Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-09-26

orleans do not make themselves ridiculous
in the eyes Of all sensible people. by their
disgust ne Gdulation Of certain eminent for
eipners, ,-emi, ent TO certain extent, in
some particular thing. A few years ago
they lavsheI all manner Of praise and at
tentlon upon Dickens and he, in turn,
made their conduct more rid culous hy
holding them up 10 public Iidcu'e, in his
" American Notes" by his peculiar mani
feslations Of gratitude. Dickens. although
gifted, in most marked degree, with
certain kind OF talent, is, nevertheless, an
exceedingly coar.e aud vulgar man ne
does not possess any refinement Of feeling,
or any dellcacy OF sentiment as far as APP
probation of attention, or any grateful re-
membrance of kindneeses are concerned
The American people also made them
selves still more onerptble by their Wild
and excessive pIase Of that woman Of
questionable character, Fanny Essler !;
she exhibited
" herself,
Nightly, half-naked, on the stage, for money,
And with volupiuous motions fired the blood
Of irconsderate yout ~
Yet the fashionable people Of the coun.
Try were p riectly crazy, and laudsd her
by all manner of extravagant express!sns. :.
such as the " divine Fanny" &c. To
have read what wcs sal of her, one might
very reasonably lave supposed that che
was gifted with the most lranscendent gen.
ius, and was really to be he'd up to the
public as an exquisite model of virtue.
And nov our people are again making
iuoIs oi themselves, in regard tn Jeany
Lind. The day she arrived nn our shores,
although ii Wa. the Sabba'h, when they
should have be II a, Church, ,-s,ll, the
docks were cioaded by more than fifty
dien, and the wildrs, shouts and J ellis were
echoed through the air, as # a grateful
people we're welcoming back to their midst
the triumphant heroes of thousand we'll
fought battles. And who Was this who
created such an excitement, Why mere
sineer--a woman who has acquired rep
: u,a,Io1 IN the old world for making a mel
odIuus and profitable use of her voice.
. We have nothing TO say against Jenny
Lind On the contrary, We think that
lh're is everything, that is noble and val
liable, in her ch ractcr TO admire and re =
pect. She po sesses all the virtues Of her
sex, in an eminent degree, aud, wlthal,
she appears to be modest and merrl,ori-
Gus woman But The peop'e of New York
ar max ng exquisite asses Of themselves.
Two hundred and twenty-five dollars was
PAL for the choice of a seat at her first
Concert and others were sold al equally
extrhvagart prices. Now we say tina, this
a wicked and insane expenditure Of money
COR comparatively trihine object Thous-
ands Of dollars will be wasted in this way.
While there are hundreds Of objects all ov-
cr that city of wckedness and wo, to
which this amount of money mi ght have
been appropriated in spirit Of Christian
charity, and much real good been done by
H. Bu, no, Fashion and Folly demands
that i, should be squardered according to
their arbitrary laws
1t il true tina, Jenny Lind appropriated
her part of the proceeds of her first Con-
cart to noble and charitable objects, thus
illustrating her noble traits of character
but Bainum did no such thing. Neither
did those who pa,ronised that Concert do
So because they knew the proceeds would
be given to charitable objec,.,-so thai per.
sons no paid exlravagant prices for tick
els are not entitled 10 any merit even
though their money was thus appropriated.