The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-26

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Last night al our theatres and opera houses
were fun. Tho opening n the season with our
places Of public amasement psrtakes Of the
same buoyant character that marks the revival
Of business In every other pursuit. A seeon-
Btruction goes on the vital energies Of the
nation seem to rise up everywhere, ana the
Of peace arc carried ON with AL
he spirit lately given to the wal. There IL
confidence in the future, money Is plentiful and
all are active. Naturally the places Of amuse-
ment-such sensitive barometers Of the populss
in The general prosperity.
At al Of our theatres and other places
Of amusement performances are given
nightly to crowded houses. The opera season
also hes begun; but how il win close may be
quite another question. The management Of
the Italian opera Il in the hands Of man who
has lately shown by bis publications that he is
a BLACKBOARD and common liar. His recent
charges are, 90 fAr Is we are concerned, mere
trash. We never had q box or seat at the
Opera that we were not quite ready to pay for.
As for the charge against us on the score
Of advertising-it is equally nonsensical.
The whole Italian opera together never
paid us the 1.-THE Of what the Ethiopian
opera pays us. But the real blackguardism in
this charge Is an assault upon poor artiste,
the wife Of gentleman formerly one Of our
musical critics. It Ia said that the charge for
dresses from the Academy wardrobe refers to
dresses loaned to Olive Logan for use on the
stage, and it il thus insinuated that they have
not been returned and that the lady is swim
der. We do not believe this to be true, and
we leave the answer to the lady's husband,
Henry Delille v s@-. 40 aaf
The stockholders ofthe Academy oughtto con-
slider whether their property is not endangered
by being in the hands of such a man, and the
subscribers to the Opera should reflect how they
are dragged from their social position before
courts and iuries in bis libel suits It remains
to be seen whether these Influences will not
place man in charge Of the Opera who will
manage it decenhy. Our principal theatres
are in the hands of gentlemen, men Of cul-
ture and intellect, who seem to restore the ele-
giant days of the Old Park. Messrs. Wallsck,
Wheatley and Stuart and the rest can manage
their business in business way, and retain
their pleasant relations with the press, and GER
tainly the Academy ought to be in the hands Of
a man who can do the same. reiteF4 q r.
Southern Restoration Movcme nts--The
Good Work Going ON Finely. gsvs
South Carolina-there is much yet to boast
of in the chivalry of South Cardinals pro-
crossing admirably in her great work of recon-
struc.ion on the broad platform of universal
liberty. Our latest reports from her reorganiz-
ing State Convention show that she frankly
accepts the new condition of things resulting
from the war, and is thus honestly preparing to
meet its acquisitions. s.g " vo.
From the propositions introduced 10 the
by leading members and commit
tees, we expect State constitution which will
fully recognize the abolition of slavery, and
prohibit hereafter its re-establishment within
the commonwealth; the election of the Cover
nor and Presidential electors by the people,
heretofore chosen by the Legislature; and we
expect too, the concession of the right to the
black race to testify in courts Of justice--a
proposition which but the other day would
have been secuted as q monstrosity from the
Potomac to the Rio Grande. Charles Macbeth,
not long ago the intractable fre-eating rebel
Mayor Of Charleston, was the man who intro
iuced into the Convention the resolution giving
Tho blacks the right to testify. Thus the late
leaders of the secession chivalry are now
among the foremost in this great work Of
Southern reorganization, on the platform Of
liberty, loyalty and the Union. A little
patience, a little time to our Southern brethren
10 realize the advantages of political harmony
between whites and blacks, will secure to the
latter, in some satisfactory shape, the right Of
suffrage. "Rome was not built in day"
The repeal by this South Carolina Conven-
ton Of her bloody and disastrous ordinance
Of secession of 1860 may have been SUPER
duous proceeding, that act and all other SINH
lar acts being declared by President johnson
mil and void; but, still, accepting this repeal
simply as matter of form, we suppose it was
rather intended as an acceptance Of the Presi-
dents views of the subject than recognition
Of the validity of said ordinance Of secession.
In this opinion we are sustained by the reso-
luton Of Mr.. Hammond, accepting on the ques-
lion Of sovereignty the decision Of the sword,
and endorsing the policy Of President Johnson.
The meaning Of this proposition is, that South
Carolina having fought for the principle and
lost It, abandons the right Of secession and
her past ideas Of State sovereignty, and recog-
nizes the paramount sovereignty OF the United
States and the individuality Of the Union.
These remarkable proceedings will afford
Of an idea of the wonderful revolu-
lion which the results Of the war are bringing
about in the minds OF leading Southern men.
II they do not see the necessities and duties
of their present situation through the eyes Of
our Northern abolition reconstructors, II Is still