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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-07

Mae artists at nearly seven thousand dollars per
month, aud not than five OF them could be made
useui OF any night. 1t is like anager OF thea
tire engaging te Hamlets and not one Horatiol
There are all sorts Of runners about the fate OF the
Academy and among other statements Is that the
Chevaher WikoH will assume the sceptre director. IL
would be excellent selection. republican govern
ment will do for the Opera. II is essentially
institution, and Wiko is just the to
have imperial sway over the artists.
Ihe Havana Opera lately met with fate similar to
that which has overaken the Academy and several Of
the artists including Stsfanone and Beneventano ar
the marset. Very Brsmbrila, Lagrange, Carador
AID other artists engaged by Uman will arrive aud
shall bave perfest congress Of singing birds in New
York ready to give us the Opera in return for
marksbly moderate salaries, varying from Ave
hundred TO two thou dollars month With such
superior advantages il wi indeed be remarkable IL
do not have the opera resusctated at once.
The following letter was received by the anitor OF the
academy on Monday
Mr. UNISON The Academy OF Music is for the present
costc. fcu hereby directed not to open any part
of the Academy tomorrow and to admit any
order written and signed by me.
You will also that all the doors leading to the bar
from other parts Of the house securely fastened
so that no cne can pass.
You must strictly follow these instructions.
New Sork March 4, 1885. OLE BULL.
Mr. PHALEs then appealed to, and the following
general order was issued:
No 46 East FOURTEENTH STREET, Monday, A. NJ.
Peate TO Mr.. Felix, that Mr., Maretzsk wishes to
have the coor OF the opened Fourteenth
street 20 init the people to meet peaceably and he
VIII be responsible Tor the quiet Of the house Yours
&c, JAMES PHALEN, President.
Mr.. TvSsoS.
TIE peopls" then had meeting which reported
in yesterday HERALD, this Msretzek party tri
Lmphant.
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and Sunday nights to be considered one Of the said
nights at the option of Ole Bull.
The Judge granted the order Of attachment
Tup rntrop or upaAIn
o THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

NEw YORK HorEI, TUESDAY EVENING.
DEAR SIR-HaviDg been informed that the wife Of Max
Maretzex to day instituted proceedings in the Superior
Court against Mr. Ole Ball alleging that he was alb
sconding debtor and about to his property from
the State OF New York, and that sum due her
alleged contract write to request that in those
octedngs should be published In your paper you will
inform the public that Mr. Ole Bull resides AT the New
York Hotel where he has boarded for the last three
months and That he does not desire to avoid til
pay Of any just demands his past life will be sui
cent guaranty.
ANY persons who wish to institute legal proceeding
against him always find him al his hotel his
counsel am authorized to receive their communities
tops at my office, No. 40 Wall street. and respond in the
usual manner /. +. BuLKELEY
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JuD0E EDWARDS srccEsoR.--lt Is reported that Mr..
Samuel BAtchford, Of this city has been rendered the
Office of Judge Of the suprema Court made vacant by
the death Of Judge Edwards. Mr. Blatobfofd for.
mel ly law partner OF Mr. seward.
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Major Andre In which Geusral Grsene referred o. 40
the probable successor Washington In the event -
his untmely decsase
On motion a vote OF ,hanAs was rendered to Prof
Greene ana copy OF his cctu requested for pubci-
tion. The meeting then ad dourne I.
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REscrED.-On Sunday morning sb)ut o'clock
the soN of the Brenton's Reef Light Vessel rescued
man named Briggs, who had been capsixsd. and took
him from the bottom Of the boat snd landed him safely
" Castle Hill. He was alone ia sail boat OF the
White siraak, near the Conanicat shore, and
thoroughly chilled be having ben osar hour the
boats bottom.
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soULR's LETTER or REsrgsArIos

1hefollewng is copy Of Mr. sou's letter Of resig.
ration
MADRID Dec. II, 1854
Hos. Ws. T.. MARCY
slRYour despatch of the 18th ult. In reply TO mine
dated London 2lst OF October, and enclosing the Joint
communication ot NessrS. Buchanan, Mason and ~ elf
&C. leaving alternative but that Of continuing to
liDger here u lapguid impotence or OF surrcnderng
trust which, with tho impeiiments thrown in the way
Of iis execution would strive ia vain to discharge In
satisfactory TO the government credabls %
uysei you vnl not be surprised at the vlch
stnte Of dignity lmpels me 20 adopt res gn my
rossion of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pienipo
ttnthry OF the United States this Court and beg
Of the extreme Kindness OF ths President 70 be retired
irtm duty by the end OF January.
have, &c, PIERRE S0CIE.
The report tina. Mr.. soule has refused 10 line with
the President Ia an absurdity.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-02-14
Guard well your Portals.

There IS no one duty more binding unon n
Son OF temperance than that of protecting
his Division from the introduction of unwor.
thy members. A laxity of discipline in this
respect has done more to weaken and destroy
DIVISIONS, than many are disposed to believe.
To rescue the fallen, lift up the droopipp
head, and cheer the Responding heart. are
emphatically the mission of our Order: bnt
there are certain characters who have been
tried sufficiently often and long, to demon
strate that the Order can do them no good
but they are capable Of doing it much harm.
They have been tried over and over aoain
and their repeated and quickly succeeding
violations of solemn obligations assumed.
unequlvocally evince that there is no moral
integrity remaining within them-they have
lost all sense of appreciation and abiding by
their W solemn declarations-and to sufer
such to trihe with the Order every time thew
choose to apply for admission, is in gross Vi
olatlon OF the duty every member owes the
Fraternity to guard it from intrusion bv
the vicious and unprincipled. Let these
things be borne in mind-and while we Ia
Dor to succor and to save the fallen and lost
let a virtuous and just self-respect lie main
tanned by a faithful exercise of the preros-
atives guaranteed, by which we NAV exclude
the unworthy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-02-14
The Female Heart.

fure and unsullied as a Young girls first
i"'e' mas become an adage. Aye, pure in
deed is it and unsullied as the snow fakes
that fall in feeey drifts in the gloamipg-
The most felicitous moment of mans life is
when ne is blessed with the timid ayowal Of
love from the worshipped idol of his heart
Nothing is purer than a woman's loye-noth.
ing SO devoted as her affections. Be il for a
lover, a husband. a child or a parent. il is
the same pure fame 'kindled by the Goals
from the altar on high. Give her an assu-
rance of love in return-a token of a death
less affection, even if it be amid the gloom Of
poverty or the darkness of death. and the
feelings of her heart will gush forth pure as
the chrystal wavelets that spring from the
mountain rock, despite the bonds and merca-
nary ties of fashion and pride. Her wor-
snipped idol is love, and she makes it the sa-
cfed Mecca towards which she bends all her
energies, a faithful pilgrim for life. This
principle shapes all her actions and is the
great incentive of her life-a facultv that alb
sol bs her being and concentrates her soul.
LIS better to be the favored idol of one IN.
suiiied heart than to sway the gilded sceptro
over empires and Kingdoms. The impas-
stoned devotion of one high souled and noble
woman IS a more peerless gem than the sy-
cophant fawning of millions. Whose hath
this gem, let him preserve it with a Jealous
care.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-02-14
at se 3Lagg yng Gmann-a Gnnp1ann mS fnma aaAg ams pau.
Taxation.

There is scarcely any thing, among the
common incidents of civilized society, that
will arrest the attention and examination Of
the masses sooner than that of TAXATION
1t is a theme upon which all feel Interested
and which comes home to the hearts and
pockets OF every citizen and whenever an
increase of taxes is proposed, rigid INQUIRY
is at once instituted into the causes INDUCING
It, and if upon examination they are found
just and proper. as patriotic citizens thew
cheerfully acquiesce and contribute to the
general treasury for the support of Govern
ment.
Such a period has arrived in North Caro-
lima, and the various works of internal i'm
provement agreed upon render it imperative
that a largely increased revenue be raised to
meet the liabilities Of the State. Lands. and
Polls, and manufactures, and luxuries. and
capital, and every thing else, almost. were
agreed upon as proper and legitimate sub
.Jects of taxation, the amount being the only
mooted point. But as soon as it was pro-
posed to tax the liquors manufactured in, or
brought into the State, a bomb-shell was at
once thrown into the midstof a certain class
ofi""-maaa sySha9 saasms. as-sost
upon the spot! they were perfectly wiling
to tax the poor mans head, and his little
home, and all he has, double the amount
hitherto the Farmers lands and houses, his
turpentine distilleries, his mills, toll-bridges
ana every other species of property-the
tax upon the Merchants goods and wares
may be increased fifty or one hundred per
cent.,-the excise law may be brought to
bear upon Mechanics and every other char
acter OF industry and enterprise-all of these
thlngs may be done, and never a word of re-
monstrance or defence was heard,-but no
sooner was the liquor interest invaded, than
they sprang to their feet, and a mighty effort
was made to leave that sacred interest un-
molested-to let the dealers and manufac-
turers of this prolific source of other taxes,
as we'll as nine-tenths of the crime and mis-.
cry in the land, let 1t go forth free and I'M
trammeled in its work of desolation and
death /!
1t is not our purpose at present, to dwell at
length upon this attempt at injustice and
wrong-at a future time w shall extend our
remarks and show scho of our lawmakers
would thus discriminate between the honest
and Virtuous portion of their constituents, to
the advantage, protection and exemption Of
others. But we would call the attention Of
of every right thinking man to this iniqui.
tious proceeding, and ask them how they
like the disparity made and the burdens
heaped upon them, while others were to be
excluded, exonerated, exalted above the
common level, because, forsooth, whiskey
and drunkard-making interests were involved
We very much mistake the character of our
people, if they do not visit upon the often
ders that righteous indignation which in.
censed justice and equity demand. 1t is due
to the majority of our lawmakers to saw,
however, that all the efforts of the whiskey
nhamnions at Tgnsion and exemption. sie.
nally failed. More anon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-02-14
AT

On the 9th inst, the Committee on Promo
sltions and Grievances, through Mr.. Waugh.
Its Chairman, submitted to the House of
Commons a lengthy Report on the numerous
memorials on the subject Of the liquor traffic
introduced in the General Assembly.
From the first week of the Session the nre-
sentation OF such memorials have almost daify
occurred and been referred to the Committee
indicated above. In their hands thew have
quietly slept until the eve of an adjournment:
and then a long, labored and profound re-
port, that smells wonderfully of lamp oil, if
not something stronger, is presented.
1t sets out with the proposition that such
a law as thousands of the citizens of the State
ask for is unconstitutional. It then argues
Justify to prove that it is presumption and
1anatlclsm on the part of the memorialists
to demand of the legislators such a law. in
which argument the old hard shell song is
rehearsed of Observation-Disclosures
presslon-sumptuary, &c, &c. The Report
advocates IN the most pathetic strains the
benign influences of moral ~suasion. and MIC
lures with an eloquent pen the ruthless
march OF lntemperance and the wrecks of
hearts, homes and hopes. Moral suasion is
held up as the only reformer in this great
work and it is laid down as an undisputed
fact that to say what a man shall drink is an
insult to the dignity Of his exalted nature
We have seldom heard q report read Of so
wide a latitude; it contemplates that the
memorialists ask for . law saying what free
men shall eat, drink and wear. which was
something entirely new and novel.
Well, the Supreme Court of the United
States has said such laws are constitutional,
the learned and astute Committee on PROMO.
sltions and Grievances say they are not
Which is right?
The Report was ordered to be printed--we
shall try to secure a copy, and then, more
anon.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-02-14
Present Laws are sufficient

So say the opponents of Prohibition. Are
they? Then why have not our opponents
demonstrated this fact, by executing the
present laws? They have witnessed the
growing, swelling sentiment that stronger
laws were required, for the protection of
s~oeiety--they have read and heard it said a
thousand times, that a large number of the
People believed the present laws utterly in
sufficient to accomplish the desired good
why, then, have not these defenders of the
present laws, proven the correctness of their
position, by proving their efficiency in bring
ing their penalties to bear upon those who
violated their provisions? Had they done
SO, this exciting question would have long
since been put to rest. Humanity would
have clapped her hands for JOY. Posterity
would have bowed at their shrine in grateful
remembrance, and have felt elevated by the
homage" But they have made no effort to
fortify their position, and the people know it
to be a hollow-hearted subterfuge-tbev
therefore require laws that will meet the
evil to be remedied.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-02-14

WoxAN.-From the lips of woman every
infant hears the first accents of affection.
receives the first lessons of duty in ten.
From the appreciation of woman.
the grown up youth will undertake the bold.
est enterprise and brave every difficulty of
study, danger and even death itself. To the
happiness of woman, the man of maturer
years will devote the best energies of his
mind, and body and from the soothing and
aHeetlonate regards. of woman, the man who
become venerable by years, derives his
chief consolation in life's decline. Who,
then, shall say thatthe one-half of the human
race, and they confessedly the most virtuous
and most amiablc, may not be entrusted with
an intelligence and an influence equal to our
own To them when sorrow afHicts as. we
conslgn half our sAfferings, and they cheer
fully relieve US by tightening them. When
JOY. delights, we give half of our pleasures
and they as readily consent to share them
They lessen by their sympathy, the pangs Of
all our privations, and they increase by their
participation, the ecstacy Of all our delights.
They deserve, therefore, the full enioyment
OF every privilege that it is in our " to
confer upon them.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-02-14

BE GENTLEMEN AT HoNE.-There are
few families, we imagine, any where, in which
love is not abused, as furnishing a license for
impoliteness. A husband, father. or brother
will speak harsh words to those whom he loves
the best, and those who love him the hest
simply because the security of love and fam.
lily pride keeps him from getting his head
broken. 1t is a shame that a man will
speak more impolitely at times, to his wife
or sister, than he would dare to any other
person except a lew and vicious one. It is
thus that the hottest affections of mans ma.
ture prove to be a weaker protection to wo-
man in the family circle than the restraints
OF society, and that a woman usually is in
debted for the kindest politeness of life. to
those not belonging to her own household
Things ought not so to be. The man. who.
because it will not be resented, inficts his
spleen and bad temper upon those Of his
hearthstone, is a small coward, and a yery
mean man. Kinds words are the circulating
medium between true gentlemen and true
ladies at home, and no polish exhibited in
society can atone for the harsh language and
disrespectful treatment too often INDUCED in
between those bound together by Gods own
ties OF blood, and the still more sacred bonds
OF conJugal love.-SprinQfeld Republican.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-02-14

n bright PIcTURE.-During the past
week, an amendment to the Charter of the
Town of salisbury, passed the House of Com
mons, by a very handsome majority, giving
the voters in that corporation the following
privilege, and protecting them by the annex
ed consequences, viz The majority of it's
citizens arc allowed the privilege of deter
mining by vote, whether retail licenses shall
be granted within the limits Of the Town !;
and, in the event of a majority being oppo-
sed to licenses, then it shall not be lawful for
any one to sell intoxicating drinks therein in
less quantities than one gallon, under penal
ties of fines, reaching as high as one thousand
dollars. This is q wholesome law, based up
on republican principles, placing the desired
protection within the power of the majority.
1t was passed upon the memorial of the citi-
zens of the Town. and urged by Mr.. Cald-
well, their representative and the law will
stand a lasting memento of honor to those
who voted Cor it.
A DARK PIcTURE.-A few days previous,
a memorial was presented from the citizens
of Henderson, (signed, we are told, by all
but three or four of its voters) praying the
AsNer TO haya a similar. supervision over the
Cratic in its limits. III Vas pre- ad anfde
Tended by Mr.. Amis, one of their Represen
~tatives. and opposed by another, Mr.. Bull
lock and notwithstanding the almost unan
lmous petition of the people for it, was re
fused IN the House, by a majority of one
Now, what sort Of justice and equality il
there In this How can such confictin,
legislation be justified before the people?
Louisburg and other Towns asked similal
powers, but they were refused. Why, in tn,
name OF justice and equal rights, we asl
0hy this discrimination? We rejoice in tn
good fortune of our Salisbury friends, ant
can only say to those disappointed in receiv
ing similar protection-look we'll to whom
you elect to represent you. If your owl
Representatives go against bills for your lc
cal interest, you need not expect stranger
to stand up for them. Remember this i
selecting and voting for candidates from thi
time, henceforth and forever.
p. S-We are gratifed to state that tb
House has reinstated, on the second reading
ofthe bill to amend the charter of Henderson
the clause giving the citizens jurisdiction owe
the liquor traffic therein. We hope it wi
be retained on the third reading, and thu
the just and fair provisions embraced therei
become a part of their Town Charter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-02-14
1855,
The Two Cornses.

The rich man died and his body was laid
out nicely in costly robes. that would have
honored BIN in life, and be was Strengthened
in a costly coffin studded with brigb, cold
and silver. The ceremonies over him wors
in pomp and splendor ike the magni6eepce =
of eastern princes. Grief was driven from
the hearts Of his sons and daughters and
sadness from the face of ha wife by the
scene being rendered grand and Imposing IN.
its character. Many mourners in CAV car
riages followed with measured steps the rich
mans gilded clay to its nome in the bosom
Of the earth and while the little .lods fell
on the boards, a great circle of nssaruers.
clothed in fine dark silks and muslins- broad
cloths and jetty ~velyets, stood about the homo
of the dead in solemn mockery. Percbancs
a single tear dropped-a sigh heaved- and
then the mourners returned to a luxuyo,a
feast at the mansion from whence the d.,d
had been carried away forever. His Riches
were divided out aud heart burninps ana
bitterness were among those who come i'm
for a share. Soon a costly monument arose.
above the rotting flesh and the crumblipr
bones of the wealthy sleeper, the brightness
of the polished marble glittered in the morn
ing&ud kess-S1y asAt-
him in life come TO the spot where he sleeps
undisturbcd TO admire and praise the bright
ness, the clearness, the smoothness Of the
marble
The poor man died, and his body was
dressed for his journey Co the grave in coarse
. yet clean linen, and he was laid by rough
yet kind hands in a plain coffin of the cbeap.
est deal. The ceremony over his clay was
!, plain, simple and hasty-even the PRAYER
seemed to say to the heart-broken wife. moth
!, er, sons and sisters, " You are poor wretches
at best, deserving little from your minister
who, the Book says, IS a0orthy IF his hire
A few weeping Observation-Disclosures indeed
and in truth-the widow and the children
followed the poor man to his dark homo
5 among the tombs. His tomb was an humble
n corner in the ~churchyard, away from the
s rich and the noble among men. The sexton
rudely ratified the heavy clods and the stones
e on the thin boards, and a shudder crent 70
$ the heart of those who stood over the grave
and looked through tears upon its filling IN,
r The warmth of life seemed creepino awav
from the hearts of the poor mourners as the
clods ratified, as nothing else ~rattles, ON the
n pulseleSs bosom Of the dead. With slow
and reluctant steps they left the churchyard.
for 1t was a struggle with them to 90 awav
and leave their protector, husband and father
alone among the tombs and among the dead,
They went back to their desOlate home and
n sat down in the broken circle and wept in 81.
lenee over their sad fate. No monument
q tells the stranger where the poor man lies
a plain slab or a rough stone is all that marks
the place where he sleeps, save those beauti-
e 1ul flowers blooming ON a green grave-Row.
n ers the hand of affection hath planted and
d the tears of faithful memory hath watered.