Daily American organ., 1856-05-05
CITY TNTELLIttENCE.


RATIFICATION MEErIso.-A large and enthusi.
asric meeting was held on Saturday night at Amer
Jean Hall, to receive the report Of the American
Mayoralty Convention.
The Hon. j. III. Bradley, On behalf of the Con-
vention, announced to the meeting the nomination
Of siLAs Ii. HILL, Esq, which was received with
enthusiastc aud prolonged cheering.
Mr.. John L. Smith, OF the Seventh ward rose and
moved that the hall be chTistened with three cheers
for Silas II. Hin, the nominee of the American
party. The cheers were given with the most heart
felt enthusiasm
Mr.. j. B. Varnum, Jr., of New York, the broth
e--in-law OF Mr.. Hill and stated 10 the meet
ing that Mr.. Hill was confined TO his house by
illness, and was therefore unable to be present
But he accepted the nomination, and pledged him
SELL II elected, To regard strictly the interests of
the American party, and to eschew the dictation
OF all cliques and factions
This amour cement was received with great en-
thusiasm and applause
Mr.. Bruce then addressed the meeting with his
usual spirit and effect.
The Hon. John T. Towers, Mayor of the city,
being called out, addressed the meeting in brief,
patriotic, and spirit stirring speech. He expressed
the fullest confidence in the success of the Amer
lean party at the ensuing election, and exhorted
It's members TO unity Of action, vigilance and en-
ergy-
Mr. lOWefss q remarks were received with sincere
demonstrations of appreciation.
Mr.. French s. Evans was then called out and
spoke at length with unusual animation and dra-
matte effect. His remarks told like electricity upon
the meeting, and cheer after cheer responded to
bis eloquent appeals.
Mrs. LEsDERSIER.--The entertainment given by
this lady at Carusi's Saloon on Saturday evening.
was one of the most recherche of the season. Her
al Ia Of n i0h nrda s.x-lY
cultivated, and unier such good command that
she is enabled to give expression to the most
delicate shades of sentiment contained in the text
The study that she has evidently bestowed on
every word she reads, is to find out the daep-hid
meaning of it, and then this meaning Il publicly
delivered with grace which, in its easy and grace
ful flow, has no smell of midnight o !, but rather
seems to be the adoption and eLunciation of the
sentiment as her own.
The selections were worthy of the reader, and
OF the large and intelligent audience there gather
ed. The Balcony and Opiate scenes from Romeo
and Juliet, showed her powers in tragic concep-
tion, and Miss Mcbride and the Tale of the Trum-
pet, as well the Lost Heir, developed her appre-
citation of the light and delicate in the humorous
parts. But when she pronounced Poe's masterly
composition, the Raven, her fine powers of con-
ception were brought to bear, and beauties never
dreamed of in our philosophy, were developed in
the plaintive wall of that miserable, vet gifted
poet. Yet the reading of this last, only prepared
the audience for still higher stroke of genius, in
the same author--the Bells. The beauties of this
weird poem cannot be told, the metre, style, and
everything about 1t in direct opposition to every
rule of poetry but there is something about it
which takes hold upon the mind that cannot be
easily shaken off.
1t describes the sounds of the wedding bells, the
fire bells, the funeral bells, and such is the CON
struction of the rhymes that their aow initiates.
the sound of the bells In Mrs. l.. the sentiment
In each verse could have been distinguished If it
had been pronounced in a foreign language The
manner in which that beautiful composition was
rendered was complete triumph over the con-
demnation pronounced by some critics, that the
bells only rang out peal of nonsense. Mrs. L.
proved that every line was instinct with life and
beauty changeful as it was truthful
We are happy to announce that tonight Mrs.
Lesdernier reads Longfellow's Hiawatha In char
acter All who wish to see the pcrsoni6cation of
Longfclows dream realized should attend.
The CONCERT of the Union Choir Association
comes off tonight, at the Smithsonian. all our
music-oving citizens know how to appreciate the
efforts of this Association of our city choirs for mu
tual improvement and they also know the high
standard of the Association, and that they will
bring nothing before the public which they are not
themselves assured they can perform.
grand Concert may be expected. The heavy
choruses OF the old masters, that cannot be per-
formed without a hundred voices at least will to-
night be sounded out with half a thousand tongues
The chorus from the oratoro of the Creation. one
of the most beautiful in that most beautiful of ora
torios, by that grandest Of grand composers, has
beenin constant rehearsal for over three months,
and 1t may be expected that this chorus will be
given In style never before heard in this city.
As we said before, in this Association il 10 be
found the musical talent of the city both amateur
and professional. Qnartettes Duets, solos, semi
choruses, and every thing presented has been got
ten up with the m0st painstaking accuracy, and
win be given tonight accordingly. As it is the
annual concert, the last years Improvement win
be here developed
Tickets can be obtained at the musical stores.
None will be sold at the door. Every one wish
ing any kind of seat should 60 early, ami those
wishing good seats must 60 very early.
LAST NIoHT OF THE OrsRA--O Saturday Gin
derella was performed to very full house, unsur.
passed in respectability by any audience of the
season. Miss Pyne acquired fresh laures on this
occasion, and il was with extreme regret that her
admirers, they listened to her, reflected that it
was her last appearance for the season. Her sue
cess here has been as signal it has elsewhere,
and in the name of thousands of our citizens we
can assure her that whenever she may again honor
our city with professional visit she will receive
welcome of which the greatest artists Of tho day
might be proud.
Miss Pyne sang in the choir at Trinity Church
on Sunday morning. :
The Unitarian Church is row undergoing repairs,
and, therefore, Rev MIR. Conway and his congre-
cation have taken the upper saloon of Temperance
Hall. The Disciples, or Campbellite Bspiists use
the lower saloon as their place Of worship
Yesterday, while one congregation was singing
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