The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-16

Correspondence, of the Southern Press.
25a Daia .ig1 New YoRK, Noy.13, 1850.
From the multitude Of Southern merchants in
this city purchasing goods, one would suppose
that some extraordinary advantage must be gained
we will venture to say that million Of money
would not meet the amount brought or drawn into
New York by Jenny Lind. From far and near,
upon business or pretence of business, hundreds
and thousands of people have come on just now,
because of the opportunity Of hearing Jenny
Lind. Contracts have been made with rail road
companies for tickets for the round trip, from Mas
sachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Canada, and
the interior Of New York, &c., &c., and all to
hear Jenny Lind. Jenny will do She is en-
phatically zone of them," that is, one Of the sweet
singers of the gentiles, whose round and golden
voice is good news and glad tidings TO old and
young. Z; I s5Hat
We attended her twenty-ffth concert the other
evening. TTipler Hall holds FIVE thousand people.
The great and celebrated operate actress and
singer, Teresa Parodi, played Lucretia Borgia at
the Astor Place, the same evening. The Scotch
Baronet, Sir William Don, real live baronet, six
feet six, played at the Broadway theatre the same
evening. Half dozen other theatres were in blast
in addition to the Model ARTISTS and the Ethiopian
Minstres, the Panoranlas, and what not. They
were all full; and yet Jenny Lind, as usual, had
her audience Of five thousand all FIVE, four, or
three dollars each, according to seats. 5'ssA
7 OF all the selections Of the evening, the Echo
song was the most pleasing, because, though sim
pie enough it affords such fine scope for Jennys
ringing and lofty voice. To our taste, however,
the Mountaineer's song, little plaintive air,
with the popularity of the sound of a horn dying
in the distance, was the best although the Duet
from the opera of the Child Of the Regiment, be-
tween Jenny and Belief, was piece OF the tallest
kind of vooalisrn, - - N
At one o'clock tot day, the very middle of bust
ness hours, Jenny gave concert at Tripler Hall.
And true as preaching, we really believe that she
had an audience exceeding four thousand; and
Tom Thumb was among them, having come all
the way down from his palace in Connecticut on
purpose to be present this interesting occasion.
II beats all. Jenny is the idol Of New York.
In the shop windows, from Broadway to the
darkest street in the city, the stores, and shops,
and offices, have their portrait or statuettes, and
very often both, Of Jenny Lind, in all their win
dows. And it is singular that of all this multi
tude of engravlngs scattered broadcast over the
city, there is scarcely one that does Jenny justice,
although she is not what might be called beauti-
full woman. But they represented her as stout
cately proportioned, and very pleasant, and
agreeable, good hearted looking young woman
But don't whisper il to living soul. If Jenny
does not make haste; if she holds TO that Made.
moiselle till Christmas, she'll be thirty as sure
as you re born. Was there ever parallel case to
il Captivating all hearts, and yet herself UNI
caught at-three times ten is-dont mention it,
it's too bad. at t3aHs IN .'fa ta a. ~
l am informed that Miss Lind will edge along
South, so as to get into Washington, in time to
give her first concert there on the 10th of Decen-
Der. As they get them up at Triplef Hall they
are of imperial magni6cence First, there is an
orchestra of sixty instrumental performers, then
there is Jenny, then there are two distinguished
Italian singers, Belief and Perell, and German
company ofyocasts, who fillup the intervals be-
tween Jenny's exercises. tfN.4E
We understand that if Mr.. Webster consents
on his way back to Washington, some of the
leading citizens Of this city, Union menu viii
give him public dinner, to console him as far as
possible, for his defeat in the election of Horace
Mann In Massachusetts. Very well, if cham
paigne and faitering speeches will afford any
comfort to MIR. Webster, let him have it.
Here was direct issue put TO the people of the
John Quincy Adams district. The Wing conven-
ton had to choose between a nomination in favor
of Mr.. Webster's course and the Administration,
or in favor OF Abolition. They risked the issue
invited by Mr. Mann. They cast him overheard
and nominated another person. The Democrats
had also regular candidate. And yet between
these two candidates, and over both Of them, run
ming in the teeth of the Wing convention, Horace
Mann is elected. Does that look as if Massachu-
sets ready to submit to the Fugitive slave law
or to suspend the abolition agitation. No! Abo-
ltion is rampant in Massachusetts,, and Mr.
Webster. for simply maintaining his oath to sup
port the Constitution and the laws, is defunct,
dead and condemned in the State, where SO long
he has been the political Jupiter, and the idol Of
the people. Nothing but that "higher law
which tramples the Constitution under foot in the
matter of Fugitive slaves, will begin to satisfy the
Old Bay State. A-.4 - f3ty.oE
Mr.. Webster and the Administration had better
abandon the idea OF securing a Northern support
and consent to the Fugitive bill. 1t is not half so
likely as the consent of the South to the wisdom
and justice of the California dodge. Already, we
have rumors that MIR. Fillmore, in order to con-
ciliate Northern sentiment, is to be urged to re-
commend some notifications of the Fugitive law,
such as the habeas corpus and the trial by jury.
Short of that the South must submit to a law that
is practically vacant mockery, and an insulting
agitation, till they yield thepont. And believeus,
there are sensible men here, who believe thatthere
are doughfaces" enough in the South to submit
to anything for the chances of the loaves and
fishes. The enormous patriotism Of such men is
in the enormous patronage OF the Federal Govern
mer,t. II is to be hoped that the Nashville Con-
will haiti han the of