The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-26

"the ice of the Hudson obstructs navigation on
the banks of Newfoundland. With reference to
the collisions referred to, they happened nearly
in mid ocean, and were no more brought about
by the dangerous navigation of our coast than
was the burning of the Austria
Our friends in the Old Dominion should study
geography little more before they undertake to
rival New York in the establishment of Atlantic
steamship lines by wrecking New York steam
ers in mid-ocean and charging the disasters to
the dangers of our shores, and by converting an
inland town in France into seaport
The News from Nicaragua-Changc or Front
In the Central American ImbrogIiO.
We have two days later news from Nicaragua
with some interesting particulars in regard to
the new treaty which Gen. Lamar has negotiated
with Senior Zeledon, Secretary Of State for Mica
ragua all of which will he found elsewhere in
our columns.
From the tenor of our letters from Managua
it would seem that quite change has taken
place in the policy of the Nicaraguan govern
ment towards this country. The new treaty has,
however, q hitch in it, and we do not very we'll
see how our government can permit it to stand.
This is contained in the stipulation providing
that the United States government shall obey
the laws of nations in its policy towards Nicara-
qua, and enforce its own laws against the fitting
out of flibustering expeditions here. This is, in
fact diplomatic reassertion Of the false accuse
tons against us contained in the infamous Mora
Martinez manifesto and which we thought had
been retracted and apologised for. Besides
such accusations, and such treaty stipulation,
come with a peculiarly bad grace from
government which on two occasions has been
saved from overthrow by the action of
our forces against the Gibusters The admis'
sion of such clause in q treaty with any of the
Spanish-American governments will do incalcu-
liable injury to bur moral influence in all of those
countries. Beyond That we know of nothing in
its character that should be unacceptable to us,
and it may possibly be accepted by the Presi-
dent on receipt of the present advices from Gen.
Lamar, with the simple excision of the para
graph above referred to.
In other respects Nicaragua seems to be max
ing very fair progress in the establishment OF
order. A general amnesty, permitting all poll
teal exiles to return, has been granted postal
treaty made with England, the policy Of en-
couraging immigration by grants of public land
adopted, and disposition evinced to have the
Transit route opened. We hope these steps in
dictate a new order of things there, and we may
add to them that she is already showing an in
disposition to give Mons. Belly full sway over
her interests, and declines the European propo-
sition to abolish privateering until the United
States shall have accepted it. We shall begin to
entertain hopes of seeing Nicaragua joining
heartily in the American policy of subjecting
political theories to the demands Of peace, COM
MERGE and social Development
A THREATENED ARTISTIC IRRUrrIoN.--On re-
markable popularity of our American way o.
doing business is OVERRIDING it. If one man
makes fortune selling cough lozenges, or some
similar nostrum, straightway some fifty other
people go to work and make medicine enough to
physic ten times our population if they were all
i'll at once. So with almost everything else, par
ticularly and especially so with Opera business,
which has some peculiar fascination that re-
comedies men to be ruined, nay, seduces them to
embrace failure and to be jocular over defeat.
We have at this moment in this city no less than
three German Opera managers-U Imam, who
shortly vacates tho Academy for short Pic
colomini season, and Strakosch and Maretzek.
Connected with them are as many as twelve
prime donae-Italian, French, German and Ameri-
can--all magnificent in every way; score or so
of tenors; as many or more baritones bassoe, and
any quantity of small fry, with attaches and
camp followers enough to make French army
battalion on war footing.
Well, this is a great deal, but it is nothing at
all to what is to come. According to all ap-
pearances the Emperor of the French keeps the
European slate, as Weed keeps the political slate
at Albany, and it appears that he has "war"
written on that slate in very large and indelible
letters. With war in Italy and Germany we
should have general exodus of the artists to
this country as the children of Israel fed out OF
| Egypt to the land of Canaan They must come
TO the United States, because, like Mr.. Webster,
in the days of Captain Tyler, they would have
nowhere else to so. Again, we are going to
have flush times for a couple of years at least,
and the Opera will flourish all over the country
| Even the smaller provincial towns are getting
| fond enough of the Opera to be willing to pay
for it, and that is saying great deal. The
managers are preparing for their most engaging
season, and they all intend to ship fresh artistic
| invoices. The war will increase the supply, and
| 30 prima donna must follow the rule of trade
| like pork and potatoes, and snme down in heI
price. Without much doubt, this will be the
effect of the war upon Opera and other art mat
tors, and we shall get the best from Europe al
the European prices, which have been sometimes
fifty per cent lower than ours. The managers
will ALI be on hand early in the season, and The
| public will have much curiosity to see the new
| arrivals.
ENcoURAGING News ABOUT WESTERN EMIGRA