Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-04-09
THE CHRONICLE.
MONDsY, APRIL :. IsJS.
A Philadelphian in New York.


''ISTIzyA-I, ,SAL q H--E-,~ NV .EE Nsr %. -.
DEAR CHHoNIoLE-Oye5 here, among the
"Ka.ckeCtookers IN this bedlam, or any.
thing else you may please to call =, my head
Tee'.1. lg..a II. conins'ea Or The place.
could Lot help taking d mental tour to the
peaceful spots l have inhabited at sundry
times, and while wandering among the hills
oi our oau S,a:e, l got up as lar as Lewis
bug, ard of course thought Of the Chronicle.
You don't seem 30 have any New York cores
pendent, and 50 T.. appoint mysel: to that Of,
fee pro fem.
Here, they ,h.uk ,hsre IS 10 such place in
the whole universe as New YORK, and, as the
Yankee politician sad, ! fully qog4i-ee." Il
IS SUI gtneus, SOUS, Uu.sue--Ij = New
York, par erislenas, and nothing else. Eve.
~ one you meet is rushing hea!.5ng some.
where, ba: where that IS, don't know, for if
you 60 70 the very jumping of place, they are
rushing suA L yOu want to cross Broadway
- lees thon Eisssn 4a-i..s'~~, san mas; either
crawl under = dozen horses, or over the tops
Q. ss .14-y cars, carriages and omn.bl-ex-
cuse tie "tUsses," they are not intended for
ru5lc observation, aad hig igh!y ImproPer-aAd
ifyou g; squeezed to death, rs al risht.you
had n5 business 10 run into danger Busi-
ness goes On al The same hea3.Ong pace, but,
IN the wholesale wav, there IS less of that
massive exierlr show which we have IN
P-i,ale' Pa.a, and more life; less dependence
On integrity and dxa.ty, and more pushing.
Business men, here, 60 hot take il Tor grant
ei iha, the buyer from a distance knows
what he wants; they ,el! HIM. Ii they err in
Judgment, sometimes, they are Z, Ieas; TO be
credited with disposition 10 0blige.
This being Holy Week." there IS not the
usual activity. You can hardly appreciate
the effect II has on Gotham. In Philadelphia,
We scarcely hear Of II, but mere j; IS the cry
of every one; and yet, from the numberless
number Of Jews one meets, you would hardly
think Holy Week dare be named.
l went to the Academy OF Music, last eve
rinE, 10 hear the Oraiorio Of the Messiah per-
formed BY the New York Harmonic Society
and some Of the members OF the Opera Com
Tauy, and ! am bound 10 say that was utter
ly disappointed. In the first place, the house,
which has been ex,cl,et 10 the very clouds.
: so far inferior to the Academy Of our 'v.l-
lage,' that one feels angry at the comparison.
!; possesses neither comfor; nor convenience,
aad IS nothing but a mass Of gilt gingerbread
work, and IS = uncomfortable as a public
scho1.house. Herr Formes, the great Basso,
sang in his usual style, but English reciia-
iIye. in the mouth Of German who can not
speak the language, is simply ridiculous.
Formes IS, however, the greatest artist have
ever seen, and equally good in any part. The
Society, which has been Dragged up in the
TaPers for lis excellent rendering OF the
chorusses, Is eyeTyway inferior to at leasttwo
Philadelphia societies, and made complete
breakdown n one chorus, so much SO. that
Formes was compelled to take up the bass
part arl carry II through himself Madame
DAngri's scIo, He was desPised," was The
most touching piece Of yocalizatloR ! have
ever heard, but did not compensate for the
inferiority OF the grand chorus of three hun
dred and fifty" voices-I counted them /;
there were at least eighty)-ihe uncomforta-
be iron backed seats, one Of which broke
smack Of II leaning back-and the iceber-
gan coldness Of the house; and: when the
"Hauelujah chorus" at the end of the second
pam, was sung, / beat retreat. and now that
] have blown Of my wrath. which has been
TeIi uq fsr some hours, feel better, and
wishing you good night. shall roll into bed
E! peace W.la myself and fgai le monde
Yours, S.H.F