Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-01-09

OFFICIAL PAPER OF TIE CITY,

(OFFICIAL PAPER or THE CITY,
Tar CoscERr on Monday night by the leaders
OF the musical convention now id session in this
city surpassed anything of the kind we have ever
heard in Washington. The first part of the pro-
gramme was in the highest degree classical The
opening piece, prayer from Tancredi, passed OFF
very well Expectation was excited as to the way
In which the Inflamatus" from the Stabat Ma
ter" would be sung 1t was regarded as piece
which would not only test the quality OF voice,
but the kind OF cultivation Ii had received. The
Prima Donnas who visit this country always pro-
duce this piece at their concerts and If they strike
&c" with fine tone, they regard their reputation
as established. Miss Whitehonse attempted this
same piece, and what is more, TO 90 through with
1t we'll and on reaching the difficult point Of rising
gracefully with full, rich voice to " 9" and OF
sustaining il even longer than necessity required
In that delicious song "Napolitaine," she won
the highest praise for richness of tone, and in the
comic piece, the ever varying expression Of her
face, and her unaffected department and artless-
ness made for her many friends in this city.
Miss Briggs has clear soprano voice, which CIV.
identity has received high cultivation. It's chief
excellence is its sweetness. In the Last Rose Of
Summer" she struck and sustained "B hat' with
out any seeming effort, and in the Oratorio of the
Creation from which che sang an air, the ease with
which she passed over the accidentals, made those
Of the audience who did not know of the difficult
plain Comparisons are invidious, but we cannot
help thinking that, while Miss Whitehouse is the
popular favorite, the sweet voice Of Miss Briggs will
longer linger about us In all its sweetness and
beauty.
The reputation oil Prof Frost, as a cutivator Of
the voice, and as the great American tenor, is fully
known. The ladies' above spoken of are his pupils.
The pieces In which we most admired him we're
duett from the opera OF II Ttopatore which, by the
way viii be sung tonight by the New York Opera
Troupe, aud in the duett- hen the bosom heaves
a Sigh In which, in company with Miss Briggs
"B natural" was sustained with full chest tones
matter seldom attempted by the best of foreign
tenors.
Prof johnson attempted nothing in the way of
solo or duett of any account and therefore accom-
plished nothing worth speaking OF, when compared
with the singing of others, although his rich base
contributed much to the harmony of the trios and
quartettes.
We have much fault to fnd with the condition
Of the room. 1t was us cold as charity and 1t was
sometime before the audience assembled could be
restored to good nature by the excellence of The
performance If the concert should be repeated
as has been requested, we hope due attention will
be paid to this point
CHRIsrY's MrKsrRELs. We call attention to the
advertisement of Mr.. Ford, In this evenings pa
per. AT great expense he has engaged the origi-
nal Christy's Mnstrels, from New York, who are
now performing to crowded houses nightly at the
Varieties Theatre As q baud Of Ethiopian mill
strels, Christy's troupe is unrivaed. Our readers
who have not witnessed their performances can
form but faint idea Of their originality and side
shaking powers If any are afflicted with low
spirits this cold weather. let them go to the Vare-
ties tonight and be cured instanter.
SUPERVISORS OF THE CODE. Pursuant to preyi-
GUS notice the gentlemen appointed to supervise
the work of the codfers, assembled on Tuesday
evening at the City Hall.
They were as followsi Samuel Chiffon, L. Q.
Carripgton, Hamilton Loughborough Hugh Caper-
ton, J. f. Polk, Vim. j. Martin, d. w. Edmund
son, one member of the Board, Mr. j. H. Bradley,
was absent being out of town.
The Board was organized by the appointment of
Samuel Chiffon, Esq, President, and E. @. Car
rington, Esq, Secretary.
A resolution was adopted that the codifers
should be requested to furnish the Board with
printed copies of their work, SO far as it was COM
pleted. There being no other business before the
Board it adjourned.
The Secretary was instructed to notify the mem
bers through the papers, of the next meeting. 1t
will be held when the codifers comply with the
resolution adopted by the Board.
A New HEATING APPARATUs.--E,liot Il Patten
have recently put up in their office on street
corner of Eighth, newly invented heating appa-
ratus, the invention of Mr.. Gold of New Haven.
1t consists of a small steam boiler placed in the
cellar, from which the steam ID carried In pipe to
the various apartments to be warmed Here it
enters hollow tubes made of tin the interior being
only an eighth Of an inch in thickness. The tubes,
radiators in Elliot Patterns office, are about
FIVE feet by four, and with this small amount of ra-
dating surface, the Office is kept at summer heat
during this extraordinary cold weather.
The cost OF the apparatus is very light in COM
Oh nf E,rf, 81 Il
Of warming by steam. The cost for fuel, for an
ordinary dwelling house, is but few cents per
day, The house of Professor Silliman, In New Ha-
ven, is warmed by this apparatus, and it is highly
recommended by that gentleman.
We advise our citizens to call at Elliot Pat
tens Office and examine this excellent invention.
Its simplicity, its cheapness and its efficiency must
commend it to the attention of all housekeepers
1t can be placed in any building, old or new, and
can be made as ornamental as the most elegant
piece of furniture ever constructed.
VERY OoLD.-The mercury this morning at six
o'clock, in the upper part of our city, was down to
sere,a degrees below zero This is lower point
than IL has reached in this city in several years
The snow this morning frozen hard in the
streets, and the sleghing good as it ever was in
Quebec. But our citizens are so little accustomed
to intensely cold weather. and sleigh-riding is so
expensive, that very few are inclined to indulge
In the luxury.
The suffering among the poor at this time must
be very great. The city government has appro-
priated 81 900 10 purchase fuel for the needy and
the appropriation could not have been more Oh.
perfume. We trust it will be judiciousy expended
1t is an act of justice toward meritorious fell
low-ctizen, to state that the appropriation was
made at the suggestion of Dr. Storrow of the First
ward.