The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-18

THE OYSTER HOUSE CRIrICs AFTER ULLMAN-
The unanimity of the journals 10 relation to the
able direction Of the Academy Of Music by Mr.
Uliman has given to their articles an air of
ssmeness which was rapidly deRenerating into
commonplace. 1t il therefore quite refreshing
to zee that there are two exceptions TO the geae-
raj rule. The first and most Otter opponent OF
the little Napoleon OF Irving place is lone
borse" weekly paper, and the second is 'one
horse" daily (Frescb) journal These pundts
pour out their pbisls Of wrath upon the head
of the manager without stint. The one horse
weekly attempts to stir mp popular feeling
against the opera balls, and claims that it
has originated the bill against masquerades
that bas passed the Senate, but which will not
probably be reached in the Assembly. Both
these fiery fellows are exceedingly angry be-
cause they have been excised from the free list
The Chevslier of the French one horse daily
boldly announces that bis bank account stands
go we'll that be can afford to pay for bis admist
sioDs, and it Is to be hoped that he will extend
his liberaity to his butcher, bis baker, his
tailor and bis lsuDdress. He assumes the atti-
self for the sake of the "liberty of the press"
He reminds the Napoleon of the Opera that the
Capitol is only one step from the Tarpeian rock,
and evinces bloodthirsty inclination to throw
him over. The one horse weekly thinks 1t
would be good idea to send UIman to the
penitentiary.
Really, between the French Chevslier who
wants the blood of the manager of the AGA
DENY, and the onehorse journalist who menaces
his personal liberty, the little Napoleon is in
bad way. He must have committed some
great crime, this Ullman, according to these
pubic avengers. The patrons of the Academy
are not, ne fear. aroused to a due sense Of the
full M ASSURE Of bis turpitude, otherwise they
would not fill bis establishment every night as
they do We are AFRAID that they see that the
attacks are simply personal, and have nothing
whatever to do with the merits Of the perform
ances at the Academy. They believe that the
trouble arises from the Debris of the oyster house
critics, who, with the artists, formerly managed
the Opera The artists were particularly dis
gustsd during the last season because Ullman
resolved to direct the Opera without consulting
their whins or caprices and without submitting
to their extortiops-iu fact, to demand the
value of the exorbitant salaries which he paid
to them, 20 far as he could get it He succeeded
in this, aud was master Of tie situation. So the
ldquarrels between the sopranos and the tenors
and the barytones snd the 6ddlers broke out over
again. 1t was shame that prima donna could
not have oil the applause she wanted, and it
was general cause of complaint that the
artistic did not receive all the money that was
taken at the doors These were departures
from well settled precedents, and q few of the
old oyster house critics rushed to the rescue of
the distressed singers. That appears to be the
foundation Of this terrible imbroglio, and the
secret of the one horse attacks upon the direc-
tor of the Academy. AS the public pays no
particular attention to them, however, il Is
barely possible that be will not be thrown over
the Tarpeian rock or sent To Blackwells Island
just yet In the meantime, as things are very
dull just now, we should all be thankful for this
little infusion Of vinegar exuded from the heel
of the oyster house critics 1t fteshens things
up amazingly