The New York herald., 1850-09-17

Jenny Lind, since her arrival in the New World,
has appeared in two mighty concerts, and the third
will he given this evening Her appearances IN the
Old World YVES as significant an event as the ap-
pearance of Dante, Tasso, Rachael, Shakespeare,
Goethe, Thorwaldsen, or Michael Angelo. As
a sign Of the progress Of civilization among the
northern nstions, It's importance cannot be exag-
gerated. As eantafriee, she is as much superior
TO all her northern predecessors as Napoleon was
to his contemporaries, or as Eli Whitney, the in
ventor Of the cotton gin, was to the first "gemman
oh color" who used it. She has changed all mems
ideas of music, as much az Bacon's inductive
system revolutionzed philosophy. II is a new era
in art, as much as Raphaei's birth. 1t is chiefly
interesting. too, as coming from new and unex-
pected quarter-the North and it shows, among
other signs. that the wand of civilization has fallen
from the hands of the southern nations, and
passed to the hardy northern races.
Eighteen hundred years ago, Italy alone pos
sessed the arts in ford and prosperous state. The
Romans displayed from the beginning, the hardy vir-
tues the cool rmness, the PHILOSOPHERS al judgment,
and resolste power Of execution which have always
distinguished the northern races. They made the
polished Greeks and all the southern nations bend
to them. But they made little progress among thef
northern enemies. When, at last, the old Roman
race died out, and degenerated into the softer
and enervated Italians, that great empire
was dismembered, and the northern hordes rushed
down upon PROSTATE Italy, and took possession OF
I, as we have begun to do with Mexico. II ended
in their taking il all after while will end in
our taking all south of US On the fall of Roman
civilization, the new nations which came in recon-
structed a new civilization, which showed itself
first in the Crusades, next in the revival of letters,
arts, commerce, and republican governments.
For two centuries Italy was the centre and home
of civilization. She successfully produced the
faihers Of all the arts Dante, Boccio, and Pc
ira,ch gave language and literature; Raphael.
painting Michael Angelo, sculpture Gallileo, as
uon0my julius ii war, and Machiavelli, politics;
while Columbus and Vespucius gave commerce to
the world. Next rose the noble art of music, and
until within short time all The great masters and
queens of song issued from Italy. But gradually
the intellectual empire of Italy has been undermined
Shakespeare and Milton, Newton and Bacon,
in England; Goethe, Schiller, Mozart, Mendels-
sohn, Humboldt, ozerbeck, and host of others,
in Germany Thorwaldsen, Rubens, Van Dyck,
Holbcin, and others, in Denmark and Holland :;
Nspoleon, IN France finally won the laurels from
STANDARD of civilization, and launched Europe and
the world upon The rapid stream of modern pro-
gress.
Gradually, for ye hundred years, the tide has been
moving towards the northern pole. II has reached
St Petersburg, which is now the capital of the
most colossal empire on the globe. 1t has walked up
Sweden and Norway, and made their mountain
ciiils echo 10 the most wonderful strains Of music
that ever greeted human ears. Ole Bull has
left all former models far behind him Miss
Bremen has written books Of new kind Of
literature, not known before TO mankind; and,
last Of all, comes Jenny Lind, before whose
maRicsl light every luminsIy in the musical
heaven sinks into shade. Jenny Lind is great
artist, but greater woman than Amos, anybody
yet supPoses. All feel her power, all go mad who
zee her, and they cannot explain the secret Of her
influence. II is newt belongs 10 the new north
ern civilization just as much the magnetic iele-
grsph does. and in its sphere will put forth as
gre at an influence upon mankind. II is electric
il belongs to the new sge--it has no affinity for
what has gone before. she Is herself one OF the
great ciyilizers of mank ind-one Of those few
great and gifted iniellccts, who, like Columbus,
Dante, Raphael, Gallileo, lead on the whole human
race by penetrating the dark future and filling il
with light. Jsnny knows and feels her mission.
She came to this country willingly, gladly-her
heart was with America and its people, and not
with the eyed, decaying, eile,e monaTches u
Europe. There is future for this coatinent. be-
csuse IL has had no past. This she feels and
presses. She says she never sang before as she
docs now, and never could. In fact, she hads "a
tins new virgin, free, advancing country, vastaess
and progress enough to correspond with the
grandeur of her own conception Of the dvine art
Of music.
This 10 Jenny Lind's character, rs il is now
being developed, and this, We are persuaded, is
the secret Of that omnipoicni sway with which che
controls the hearts, the Judgments, and imagina-
tons Of men. Her influence will be tenfold
greater here than ia Europe, for the Americans
can conceive ideas and execute them with greater
rspidity than any other people. They hnd. in the
new songstress, something more than night
ipgale- cor this was all Europe could zee in her.
The Americans cannot look back-ihey cannot
stand sull-on, on, for good or evil, snd in ac-
celerattd motion, they must aEd will 90. Jenny
Lind comes upon our disned and tired ears like
the dream Of a great American poet (f we had one)
Of the iu,ure--of what this continent win be in a
hundred years; there are the elements Of poetry,
the fascinatons Of art, the moral magoeism Of the
ohastest purity. end, above all, the electric thrill
Of future progress. She has come among - like
hrism, the prophecies, to the Hebrews on the
shores Of the Red Sea, pointing tAem TO their fa-
ture empire.
We wish to thank Mr.. Barnum Cor what he ha.
done in this important movement. Tom Thumb
and the woolly hoFse were too s'ow coaches for
him. He s one Of our men for the future. lie
feels IT, ,ees rushing mp 10 us, aud with him the
quicker II comes thc-ketter. Right. Nothiug hut
progrrs---nd a march like
lightning. will nov save men or nations let the
wings ard democrats remember thts. for IL they
staBd still month, they are gone.
TRi FIRr DEPARTMENT Avn Iur Coxno, Cou,cIr..
IL appears that the committee appointed by the Fire
Depa.im. nj to Cooperate with the Conno Coun-
nI