The New York herald., 1862-09-22

TENDS uA" Thus tho old eoripturA prOvero
II verinsd-"Ths prayers Of the wicked shall
not prevail"
OPERATIc CORRnsPoHDnN0n.-Wsh have been
favored with the following (among many other
letters) in relation to an editorial in yesterdays
HERALD, entitled "A Yankee In the Open
Business" The 6rst letter ID probably from
one OF the deadhsads whom we advised Mr..
Nixon TO coffin up; and It's author seems to have
forgotten that the italian Opera In England y
managed by Englishmen, and that Nixon has
Signor Muzio to assist him.
10 ruE EDITOR or THE HERALD.
HoUsTON STxuxr, Sept Il. 1889.
read with tho great establishment the opera wsllow
In the HERALD upon the Yankee in the Opera l have
great Maretzek, and ask myself how will the Yankee
Nixon conduct the Italian Operas Ehp The Yankee
No ana s wSo
English but he cannot understand the Italian and he has
close the Academy upon me and my frisnds-me who
adores the divine Opera, which not any Yankee circus
man shall know how 10 conduct. He will failure, and
the HERALD have symaphy with the true artist the
Italian who alone can be insressario at the Opera 70
TO morrow night 70 laugh at the Yankee Nixon.
A HABiTUE OF ACADEMY.
The next letter appears to bo from Fifth
avenue lady, and requires no comment
TO rHx EDITOR or THE HERALD.
FIFTH AVENUE, Nsw YoRx, sept. q, 1852.
Icannot help making bold ~ 70 tell you how very
q quite party and 50 use your editorial we) at the
kind way 10 which you spoke Of Carlota Patti this mo~
Ing We all know Miss Patti, and she has taught several
tf us, for long, long time. Tm sure have often cried
to think Of her dreadful misfortune and she talented
tco and SO patient with il ALL was real sorry when her
voice, and everybody says so. We don't know
how TO thank Mr.. Nixon enough for saatlirg
her to her misfortune s and appear
night here win be ten Of us In the party 70 see and
hear our avore, and we re glad that she to sing
sss t her, snS ~s hope win nds s sss s1sd Sss
nice notice. We shalt be 70 look for It in Tuesday
HERALD. Yours, respectfully, -
In relation to the following letter we have
only to say that We have no doubt that edwin
Forrest is q great actor" and have frequently
said so:-
TO THE EDITOR or THE HERALD.
EEw YORK, Sept. 81, 1862.
In todsys paper you compare Edwin Forrest to the
Bull Of Bashan aud insnuate that those who manage
him can manage anything Sir, Edwin Forrest is great
actor great actor do not like the Opera mover
there, though my family does prefer Edwin Forrest
to all the squalng singers between here and Jericho
ance you think better than Forrest. Nixon may be
good enough man-and know nothing against him-but
know snail prefer Forrest TO any woman singer and
wish you would be funny about somebody else.
WALL STREET.
The next letter il from an Englishman. We
have no space to argue with him at present.
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD.
NEW YORK, Sept. q, 1852.
The mistakes Of the London Times about this country
appear to be standing joke with you This morning
you lugged article about the Opera. acknow
ledge that Engishmen know nothing Of this country
until they have lived here long have but will you
tell what that has to do with the Opera aud oblige
JOHN BULL.
The following explains ITSELF
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
New YORK, Sept n 1862.
the greatness Of the country that have Opera
in New York during such war as this. few days ago
was threatened Now, thanks 70 the gior
Mcclellan, the conflict again far removed from
homes and at liberty pursuits and
pleasures We ought TO be grateful to Providence for
this and you, who have always thought we'll Of McCle
Ian must be gratisd at his trumphs both the
rebels and the abolitionists, including the Tribune
he in Ms, PATHS success and am awavs g,ad
read articles about amusements which contain much
good sense regard 70 other matters S as that IN your
"Aristides" writes quite to the point
TO THE EDITOR oP THE HERALD.
METROPOLITAN HOTEL, Sept. n, 1862.
You may we'll be glad to have Nixon at the Academy
Before this there has been too little attention paid to
things before the f00tighs. There lot of staring
and peddny boys the lobby; the mating
was dirty, and the programmes scarce Nobody liked to
take lady through alley OF deadheads who oged her
ont Of countenance; and nobody liked to look ut the
play without knowing who was who ana which was
which, for want Of hardbi Nixon IL just the boy 10
remedy this, and he will make the Patti week bumper
Therefore your article was as just MS old ARiSiDES.
We must decline to advertise gratis the inven-
tions of several makers Of artificial limbs, who
have written to us in regard to the mechanism
employed by Mademoiselle Patti to enable her
to walk freely; and we cannot publish letter
in which 'An Abolitionist' probably Greeley
McClellan's campaigns 10
Nixons entertainments, in style calculated TO
uniustly disparage the former. We have given
enough to show the widespread interest felt in
Nixon's undertaking and PATHS debut, and that
will suffice.
NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS FROM THE Ar
MY.-Tbe accounts of the recent battles in
but more especially those Of the last
conflict at Antietam creek. place
the courage aud intellectual calibre of our
newspaper correspondents in aligbt that reflects
high credit on the American press. Some of
them are written in a style vivid and po-
lished as anything to be found in the carefully
elaborated and not always truthful narratives of