ll and the Casinos is that
crisis of a disease which precedes a return to health, and that
henceforth we shall hear less about Haroun Alraschid's views of
the polka, and Julius Caeesar's estimate of cider cellars and
cigars. As for the Olympic burlesque itself, it is by no means
void of humor; nor is it unsuccessful. We only stigmatize it as
the perfection of a bad genus."

Some time ago when a comic opera founded on the history of Joseph was
produced in England the people refused to hear it.

Historical Review of the Month.

In Great Britain through November, and in all the last month in the
United States, Louis Kossuth has been the object of principal interest
to every class of persons. Arriving in New-York on the 5th of December,
he has delivered a series of brilliant orations, probably unexampled in
all history by any one man, in so short a period, for displays of
various knowledge, effective method, and popular eloquence; and,
whatever his subject or occasion, the central point of every one was the
deliverance of Hungary. The most important result thus far is the
organization of a Finance Committee, consisting of a number of the most
eminent citizens of New-York, to collect voluntary contributions of
money, for the purpose of carrying on a projected resistance to Austria
and Russia by the Hungarians. Of the Government of this country, it is
understood, Kossuth asks no active intervention, but that England and
America shall unite in affirming the policy, that "every nation shall
have the right to make and alter its political institutions to suit its
own condition and convenience," and that the two nations (England and
America) shall not only _respect_ but _cause to be respected_ this
doctrine, so as to prevent Russia from again marching her armies into
Hungary. By a large majority of both Houses of Congress, Governor
Kossuth has been invited to Washington, and it is probable that he will
soon disclose in a speech before the representatives of the nation, more
fully than he has yet done, his plans, his hopes, and his expectations.

The first session of the thirty-second Congress assembled in Washington
on the 1st of December. In both houses there is a strong majority for
the Democratic party. Of the Senators, _twenty-four_ are Whigs, _two_
(Hale and Sumner) distinctive Free Soilers, _thirty-four_ Democrats
including Mr. Chase of Ohio, an avowed Abolitionist, and Messrs. Rhett