The Washington union., 1857-05-08
OUR NEW YORK coRRnsroSDEscE.
Nrw YonK. May 8. 1851.

u,xeen the many inunctions and the arguments
...ar The trial Of Mrs Cunningham for the murder OF
n p,rdel ana the rumom Of collision between the par
"a. IN mower the courts of New York present lively
acIe The only new feature in the trial OF the lady
minal Is the theory that DR. Budeii wss stabbed by
on lef,haAdaa; and il has been proved ON the trial
.ht Mrs c. Is a Ieft-handed The trial Is 10 be
n,nted phonographieally IN the Times and to enable
b 10 he done correctly the court to meet at nine, a.
~ and close at eight, p and sodafsm report viii
appear the next morning
The annual convocaon OF the benevolent and religious
etes has already begun. The old-school Presbyterian
Church do not mingle with the so-called anniversary
.k They are now engaged 10 their festivities These
ar religious meetings in the best of the word The
.unyeraries proper will next Sunday night
.nd continue through the week. There time
hen these convocations hailed with great delight
crowds came from aar To attend them. The families Of
N York threw open their doors to all who came, and
,endered To those strangers generous hospitality.
Bu when those meetings became the theatre of angry
oitca and abolition dscussion when disorganizers came
into the families OF people, the meetings lost their in
st and families refused longer to entertain men, women
and children who turned their dwellings into confusion
The din OF battle il already heard in the note OF prepa
rrtionhe Tract Society Is to be attacked again tins
~ by the aboltionists and then the Bible Society viii
l.attac
aouea to GO on will continue till not national
society viii remain and the cause Of religion and har-
n,n h left in the hands of who will treat them
tbe toths aud yanas treated tho works OF art and
,,ste AT Rome Bat we have here thousands of good
mon and true who will not allow these distractions to
min these noble institutions allow INSCRIPTIONS men,
Gar noltal ends to soil and defsme this fair heritage Of
our fathers.
Mr., Booth the young gentleman who so much adj
,o;rsd South appeared here Monday evening in his
s,tbers ret play Richard the Third" He Is young,
has fine and expressive features but slender and rather
to short His reading throughout the play was excel
lent and his acting in gave evidence OF
high order Of genius The true to speak OF him Is to
say that he is not quite finished but only partly done,
but viii be truly Tie great actor OF the age II he studies
and retains his present good habits Our critics here are
4 estasies about him His houses crowded, and his
su,ce is fixed fact His father great man in his
way and this son has undoubtedly contracted the old
notion that great men sons be their equals
The audience on the occasion of his first appearance was
,y large and quite az enthusiastic large. He was
called before the curtain at the end OF nearly every act,
and received three cheers from the audience, part OF
which was no doubt intended for his fethers memory.
The nlay was better put the stage by Mr. Burton than
has ever been in this country before II was so we'll
done as 10 be almost real When the army o Richmond
appeared their numbers seemed countless from the fact
that they seemed fill the stage and not to end there,
hut to extend each way any distance that would sat
isfy the Imagination. The same WAS true Of Richard :
army The dressing excellent, and in keeping with
the time OF the Pantagenes The battle scene WIS ar
ranged with great care and no doubt these excellent
arrangements did much to give sca to Mr. Booths first
appearance ii sr Burton always takes as much pains
to bring out his plays WE'LL he will be truly entitled to
the reputtion OF the great manager Of the age
MANHATTAN.