Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-01-03


New YoRx, Dec. %, 1856.
New York is dressed up for the coming gaia
days. 1t is doubtful whether there is city
anywhere in which the gaites of the season
are more sought for and INDUCED in than this.
Paris has the name of being the gayest OF Oapi-
tails; this is certainly the gayest of cities not
Capitals. There is a certain love OF show and
pleasure in the Yankee character, nOtwith-
standing his Puritanical descent, which IS ap-
proximating, every year, more closely to the
volatility of the French. Every place in the
city set apart for amusement, is crammed every
night with peasure-seekers. Even the Church
is now patronized by the genuine Yorker, only
for the fun of the thing, and the music. The
artists engaged as singers in the fashionable
Churches receive nealy as large a salary rs the
preacher. Doing the praying and singing for
persons is now as much of profession here as
it was formerly in Italy. But any way to get
to Heaven.
The Italian Opera here closes with the year.
With an excellent company, q house of unrival-
led capacity, and the most favorable weather,
this troupe has succeeded only in helping Qf
help were needed to establish the fact that,
the Italian Opera cannot pay in this country.
Some of the old established theatres have been
put to serious inconvenience by the withdrawal
of their leading artists, who have, it appears,
enrolled themselves in the corps of Miss Laura
Keene, to tread the boards of her "Varieties."
The anniversary of the landing of the ''Pil
grim Fathers" was celebrated'last week by an
GRAFTON, poem, and dinner. The orator of
the occasion was DIR. Oliver W. Holmes lie
saved the Union with an easy effort, for which
he received many Kisses, and considerable APP
plause. John Pierpont read the poem. He
scattered the Union to the four winds, tor
which he received much applause, and many
Kisses. The dinner was given at the Astor
House, where the Union was put down with
sufficient salt and pickles, to preserve it during
the cold weather. Its friends may rest easy
for the present.
Art, during the last week, has received
great encouragement from the prince OF
Hum.," Barnum. In order to induce ladies
to send their portraits TO his " Gallery of Ameri-
can Female beauty" he has agreed to pay for
the pictures himself. AS he has not excepted
squaws, or negresses, it is safe to infer that,
there will be many different styles of beauty
in the collection.
The death of Robert Schuyler, which was
announced in the papers few days ago, is
doubted by many. Some say it was started
! for financial purposes, in Wall street; others
| think it ruse to stop proceedings against him.
! Whether he is or is rot dead reaction of
! public sentiment is setting in in his favor. 1t
is now generally believed that persons with
whom he was connected, and who are seen
every day on "change," are as guilty as he.
Horace Greeley paid a flying visit to New
! York from Washington on Saturday, he is
| quite sanguine upon the election of Banks.
The war between the book publishers and
! Tribune has been brought TO a close. The TIL
bnne took the back track upon seeing libel
suit in the distance-the publishers ate their
own words-devOured the " circulars with
drew the libel and now wait patiently for
good puffs.
We have every prospect for green Christ
mas. The weather during the past few days
has been more like the last Of May than De.
cember. The Steamboats, continue to ply up
On the Hudson River, no ice of any account
having yet appeared on it.
The price of meats ranges high, but labor
| is more plentiful, and money more abundant
among the poor than at this time last year,
hence there does not appear any occasion for
soup-houses this winter