Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-01-04
From the n Y. Commercial Advertiser
Ole Bull.

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\ The great Norwegian master astonishe,
and delighted the conscript fathers at Wash
ington, on Tuesday evening Of last week
and their wives and daughters also. Ii mus
have been" ~ good ~ play" to watch tn
lcountenanccs of some members from IN
far West, who never before heard n ncare
approach To violin mus ic than the enrrgeii
saving of some ebony colored Orpheus il
ball room.
II Stories had been current in the musica
circles, for some days before the Norwegian
took his departure from among ~, of trou
bles and vexaiions. that weighed heavl
upon his spirit, originating in certain con
tract which he made. before he lefi Europe
with German gentleman by whom he u ac
companird. We heard, among other things
that Bull had hired himself TO tins gcnllema
for the expedition TO Amerca-ihe latter tax
ing all the proceeds, paying all the expenses
and allowing Bull fifty pounds sterling pc
week or, according to another account, tha
a gross sum of fifty thousand francs wa
secured To Bull, he giving mp nll claim to IN,
receipts from his performances. Bnt il seems
from documents published in the Herald, the
other day, that the arrangement was to thi
cffrct:.--
/ Mr.. Schnbcr,h-'he German gentleman
referred to--engaged To accompany Bull ~
his tour through The United States to arrang,
his concerts, attend TO all the business de
tails Of advertising, hiring rooms, &c, lcat
The orchestra " necessary, and see to th'
gathering in Of the dollars receiving. fo
these his services, one thrd of the nett pro
cceds, except when the gross receipts u
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then one quarter. Each party 20 dciray hl'
own personal expenses.
| II was known, or at least ruinoied, that
dlsagrcemPnis threatening total ruptur,
had sprung up between the high contracting
parties before they went TO Baltimore anC
IT now appears that at Baltimore the rupture
actually took place. Bull fairly kicking ou
of the trnces, and refusing 10 have any thing
more TO do with Mr. Schnberil, contract ol
no contract. The reason he assigned wa.
that MI Schuberth had deranged his con
certs instead of arranging them. and caused
him all manner Of vcXatlons, annoyance anC
mlsprcs.
Now this part Of The trouble we believe il
ia in our power to explain and at the same
time TO account for q circumstances which has
been noticed in several of the journals, and
caused no little speculation md wondar.--
We allude 10 the comparative failure OF
Bulls performance on his last night at the
theatre.
An engagement had bccn made for Bull lo
perform at Baltimore on n certain night
which was duly announced in the Baltimore
and Washington papers. But IN the mean
time the unprecedented and increasing en-.
'husiasm created here by his playing induced
Bull himself. or Mr. Schubcrth, or both, 10
give some additional concerts here, letting
The Baltimore engagement 90 by the board
The consequence was great inconvenience
and dIsa ppolniment 10 The Baltimore mana.
ger; and the consequence Of these was the
issue Of a writ against Bull, which was served
upon him just as lie was about commcnc ing
his performance al the Park, on the ngh'
above referred 10.
Now Bull is perfect child in business
matters, and wihnl one of the most unsophis
tcatcd and impulsive of human beings
The arrest was to him like a thunder stroke
tie could not understand it, and very proba.
bly, imagined that he was Immediately To BE-
shu. mp IN prison for life. lie ravod. stormrd
'retlrd and tore abou, like one Land finally
overcome by his emollous. fairly burst into
disposed of; but the effect on Bull was
more enduring and he laid oil the blame to
Schuberth, who. he said. had both made and
violated the Baltimore engagement, and
ought to have assumed the consequences.
Such is the secret history of the lack which
may be observed in his playing on that even
ing, and of his final outbreak with his man of
business.
We should like exceedingly, if it could be-
done within reasonable limits, 10 write out
and publish long conversation we had with
Ole Bull, the day before he eft the city
the day after his last concert at the Taber.
naclc. We met him in Broadway, walking
SLOWLY along, with physical exhaustion and
mental dIsqnietude plainly written on his
pale and melancholy features. He seemed
to be oppressed by sense If loneliness; for
the momen, we addressed him his eye bright
encd up, and, plunglng at once into fereid
Of his thoughts and feellngs-hs
Of ar, and It's effect upon him
his hopes, his fears, his sorrows and his as
outpouring Of mind and heart
rvalllng in true eloqnence, despite its tardy
utcrance in his heavy and hestating Norwe-
gian Frsnch-he held US there for more than
half an hour rs deeply moved and "a strong
" captivated as we had been the night be-
fore by his wondrous music.