New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-03

10 rot hssess. but - spontaneous seksswIsSsms Z
Of the genial e1eeIIcDc,es Of his character. 49,
hardly believe that Bishop Essthurn would ~ -
responsibility Of slamrning the door Of Hesvea \.
the honest face Of 20 worthy man, and espeean,
Of 90 excellent musician merely because be - RI
btually leads the orchestrs, and occasionally trse
the boards Of theater. | was reluctant 70 d..
don the expectation of seeing IN the next worA
face with which have had none but pleAssa
associations for so many years ia this. I We
prepared TO demonstrate against the Epnee
pal sentence, when, upon opening The Gown
ior the purpose of learning wha. were "a
be my opinions for the day, my eyes wen
pladdened BY an authentic contradiction OF he ~
port. OF course, as saw il in your colsum I
had taken if for granted that IT must lnfaldhly b.
correct. As il stands, il must be taken for one q
those exceptions which exist for the comprebat1os
of general rules So there is still chance lor tAe
salvation Of the worthy old Conductor. There en
be no question Of the n,ffieiency OF The cssnsrs
denial inasmuch as in addition 10 Its innate MALL
bty, il 10 said TO have on its edikral staff
Churchman, a Calyinist, a Unitarian and Catholic b
by way of being armed at all points and ready Cor
eyery foe. do not affirm that this il %. Isah
repeat what hear said. II true, it is good lOsd
for beast of no more bottom than u usually It
trbuted to The Courier to carry, and might 70 near
breaking il down. But that is none OF my eusisss
or yours. Perhaps it may have given rse 70 he
rumors TO which you have alluded, think, that
thew have applied to its friends for assistanos. I
hardly think il can be true. At any rate, they have
never applied to NE. i,r 'I
The Revival of Religion here is said to b suessdas
as business reviyes. 1t may be true, - The Rev.
Theodore Parker said, that the Revival OF Relgon
and the Revival of the Slave Trade had fAAen place
at the same time, and that neither OF them iAeer.
fered with the other; but the Revival OF heIsca
could hardly be expected TO stand up before eys&
revival of the Spring trade. The Rev. DR..
Humphrey. think il is, has pronounced the mouth
of February the best in the year for Revival q
Religion. This must be, suppose, because there w.
then lrll in the fury of the trade winds. None
know better than the dev0ut men who reiresn tncm-
selves at the usual hour of lunch WITH prayer.
meeting, that he that provideth noe 'or those
of his own household is worse tnan an 10.
fdel; and as the suppression o "nocsy
a Iman purpose of a Revival, It 70 clearly
in aecordance with the conditions OF one TO neglect
no opportunity of providing for mans ewn boase-
hold and If the one stands in the way Of tho other,
the Lesser must give way. Our kenvai, however,
has been nothing like yours. Indeed, It couldn't
be, you know because you are So much wicAe1er
than We There have been some blaspbemous ~
tempts here as with you, however, to greve away
tbe HOLY Spirit by the suggestion of unpleasant and
impertinent ideas. One miscreant told me Last
week that be had had the impudence TO propose
bruoing the spiritual condition of the slaves before
a prayer.meetne; but he was promptly reouked
and mt down. as he deserved to be. None buts
beretica Samaritan could have thought OF wasting
time on those dsagreeabe wretches after the priests
of the A. B. C. +. NJ and the Levites OF the rract
Society had passed by on the other side: those m
significant creatures were not included IN the Plan
of Salvation and it is sheer impertinence to keep
dragging them between the wind and the uptuIned
nosirils Of Sanctity Let us have no more Of It.
The Law cares nothing for minims, why should the
GOspel -.
Beside Religion and the Slave-Trade, there Aas
been very marked Revival of Theatrcals 10 this
| city, Mrs. BarrOws experiment Of a small theater
with good company has succeeded thus far 10
| surprising manner. The Howard Athen8um, u
| you know is theater of about the size Of Wal
lacks. The company is q very good one, a. com
panies 60 and the plays extremely well put upoa
| the stage The result has been that the house has
been well filed almost every night, and olteh
crowded. Mr.. Charles Mathews is now pAyirg
| there to oyerHowing houses. The Boston 1heeter
is not quite so prosperous just now though ftefvve
the season has not, on the whole, been losing one
| which, considering the times, must be taken for
success. The Rayels filled the house for nearly
| three mOnths-a result at which l rej0iced though
contributed very little to it, as the secret Of their
| attractiyeness has always been hidden one " me-
But it put the house well through the deadest part
of the year. Miss Agnes Robertson had fair sue
cess, though not equal to her former succe6dngsr
or to her present deserviDgs The Relief oil Luck
| now was splendidly put upon the stage. The
scenery could hardly have been exceeded in beauty
at any theater in the world bat tbs play going pub
| lie of Boston ia too limited and too stationary 10
| bear many repetitODs of the same performance,
however attractive. 1t is the ever-chansing stream
OF strangers that turns the wheels Of your theatrical
| mills and grnds the grst of their managers. ] Am
glad to say that the Boston Theater has been saved
from the destruction which threatened to Overtske
it, In common with many other houses, during the
| late financial storm. AS l understand the matter,
the original propretors relinquished their shares
and sunk their investment entirely and then formed
new company, paying five hundred dollars share
for the new stock. This pays off the debt entirely,
and will create property on which at least lawful
interest will be received. Az the operation was not
entered into originally as speculation, but fer the
simple purpose of providing good play. house, this
cannot be regarded a disastrous state Of things
while it is very creditable TO the public spirit aH
love of art Of the adventurers. Next Saturday is
sort of era in the psychological history Of Boston.
For the first time since its invention theatrical
performance is to take place, at the Howard
Athen&um Saturday evening performances have
been always rgidly forbidden by law, relaxation
of which could never be obtained until last Winter.
Now the matter is placed at the discretion Of tho
City Government and this discretion was used III
granting leave to Mr.. Barrow for performances %
Saturday nights. OF course, all the other estab.
lshments can have the same grace for the asking.
1t is one relic of outworn Puritanism more swept
away by the current of eternal change.
Poor Commissioner LorDg has not yet had bic
good things from Washington in return for the levi
things appointed to him here. do not undertnd
the matter in the least. After the handsome and
liberal proposition made in my last letter for bis
benefit, cannot imagine why nothing has come Of