The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-08-21

OOoh Ot Eagpuei, Hifcb we N'HifLtnhf
c-'l IL. Book Dt Kings. makes 60 nsse
mention of one description of dance,
t.,an ofnunsler'
s1"ngae oi Sa.an.' Shouted he Jew,
worked inin frenzy Icy this petteoas o,,-
position. .would ybu Lcs,roy oar th,ld
here. and hereafter
This complimentary inserrogatory ef-
frctuaiIy stopped the old Jewcss's mouth
she removed the remains Of theii supper
and spoke no more To her husband on
that evening except To remind him that
the clock If San Cyprinno had sounded
the usual hour of retiring to rest.
Three months after this scene, the
great Opera House of ofPalermo wns more
crowded iRnn il had been far years.
The pif, the boxes. the galleries, the or
ches,ra, were all crnmmed almost to suf-
focntion and in one of the private box
rs sa, the Ambassador of Englar d and
his Secretary Of Legation. chatting a
bout the young debutante, who had ex-
cited SD great an interest ard attracted
so large an audience. 'Thers 10 soale-
thing in The circmmsances of this debut
said the secretary, which renders In SIG
norma Miriam both piquan'e and ro-
manssque her father is a Jew. who.
iiursao,h, piques himself upon his Hs;
bIa. mornli'y, and wishes 10 marry his
daughter 10 n fellow t n merchant in.
stead of allowing her to become the
Terpsi,hore of Sicily. Such a destiny
for girl whose steps express The very
poetry Of motion, would be too shocking.
! The gentle Jessica herself has had soul
enough TO spnrn the dull mnno,ony of "a
bourgeois life /; she has quarrellcd with
NIL her ia n,ly, cut her commercial Cor
ydon, aud appears ,o.nigh, in search a,
once of celebrity and u protector.
'Dinvalo I answered ar rather solilo-
quized The ambassador. nrrangIng ut the
same time the curls Of an admirably
hull, wig. The girl must have spirit {;
l should like to introduce her 10 M En-
glish audience, provided she would nc
crpt of me as her c0mpagnon du voyage
There would be something quite "rien.
iial, pa,riarchai, in being loved by a gen
tie Jewess, aud of the poetlcal nnme oi
Miriam, too But see, the curtain rises
aud the halle, begins. ths ballet
did begin with it's pastoral scenes and
: canvass vineyards, aud in came the shep
herds and The shephsr,lesses with the,i
crooks and gsriasts OF flowers, (the on
ly ruralities in their composi,ioo,) and
danced, and gr,naced, and made love,
after The n,ost approved and ORTHODOXY
/. theatrical fashion; ard nj the third
scene in came the long expected Miriam
"a tall, dark hr,red dan,sel, 'en beYgs-e,
with the grace of 'roelioni, ami ne fg
! nre of Hebsr's. She gl,aed frrward ia
, the most seduciug las seul, which quiz,
oveTcsme the diplomats susceptibility
Of ths English Ambassador. The ap
plaases were raptur0us. Mh.ss, j~-s as 'iss
! moment IN the young dancing divinity
| hud 6nisllsd concluding pirouet,e o
extreme difficulty. and exquisite grace
: and remained mo,ionless. with hal
,in,id, half cou6diug air, as il to WOO TIT
: admiration of her enraptured beholder
!. .l-just at that very moment, a0 old mat
with n Icing heard aud broad-leaved HAT
" not in the least degree rural or Arcndiai
d rushed from the side scenes to Mirinm
= and seized her delicate gauze dress
which he fran,ically crushed and tore
'Wretched girl shouted he, could ncth
y lug prevent your exposing yourself il
these butterfly gauds to the gaze Of al
Palermo Well, then, before all Paler
mo, | curse you bitterly with a father
curse, and pray heaven that you ma
end your days in rags and wre,chednesl
?, curse you!' repeated he, guasi,ing hi
teeth wnh fury (; and although Levi wa
n no, in the least degree an actor, pei
. :. haps there never was uttered upon I'll
stage aaImpreca,ion which produced
greater tieairical effect.
!. At this apparition Miriam tainted, M
her father was unprecedented and carrie
off as disturbcr of the public peace,
two polics officers. Tie audience we,
electrified by this unexpected coup 4
theatre, and the manager was In utt,
10 as,onishmsnt at the anger Of Levi,
st his daughter had obtained a more a.
d. vantageous engagement by ten zeceh:
h n night, than any dancer since the da
a. Of La vol,apiedi. The male par, Of ii
al audience were unanimous in ,,igms,
u zing the Jews conduct ms brutal and u
ny called for. towards dsughssr possess,
90 of such faultless anclrs; while the !
ia DIES, Will, tina: impart,alisy which W
o. man always exercises towards her nv
'r- seq allowed that Miriam's figure WI
: tolerablr, hut declared that she must
let a very abandoned girl Indeed, to occ
lt. sion 80 much grief 10 80 respeclrble
'p- parent. Az for the people in the pit,
ra first they appeared affected by the in,
sy dent; bn, when they recovered fra
nd their tI,omentary emotion. and the ma
rls agcr came forward To- excuse he disa
pearsnce Ct Miriam. on tho ground