The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-04-10
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE
NEW YoaK, April ., 1850.

DEAR SANDERs:-Aiter my best wishes
or your prosperity, have simply to say,
hat | am now resident of the Metropolis
,ity, surrounded by all The comforts and Iuxu-
lies OF life. Here everything that is calcu-
lated in the way of amuSem hts 10 Gid idle !
hours, such az theatres, concerts, operas,
balls, museums, menageries, &C., are to be
seen nightly. But what comfort, what pleas
IRE do YOU suppose would these afford TO one
welded 10 the West as must confes am!
1t is true, | nightly visit some place of amuse-
ment, il for nothing else than 10 drive dull
care away. Let me say here, Tor my own
credit, that | never fail on the Sabbath to
hear Mr.. Chaplin OF Mr. Beecher, and fire.
quently both. They are New Yu.k's favorite
Preachers, and well may she be proud OF
them. DR.. Chaplin is certainly an eloquent
speaker. | am sorry he is advocating SO
lame a doctrine (Univeralsm). or course
he has nothing but morality TO talk about,
which is very good in its place. The beauty
Of Mr.. Beecher's preaching is his great orig-
nality. There are tther denominations here
that have ministers equally worthy, but have
not been trumpeted TO tie same extent. My
opinion is, that the religion of New York, at
the present day, has become so fashionable
and fine, that microscope might be used ad-
vantageously, il one should wish 10 find it,
Here | will drop this topic.
Forrest has recently returned to the city,
and is now eGitying crowded house night
ly at the Broadway ThC atre Some greatly
admire him, others GO 10 see hun merely Tor
the purpose of seeing one who is reputed to
be the greatest Trag dian extant. have
heard him upon several occasions. and must
say like him on account oil bis uBheard
of rantiDg. 1t is wonder TO me how he has
been enabled 10 keep his head upon his
shoulders, for | am sure no Western head
could withstand the shake. | heard him
few evenings ago in the character of Otheilo
[or the Moor of Venice), a character thought
of all others. the most approPos. There
saw Forrest as Othello, and, in Imagination,
Mrs. Forrest as Desdemona. | could but
think that, in playing that character before
the public, he was but rehearsing that which
they too often had played ito their disgrace,)
where they alone were the spectators.
The next on the programme, is the Lilii-
pution King. now stopping at the menagerie.
He is quite small--probably as large as an
infant of 6 months of age. He is said TO be
A years old; it knows nothing, can walk
about, is quite weak; it acts rs it it would as
soon walk into the fire as anywhere-very
peevish indeed You have but To speak to il
to hear the CRIES OF an infant. Ii DON'T talk,
but jahbers, when it wishes for anything
To have your sympathy excited, you have
but 10 look upon il. do think its parents
ought to be objects OF charity; but what care
they for that poor sicky child, that is Kept
awake night and day To be exhibited 10 the
gaze OF the world! They do care tor il! Yes,
they care more fol that child than they would
for d. zen healthy children. There is
money in that dear hitie 10y. II he lives, he
will make us rich, and no mistake. We viii
exhibit him i'll all the large cities, and then
We will go 10 the ou,-ot-tEe-way places.
| The Giant of 8 feet ard the Big Woma
are also attracting some notice. She scarce
ly attracted passing notice in your city,
but here ia New iork Shs is SCme. IL is taken
for granted that nothing will be exhibited in
New York but what is worthy OF patronage.
| a II a nIau wants in New York is some money
and the presumption oil a certain old gentle
man that said ot the X ngoms of the world,
Gall these will give thee, If thou wilt fall
down and worship me-" could give in de-
tail many interesting items, but for fear of
weaIying your patience, will be brief.
Last week the whole city was in a ferment.
1t was Cutting and Breckenridge. and Breck-
enridge and Cutting. Meetings were held
commenditory OF the high and gentlemanly
course pursuei by his honor, Mr.. Cutting
Other me etngs were held, not for that pur-
pose, but To condemn the conduct Mr. c.
pursued. This is abt ut the language of the
meeting: ''li Dir. Cutting thinks he can re-.
turn 10 his constituency without great depre-
citation, he is sadly mistaken. He has by
his unwonted rashness, brought disgrace
upon himself and the citizens of New York.
wfom he represents" That difficulty is now
completely submerged in the all absorbing
theme of Governor Seymour's veto of the
Maine Liquor Bill. Only few days ago, it
was comparatively popular measure with
the members OF both branches of the Legs-
lature, the outsiders, and last though by no
means least, the Press. But SO soon as Gov.
Seymour's veto, with the reasons for the
same, were known, almost every one, some of
the warmest advocates of the bill, turned a
complete somerset, and now eXtol to the
skies the man that could see so many grave
objections TO the bill. They think that Gov
Seymour, In vetoing the bill, has won both
the merit OF resistins an unwise invasion OF
valuable provileges and the merit of having
saved the temperance cause from q speedy
and violent death. The bill, with the OBJ
jections, was sent 10 the Senate, from whence
IT originated, To be reconsidered and then
lost, in consequence of which it will now re-
main at ease Tor another l2 months There
were restrictions in the bill of sufficie mt i'm
pOrtance To kill il. Restrictions that were
put in by wild fanatics that can never see but
one site of the picture at a time; but SO it is
and PITY it is so.
No news of special interest. The wea-
Their to-day is most beautiful, though in gen.
ernl way it is as chan.eable as it can be-
Some weeks. we have every season OF the
year. Living in New York is not better
than had imagined. In fact, | have almost
come 10 the conclusion that New York isn't
half such place as EraRSriHe AS soon as