Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-06-03
Things in New Korlz.
Correspondence Of the Nashville Patriot


here, but their proceedings do not attract much
notice. There was slight ripple in the New
School house, by the submission of two reports
on the constitutional power of the Assembly
over the subject of slaveholding in the church,
es." A committee of five was appointed last
year on this matter; four of them, Rev. Drs.
Albert Barnes, Asa d. Smith, VIM. Jessup and
Aug. P. Hascall, signed the majority report,
and one, Rev. DIR. Boyd, of Virginia, disagreed
and gave in minority report. As the CUES
tons discussed are chiefly on minor points of
discipline, the reports are not looked upon
with any extraordinary interest They are
wire-drawn subtleties which do not touch the
main subjects at all.
Speaking of the venerable Presbyterian
Church, one is apt to revert to other spec-
mems of antiquity. mentioned in one of my
letter that remarkable feature of Broadway,
the ''old apple woman" Scarcely had that
letter gone out, when she died and was taken
to her long home. She was German by
birth, and was once a woman of standing and
regard; but that was many years ago, and the
present generation knew her only as the de-
crepid, doublsd-up, wrinkled peddler.
1t is not only unsafe to speak of plans and
plots within hearing distance of the most in.
significant any where, but it is especially risky
in this city to attempt the common practice of
cloaking your meaning in a foreign language.
New York is eminently cosmopolitan. Ger
man, French, Spanish are so commonly spoken
as to create no remark. Dutch, Danish or
Norwegian, Swedish, Polish, Hungarian and
Portuguese are less heard, but are by no means
uncommon. Many ludiorods mishaps occur
in consequence of this polyglot utterance, but
they generally end harmlessly. The most
lsughable instance of recent occurrence was
in the case of two sprigs of Shanghaedom
who were lounging over the backs of their
seats at the opera, and in most miserable Ital-
ian, discussing the good points of lady who
sat in front of them. Their comments were
not only free but disgusting, so much so as to
annoy the lady, aud to rid herself of the nui-
sance, she csrelessly dropped her handkerchief
at the feet of the puppies. Both seized the
capital opportunity, and simultaneously pre-
sented it, saying, in English of course, mad
am, allow me the pleasure" Imagine their
"feelinx" when she, looking them sharply in
the face, returned her thanks in perfect Italian,
adding that it lent an additional interest to
the opera to be seated in the neighborhood of
such attentive and polite gentlemen. You
may guess that the fellows heard precious lit
tie music after that. In five inmates they
were swearing over the affair at the bar Of the
Union Place Hotel, but not in barbsrOus 1tal-
iai. The reader may append as a moral, that
Of all the tongues man can learn, the only
only one always reliable is "a civil tongue"
Ne are to have the second and concluding
volume of Col. BentOn's "Thirty Years View"
u work of rare value to all who desire to be
properly informed of the political history of
this country. Col. Benton is one of the re-
markable men of the age. His long expe-
rence, cool Judgment, and especially his won
derful political erudition, make him sort of
oracle. He stands, too, betwixt the Present
and the Past, and deals with facts, ''all of
which he saw, and part of which he was"
He went into the United States Senate with
the adoption of the Missouri Compromise, he
went out of the Senate with the Compromise
of 1850, and out of Congress altogether upon
"reminiscences are invaluable, and will OF
course have an immense sale.
There was u miracle happened here the 9TH
er day which think deserves record. The
Common Council voted, without being asked
to do so, to increase the salary of city officer
from $4,000 to $4,000 per year, and the man
absolutely refused to take it. Your wonder,
however, will be materially modified when
add that this singular genius was Azariah @
Flagg, City Comptroller. He is a practical re-
former of expenses, and almost the only one in
the army of officers paid from the city treas.
ury.
The meeting in the Park on Friday evening,
to sympsthse with General Walker and the
cause Of Nicaragua, was formidable affair, as
The announcement that PADRE Will, the
new Nicaragua Minister, who is now sojourn-
ing few days in the city, would make speech
on the occasion, helped, perhaps, to swell the
throng. AS is usually the case in regard to
public meetings ia New York, the array Of
speakers actually on the stand was rather small
and Insignificant compared with the announce
ment in the bills. Padre Will did not make
his appearance IN the Park, so about O'Clock
in the evening the meeting broke up and march
ed in procession with r1usic to the Metropol
itan Hotel-the temporary headquarters of the
Nicaragua Embassy. Here they formed il
one compact mass, numbering several thous
and. The Reverend Envoy soon made his ap
pearance, accompanied by his Secretary of lie
cation. Having been introduced, he made
through his interpreter, an address, thanking
the curious crowd for their sympathy and re
gard, when they quietly dispersed.
The exciting news from Kansas, and the re
cent violence at Washington, are the engross
ing topics of conversation in the city just now
In regard to the Kansas business, there is
wide diversity of opinion as to which party, II
either, are in the wrong; but the savage assault
on Mr.. Sumner, appears TO be universally de
plored and condemned.
Yours, AUGUSTUS.
TAG FArAL ATFAlR AT BAYOU SARA-we learr
from the officers OF the Flying Cloud the following
particulars respecting the encounter al Bayou Sara
between Messrs. Robertson and Marks, reported il
our telegrapbie intelligence yesterday.
IL took place inside Of the post Office on Sunday
morning between Mr. Robertson, editor of ID,