Washington telegraph., 1850-10-09
Correspondence of the N. o. Bulletin.
JENNY LTND'S FIRST CONCERT.
NEw York, September 10Th, 1850.

| WdIoS tue IOdtleIy. hfIlVIHS mere, L
found it occupied by an immense crowd
of excitement hunters, formed into dense
lines by means of chains and cordons Of
policemen 1t really looked as if it was
some national holiday Carriages, in
one continuous stream from the entrance
gate, at Whitehall, to the place of driving
out in Battery Place, presented fine
sight. No one, unless in carriage, or
armed with ticket, was admitted to the
entrance gate.
Entering the bridge gate, i found the
entrance way well protected by canvas
covering, at the erd of which were
crowds biding their time Of going in.
and purchasing books of programme by
the score at once. 1t was seven o'clock
Zone hour before orchestra time) when i
arrived, and already the interior was
two-thirds filled-,he great preponder-
ance beng gentlemen. UShers, with
slaves and ribbons, rushing around to
point out seats, gave the idea of some
great occasion. At eight o'clock, when
George Lodor, duputy leader, tapped to
the orchestra TO prepare, the sight OF the
audience, as seated was imposing =
Some five thousand persons were seated
and the blaze of light thrown on them
gave fne effect to dress. The overture
to the Crusaders, composed and led by
Benedict. commenced. This was APP
plauded as if by snfferance. Next, Bel
let.i sung an aria from MahoInet. Ills
voice was round, full and clear. and the
nod went round, che will do--buI we
want Jenny" There was a breathless
pause-eyes were strained-the door of
the sounding board OF the fat opened,
and a giflish looking lady, pale with inter
nal excitement, came through the orches-
ira as GifIidently as school girl comes to
rostrurn OH public exhibition day. to re-
ceive her first prize. 1t was Jenny Li'al;
and the people rose at her entrance, with
prolonged cheers and gestures of the
widest enthusiasm. She gave hurried
look around, and courteSied 10 rest,
while the tones and gestures of homage
increased. The sounds subsided into the
stiffness of suspense. She cast another
look around, so moaestly timid, so depre
catory of subsded enthusiasm, that the
heart Of the most phlegmatic spectator
must have opened TO her Immediately.
The conductor waved his baton, and the
sweet thrilling notes of Cashta DiUa,
without motion or sign from the singer
that she was commencing. without
look of preparation, came floating on the
air. The tremor of the notes momently
decreased--they became firmer--they
were pressed with the strength OF embel-
hshmeut-lhey subsided into low mel
odious breathing, filing every corner of
the house, and Jenny Lind's greatest tri-
umph was begun. She dropped her eyes
verv nodestly, as if to say, "There / am
YOU are very good have tried my
hest-I hope have not disappointed you,
for vour own sakes;" and a Jttr0rc of en-
thusiasm followed her departure, such as
! never thought the matter -ot-iact look
inc people around me could be betrayed
into. Before long she came again to the
audience in a duett with Beiletii. She
had completely regained her confidence
in herself The color had come back to
her cheek: the smile to her tiDs; the ease
to her every movement. She sang with
an effortless sweetness which is mirach-
| lous, in shat il belongs to woman the
| sum of whose idolatry, the number of
/ worshippers surpass anything ever before
rendered to humanity In speaking Of
| her music, the puny cant of modern criti-
cism is completely disarmed; to treat it
AS critic, is like aiming needle at the
! shield of Minerva. Again and again she
suno-stlll no effort-still no straining
for effect-everythng rational, easy and
thrilling.
Bah. how tame all this is. as | re-read
| it. Many hours have passed since l
| heard her. I have slept and eaten and
mingled in Gistracting every day affairs,
but the involuntary enthusiasm OF the
previous night, comes in my soul as fresh
as ever. She stands before me as truthful
as last evening" / feel every note she
sung. l remember it in every detail. L
| shall remember it for years. But to en-
body i; for any other than my own con-
ception, l cannot.
The most glorious performance was her
simple shepherd song-as simple in its
words and ideas as nursery catch-as
soul enchanting as the music of other
Spheres. There was the call of the shep-
herd to his flock, loud, clear, ringing,
vibrating: there was the echo OF every
note equally clear and vibrating; there
was the ore musical burst OF laugh at
the sound; and OH smile with it, W which
went to the hear. like the first look OF
early, trusting love. ~.
There are good many of your readers
laughing at me dare say. Perhaps your
self. All | can say is, [ would like to
sit beside you at one of her concerts and
defy you to refrain from a demonstration
of enthusiasm, which whenever you
might try to analyze it, would only recur
with original power. No one entered
that garden of song with more fixed
| DISCRIMINATION than I did