The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-22

fore New York assembled. This is a superb piece
of Amercanism. Ii is curious 10 see how the COM
mon purpose running through these songs has sug-
pested a common application Of their various
themes. The thing 10 done after the manner OF
Moses ~ Son-beginning with any subject the
poet likes and bringing Jenny in in the last verse
The papers publish some of the rejected--oiiered
by their authors by way Of shampg the judges Il
New, if Mdle Jenny Lind have particle OF the
good sense and simplicity OF character which are
ascribed 10 her, The whole of these proceedings
must affect her as both painful and revolving. To
be the goddess OF mad worship like this can yield
her pleasure if she has ever looked truth in the
face. Gratitude for the warmth OF her welcome
must be marred by shame for the actors in it and
suffering for herself. Yet il must be avowed that
Mdlle. Lind seems to do her simplicites with
somewhat suspicious consciousness, and TO lend
herself dcsignedly to the American sentiment
accepting the altar which they have dressed for
her even while she appears mcdestly to decline It,
As the. steamer which bore her and her fortunes
approached the city, the American flag waved
from the shipping and from he public buildings;
and Jenny Lind, Kissing her hand to il, exclaimed,
"There is the beautiful stand ard OF freedom which
is worsbipped by the oppressed of all nations This
was pbrasiDg after the American fashion. They
played he" Yankee Doodle" and she asked them
to play it again During her second rehearsal,
somebody had somehow found time to fire the
battery guns in celebration Of the admission of Ca
lifornia into the sisterhood of the Sses-and Jen.
ny Interrupted but she said she did not mind,
50 as il was for the good of the country" That
mains to be proved; but not the less was thus
mark another phrase nicely suited to the time and
place. But let us quote Mdlle. Lind's dialogue
with Mayor Woodruff -
next came Mayor Woodruff to tender the en-
chantress the welcome of the city Of New York,
and then proceeded to shower compliments on Ma
demoisele. He said :-' We have heard Milibran
and other singers, but we all know yeu are the
Queen of Song"
" Jenny Lind, (interrupting him )-You frighten
me. Everybody fnghtens me with too much praise.
| fear | shall never come up to the expectations
formed of me- | have been spoiled with flattery
twice before, and fear shall be spoiled again"
Mayor--We know that you are accustomed
to this, and that il cannot injure you. We think
you worthy of it,"
"No; il is always new TO me- cannot accus-
tom my self to it, There is too much friendship
shown me. ! am full of imperfections, and if you
continue to flatter me in this way, shall tremble
when come to sing"
Thi, admission OF imperfections in the full splen.
dor of her attributed divinity remnds us pleasantly
1--WE speak it without meaning offence to Md'lle.
Lind) Of a certain well known character, who de-
clared himself to be but man, though beadle
1t 10 to be remembered however, that the pre-
posterous part which Md'lle Jenny Lind is made
10 play in this Transatlantic demonstration, is not
of her own seeking; and that even the record OF
what she is supposed TO say and do, must be re-
ceived with great caution as reported by those who,
bent erecting her into goddess, of course de-
sire to exhibit her as oracular. Meantime, we
know not what the next American arrivals can
well bring US in the way of climax to all these
thngs-if 1t be not the announcement that Jenny
Lind has sung " Yankee Doodle" and that the
Americans have elected her as a separate and in
dependent State into the Union
CORONATION OF JENNY THE PIRsT-QUEEN OF THE
AMERICANS.
From the London Punch, Oct.
The moment il was known by what vessel Jenny
Lind was about TO cross the Atlantic, we dispatched
efficient corps of reporters and correspondents
on board, who were present in various DISCUSSES
movement Of the Nightingale. One Of our most
esteemed contributors might have been seen fitting
about in dreadnought and sou wester, from spar
TO spar, and yard-arm to yard-arm, lodging the
delicious sOngbird, she hoped from paddle box
to paddle. boz, utterly regardless of wind and
wave while juvenile member Of our extensive
establishment was on board in the humble disguise
ola lob-lo-boy.
II has been erroneously supposed, that, because
| Medemoiselle Jenny Lind was seen 10 leave
| Liverpool waving her white handkerchief from the
very tep of the deck house over the companion,
and was seen to enter the American harbor waving
! the same white handkerchief from the top of the
| same deck house-it has been, we cay, enormously
though naturally, supposed, that, from the time OF
her starring to the moment OF her arrival, Jenny
Lind was constantly employed in the way in which
she is represe nted TO have commenced and termu.
ated her journey. We are enabled to assure the
public, on the very best authority, that such is not
the case.
The time occupied in the voyage passed very
/ pleasantly. Every evening there was concert
| for the benefit Of somebody or other, concluding
with for the bene hi Of the crew, which was
somewhat marred by the boisterous state OF the
weather The piano was soon SEE up TO an incon-
vcnently high PITCH TIE glasses insisted in joining
in, musical glasses, without UGH regard TO har
mony effect, but keeping no sort Of jingle
during the whole time there was an occasional ac-
compartment of wind and strDged instruments by
Boreas playing fesrfuy the ropes OF the rigging
! and every now and then everything was re adeTed
great deal too fiat by too rapid running up OF
The ascending scale, and coming very abruptly
| down agan
The voyage having been safely got over, we
| come now TO the proceedings in America but we
ore bound 10 say that our contemporaries n.,e %
! fully occupied the ground-and their own cj'rwrs
| that room is scarcely left even for US TO say
anything,
For scme DAYS before the steamer was expected,
New York was in d state OF Intense excitement, 80
that when the ship actually came in sight, the only
| mode the police had Of he, Ding the enthusiasm III
| the crowd within decent bounds, was, to check
| their cries by knocking their brsath-ss far as
| pTaccahie--out Of their bodies Millions had their
leads turned, and hundrgd had their heads broken,
but all was Of no avail; and la spite Of the exertions
OF the consts bulary TO slave oil the people with
their slaves, the quays were in state Of dead lock,
| from the ihrongs that covered them. As the YES.
sci entered the bsrbor, the Nightingale was seen
rer,htd on the deck. house, supported on either
side by Messrs. Benedict aud Belletti. Mr.. Bar-
mum. tie enterprising Snowman who has specialized
in Jenny LIND, as he has ALREADY done IN Tom
Thumb, and other popular idols, was running
race along the per win Mr. Coiilns-p-rhdps
quet aud fearful struggle took plscc as 10 which
should be the fret 10 chamber up the pad1le-hoK.
Baruum made desperate spring 90 one side, while
Collins took a terrific leap towards the other, and
the latter being more fortunate. az the more active
Of the two--or perhaps he had been taking lessons
IN gymnastics beforehand of some lodia rubber
broth,rs-succeeded in being the first 10 stand at
the NIghiiaesles side, and to present her with
noscgay twice the size OF that which Barnum push
ed into her bend moment afterwards
Either to see better, or TO escape from the encr.
geiIc Collins and the frantic Barnum, Jenny Lind
moved to the lsTbOard wheel. house,, and seeing
the American flag. the Nghtngale-with a sly
sense Of humor, no doubt, and general recollec-
ton Of all she had heard about the slave-trate,
end the treatment Of Mr.. Frederic Douglas, the
"colored" newspaper editor-exclaimed, :" There
lie the beautiful standard Of freedom; the oppressed
Of ell nations worship it."
As the chip neared the pier, every mast seemed
to be made Of eyes, noses, and mouihs; every win
dow was mass Of he ads; and the roof Of the