, 1860-03-07

! lzaak aiton IN modefn uCSh and rNlment-a
sight to make unfortunate siay-at-homes envy
the career his aspect forctold!
| Nl'at ~ith salt and fresh wafer fishing. aud
duck-shooting along the coasts, tho New York
ers. so much "in poPn1ous city pcnt." can find
| right manly sport long way tiis side Of Nc
| braska prairies and Minnesota streams.
Perceptions" are ut present the order of the
day, or, rather, night. n1noug our literary folks
Dana, Of Tie Tribune, gives one every other
Saturday evening, at which lots Of tho listori-
cal Society and Astor Library people get to-
gctber. Bavard Taylor and Richard Henry
seoddard, who ]ive in one house Of winters,
give weekly receptions on Saturday evenings,
which are informal, not at all bleu, but really
charming atIairs. In the summer, hereafter,
Bayard taylor will stay with his family at The
beautiful country-seat he has prepared in the
Pennsylvania village Ct his birth, where bis pa
1s! renss SUI reside To complete Tie payments on
winter to IN extent which would break down any
other nan-haring }ectured 14e times in less
than six months! It is Taylor p<Tsonatz, more
than anything else, that has gained him such
hosts Of friends. lie is genial, handsome,
him wherever he goes. His 1ight-haired, blue
eyed German wife, is not handsome, but has
sweet smile, and is 10 good, as the ladies say,
that everyone loves her.
But an speaking Of receptions. Perhaps
the most noticeable affair Of the kind this week,
AAo 0[tsA kl< Af EA al QQuUI Tt1kUueTt u4le
Oven, ut the residence Of 4 Mr.. Laing-opc Of
our wealthy merchants. r. y. O., as oil know.
is the son Of the renowned socialist philosopher,
the late Robert Owen, and has just returned
from Naples, where he was sent as charge
dgfasree, in the time Of President Pierce. He
has distinguished himself by the hook, - Foot
falls on the Boundary. Of another World, lately
published, 10 which be explains his conversion
TO Splritualisn,, and narrates more wonderful
ghost~stories and irexplicable phenomena than
we're compiled in eren the credulous Mrs.
Crowesst Night Side Of Nature" Mr. Owen is
light among the spiritual pyrotechnists, and all
the faithful locked to see him. Prominent
at the reception were A. J. Davis, s. P. Britain,
Mrs. Hatch, dc.-Mr. Owen is nearly50 years
Of age, slightly grey, has percept,b1c stoop,
although thick set, aud not nboye the medium
farmer: 1t is expected that he will proye
powerful addition to the ranks Of American
tplritna!ists-now somewhat weakened By the
desertion of their poet, Rev. 7. l.. Harris, md
others equally noted.
We have rot ''med.un," here by the name
Of Foster, on whose arm, in raised red letters,
appears tue name Of any deceased friend the
dollarpayers would summon from the vasty
deep. short time ago this same man was
caught ringing bell with his toes and lifting
the table with his own material knees.
Over fifty public exhibitions Of the black art
broadway.
Adelina Patti has won new honors this week
in the role Of Martha. 1t is in this opera that
the exquisite brisk melody lhc Last Rose Of
Summer"-~as allotted BY Won Flotow. This
mir pcrpstually runs throughout the four acts.
is striking similarity between the range and
quality OF her voce and Piccolomini's, aud she
is most successful with tile same music in which
tue latter achieved her triumphs. She has also
the same pretty, mincing step and ptti!e style Of
netting. Charming soprano singer IS she is, I
prima Donna, did not remember that the now
effective md celebrated Patti Strakosch, her
sister, Tas, at hcr age. egen more girlish and
ettcminaie than herself.
Last Monday evening the speech Of Hon.
Abraham Lincoln produced ,narked effect up
man has SO ably commended himself 10 the
respect Of his hearers in first appearance
before tile New York public. I heard lead
ing politician and able critic say, the next
norniug that it was by far tile nblcst effort
made in the Cooter Institute since its erection
two years ago. This is high praise, when It's
remembered that such men as Cassius II. Clay
and Thomas Cor1in hare spoken within its
Walfs.
The Times is supporting Douglas in q sneak
ing kind Of why. The Wfrald says nothing
definite, further than to blackguard Seward,
1tatSss A-nGOA AE.% uuLt !0E I'LL Alb apparent pro-
slaycryisms, you need not be astonishcd If it
whips right around, when Republican caudi-
date is Nominated, and lends him its support, as
it did TO Fremont in the campaign Of 1856.
The Iost is, after all, our wisest and most un-
prejrdiced newspaper. There is not mau, in
4nr party who dares excuse William Cullen
Drs ant Of writing an article indicated by fine
mud noble motives. i Democrat in questions
Of tariff aud finance, Republican in matters
affecting our great national evit-he stands head
aud shoulders above every other editor in the
city for quiet wisdom in the responsible duties
Of newspaper management, for dignity Of char-
meter rs man.
\ new fret class morning paper is to be
started here on tile 1st nf MnY, with capital CT
Slt0,00o, and Mr. J. Il: Spald1ng, late Of tho
Courier drd Enquirer, ID to bo its editor-in-
c',ief. 1t is established with the express design
oil crstcising ull pub c matters frcm religious
point Of ylew, but will be liberal and uusectarisn
in its structures. The experiment is novel
one. There is undoubtedly room for another
tirstrclass morning sheet. When it appears
re shall see what we shnil see. LAuscE1or.