The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-08-17

A4Ao. iHe Iarls correspon-
dent OF the St Louis RepuJlicas, under date of
the Goth ut. thus speaks Of her:
in late letter, | mentioned n vour, rec,.s.
who had been singing with geeat cclat AZ some of
the private concerts at Paris. She last NIGHT
gave her frst public concert in the Sale do Her,
she was assisted by some of the first vocal in.
srnmentai pertorrers Of tho city, Ipnd in spite of
Tue hish price OF the tickets tteh francs) thehal
was croweed almost to suiIocation--it seemed so
odd even to French. that person with colored
SKIN could DO any thing superior. But the con.
cert OF DoioG Maria Nariias- so She calls her
sell was complete triumph She sang some Of
'he most dffcult pieces fom celebrated operas
win rare success, and her Andalusian ballad.
were encofed several times. Bravos resounded
irom all parts of the house, and flowers wthou,
hu'hoer We're sHo"ercd down upon the fair song.
stress. Inc manager Of the Italian opera has a.
ready made oyeriures to her for an engagement
idr the next season. but she has referred him 10
her protectress, the Queen OF Spain, Who it j,
thought, w'Il not give her permission, as she wish
cs to retain Donna Martinez fol the royal opera
oI u. Madrid alons,--Ihe papers spcaS of her as
ne branu'nl Nesress,' and prophscy for her
rs great feprtalion as tuat cf tenny Lind.
by TIE last number of iis New York Eseain,
Post we see that this musical negress has made
her d'5H IN England, but it appears, with less
success than that which attended her perfor,oan.
Geo in Paris The fDlloming extract is from the
Liverpool Journal
For some weeks past the appearance uone of
The boxes other Maje.ty's Theatre of a lady of
color has caused much conversation in the obbies.
ana the runor that this was the same lady who,
uhder tie name OF the Black Malibran, had ere.
at ttI a trTap utt, =, -
to Increase curiosity Biographies, too, have been
circulated, by which We learn that Donna Anna
Maria l.oreto Martinez de Morena is a representa-.
tive OF the national music Of Cuba and Spain. hay-
lng been born in the dependency and visited the
kldSdom' and having studied music in both Sho
was announced twice last week but hparsness'
was proclaimed, and she did not appear. This
week she presented herself, however, and proved
a conspicuous failure A advertisement was
specially got up Cor her. A Turkish Ssltan sin
his harem, surrounded by his iayorites, who are
entertaining him with sports and dances. A
velled stranger i introduced by the attendants
VINO her vel beng removed, appears to be a
black female, richly attired. She is seated on
an ottoman IN front OF the stage and guitar be-
ing handed to her, proceeds to sing national bal
lads, which are intermixed with dances At
length the sultan rises, pays her the homage of
adoration delivers her the handkerchief while the
ex-fayorte expresses jealous rage--and the cur
tam falls. All this says coemporary was in
bad taste and there was nothing to redeem it in
the ladys performance The ballads had nothing
OF the romantic grace and beauty of the Spanish
national music. They were Of low class. n kin
to the negro songs of the Ethiopian Seranaders.
and by no means superior to them in quality.
They had little or no sustained melody but were
light and qsick inerminglel with spoken phra-
ses and abrupt eXclama1ns sometimes harsh md
uncnutN Their effect was qriaint and curious,
aud tiie7 were probably full Of character, but,
regarded as music, they must rank very low. The
lady sings neatly and fuently, and accompanies
cIeverly on the guitar in tire Spanish fashion pro.
duclng much more sound by beating the instru.
ment tInnby playing uponit. She was loudly an.
plauded but the applause was ilr from general.
and evidently Of questionable character. |: we
are not much mistaken, the prevalent feeling was
that the entertainment, clever enough in its wav,
WIS out OF It's place in her Maiestys theatre"
A "oNAN OF A THousAND.-A correspondent
Of the N Y. Commercial instances remarkable
display of genuine patriotism by the wife of a
gentleman who AZ ons time Kept Il restaurant in
that city:
'lf yon would like to sec n sight worth seeing
20 and take your lunch at Cosi;n's Amor.an 90,
French Restauraunt. II Nassau ST. You will
there find behind the lunch table, waiting On the
guests with modest dignity aud cheerful assdui
male enecin,en of rorf.c, Gonl,h 1un on "hans',
ness, and younger in appearance than the vast ma.
lority Of women at forty. This is the wife Of the
host--the mother oftwenty-i0ur chilcren-the ell.
oII VIZ, - ," ", !'e Youngest Two
rem, are still living sbe ri,cs cvcry r'n,n;nr, ",
five aud does the marketin. for this great estab.
l'shment; and during several Of the busiest hours
/ o! .hc day secs that the guests are properly wa.
/ ted on and attended TO- She conftsses To forty.
I eight years. lYtwiihort the confession she vorid
not hc doen,pd ruil,v of G,r,, III sbo G,oI i;
tboL,,s ofar'i'. ~ -, 4''' ,'. '''e' "
,;Ni W ''I''''' '''' "'u' navy "een en-
u''u "' 9,tH "oT'u nave received the hohors OF
t"G hePuhiic' ahic certainly 1t cannot be misplaced
TO bestow the brief notice on one who has contri
butcd 50 many citizens to her country, and whose
osmeano'' ""a 'AeefiuI efforts to aid the partner
.