New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-15

Prof. OWEN, whose Lectures on Psychic
logy g. have attracted much attention in City,
will continue them every night this week at Museum
Hall. Qate Chinese Buldipss) No. 500 Broadway.
His lectures are illustrated by many marvellous sx-
peIimeats
We do not pretend to understand the occult
sciences BY turns called Psychology Biology
Pathetism,' and many other hard names but there
il manfsstly some truth at the bottom Of them, and
We wish those who can spare the time would en-
dsavor to fish it out Prof. OWEN comes to us well
recommended, and we trust his lectures will attract
and reward attention.
The MUSICAL WORLD AND JOURNAL or
FINE ARrs.-There has long been needed in this
country a well-conducted and widely circulated
Musical Periodical embracing copious variety of
useful information upon musical topics, well-di'
gested summary Of foreign and domestic musical
news, criticisms on public performances, treatises
on,the principles and practice Of the Art, and choice
specimens of popular musical compositions. TAs
Musical World proposes to supply this want. 1t is
semi monthly Journal Of royal quarto size, contain
ing "a pages four Of which are devoted to music and
twenty to criticisms, reviews, general musical
and the other topics aforementioned. valuable
feature OF The Musical World IL the publication of
the portraits and biographical sketches OF the most
prominent musicians now before the public In the
Nos for March we observe portraits Of Wallace and
Mrs. Bostwick, with interesting sketches Of their
lives. In the No for March Is is commenced the life
Of Pasanini, translated from the French OF NJ Fets
the only authentic biography of the great violnist
that has been written. All this is furnished for
81 so a year, and, az an additional inducement for
70 vhscv ,ha q cvtb NJ nri1o
to be distributed among subscribers early Septsm.
Der Next for the particulars Of which we refer those
interested to the Journal itself.
The Musical World is published by Oliver Dyer, No.
a57 Broadway and the editorial departments are en-
trusted to the management of highly accomplished
musical winters. The European correspondents are
Wellington Guernsey, London w. H. Fry, Paris;
and Lowell Mason, Germany.
THE Musical World says that house
n this City once occupied BY Gen. Washington is
now music store Washington's bedroom is filed
with drums, trumpets, opheclides and tromoopes
his study is hung round with hddes, violoncelios,
double. BASES, guitars, banjos and all manner OF
stringed instruments the library shelves are piled
with "Oh, boys, carry me long," smelly Bly,
"Chuck In de wood dar," "Give me Old Music, ""Ben
Bolt" and thousands of other pieces Of music more
refined andclassical but not so popular and prohs-
able as those enumerated tho old reception and
drawing rooms now compose the general sales
rooms, and the remainder of the building is similarly
disposed of. Among other musical compositions,
beneath which the shelves are groaning, is favor
i,e song entitled the Old Pear Tree" which CON-
msmsrasss the touching recollsctions that are asso
cia.sd with a septgenarian tree, planted in the
ward BY Washington's own hand, and still standing
NEW MUSICAL PAPER.-There is no
better musical critic in the country than JOHN s.
DWIGHT of Boston, and few men are able TO express
What thsy have to say about music in manner at
once 90 poetic and precise. To great musicsl
.cience Mr.. DWIGHT unites the most delicate psrcep
ton of the art so that his articles are sure to please
,hs learned in music and to delight its lovers His
Lectures ard various papers upon the subject are
widely and most favorably known, and, for the sake
of musical cultivat and accurate and profound
criticism In the country we glad to learn that
Mr.. DWIGHT proposes to issue regular Journal, to
hs devoted to music and to esthesical crltiQues
We commend it unreseIvedly to our musical friends
"a work which will be an able running commentary
upou mu,cai events extracting from each its sisnd'
canoe, varying its critical notices OF music ana
musicians. both new and old. with biographical ard
entertaining CctAllS cAu st"oye sA~~ W
mos, interesting and commanding in this noolest OF
tho arts. We find the following in The Boston
Transcript of Friday:
eva are sratifad 70 learn from Ths Atlas, that
new weekly musical journal will be soon COM
menced in this City by John b Dwisns, Esq. a
gentleman more competent to make sucn louins'
all that it should be, cannot Do named hf. Nisus
Will master OF all the technicaltles OF music, 10
one of the most genially eloquent and sraceiai
writers in the country. His pocticM translatohs
~ oil III a N
x,,,on and the faculty divine" He imparts to his
c,i,icsms that charm OF style which renders the as
interesting to the upproessionai as 10 the pfoies'
siopa re ader. His proposed enterpfise ougn' " 20
iiSe,aliv and promptly encouraged 10 Boston, which
nneht 70 send him in at least couple OF thousand
snhscribers for our readers may resi- assured tnst
Boston viii send forth the best musical OF me
day II this project is properly encouraged Inc pnce
~ ~, 40 wear and the paper is guaranteed to run
npsxsar Who will subscrioe-or rather, who VIII
not"
The first Lecture of Course before
M. Bersvo,eu, Order Of United Inshmen, will es
even this evening at Hope Chapel MAYOR 'onn
Rroueham is to DO the speaker, and the SUBJECT VIII
h. &c The Invasions Of Ireland" Major Brousnam Is
ths po,ulsr proprieter Of Br0ushAms Lyceam' ana
crowded house may be expected to hear him In me
capacity Of q lecturer
, The following ReakEstate sales at
Auction were made March 10, at tho Merchants :,
Exchange, by Adrian II. Muller: House and Lo'
east side Of Essexst, 100 feet ncitn OF "tsno"''
o. nv loo feet, known as Ne. s2-.-se,s 500
- There are from foIty-hve to htty
p,;,d;nc Associations now In operation Ia this Cry
Ar tho usual ratio. more than t30,00oVVo woolo 10
nted at their maturity
The extension of the Russ Pavement
from Spring to Bleeetsrst; w % MI,
sn,,s lsree quantity of stone Is deposited along
he ,. street and he pile Is increasing Saiiy.
w AT noon, on Saturday, the steamship
u-..,;. can't Wetton, sailed for Havre, via 20 ives
shs hsd IN passenger, and tl62,oss 30 In specie