Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-09-27

he house when she was Singing Stnl,
at that time, she could be heard singing
and playing more delightfully."- than ever
in Pamina I'm Zaubeifote) or in Anna
Bolena, though the opera was almost de-
serted. CT was then late in the spring,
and the beautiful weather called the
people out 10 natures plays.) She evil
IDENTIFY sang for the pleasure Of the song.
By that time she went to take lessons
OF Garcia, in Paris, and SC give the fin
ishing touch to her musical education.-
There she acquired that MARBLE in which
she is said 10 have been equalled by no
singer, and which could be compared
only to that Of the soaring and warbling
lark, il the lark had a soul.
And then the young girl went abroad
and sang on foreign shores and 10 for
eign people. She charmed Denmark,
she charmed Germany, she charmed En-
gland. She was caressed aud courted
everywhere, even to adulation. At the
courts Of kings, at the houses Of the
great and noble, she was Toasted as n
of the grsndees of nature and art
She was covered with ~laurels and Jew
els. But friends wrote of her, "In the
midst Of these splendors she only thinks
OF her Sweden, and yearns for her
friends and her people,"
One dusky October night, crowds of
people (the most part, by their dress,
seemed to belong 10 the upper classes
o fsociety,) throngeG on the shores Of
the Baltic harbor at Stockholm. All
looked toward the sea. There was a ru-
NOR Of ~expectance and pleasure. Hours
passed away and the crowds still gath
cred, and waited and looked out eager
ly toward the sea. At length a brilliant
rocket rose joyfully, far out at the en-
trance Of the harbor and was greeted by
a general buzz on the shore.
There she comes! there she ISL
A large steamer now came laundering
on, whelming on in its triumphant way
through the hocks Of ships and boats ly-
ing in the harbor, towards the shore of
the "Skeppsbero." Flashing rockets
marked its wayin the dark as it advan-
ced. The crowds on the shore pressed
forward as if to meet it. Now the levia-
than Of the waters was heard laundering
nearer, and nearer; now it relented,
now again pushed on. foaming and splash
ing; now It lay still. And, there on
the front Of the deck, was seen by the
light Of the lamps and rockets, a pale,
graceful young woman, her eyes bril-
liant with tears, and lips radiant with
smiles, waving her handkerchief to heI
friends aud countrymen on shore.
II was she again-our poor, plain, neglec
ted little girl Offormer days-who now camt
back in triumph to her fatherland. But M
more poor, no more plain, no more neglec
ted. She had become rich she had in he
slehder person the power to charm and in
spire m~ultitudes.
Some days later, VIC read in the papers o
Stockholm, an address to the public writer
by the beloved singer, stating with nobl
simplicity that as she once more had tn
happiness to be in her native land, she woul,
be glad to sing again to her c~ountrymen, an,
that the income Of the operas in which sh
was this season to appear, would be devoteI
to raise a fund for a school where cloves 70
the theatre would DO educated to virtue anC
knowledge" The intelligence was received
as it deserved, and of course the opera wa
crowded every night the beloved singer sam
there. The first time she again appeared i
"Somnambula, Gone of her favorite roles,
the public, after the curtain was dropped
called her back with great enthusiasm, an
received her, when she appeared, with aroa
of hurrahs, In the midst Of the burst of ar
plausc a clear and melodious Warbling wa
heard. The hurrahs were hushed instantly
Aud We saw the lovely singer standing wit
her arms slightly extended, somewhat bow
ing forward, graceful as abird on its branch
warbling, warbling as no bird ever did froI
note to nOte-and on every one a cIeal
strong, soaring warble-untill she fell int
the retourncllc Of her last song, and agai
sang that joyful and touching strain,
No thought can conceive, how ! feel at m
heart
She has now accomplished the good wor
to which her latest songs in Sweden ha,
been devoted, and she is again 10 leave h,
native land to sing to far remote people,
She is expected this year in the United Stat
of America, and her arrivals welcomed wi
a general feeling Of joy. Al have heard
her whose history W: have now slightly shu
owed out the expected guest, the pc
little girl, Of former days, the celebrated 81
ger of nOw-adays, genial child of Nature al
Arts JENST LIND!
ASEAKE SroRE.-The Charleston
Way Free Press relates fIic F,lIowI