Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-01-25

Church IL was small building made o! oohros, noou'
twenty five fer, high and fifteen square from Inc
height of twelve eel il diminished 10 point s'eP Wy
sIen like nv ramd. II covered with hiack cinh,
embroidered with silver and vast number OF canops
were placed over it. Within this caaia!lue was inc
coffin enclosing the body Of General Dnmremont' u G
whole church hung with black. and almost every
nerson present was in mourning Day light was conf
prtpy excluded and G000 candles besdts many lamps
Shed their light throughout the church most ahmlra-
BILE piece n music. composed for the mass ny NJ F"rz,
was pprfpruJrd By 3D) ui The best MUSICIANS OF faris
c,n give YOU no idea Of this grand cnnposlion WHICH
s sunnosed 10 be unrvard by any modern piece If tile
kind The singing extraordinary. The absoinlinn
wos performed by Archbishop of Paris aided by scre-
raj bishops and train of priests hngeth r,
il was of the mos! imposing speclac!cs winch nave
ever beheld.
aurou,1os yloI1wlsr -GaIirnani's Messenger, pub
Esrd 81 Paris furnishes the following interesting &C.
,,unt of new musical wonder, in The shape OF Mon
seur Mareppes aulomaton violin player, "leh was h't
lonu since exhibited before The Royal Conservatory Of
Paris and caused much admiration:
"On entering the saloon, saw well dressed, lano'
soo,c iir,e Of man. apparently between 40 and Oh,
standing with violin in his hand, as 1t contemplating
a piece Of music, which lay on desk before HIM
and had mt gone to see an auiomaton, should nave
Lr;erpd The object before endowed with Tile ana
re,sou so perfrclly natural and easy were the ult.
,udes md expression of countcnancc OF ihe hgure.
had but little time for observation before tile ochestrn
was filled by musicians and on Inc leader taxing MS
,y,h much clearance two three times. and then turn
iur Ia the leader nodded if 10 say he was ready and
placed his rion to his shoulder Al the gwen sgna
he raised his bow and applying to the instrument pro-
ducpd la PagGnin of the most thrilling nnd e5
,ranrdinary Aonrshcs ever heard-in which scarcely
se.ni tone within the cnmpass OF the instrument was
omittrd-and This executed with degree nf rapuity ana
cearness perfectly astonishing. The orchestra Then
played short symphony in which lhc outoma.on ocra
sionaIly joined in beautiful style lie then played
most brilliant fantasia in natural with accompanncnts
including movement allegro moo on the fourth string
solo, which perfectly ndescribable The tones pro-
duced like any thing but volin-tne expression
heynnd conception fell as If illed from my seat and
burst into tears-in which predicamenl saw most per-
sons in the
Suddenly he struck into cadenza, in which the har
monies double and single arpeggios on the Tour strings
and satos Tor which Paganni wus so Justly celebrated
were introduced with the greatest effect and alter
cnse shake Of eight bars dura"n commenced the coda
prestissna movement played in three parts Throughout
This part Of lIs performance was perfectly maglcai-l
have heard The great Italian have beard the still greater
Norwegian, have heard The best of music, but never
heurd such sounds then suluted my ear II conmen-
ccd D. rising by gradual crrscPndo To pitch almost
hey"n belief and then by gradual n"iendo and caien-
do died away leaving the audience absolutely enchant
cd. Monsieur harrcppe, who is player OF no mean
order then forward amidst The most deaening &c.
camations and stated that cnu!aed by The example OF
Vaucausons flute player, he had conceived the PROJECT
of constructing this figure, which had Cost him many
years OF study and labor before he could bring II 10 con-
pciipn He then showed to the company the interior
of the figure, which was completely filled with small
cranks. by which the molinus given 10 the several
parts of The auloma,on the will Of the conductor, who
has the whole machine perfectly under control, that
Mons Marpppe prnposes that the auohialon shall per-
form any piece Of music that shall be laid before him
within fortnight. ile also showed that 10 certain e1
tent the figure self acting, winding string
several of tn, mos beautiful airs played, among
which were Mel piu, 'Pnrtanl pour la Syrie, 'We
bers last Waltz, and La CT darem la mana, all with
brilliant embellishments. But the chef dGuvre is the
manner in which the figure is made 10 obey The drec-
lion of the conductor, whereby il is endowed with
sort of semi reason.