Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-09-05


pied with " the enihusinsm" Of that city
on the arrival Of Jenny Lind. Immense
numbers wen, TO Staten Island, thinking
Jenny wac 10 land there Barnum met her
"down the Bay" when cordial salu,a,ions
were exchanged. On seeing the American
Nag she paid il homage by kissing her hand
10 Il with all the fervor Il child, aud ex-
claiming, " There is the beautiful standard
Of freedom. which is worshipped BY the
oppressed Of all nations"
She appeared, in fact; delighted with e.
eryihing she saw. On near nQ the wharf
she expressed her astonishmcnt al seeing
90 many persons, al! respectfully dressed
such . crowd as she hal never seen on tho
docks Of the old country. She inquired,
Why Mr.. Barnum, have you no poor
people in this country Everybody ap.
psars to be well dressed"
The gateway at The dock va. guarded
BY 10 ice thousands and thousands were
crowded abou, tho d, cks in the vicinity Of
the Atlaniic's berth, with every eye s,raiu-
ed to see Jenny.
From the gate half way up the dock, q
beautiful arcade had been erected, consist
ing Of double row Of pillars, fesJooned
with everereens and flowers, and COVERED
overhead with the flag Of the Union. The
from, (nex, the ship had iriumphal arch
Of the same material, surmounted with a
stuffed .ag!e, with boquet Of flowers in
his b,ek. as IL presenting them to the CUES,
Of the United States. In from, was the in
scrip,ion, in large letters upon white
ground" To tho Nightingale, Jenny
Lind, welcome to America Here Mr.
Baruun's private carriage was drawn up,
and from this to the gateway Of the ship
wss extended . carpet for her to walk on.
Capt. West, commanding the Atlantic,
appeared, with Jenny Lind leaning on his
arm, wearing blue silk bonnet, and hav-
ing in hr hard an exquisite boque,, pre-
sen,ed to her by Mr. Collins. A sinu,a-
neous shout Of exul,aton aseended, aud
made the welkin ring, and told the multi.
tude outside the gate thu, the Nightingale
had shown hersslE The carriage then
proceeded to the Irving House, aud The
crowd followed.
At mdn ght the New York Musical
Fund Society, numbering some two hun
drcd musicians, gave a Lrsnd screnadc 10
Mademoiselle Lind. George Loders mag
nifcen, band was selected, and WIS led 10y
himself. Some twenty companies Of the
New York Firemen escorted the band aud
Society to the Irving House, aud The crowd
that assembled there at that hour exceeded
anything witnessed in New York for a gen
Grafton. There could not be under from
twenty to thirty thousand persons present,
and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed
when the object ofall this honor appeared
at the window. There vas a succession
Of vehement cheering for several minutes.
Her face could be seen very distinctly by
the people, from the bright lights immedi-
a,ely in front of The hall door. When the
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NJ, B,ro.m 10 call for an encore "a re-
cues, ,ha, was followed by tremendous
sheering The band then played Hail
Columbia" and yankee Dood'e' again,
when she expressed her admiration as rap
'urous'y as before a"' 'o''."''e' '"'' s"e
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go. ,h. h.nJ concluded win /. Cod
.,ve the Queen" She then took her
leave OF the serenaders oy waving ho'
handkerchief rapidly Tor several minutes
amidst tho mos, raPturous applause we