The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-12

York.
Her motive In devoting the proceeds Of her nryt
concert to charity IL of that lofy kind which We
might expect from her beautiful character She said
abe would not take the money Of the rich, who paid
such high prices to hear her She preferred the money
Of the people who would come to hear her when the
prices became lower. In this. Msdemoselle Lind Ia
mistaken for II only the rich went to hear her she
| would have . very poor attendance indeed. 1t
is emphaticaliy the people tho to hear her ct
her hrss concert and the high prices they paid for
the enjoyment prices entirely In thi.
| oountry-sre so many evidences Of the admiration
respect and love with which they regard this singular
and glorious With all her high intellectual and
moral quslities-with all hertranssendent execution
she IL In the unaffected sin pcity Of her manners like
child, and apparently unconscious Of the mighty
power she exercises the human mind IL she did
not possess It at all Her first appearance therefore In
Castle Garden, was triumph such wit
messed on this continent before.
At O'Clock sgnor Benedict took his post leader
Of the orchestra, with baton In hand and veil
| eeived BY the audience The concert then opened
with the overture announced In the programme which
performed very credsbly, and elioitsd much Ap-
plause from the audience
Benetti then sung "Mahomsts Address to his War
rors" aria from the opera o." Nsometto ssoondo,t
by Rossini. The appreciation Of the audience
manifested In the most decisive msnner ct the close
He very warmly spplsuded. His style Of singing
aud execution, faultlcss 1t 10 very hard iadsed,
TO End such barrytone a. Bellstti.
But now the great object Of attraction made her sp
pearsnes. Jenny Lind now fAes to face for the
Hrst time, with American audienee-ths largest
befor, which she had ever sung anywhere making
her dsbut In the world where such high expsots-
tons had been formed Of her. She trembled from
head 10 foot, turned deadly pale, AID the drops
~ niyat hsv fara Mka yain
had been detected all the sning lest abe should
como up to her own high standard Of surpassing
csllencs but WHEN she actually before the
diencs her heart sunk within her nor did the hur-
resne OF applause with which shs greeted sum
GENTLY restore her tranquility In time to permit her
to sing the CsstA Diva" las she sung IL ct the two
rehesrssls. when she made her appearance the
| stage, there . universal burst OF cheering
which lasted several minutes, the audience all
rising, and waving their hats and hsndkor-
chiefs, and casting . shoSer of bouquets ct her
feet After the frst tumult subsidized, and she osms
forward to her position to sing she welcomed with
smother tremendous burst Of enthusiasm. She looked
we and very chsstsy dressed In the first part Of
the Casts Diva" We have already said she sltersd
evidently from the excitement under which she
lsbored but aeshs proceeded, her possession re-
turned, the sound Of her voice seeming TO act
like magic upon her In the concluding line of the
wh.r. her voice died away In most angelic whisper,
and then rose In glorious swell that electrified the
house The enthusiastic applause shs received here,
lent her impulse which brought her well through to
the close she again became quiet and sxesutsd
. csdenss with such thrilling effect that the audience,
carried away by their feelings, drowned the most
effective part OF It In . storm of applause. Aga!u
shower Of bouquets fell on the stage and the cheer
lbs sna waving OF hAndksrehi-ts lasted foe several
NJ
her rehearsal, and . New York audience do not yet
know What she can do In that glorious sesna.
In the dustt with Bslls,t she Was at hone, and vas
rspturou.iy encor,d. The applause was tremendous,
and another ,bower Of bouquets descended upon her.
which we're gathered up by Mr.. Loder.
But her great triun phs Jet to come. The nute
cong smar.d and confoupeed every body who did not
besr IL before. Thy heard somsthiog they never
heard before, and may never expect TO hear again
from any other lips The audience were transported,
and the applause continued t IL literally spent itself
With fatigue
One might suppose that such song a. this would
be ,ufseieut fer an evening. But = more delicious
or,,l In ths feast of muso reserved for the end
like n Dessert a. G.aUtT. L. tie sSSdish melody,
Known Tn. Echo Song" In -hieh she sings in her
own native lapgusse, aud With ip,Hsble sve-tnsss
initiates the bsrdsnsn calling his cattle, aud the
echos his voice p the moua.sins, her triumph vas
complete IL extremely dfsnlt 20 realize thu faot
that there three voices psrf.ot
her wonderful echoes The audience no- wrought
upin,o fever Of excitement Witch was gently softsned
down by her Anal effort which was not 80 dazzling
but % sweet as spy We mean the Grssting to
Ameries,r Of which Benedict a. the composer. It's
fine martial air In the style % the Msrseaiss The
followirg are the Words
I sr..t Nth full heart the Land Of the West,
Nho-. Hammer OF Stars osr the ~orld u unrollsd;
HQsa uutra n ehaia lef - dc hfea
And ores 20 the supsst It, gateway ~ gold,
III. land 81 tn. mouptsip tn. Land Of the lake,
And rivers that roll Ia magnificent tide
" hsrs the souls OF the mighty from siamb~r sssks,
And bsllov IN. soii tor whoss freedom th~y died
Thou Oracle Of Enpire. though I'D" b, the foam
That sewers the land OF my fathers aud thee,
hssr. fr Jm thy bosom, the welooms Of hem-,
Per song has q home In the hearts % the free
And long a. thy vstsrs shall xlesm In IN. sun,
Ard lopg as thy her-.s rene mt Der their scars,
Be the hands of thy ohildrn united as one,
And p-so. shed her light on the Banner Of STARE
Her pronupcistio of the English Vas very pretty,
and the way ~bich n. executed tn. cAdsnss at thu
eloss called DOM thunders q sppisusS This wss the
termin alton Of the aud she called for BY
the sudisnce and vtb-m.ntJ chssr.d ~h-n the last
shower OF bouquets tell UPON the aud shs With
drrw, bo-ing srsesfuily TO tn. audiene.
H.r, there were lou0 cries o. :" -h-r-'s Bsrbum''
spd sddrese,d the sudienes smihst loui cheers, |"
I.,os avn 0r-rtr~y--I have su. on. favor 70 ash
o. sou snd that that In the rr--snc- o. that sos-
tpotnting TO the door where Jenny had just passed
out) msy ~ sllo-ed 70 hnk where really belong
into utt.r insignincabcs. II there has ever been
NON, Mt then aspir-d 20 have the question general
~ sk-d, Whvrs Il Rsrnum - that tins hss passed
~ forever. seknovisdss frankly that after such
dtplsy ~ ws hHv. hAa - night. Barnum l. noshrr.
But NY ri.bds heg 20 tell you who're Jenny Jind w.
I skali not fp.nk ~ her musical tsllnts you knov
| What th.y 81. better than can tell you you have
sho-p by your uusovsrnsbls sppl.us. 60 nishi THAI
yeu appreciate her ncom prehs nsibs sud tnd=s-ribs
kls vocal sbiIiti.. but m sst anuounce circum-
i stance regarding her vhich I esspot slio- you 10
leave without kns~ibg-she b.gged me not 10 do " !.
I 4 mi Ohrw hers
/ With but issl that u Il due you % state the
I fact \ sllud@ TO- Under the contrast bet~~en
J.pry LIND ana myself che 10 entitled 10 half the
net proc.sds Of every concert given under our
msut On this occasion the expenses bling ore for
the trrt concert than will usually be the hr por
ton Of the profits will b. In the nsighborboea %
$1,000 Isc.iy.ds message from her tits m oruins,