Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-09-08
TIINGS IN NEW YORK,

Gr's' ant Warso's second appearance--I Tie
ea~ses OF their taif~ye-The Syraeuse
Conrentson-MOre S1nMegiiug-A Csnte-
nar'am-A steamship on fire, 4e.
New York, September, 2, 1854.
There is rumor floating about the city that
Grisi and Mario have broken their engage
ment with Hackett, and that they will return
to England in the steamship Pacific which
sails on Saturday, the 10Th. One thing ia GER
tain, that owing to the drouth, the scarcity of
money, or some other cause, these artists have
failed in drawing the immense audiences that
were anticipated. In noticing their second
appearance, the Evening Post has such sem
sible article, that am tempted to copy it, for
the benefit Of the readers of the Star. Here
it is:
The audience Of last evening, or rather
the lack of it, must have astonished Grisi and
Mario, more than they the audience We con-
tess surprise ourselves at having found Castle
Garden but half filled, vacant scat answer
ing to every full one, and the fact is in itself
confirmation of our formerly expressed
opinion that the general effect of the debut of
drisi and Mario upon the audience was one Of
unsatisfed anticipation-in one word, of dis,
appointment. 1t is cot to be wondered at
positive and unaffected popular enthusiasm in
this country by vocal means And Jenny
Lind wandered among Us from city to city, a
pilgrim of song, singing to the people CLONE,
Sweet Home, and "Coming through the Rye
songs which every woman among her audience
had sung, and every man had whistled. 1t
needed no musical culture to recognize the
superiority Of Jenny Lind over every singing
woman and every whistling man, but it does
mn ioo1 milf
Mario excels Benedict, or, later still, Beraldi;
or to tell In what particulars the Lucrexia of
Grisi surpasses that Of Steffanone or Parodi.
1t requires culture, in the first place, to appre.
clate the beauties of an opera :; and in the
second, to appreciate the excellence of the
artists rendition Of them"
The SoftShell State Convention, at Syra-
cuse, have adjourned, after making their nom.
nations and passing compromise resolutions
The proceeding were not as disorderly as the
Geographic reporters would have it appear.
Information was given at the custom.house,
yesterday, alleging that the Captain of the
brig Ippogrefo attempted to smuggle into this
port quantity Of silks, velvets, TO-, said to
be valued at 900 to $4,000 No arrest in
relation to the matter, We understand, has vet
been made by the United States Marshal.
Coroner O'Donnell yesterday held an in
quest at the corner Of Ninety ninth street and
woman named Martha Ray, who died of de-
bility arising from old age, she being, as is
stated, upwards of one hundred years old. For
the past thirty years she has lived at the above
place.
At half past one o'clock this morning fire
was discovered on board the steamship Marion
at pier No. North river. 1t originated in
the aft house on the main deck, and was ex-
tinguished with triling damage
Coal dealers have advanced their prices so
per cent. per ton since Monday. The supplies
are slow in coming forward, owing to the low
stage of water in the canals.
Sloop Mystic, which arrived yesterday morn.
ing from Key West. reports several vessels
ashore between Cape Hatteras and Cape Henry.
An important auction sale of iron took place
yesterday morning. Particulars annexed
zoo tons RR iron at $50 200 do do, $3I; 200
do: do, $33 200 do. the above deliverable at
Milwaukee 800 tons do, $38 and $50 at $3S. so,
deliverable here.
Mr.. BULL THREArENs.-Ths London Tines.
Of August rs, closes long and somewhat
abusive article on the Greytown affair thus :
awe trust, therefore, that her Majesty q gov.
eminent will obtain from the United States in
this instance reparation not inferior to that
given by France in the case of Mr.. Pritchard
namely, censure Of the officer BY whom
these unlawful acts were committed and COM
pensation to the parties whose property or in.
terests have suffered. Deeply as We value our
relations with the people Of the United States,
and anxious as We are to strengthen them by
every honorable means, We cannot apply .
different rule Of conduct to the strong and to
.he weak; and we are bound to show that in