, 1865-07-22

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Summer GoaE1p- Cr9kDn.-NporA
Commercial Facts-HQmner AF@se"
Special Correspondence OF the Chiesgo Trfonne'l
New Yonk, July 10, 1855.
uyou, American readers weary Of my fur
ther reference to the great sangerfest, 1t viii
but add to the evidence already adducea taat
our German fellow.citizens have the ad~
taee Of us In respect to music crt 80 .rd
the enjoyment music gives. -,tnea, tbp
delectatlon Of these vs'' .,s.s.sN sNths nsr.
nan PET tae1so.-. .-snd- the eminent satistac-
oa ~ " nav 4osus singers, at once performers
saa - .eners, ls no smaN source, to your cor
T-.pondent, of the interest ellcited in him by
this event.
The leading feature Of yesterday was the
PrIze Concert last evening at the Academy
OF Music. The vast audience room was filled
to rep1etion. The competing societies were
the Philsdelphia snngerreade, the Buffalo
Leidertafel, Philadelphia 0pheus, Hartford
eRngefbund, Baltimore A1ion, Buffalo
sange1bund, phi1adelphia Eangerhund,
Baltimore GermanIa. Baltimore Liederkrans,
Gcruania Liede1tafol, Phusde1phIa Junger
Mnnnerchort and Pntladel phfa' Liedertafal,
The committee Of award were Messss Timm.
Theodore Thomas and Meyethofer, and these
gentlemen, Whose competence no one calls
in question, must have found themselves In
difficult Situation. The Programme was
wonderfully varied, aud Il required an e.
4uis1te faculty In weighing musical mehts TO
carry to 9 Just conclusion the Comparisons
between the competitors. Some were moTe
powerful than the others In number, and
sent great waves Of harmony bll1owing to
the est portions Of the hall. This was
nIfcent.
The audience split their kids early IN tho
evening over The Singers Greeting Of tue
Buffalo tweuty-elght, and kept their palms
wntm and bouquets In the air until tho very
close. Hat there been an sttempt to take
motiss there would ha7a been no possible
chance Of award, 70 judge from tho eYenness
Of the plaudtts, II Is easy to be umpire at q
boat race or wrestling match, or In 2, r., but
to decide between tulips and 1oses, between
the bands Of the rainbow III something this
committee can safely take up when they set.
tic last nights concert awA,ds.
du1ged In various eIcnrslons, With which
New Fork 1t this saason delights her visitors.
Ono Of the most notable haunts, and that Il.
rored by your correspondents presence, was
the Lion hrewesy Park, on Eighth street and
One Hundredth and Tenth, beautifully
fitted up area, much frequented by the l:cil
German music soc:cties IN evening and sum-
mer tame festivals. Al this and the other
haunts about Manhattan, whittier the sing
e.s Hended their excu,sfye ways yesteriay.
music abourded, tn several instances taking
the shape Of formal programme.
Yesterday. also, 1t Was decided By the
Committee to hold their nsxt, or tho Tenth,
srngeItest In Philadelph!a, IN 1867, return
l@g 70 the biennial plan. A Fest Dr1gent
FESTIVAL DIRECTORY viii, with his assistants.
give month or two to awakening d1igent
preparation among the societies previous to
the event. And Ii has been decided to hnfid
for the next sRngerfest, In Philadelphia. q
magnificent hall, large enough for tbs eln-
gers, which no other building now extant in
New York or any other Eastern city Is to-
at{nte an{ huy d up your baS haS0 1s sa In
cious, and send 1or the sHugerfest In 1869.
In addition 10 other matters yesterday At
the Ge1mRnia Assembly Rooms, resolutions
Of thanks 10 the local entertainers were Of
fered aud. FAthetland WAS remembered in
cheers for tho great Snngerfest now in ses-
procession postponed from Monday, and the
great snnger picnic Of two DAYS continuance
at jones. Mood will close the affair.", Tho
prizes won last evening will be declared on
thxt occasion
Long before tho workmen had penetrated
far the ueb.is Of his ruined Museum, Basn1m
had plumed hia wtngs for fresh flights. and
the jerome Clock Company could not kin,
no fl1e can. Ba1num is fhnnlx, and has
already the details and specifications for Els
new enterprise, inti1e 1nd ont. Seriously.
BA1num, 8 destroyed collection had largo
historical and scientific value. &c means to
more than mateh 1t, even IN points where
duplicates are impossible. think yon viii
"A yery exciting regatta took place at
Poughkeepaie, on the Hudson, yesterday. for
81, 90 q side, between New York and Poueh-
keepete, the Gothanites carrying away tho
5000, five miles in twcnty-saven minutes
and twenty seconds. Ten thousand people
finest Of its class eYer witnessed In this coun-
Try. A challenge Is now pending between
New York and Pittsburgh chsmpions; single
5culls, five OF ten mile race- &, 900 side
Pttts6urgh to name the p'ec'se terma.
The vast EXTENSION Of New York At the
upper end Of the ieland has put down town
on short supply Of Croton vesy, often In the
fluld can be had on the street foors it Is Of
too feeble head to reach tbs upper stories.
This the New Yorkers afflicted vote unendur.
able. and l. Is bang yoeiferously urged On the
Cf0ton Ecafo 10 supply remedy.
It IL sttactiny much conmen. hero, tho
large falling Oft In foreign Imports The flsst
six months of the year, ending With June, As
compared with that ending July l, 1864,
which reaches 1fty-six million dollars. Tho
per contage Of difference Is greatest
II dry goods, but runs m3re
evenly than. was expected through
general merchandtze. THIS decreased impor-
tat,on has ca'ltd larger proportion Of
goods ont ct bond than in the same period
last 3ear, the lower premium Of gold york
Ing 70 the samo1esult, It being easier to pay
duties than 1t was twelve months ago.
New York Is NIL OF summer parties, max.
Ing this city their point Of transfer and de-
parture to eummer hsuuts on coast or noun
tain. The 8outneruets arc beginning to ap-
pear at The hotels. bnt only sparscly. Every
steamer from Charleston and Savannah,
however, brings an Increased ratio Of the
Ieprestntatives of the er!ing,, sisterhood.
The lions Of the hotels md watering places
this GUNNER, however, will be thosc home
from the war" about to lay aside the blue
End gold OF our Army, or still Its wea1ers.
Brave boys are they, and they deserve their
holiday.