The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-14


great snow storm has hardly left trace OF Its
violence in our streets. The sun has shone out
with the warmth of June-the streets begin to
assume that delicious aspect 70 encouraging to
boot blacks and crossing sweepers, and 30 cha
racteristic of this city. The ice is loosened in
the great rivers freight is going forward rapid
ly, and everything is fresheningup up. From Wash
ington we hear that the balls and parties are,
with the exception of parting gun or two,
nearly over; the fashiOnables promenade the
avenue, or lounge in Brady's new art gallery;
while Congress, admonished by the lateness Of
the season, settles down to its work, preparing
for the final settlement of the important ques.
tons before the country. Here we find new
movements in all circles The city bellies again
appear in Broadway, with all their fine clothes,
and wage a furious war between the red petit
coat and the white-an important subject, and
one that deserves great attention. The banks
are also expanding, and the bank clerks who
have been operating largely at faro are being
detected. In fact, the faro banks seem to
have rather the advantage over the Wall street
banks, the recent Developments going to show
that the funds to support the former are libe-
rally contributed by the latter. One or two
clerks have "eXpanded" to such an extent that
this city has been found too small for them, and
they have enlarged their bounds. There is also
movement both ways in stocks, movement
in religion, movement among the ship
builders, movement among the lobby, move
ment among the Turks, a movement among the
Fifth avenue butchers, whose bills have already
expanded from seven to ten dollars per month,
and movement at the Opera.
In connection with the Operate movement
there are one or two amusing circumstances.
Ullman-the little Napoleon Of managers, and
one who never does things by halves-applied
the guillOtine to a large number of the "dead-
heads" loungers and hangers on to the artists,
teachers of music, and others, who had no pos
sible right to a free admission. Some of the
artists had been in the habit Of distributing
tickets to boot-blacks. BARRIERS and other per-
sons, on condition that they should applaud.
This claqae was always a nuisance. and was fire.
quently complained of in these columns. Ull-
man broke it up, by declaring that he would
if they could not get it from the public they
must go without it, And some Of them do 90
without it, much to their disgust. The disap-
pointed dead-heads and the worthy e'aguers then
set to work to organize a conspiracy in the
green room. and one artist declares that she
will not sing in the new opera unless certain
unreasonable things are done. The Napoleonic
director refuses to accept the conditions-she
must sing or suffer. She finds that another
singer is ready to take her place, and worse
than all, the manager has caused to be
made for the substitute dress exactly like
that of the prima donn0, 1t is quite uune-
cessary to say that she sang like bird.
cause somebody's name was not in such great
type in the bills as somebody else's. The mana
ger thereupon LEFT the names of the artists out
Of the bills altogether. Thus the rebellious
movement was crushed-the cabal beaten-the
"Huguenots' brought outin splendid style, with
every prospect Of a long and profitable run,
and the dead-heads put to the most superhuman
exertions to raise a dollar each for their en-
trance fee The little Napoleon remains master
OF the field, and has great spring campaign in
progress.
Thus everything promises US tremendous
spring and summer movement in all sorts of
things. The weather is fine, snow sliding away
faro banks still fourishing in spite of Mayor
Tiemann, and drawing the specie out Of their
Wall street compeers; stock brokers as busy as
bees, the shops again filling up with customers
the people Of the rural districts moving towards
the city (see police reports Of Heeced country
men), the Opera fiourishing like "green bay
trccs' religion looking up and conversions of
hard cases numerous, butchers bills in the Fifth
avenue going up (soon be twelve or fifteen dol
lars a month";, the police aourishing harmlessly
about the policy shops and lager bier saloons,
milliners getting out their new bonnets and
crinolines, and everything freshening and
Frightening up for another grand expansion all
around. Keep cool, and don't put on too much
steam al once.