will answer the purpose Of concentrating public
attention on the children, and advertising their
merits beyond any other system of old fashioned
announcements that we know of The affair appears
on the face Of it, to be principally an understood
movement, on the part of Bamum and Bateinan. to
get up this quarrel-and very pretty quarrei it is
to carry it into the courts, to engage lawyers on
both sides. to threaten injunctions and proseeu.
tions-to have it determined who shat have the chi
dren-whether there shall be division Of the pro-
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who shall have the shells alone. This is part OF
the grand system which Barnum commenced in the
case ofJoyce Hcth, and continued in all his other
schemes. 1t is mode of advertisng-of fixing tie
mind Of the public-and which we have seen
very ingeniously practised by the famous monkey
troupe, which was prosecuted the other day BY tho
patrons OF the Astor Place Opera House, and was,
by this means, brought more prominently within
the notice III tho nuhiic in HIM h.v
would have been by the ordinary modes for years
We are promised the curious aud amusing CORES
pondence between Barnum and Bateman, and, as
soon as We receive it, we evil probably place it be-
fore our readers, to enable them to consider and
analyze the philosophy ofthese people, who manage
to amuse the public, fill their own pockets make be-
lieye they are engaged in terrible fight, while
they aie most amcably conspring to carry on the
plot, ard dividing the spoils with great glcc.
VERY COMPLIMENTARY TO THE PooR.-Greelcy,
the anti slavery and socialist demagoguc, seems to
have picked up his language from such classic COM
nunities as that of the Five Points speaking. of
the poor. in his paper Of yesterday. he says. The
loor are too stupid to know their rights, and too
cowardly to assert them;'' "the poor can waste
day each every week. in frolc, but they cannot
afford to send their children to school" And again
1.-The craven hearted poor too generally knucAie
under to their landlords, employers creditors, and
FORTH This is very like the classic language he
applies to Gen Pierce, the democratic candidate fo
the Presidency. One day Gen Pierce is denounced
in his columns as q /" drnnkard," - man who does
rot make teetotal speeches. ga man of straw
"a person who has had many well fought bottle"
These elegances are put forth one day. but, finding
they are rather too strong, and smack too much O.!
the Five Points he recalls them, and says that they
got into his paper by mistake He makes great
many mistakes Of this kind. His whole life seems
to be mistake. In fact, his very existence is a
great blundcr; and when nature made him she mus
have been thinking Of anything but human nature.
ART AND THE ART UNION The Art Union Com
mttee. in their defence, have assigned as the Chief
reason for violating the constitution and the lawsoe
the State, that they have assisted artists and pro-
NOTED the of art. But we learn from the best
sources. that so far from encouraging artists and
advancing art in this country, tho institution has
produced a most deleterious effect upon the fine
arts, and has earded the growth Of painting instead
of stimulating it. By huckstering and bargaining
they have degraded works of art into mere merchsn
disc; and the result is that with few exceptions,
the paintings NJ the exhibitions have been mere
daubs They havo been painted for pay, aud not
from the noble principle Of ambition, which inspired
the great masters. The system eff the Art Union
has been runous to art and destructive to genius;
and MI true artists will rejoice that the incubus is
row removed. and that painters, instead of being de-
pendent for success the fiat Of committee, the
majority of whose members were ignorant Of art. |
will have the universal public Of the United States
to appeal to: and they win stand fall upon their
OWL merits. and not upon the mere Will of clique,
which cramped the free operations Of the mind.
Musical and Theatrical Intelligence:
MADAME ALBoNIs FIRST CONTEMPLATING IN
FASHIONABLE CIRCLES.
The movements Of Madame Alboni, the iuc, fat hand
some, magnificent renowned italian artistic who recently
arrived in this city puzzling the brains of all the