New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-24
CITY ITEMS.

~, the fret TIM in America little dcs ma 10 oue sc:
cald with dupl ali n Of ,!tes seemingly uau ace.
,aIy in so triGpg piece, "The Wicked Wife; or
Ire Rei,n Of Terror." 1t is Q TRANSACTION aud not
first rate one, from the French Of ,dans G. r,rdn
TIE tcere IT, Of coure laid in Paris during the da,s
Of Robtsplere arc bis pet guone but tie events OF
rbe play d. bo have al the sspgunary characteristic.
Of that delightful period. Nobody lie led away to De
killed. slthough such consummsticn is cons,sorIy
ttrestered. The pot, the whole ioterest Of which
bang. upon single situation is as follows:
Monsieur de Largesi's is prescribed LoyAlist, AMI
IS supposed by the spies Of Rohespere to have lsft
the ccurty bu, he is il resty hidden for year aud
. half in bis OWN house by his wife. Julie, t1is wife,
the better 10 enable her to conceal and protec, her
u.bapd, announces bersef a staunch Republican aud
professts the most violent hatred Of her husband aud
even dsowts and refuses recognize her children of
which be tie father. Rise, al officer of Ropes-
pierre is with the Others deceived By her conduct.
and, believing in tie absence of de L,ageats.
makes love to Julie bnself while she for tue sake of
safety affects TO think favoraby Of his suit Through
the laundering Of F.not old servant Of julie VINO,
with the very bert intentions in the world keeps Der
in COL stsnt hot water, the hiiDg.p ace OF de
Lapgeais is discovered by Rizac, and he prepares
urtur.ly occurs, spd Rizac is deprived Of his
authority and his Own hfe is placed in Jeopardy.
He is. how ever concealed from the unfuriated NIB,
by Cd msgnsn!n ous, enemy De Langeais, who adj
dresses them from the window, and the curaia goes
Gown npon the happy group the hero embracing his
wife with one hsnc and waving with the other
tri-colored hsg in which the stripes run the wrong
way.
A. - Haiti Il taHr
the disogue spun out hey oDd al reasonable len.h,
a, the action consequently progresses by jerks like
a piece of out. of-order mscbaery. considerable
curtalment Of the longer scenes would improve 1t
much and make ii very pleasant lfte drama. /; is
ric.ly acted by Mr.. Jordan, Mr. Kent, Miss heene
aid Miss Clifton L. is 30 constructed that it allows no
great ci-psy in the way of scenery or dresses. L. was
received rather coldly although the company were
called out at the conclusion.
A romantic, operate burle,ts, called the "Elves,"
has been peffo med here with much success during toe
p, st week. IL is fairy piece in which mischevous
spi'es have conspicuous pats, and play numosr OF
prapks with old beau, c,u.iog him to fall in love
With marble ststue to which they for the time have
given life. There is a very beautiful par; for Ml's
Keepe ard che acts e1qustely aud with full sppre-
citation Of the poetic Jes upon which the fairy p.r Of
the drama is founded. Mr. Wneatleigh has also a part
wbch he p. rforps with hi. usual excellence. the
other characters have comparatively little to do but
look pretty and sing choru.es. The piece is suoerbly
cosumed and the ball of the second ac is
tn. most b lsnt of the kidd that has been put upon
the ct. o. in this Winter. IL worth seeing
and deserves siun
Anew piece by Charles Gayler, esq, entitled =" The
Love of Prince, or the Court of Pnlssi, is 10
course of preparation and will be produced early next
week.
A concert is TO he given this evening az Niblos ga
loon by Niles Eugene and Marie de Roode, the
former vocalist who has alreadv met with very Hat
teripg success in this city, and the latter who will ap
appear this evening for the first time, said to be
pianist of considerable talent They will be assisted
on Il occasion by the brothers Molenhauer.
There is to be a concert at Dodworths Saloon on
Thursday evening for the benefit of the NewYcrk Iu-
iirmsIy for Women and Children. Tickets may be had
of Scharfenberg & Luis.
Capt Riviere gives his lecture on the siege ope
rations at Sevastopol this evening at Hope Chapel.
A reward of 500 is offered in columns for in
70, uaticn respecting Capt John e. Vedcer, former
some days.
The .tory that fishermen are raking for oysters 10
the sluyium Of the First Ward is not true Some
choice hard ehen clans and few cells are all the
game yet secured. We understand that apple stion
will toon be made to the Common Council for
oyster beds In several of the streets near the riv-
era. with the view Of planting largely as soon as the
Spring foods subside.
We Learn that the statue Of America, now being
executed by Powers the American sculptor has
BEEN purchased by John N. Genin, the wealthy and
ererprsog halter, and proprietor Of the Bazaar, ST.
Nicholas HOTEL New-York.
The E. L Snow arrested on Saturday for the rob.
be,y of six is not Col Z L. Snow, the well kno IN
Temperance advocate Of this city.
Pete Morris the comic vocslist, Who took an active
musical interest in the Presidential election, is about
stating OF singing tour
The Board of Supervisors met yesterday afternoon,
Aid jackson in the chair. The only bill ordered psu
was that of the Judge of the FIRST District. Cou'
$500 for rent of room for the purposes of the Cour
few bills were referred to Committees, after whic"
the Board adjourned to Thursday.
The Board Of Aldermen last evening had crowded
visit from the s.reet-sweepers who probably consd'
cred their commanding appearance in the lobby SUI
ciept remot STRANGE against the use of the sweeping
machines They had previously tried to have meet
ing the Park, but ewing to so many noisy politicians
being absept lat wsshingtor) the gathering was
failure. The Board adopted resolution Of AID B'ant
appointing a committee TO experiment and try fm
week, whether the turning Of ell the Broadway stages
at the lower end of the Park would not relieve that