New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-29


Fornes declared that they could Dot have been
better done By any chorus society Of EagAnd or
Germany Tho Wednesday night before, beng
proydentiay in your city, Jaw this great artist IN
Ieporel.o. and was rather diverted at seeing him
turn up so soon In the somewhat distinct character
OF Elijah. However be did the one &c well 10 70
way 81 the other. and that il Saying al ttat
can be- said fr lis Elijah. His Lepore''o 1
am sure is the embodiment OF the conception
of Mozart rather than the bufoonng Of All the other
singers have ever seen in it. He is ft nan for tit
master, thoroughly enjoying sll his vilainies, and
ready 70 help him in everything and 20 so every
where With him, excepting to the "PlA,e where
wicked people 90" before his time. Mozart could
not have intended that the awful, supernatural.
ghostly effect of the music Of the iast scene should
b. marred BY the usual antics and Crlnaees o' the
common LeporellOs. Formes hit the eHsct mean.
He behaved a. any man OF his degree would have
done had be- seen ghost-as. Partridge said ho4
himself would have behaved had it been ne instead
of Gsrrick that saw Hamlets father-and so hight
ened instead Of interupting the tremendous effects
of the music and the scene. The execution OF Miss
Miner of your city was greatly admired tor TIE
perfection Of il finish and the skill with which II
made the utmost Of the possibilities of Der voice.
And did yOu know that re have raised an operate
composer of our own Well, We have, and one
that is well thought Of BY musical people. do
upon his claims 10 originality; but persons who do,
affirm that bis melodies are really bis OWL and not
a rifdceimento of those of other masters. lie
artists hereabOut certainly think so, for they vol
unteered to sing at two successive concerts tor Dis
benefit. giving their time and pans without money
and without pyice. The concerts were intended
solely 10 give specimens Of the two Operas OF MIR.
Southland for such is his name; and they were eX-
tremey well received by audiences almost entirely
a. .fI un xfpy hoy LNeF.l hold N
the saloon connected with Messrs. Chickering's
pano-forte warerooms, which was offered grstut-
Ously There was only q piano accompanl ment, so
that the merits of the music could be very lmper-
fectly presented. trust hr. Southland Will havfa
fair chance 10 get hearing on proper stage, ana
with suitable accomplishments. The hrst concert
which was the only one | went To, being 0ut Of town
at the secOnd-was fay0rably distinguished from
any other entertainment | remember 10 have at
tended or heard of an important particular. There
was not single de0d-head in the room, though
the tickets were dollar eacb-the persons usually
thus privileged choosing 10 pay their scot,
BY way of showing their interest in MIR.
Southland. Ii certainly differed from the
last concert given by Mr. Thaberg here in this re-
spect. On that occasion, variety of entertain
nents were furnished by way of garnisb to the
piece de resistance ofthe great pianistamong other
things, a Recitation of Gray's Eleg in Country
Cfurchyard by Mrs. Julia Barrow. After it was
all over a party of which was one, was talking
the evening over, and a lady exclaimed, 4" But why
shonld they have selected Grays Elegy, OF all
things for recitation on such an occasion -
d" | cannot tell, replied the gentleman addressed,
unless it he that there were many dead-heads
" there"
We have a Legislature sitting here, | believe;
but as always depend on your Own Correspondent
to tell me what they are about, YOU know as much
of their dongs as do. They have been principally
busy in not choosing Sergeant-atArms and IN set
Ting the more important matter OF their own sala-
ries. As / consider it perfectly immateral whether
there be any Sergeant-at-A or not, and as ! am
absolutely sure they to be trusted with the pay
ment Of their own services | have not thought it
necessary 10 waste any of my emotions upon their
doiDgs. 1 sec that petitions for the Removal of
Judge LCring continue to pour IN, and when
that matter is reached-whch is really the
only one of any consequence this Legisla-
ture can have 10 do With shall lend il
my ears more literally do not think that that
exemplary magistrate win judge our Israel much
longer: hut l rather Opine that he will be dis
patched in a general massacre of all the Judges If
Probate and the reconstruction of the Courts. AT
least il is generally believed that stump is getting
in readiness for This instance of diabolic circum-
fagellatiOn. The Congressional Committee OF In
quiry into the Lawrence d Stone Bribery business
does not seem TO excite much concern hereabOut.
The immediate agents in the transaction are under
stood to have stepped out" and they will
not probably step back again till il is all blown oyer
Ny way of disposing of il is in this wise. First
it is not a supposable case that Member of Con-
gress should take bride. But, secondly, admitting
the possibility, it is not TO be imagined that he
would do it in bungling way TO be found out.
In case either OF these nlmOraties can be brought
home to any one-but especially with the aggrava-
tions Of the second branch of the hypothesi.-we
must all agree that too signal an example could not
he made of such yarlet. Ii that be not good poll
tical morality the deuce is in il. BhLfs.