New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-21
NIXONS.

III. n,o.t timely ind the best appreciated summer
.'-..;,r,.nt which the city pow affords Is that DE-
~...a nv Mr.. Nixon, at biz garden and pavifohS Oh
Uo,rtsepth street Liberality and good taste never
en- ~ shining popularity in New-YorS. The rrin-
ID Of ,scninc the best material and esenting 1t
With dine regard TO artistic elegance IS the true Qm
osophers' stone for managers ihey may eN''""''
all The secrets Of their trade but they must return ~
Iast TO the simple axiom that What is good succeeds
and what is bad perisbes. The exceptions II mere
be any. only fix the rule. 50 far as we remember
Mr. N;xon's name has never been associated with an
;nferor exhibition of any kind. His entertainments
have been of varied character but they have always
been the best of their order And 20 there is sort
of confidence in him which guarantees beforehand
the success of any enterprise which he dictates
Summer gardens and kindred resorts have hitherto
borne cha acter which cannot be called doubtful,
because too emphatically dsagreeable to be mlsun-
derstood Tie privileges Of free air and action were
overbslanced by the freedom of speech and manner
which prevailed. 1t was out Of the question for
ladies 70 visit them even if tue attractions lad been
twice IA teu,pting as they really were. The most
healthy characteristic OF Mr.. Nixon administration
ia. that every possible faint has been purged. Ills
code of regulations is refreshing evidence oi man
soerisl conviction that decency lie more profitable
than Icense-a conviction which al managers have
not vet arrived at. His attractions have spoken for
themselves 30 eloquently as to enoin attention from
the finest audiences that have honored any place OF
amusement since the Summer season began. AS We
have said, they are the best Of their kind. Inc
visitor finds first, in the evening, concert troupe,
of which tie leading artist IS one Of the most
finished and accomplished now before the pub
lic-Miss Carlotta Patti. Her name gives proof OF
the excellence of any entertainment with which the
Is connected ballet follows, introducing Cubas,
the bes. dancer Of her school that New-York has
seen. Then an opeD-air concert, with TN orchestra
large enough for the space TO be filled, led py
Mr. Thomas Baker. The garden in which this takes
place is decorated with symbols sufficiently Oriental
to make it picturesque. Last of all, comes genuine
circus performance in which all the feas are cievery
carried through, but which claims especial attention
from the skill shown by Madame Toulnaire IN that
style of horseback riding which amateurs endeavor
70 attain Young ladies who venture equestrian exer-
cses on the Central Park might learn more than they
would perhaps, be willing 10 acknowledge by study
ing her method. The performances follow IN close
succession and are never suffered 70 pass beyond
judcious hours They are all concluded By half
past ten or eleven O'Clock.
We are pleased to record the success of an enter
prize 80 seasouable and uuexeeptionable in all It:
details ss that of Mr.. Nixon. While it continues tc
be administered in the same manner in which 1t has
been opened, the public will not lose sight of it.