The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-17

johnson, in declining to appoint as Collector
the candidate urged upon him by the Seward
clique or the anti-Seward Clique, the softshells
or hardshells of the republican camp, and in
singing out man simply for his business
capacities, and in view of the interests Of the
Treasury and our mercantile community, has
adopted the best course. If Mr.. Smythe, fol-
lowing this example, will devote himself simply
to the duties of his Office and the interests Of
the government, we dare say he will prove Q
satisfactory Collector to the administration and
the public, whatever may be the complaints of
hungry and sqpabbling politicians
The BROADWAY RAnR0AD-FNE OLD GEN.
TIzMEN Our OF THEIR EEMENr.-The manip-
ulations in regard to city railroads in the
Legislature the present session have been very
amusing. Some of them have been regular
circus performances-exper lodges in the
science of keeping half dozen balls flying in
the air without apparently lighting anywhere.
| At one time the hacker Of one scheme sees his
glittering bubble soaring up above all the Others
! He claps his hands, and cries eli hip But,
10, in moment down goes the ball, and away
bursts the bubble. Then up comes another
and another prismatic ball in quick succession,
all to disappear as suddenly as they were
brought to view, with the exception Of one
well-gilded bubble, which, although very
little bubble at first gradually expands before
the astonished gaze Of the spectators, and re-
mains the only one to be seen. This latter
bubble is the Broadway Surface Railroad
scheme. The Albany lobby prestidigitateurs
have succeeded in keeping the opposers of the
measure charmed with their adroit perform
ances as they tossed aloft the under
ground, overground side ground and arc und
ground railroad balls, at the same
time keeping their own little joker
snugly in hand, to be used when
all the other bubbles have exploded. Promi-
nent among the spectators to these sleight-of-
opulent but highly respectable old gentle
men from this city, who are tickled almost
to death at the fun. They are a fine class of
elderly gentlemen, who know more about
carrying on the dry goods business
on q mammoth scale, or undertaking some
gigantic real estate enterprise, than they do
about the business Of the professional lobbyists
and wire-pullers at Albany. They evidently
cannot see the game which is being played
upon them. Bent upon defeating the Surface
Railroad scheme, they have been humbugged
into opposing the Underground and other
projects. Suppose the Underground bill should
become lawt The plan is too prcposterous
A.. H. soI into Gr,fo
Water Department, the Health Commissioners
the City Council of New York, will all interpose
injunctions upon the prosecution Of the work,
and the courts must sustain them. Then what
will be the result! The country members,
having been made 70 believe that Broadway
must be relieved, will fall back upon the very
plan these princely dry goods dealers and
kingly real estate operators most object to
The Surface road. The bill will be rushed
through, framed in . manner Objectionable to
them, and they will have their labor for their
pains and money. These good, kind, rich old
gentlemen, who are laboring so assiduously on
behalf of the poor, defenceless property holders
on Broadway, are only playing into the
hands of their opponents. They had better
stick to dry goods and real estate, and leave
the lodges and jobs of the Albany lobby to
more experienced hands
The POPULARITY OF CONSERVATIVE are glad
to see that concerts are becoming so popular
as to practically supersede the old, ordinary
operas, of which the people have grown so
tired. Concerts are now given every Sunday
evening at Irving Hall and a. many Of our
churches, and thus music Is employed to refine,
purify and elevate the public mind instead Of
TO debase II. Barili;s concert ut the Brooklyn
Atheneum, the concert OF the Mendelssohn
Union, under William Bcrge, at Dodworth
Hall, and the soiree of chamber music,
by Mason, Thomas, Matzka Moschthal and
Bergner are soon to take place. On the I'd
of May Miss Sterling. one Of the most magnIf-
cent American singers, will give her first con-
cert at Irving Hall. There will be no lack of
entertainment, therefore, for all lovers of
genuine music and for all who desire TO en-
courage our native talent, which has already
rivalled that Of Italy and may in time sur
pass It,