The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-12-30
Warrington.

Not knowing how much or little you may be dis
posed to publish about Ole Bull, / will just write
you free and easy letter about him, and you will
do with it what you like.
have had repeated interviews with him here at
Washington, intimately and freely. He perform
ed here last evening 10 a very crowded and most
fashionable audience-who were enraptured of
course. He did not arrive from Baltimore last even
ing until the evening train-6 LIZ o'clock. No one
knew the reason. After the performance | called
on him, and ascertained that he had been arrested
in Baltimore at the suit of Mr. Schuberth. The de-
scrpton of his arrest, as given by Mr.. Bull HIM
self, is sufficiently amusing. II was in the morn
ing, (of Wednesday, having performed the previous
evening at Baltimore. He was just sitting down to
breakfast previous to his departure in the cars
Tap-tap-tap at the door-"Come in" In walk
ed stout, burly, rough looking fellow-'I amp
said the stranger-"I am-hem!-I am-sir'-
am-sir-the Sheriff." And here Mr.. Bull marched
across the floor, hemmed, and hawed-blowed his
nose-spit threw back his shoulders-opened his
coat--and laid himself of in chair, with his legs
extended-with most irresistible humor, in imita-
ton of Mr. "Ego sum Sheriff. 81 am come to
arrest you-you are my prisoner laid the Sheriff
''Vell dem you go to my lawyer-he tell you all
about it''-"and here" said Mr. Bull, '.with an
affectaton of Indifference vlch did not feel-for
wanted to tear him making the violent motion
of lsceration] all to pieces-l turned round and
made bef for to eat mipe sassenge." "But you
must go with me, said the Sheriff. 81 could eat
nothing-so Ivent wild him to de house ofReverdy
Johnson" Here again Mr.. Bulls description Of
the manner in which "Ego sum Sheriff. laid him.
self off in Mr.. Johnson's paror would move dy-
ing saint to laughter. Mr.. B. initiated him-strut-
and up in great style, whileI," said he, ''stood
by, in all humility, Watching vat would coome."
The amount of il was, that Mr.. Johnson disposed
of the "Ego sum Sheriff in short order, by him.
when the trial comes off Mr.. Never is Sehuberth's
lawyer Ole Bull says, "Reverdy johnson is every
inch man." He feels most excessively annoyed
and impatiently vexed with Schuberth
will here state that tonight (Thursday) Ole
Bull performs at Rchmond-Frida night at Pitts
burgh-Saturday night at Richmond again On
Tuesday, following he will arrive. in Charleston,
Friday. On the nth, 10Th and 2lst he will
perform at New Orleans and on the oath,
26th, and 2Sth,- at Mobile. After. that. you
will find him at Havana, whence he will again re-
visit in time to be at his trial in Baltimore. No
thing would do but must promise to be there in
May to report his trial for the Herald
dom; know that shall tell you any thing now
ordinary genius He is s3 years old, has wife
and three children in Paris, and his name is Ole
B. Bull; not CLAUS, nor ever was. His physical
structure is most arkable-broad shouldered,
and with fullness, prominence, and expansion of
chest which almost amount to mal-iormation.
His waist is small, and thought he wore corsels
but he stripped" to undeceive me, as also to
show me that he wore no adventurous "expan-
sion" of chest. His chest only contains an enor-
nous heart. He is light of weight. But what as
tonished me most of all is the most extra
ordinary. muscular developments of his arms
and hands. One would suppose that his hands
ought to be delicate, and tender, and small but
not so they are large, very bony, and apparently
clumsy, and very muscular; in fact, you will rarely
ever blacksmith or an oarsman with such de.
veopments of the muscles of the arms. When he
holds out his arms for you to examine, you find
that from shoulder to fingers ends they feel like
iron-hard, rigid, lnfeXible with your utmost
strength, and with the nerve and spring of steel
trap. In conversation he exhibits continual out
breaks of good-humored nervous excitability, such
as you rarely meet with. He often taps his head
with his fingers, as though he felt consuming
fire, within; He says "No man can do any ting
mania people will tink he ish mad he must trow
his whole soul into his buslne else he can't
GEL" In further conversation he sale, NV motto
is, Vita beilun belixm Observation-Disclosures
6. Butt said l, "you have already conquered
" O." said he, no mean in music have anu
der object in de view; l follow it look at it,
Just you look at de leetle light glimmer through
tating the manner in which, in the dark one seeks
the light, lodging this way and that among the
trees). But" said l. " what is this light---this
object which you have in view p Here he re-
thought, and said he could not tell me. " But do
you know, yourselfr (Brightening up)---" o,
yes! His manner almost affected me to tears,
and could not but feel drawn towards this mys-
secret is | know not. | told him he made me feel
sad, for thought he must be burning, consuming
away, like the candle TO which pointed and
feared his life would be as short as it was excited
/ 1 I'd bo ant h,e rl-
ling in his eyes. "Some people" | replied, " re-
quire hreescore years and ten to live 70 years, but
you will live your three score and ten years In half
that time" go, yes! that's it, that's it /; will
like to live seventy years in de ten" found that
ne Is exceedingly temperate In all his habits; eat,
ing little, and drinking no strong liquors, and
barely tasting his wine. The more he works the
less he eats. He is indebted for his extraordinary
muscular development of arms not to severe exer-
else, but to some, to me inexpllcabe, principle of
the nervous temperament. discovered from his
frequent Latin quotations that he was very good
classical scholar, and well acquainted with 7ityre
tn patrlae rec,.bams sub teg mime tagi'ss a-a pi
rumqnc cano1Ifogae qui prinus 40 ars - 9ito,As-
7ue tandem a6rtcre, c Catalina, patenftd nosfrd'-
NC. &c. The mathematics he said he never was
fond of. remarked to him that he was to me
very curious and original genius, and that he had
interested me exceedingly-and | would like to
study him for about six months He laughed very
heartily at the idea which he supposed had, that
could understand him in SIX months study-for he
said he was an enigma to himself which he never
expected to understand. But still he followed the
bent of his own mind-hs own ways-imitating no
one-and at the same time uttering sentiment
which pleased me much-"I will not pc stranger
to myself as he would be if he were to follow
and initiate other people.
He begged me to make his apologies to you for
have no time to write-I am eder in de cars or in
de teatre all de time" He remembers you with
great gratitude and kindness. He never forgets
his friends. / hardly knew how to tear myself
w fro r,i,ch he iute oct
And now if this free and easy" sketch of him
is of no use to you, will be very much obliged to
you if you will ask Fredv to take it to my wife,
as / would like to preserve these reoollections of
one of the most singular men with whom have
ever met.
Youknow of course that Ole Bulbs object in hur-
yng so fast through the country is to anticipate the
French artists.
Philadelphia.
fCorrespondence of the Herald.1