The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-09

1resslng circumstances He has been defeated,
FIRST, for his introduction Of the Buffalo plat
form into Tammany Hall; and secondly, he has
been defeated In his attempt to introduce
among the democracy of this city the Sabbath
rian intolerance of New England Aminidab
and his candidate have been badly beaten in
both points, and hence his tears.
ITALIAN OPERA ON THE HALF SHEIL.-We see
by an advertisement that number Of artists,
who may certainly claim to be experienced in
eheir profession, intend to give q series Of ope-
ratio performances at Niblo's Garden next
week. The names of the artists, which will be
found elsewhere, are familiar to the public.
Several Of them are better known by their
names than by their voices, the latter having
departed, and left the former the ssle capital Of
| the psOprietors. Others are unhappy individu-
ais Of the mediocre order, who always set q
higher price upon their services than the mana
gers see fit to give, and are therefore generally
without engagements. But we should not ex-
pect mucL from this Opera company, we sup
pose, az its performances are given at theatrical
prices-two-,hirds less than the Academy tariff
A cheap onera. An opera for fifty cents. An
opera illustrated by the combined talents of
all the veteraos of the coulissos. An opera on
the half she'll. That is what we are to have
next week
We congratulate the public on the prospect
before it. In the name of the public we con-
graduate the manager, whoever he may be,
! upon the extremely correct valuation which he
has placed upon his artists. He is taking q
mercantile view of things, and resembles those
speculative individuals who buy up old stocks
ofdfy goods, and then tempt the crinoline por-
ton of the community with such announce
ments as these damaged Goods Selling off
CheapW alarming Sacrifice in Spotted Silks! !"
Everything sold for next to nothing, and sent
ito any part of the ethyl" &C., &c. Heretofore,
however, The Opera habitufs have been too
! much like the fair patrons of the Broadway
bazaars-they have paid more for Q
damaged article than they could get
a fresh one for. An artist who
has broken down in Europe comes here with
! the shadow of a reputation, the wreck of q
voice, and the souueair of some triumphs half
century ago, and demands that he or she shall
be accepted on credit. These barbarOus
, Americans eye very fortunate to get even the
shave beens" after they have been set aside by
all the European managers and pooh poohed
ut by all the European publica The artists
conn here with all their grand airs, and there
was time when they imposed upon people
with them. But that time is not the present
Like the ancient artists themselves, it belongs
to the past. The triumphs Of such artists ~
Patti make revelations In the operate world,
and bring matters down to proper level
Some one has well said that true happiness con-
sists In old books to read, old pictures to look
It, an old friend to talk to and old wine to
drink. And go it is; pictures and statues,
I and books and friends are all the more valuable
for being old; but who ever wished TO pay double
psice to hear venerable prima donna, or an
aged tenor, or an antique baritone, or an old
basso sing? No. Artists who make sensations
must be young; they must come to us with their
laurels freshly gathered, With the dewdrops
still clustering upon the Aowers which have
been thrown II t,sSr' feet. Then Jonathan, in
Cited by Me llMademoiselle, will bleed
freely, NJ .gsoung things can go home
: loaded VII wrapped up like an Egyptian
mummy in GEsbaical Bank notes, marry nothing
less than LVles or Marenises, set up villas by
the lake Of Como, and abuse the savages of this
great country to their hearts content But as
for the OLD Lnubugs who come to us damaged
ruined and laded whose wreaths are dead and
garIands fed, who subsist only upon reminis-
cences, they 30 well to sing for what they can
get, and fit y cents is quite enough.
So the idea is clever one. Let the cheap
: opera GO ahead. 1t puts the artists at q fair
valuation, and therefore it ought to be very
Successful.
IMPORTANT SALE OF VALUABLE ANTIQUES
We desire 10 call the special attention of con-
noisseurs pnd others to Il large and costly col
lection of antiques, now in private hands in
this city, and to be sold very cheap for cash,