Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1850-06-12

J forth not the mlrth but the tears Oh lhe au
diiors.
, From tha, time she was the deciarot
, iavori,e OF the Swedish public, whose mu
sical taste and knowledge are said 10 bC
surpassed nowhere. And year after yeal
she continued so, though aiier time, her
voice. being oyers,raincd, lost sonewha
Of lis freshness, and the public, being sa-
tated, no more crowded the house when
she was singing. Still, at that time sae
could be heard singing aud playing more
delightfully."- than ever in Pamna IN Eau
berllo,e) or in Anna Boena, though the
opera was almost deserted. Ut was then
late in the spring, and The beautiful weather
called the people ou, 10 natures plays.)
She evidently sang for the pleasure oi Tie
song.
| Bv that tine she went TO take lessons OF
Garcia, in Pnris, and 50 9 i've the finishing
touch 10 her musical education. There
she acquired That waTble in which She is
said to have been equaled by no singer,
and which could be compared only to that
Of the soaring and warbiug lark, if the
lark had a soul.
And then the young girl went abroad
and sang on foreign shores and TO foreign
people. She charmed Denmark, she
charmed Germany, she charmed England.
She was caressed and couried everywhere,
even 10 aduIa,ion. At the the courts OF
kings, at the houses Of the great and noble,
she was felstcd as one of the grandees oI
nature and art. She was covered with
laurels and Jewels. Bu, friends wrote oil
her, " In the midst Of these sp,endors she
only thinks Of her Sweden. and yearns for
her friends and her people,"
One dusky October night crowds ofpeo-
pie (he most part, by their dress, seeming
TO belong 10 the upper classes of society
lhronged on the shores of the Bal;:c har-
Dor, at Stockholm. All looked towards the
sea. There was ruEor Of expectance
and pleasure. Hours passed away, and
the crowds still gathered and waited and
looked out eagerly towards the sea. At
length brilliant rocket rose joyiuly, far
ou. at the entrance'of the harbor, and was
greeted by general buzz on the shore.
''There she comes there she isl" A large
steamer now came laundering on, making
its triumphant way through the t!ocks Of
ships and boats lying in the harbor. tow
ards the shore of the "Skeppsbro." Flash
ing rockets marked its way in the dark as
il advanced. The crowds on the shore
pressed forward as if to meet il. Now the
Ievialhan Of the waters was heard thunder
ing nearer and nearer, now it re!ented, now
again pushed on, foaming and splashng,
now it lay still. Aud there, on the front
Of the deck, was seen by the light o! lamps
and rockets, pale, graceful young wo-
nun, with eyes brllian. with tears, and
lips radiant with smiles, waving her hand
kcrchief 10 her friends and countrymen on
the shore.
1t was she again-our poor. PLAIN, 'r!d
neglected little girl Of former days-who
now came back in triumph TO her father
land. Blu! no more poor, no more plain,
no more neglected. She had become rich;
she had become celebrated and she had
in her slender person the power to charm
and inspire mu.iitudes.
Some days later, we read in the papers
of Stockholm, an address tothe public writ.
ten by the beloved singer, stating with nc
ble simplicity that, ''as she once more had
the happiness to be in her native land, she
would be glad TO sing again to her coan,ry-
men, and that the income of the operas in
which she was this season 10 appear,
would be devoled 10 raise fund for school
where eleyes for The theatre would be edu-
Gated to virtue and knowledge" The
intelligence was received as it deserved,
and OF course the opera house was crowd.
ed every time the beloved singer sang there.
The first time she again appeared IN the
"Sonnambula" lone Of her lavoriie ro!es),
the public. after the curtain was dropped
called her back with great enthusiasm, anc
received her, when she appeared, with a
roar of ''hurrahs." In the midst Of the
burst Of applause clear meiodious warb
ling was heard. The hurrahs were hushe(
instantly. And vie saw the lovely SINCE
standing with her arms slightly extended
somew ha, bowing forward. graceful as
bird on lis branch. .warbing, ,warbling as nj
bird ever did, from note to note-and o'
every one clear. strong. and soarlni
warb!e-un,il she fell into the reiouraell
Of her last song. and again sang that JOY
tul and touching strain
"No thought can conceive how feel at my heart
She has now accomplished the goo
r work TO which her latest songs in Swede
r have been devoted, and she is again
S leave her native land TO sing to far re