Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-01-24
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FROM THE METROPOLIS.
: New YoRK, January 21,a1S6s.

FROM The METR0POLIS.. .issa
q NEW York, January 81, 1868. z
Every once in while our city seems
to be, possessed with sort of apathy
from which nothing can apparently rouse
it except some great crime committed,
or a railroad accident, fight among our
alderman, or pleasant pastimes of a simi-
lar description. Such is the state of
New York city at present, and the news
papers, that for want of anything else to
write about, pitch into each other for the
sake of their party, and every speck of
cloud appearing on the political horizon
is, in their minds, at once magnifed into
a terrible hurricane. To judge of the
public state of mind last week, after the
news Of Secretary Stanton having been
.reinstated into the War office. you would
have thought that nothing short of a gen.
Eeral revolution would be the immediate
consequence still matters have again
resumed quiet course, and the storm
has apparently blown off, If a tempo
rary calm prevails in the political world,
this is more than can be said of the at
Imosphere, for the last two days we have
had successively snow, ice, rain, storm,
and finally snow again, and those who
arenot compelled for business to tread the
streets all day, as are many poor fellows
our city, may consider themselves
lucky indeed. ~ The river is so full of
icei that it was expected yesterday to
form a natural bridge. The mild1weath-
er, however; which has visited us will
not for the present CRAFTY the seekers
of adventure who, on such occasions,
will isinsist on risking their lives by
walking from one shore to the other OH
the icy surface. Itnis to be hoped that
the ice will not amass sufficiently, for ac-
icidents are almost unavoidable on such
occasions, and there are always but too
many who, perhaps. for the sake of max
ing themselves conspicuous, will thus
expose themselves to imminent danger.
One Of our best known and richest citi
zens, John Jacob Astor, died last week
in his 65th year. His remains were
buried in Trinity Cemetery, and the
funeral attended by a large number Of
distinguished citizens.
"A rather unusual amount of rob-
bing, particularly in jewelry estab-
lishments, has been recorded at
the . police stations, lately. Whis-
ky frauds land other descriptions
of revenue swindles with the enumera-
tion of which will not tire your readers,
have likewise been committed extensive
ly of late. ii
A more agreeable topic of converse
ton is the opera and musical matters
Your readers are wei! aware that Pixies
Opera House has lately been opened
under very favorable auspices. The
New Y ork public is indebted to the ex-
ertions of the well known energetic and
indefatigable manager, Max Strakosch.
for, the performances of the "La Grange
& Brignoli Italian Opera Company
and indeed, what has already been
done since the opening Of the season ex-
ceeds the expectations of the most ex-
acting. Six of the best known operas
have already been performed and, the
starof the evening in every instance has
of course been Madame La Grange, the
favorite of. the New York public. 'It,is
by no means saying too much when we
pretend that among the great vocal
artists who have visited our me-
tropolis for the last ten or fifteen
years, Madame LaGrange takes the
most prominent part. She is without
contradiction an artist in every sense OF
the word, and what little alteration the
lapse of time since her last visit to our
shores may have effected, is hardly per
ceptible to the seyerest critic, for, wild
facility and ease which reminds us q
the famous Grisi and Frizzolini, she
overcomes the, most difficult passages
| and earns we'll deserved and stormine
applause from the delighted audience
1t is to be hoped that Madame Lac Grang'
| will be able to extend her present visi
to the u nited States until spring. for the
American public is really in need o
such musical talents as she and Brignoli
to keep up their reputation as a natiol
which appreciates real art and discern'
the genuine from the adulterated. 1t is
source of regrettta. 3rignoli has not ye
been able to appear on the stage; W
understand that he has met with an ac
4 cident which has rendered him incapabl
of appearing before the public, but it j
expected that he will, in few days, hav
4 recovered sufficiently to resume his plac
on the stage. Outside of the La Grang
opera troupe, we have no musical enter
! tainments at present worth noticing
Pixies Opera House is evidently the r,
sort of the fashionable world at the pres
ent time. Enc