The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-14


~,on-sales Of the week, s2,coo bales. Receipts,
o. bales. Stock, 1l30o0 lnCrea,o Of receipts over
dale last year, IA 600 bales We quote mddling 1t
NEW ORLEANS. Dec Is, 1850.
yop-Saks day OF 10 800 bales e IL 40 49, for
alipg sales Of the week $4,000 bales; Atock 80 so
,ps tbos far ahs ad of a,t ear 200 Coffee stesty
. ss lohc.; sales OF tho week 5000 0ags; stock
90 hays Flour dull ana selling as 80 cas- White
d 81 $50, ana RED 81 4se. Ness pork sl7 rs. Lard
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rcantile LIBRARY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Lec-
ere OF Donald Mitchell, ESQ, on Venice
L gater.
10 second lecture Of Mr.. Mitchell Venice de.
red on Thursday evening" at the Same place and b.
the Same association ~ the former. Modern Venice
the theme Of the lecturers description and
YvatioDs and, a. on the for mer occasion, be had
udd subject before him. 10 mercantile association
ciay, in the heart Of great mercantile city, itself
Venice before an audieace of merchn their
shtes clerks and connections rhe rise and fall Of
greatest emporium OF trade and commerce In the
Ia be specially interesting aud instructive Nc.
be, bsnaed lis subject in the second lecture In much
same s h AZ IN the former, and with tho Guae amoi-
Az o literary effort. however, this lecture was
thor than the first II was not quits 90 muitsArious
images were less crowded and were therefore
distinct and appreciabe; taere was not 80
b Of that unutteYaole confusion which we found
silnt oensure IN the former lecture.
Mitchell wa IN many parts Of his lecture
ect pronunciation, unintellgible. His Fransh, Tor
np,e, vas qaite ludEYous. We listening
great attention 70 the description Of . vsne-
lady At sopper, when Ne heard him speak
I" Te,ber," and Immediately supposing il TO be
hire, We looked for the olloW, Of course
cheese would not be altogether ont Of place
supper; but before VIC had tune 70 recover from oar
u.s. sudc emily instead u cheese, there cAne shay
We found ont, alter . little sog alton that the
.her" and the "shay" were Intended for the Ere ncn
A kxx<h h md UA0v OWtv warA IN nQ
,ch. and descriptive Of The supper. These things
uivisl and we HhouId by NO means notice them In
nnp'eseDains lecture Or person; put IN tesoas.= -
better French, o. for none n ALL When the stock 10
lsls elae but sound, they ought TO be cnoice aud
'ect sounds. We would not have Mr. Mitchell or any
else 70 suppose thai ming to DO witty when
the lecturer doctor or teacher Public lectures
nded Tor pablo instruction and the lecturer stands
teaeher ough: 70 % able TO teach something, and
night 10 have something good /, teach he ought TO
ous IN the pa uc1lR su6ecs he undertakes TO teach.
AZ from beDs foolish he ought not TO mention folly
condemn il The reigniDg object OF the lecture
nd 10 70 instruct, 70 snuse-shoud be collateral
20 exc,te the lsibe fac iltes should never be pur-
/, pov An aim, but Il anything, "a accident. !,
cannot commend the teaching OF Mr.. NJ nor admire
lessons Of virtue and morality which he gives. This
"nnS by Wiling 70 sve HIM Ii
nc for thcse qualities. but they are MT the quail
whi,h should be aimed at 10 lecture. Lots
Iun 6u0 VII lC8m9 ana lAuS09 De hAyuxS may
heard Ut tho thestrcs-tne proper place for
Dor may be gathered from the clowns u a cir.
heard Ut tho exhibitions Of itinerant min sreIs,
a. We lock Tor sometniDx higher and nooIer in !
are II over the portals OF a lecture room, whore
u % well ss age ASSEMBLIES we do not see and read
uge letters the inscription which the ancient
,Abs used TO write over the entrance door VI
mary, VIE :-"NL dsctu focdsm visuqne hoe limina
s,lra QG pusv eat" Yet Ia there 0y reasonable
Int lie cton, and We ought 70 suppose In Our own
Dc that II . there written and Inscribed This 10.
ptioD which the suc,enS made use OF may thus b
ie,ed s-"Les nothing improper-let nothing wrong
sothnf wnisb IL not true and pure DO heard or seen
lin these gat ., for there are youth within"
ich caro- sucn respect did the a1cicnts, whom We
Psgans feel on behalf OF tho young so jealous wer
the youthful nod, impressi bio - II naturally
hculd be per verted by speech or picture pfoduoav
Also Improper Impressions. Should our iectur
DO ices gua,ded2 5noud our lecturers, that Is our
u they arh 70 the youth who lock 70 hear themY
aye less scrupuous In = matter Of such higa imoor
e we are certainly more Pagans than they.
ow there we're many youth Of both sexes assembled
night 70 hear Mr.. ditchsis lecture Venice, and
youpg OF the more delicate and impressi Die
eeded the other In number. Suca being the case.
in respects talented production, and con-
ed descriptions which were lnsly varied and I'm
svc enough yet the whole scopo and tenor Of his leo
se the manned In which he handled each ioci
brooght forward, sucn ~ 10 be moro injurious
other wise 10 the yousaful mind. Mr. seemed, al al
bn In bis lecture, practically 70 have ignored the
Uencc " AnS Nfouk, VI Nhtuc Ahu viOss w
or loo only the existence OF tho gay fAsh
haxhAoac, aud the iocove Hence he defcrioed vice
jovial n.arity, and gave the history OF crime with
= breath or = sign or lament or condemnation
,ng women there, and thoy sat They heard OF
tery and murder perpetrascd to attain princey
abishmeut, and was related to them 10 " Il Was
altogether Of consequence, not ortny even OF
sssng note OF shame or reprehcnsion. Nayf what %
pe, and what We call In exceeding bad taste, such
land xpression were fitting 70 describe such DANCE
o tunion-wnat 10 worse, the mention OF double
ne q tho most horrd Character was made tho hinge
viucsn N, and the foundation OF jokei We afiudc
no story BALca Capea, introduced By Mr. Mitchell,
ow joyousiy related how me duke comforsot ha for
oss her desoase situation Then after wards wncn BY
ssme crimo the duke, 700, becAmea widower, Was
ated In The style how abe comfored him also for
lcee, and 20 the two were corcfortod together
tale Of social crimes was told In iaunty siyie and
ose merry mood. II Was nit oil with visacis n,
produced, ~ WAS Intended 20 do, tttcring laugh.
10 uue the mutual interchange Of kind consolation
|sen the murderer and murdercss WAS neatly sug.
ted and related with some felicity Of VII, nor was tho
Inc dnecty called by III real name; bal II did not
N 10 M Ht subject which 70 labor TO raise sm,ng
II class Of people general laugh. such torrisc
Try OF corrBpt amoiuou-one OF those blood ttanod
|souns Of history which warning 10 rnankind
d . ;eeson 70 the human famiiy-reminded US, when
ID held up by the lecturer, ~ funny affair fer his
hsonabe audeuce Of those scenes Of r5Aidrg aad CT,
teerns exhibited, 10 said, sometimes al public exc
Ions In England, whore may DO seen gsngs OF men
Il women-the lowest rabole-laughns, jeeriag and
ousng under the raliows II demonstrates the identify
In RAYS, decked with rushing slk and broadciosn
b sosne enacted Thursday evening, a. Gin. zoo Hall,
The same In spirit and the Same In mental rowdyism
spectacle Of mental perversion.
n not out OF place 10 laugh n fun Ia funny Things,
In the proper pa,e; but nov thal We desc-bc the
m which 10 raised al adultery aud us usually insepe
lie tompsnion-murder We do not wish " intimate
|a there was purpose intention In suca foi,y-of
|irse there was such thing. But, tuition and tn
|pcon communicated In this sccidantal, unntcntona
|n1cr embodied IN . Joke. aud csnveyed In gay and
|vry moot Il moro effective teaching and t produces
|spcr and more endurabc impressions than tho ssse
|nnons OF premcdi,ated instruction, conveyed a
|son and inoulcsied M moral II s, therefore, no OK
|se Tor spch Ievhy 10 ray thai was uuinteo)ns and
|u II wa not intended 70 convey any such lessons.
IL would not take many ytars OF similar iustruc.
In public lectures 70 destroy In the public mind 10
ural teachings OF the instinct Of right and wrong ~
|lnt tho naturally keen feasibility Of the popular con
|ence cauterizs the heart OF humanity aud convert
|ople 10 nation Of Thugs II crime IL thought lightly
III deeds OF airocity made the subject OF morr
Int and bloodahed u looked upon without horror, and
|, murderer meets with sympathy the place OF pun
mert In the age VIC now live In, u has been brought