Washington telegraph., 1850-10-23
charmed Germany, she charmed England.
She was caressed and courted every


where even to adulation. AT the courts
Of kings, at the houses of the great and
noble, she was feasted as one of the gran
dees Of nature and art. She was covered
with laurels and jewels. 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" +"
Que dusky October night crowds of
people (lhe most part, by their dress,
seemed to belong to the upper classes OF
society," thronged OH the shores of the
Baltic harbor at Stockholm. All look ed
toward the sea. There was rumor Of
expectance and pleasure. Hours passed
away and the crowd still gathered, and
waited, and looked out eagerly toward
the sea. A. length a brilliant rocket rose
jovfully, far out at the entrance of the
harbor, and was greeted bv a general
buzz on the shore.
"Tnere she comes. there she isn' A
large steamer now came laundering on,
whelmng on in its triumphant way
through the focks of ships and boats
lying ia the harbor towards the shore OF
the "Skeppsbero' Flashing rockets
marked its way in the dark as it advanced.
The crowds OH the shore pressed forward
as if to meet it. Now the leviathan of
the waters was heard laundering nearer
and nearer: now it relented, now again
pushed on. foaming aud splashing: now
it lay still. And there, on the front Of
the deck, was seen by the light of lamps
and rockets a pale, graceful young
woman, her eyes brilliant with tears,
aud lips radient with smiles, waving her
handkerchief to her friends and country
men on shore.
1t was she again-Our poor, plain,
neglected little girl of former days-who
now came back in triumph to her father
land Bat no more poor, no more pain,
ne more neglected. She had become
rich; she had in her slender person the
power 20 charm and inspire multitudes.
Some days later We read in the papers
of Stockholm an address to the public,
written 10y the beloved singer, stating
with noble simplicity that. "as she once
more had the happiness to be in her ma
tive land, she would be glad to sing, again
to her countryinen, aud that the income
of the operas in which she was this
season to appear would be devoted TO
raise fund for school,, where eleves
for the theatre would he educated to
virtue and knowledge" The iutelll-
gence was received as it deserved, and
OF course the opera was crowded every
night the beloved singer sang there. The
first time she again appeared IN 'Sonl-
nambula,' Zone OF her favorte roles the
public after the curtain was dropped,
called her back with enthusiasm, and re-
ceived her, when she appeared, with a
roar of hurrahs. In the midst Of the
burst OF applause a clear melodious warb-
ling was heard. The hurrahs were hush
ed instantly. And we saw the lovely
singer standing with her arms slightly
extended, somewhat bowling forward,
graceful as bird on its branch Warbllng,
warbling as no bird ever did, from note
to note-and on every one clear, strong,
soaring Warble-unlil she fell into the
retournele of her last song, and again
sang that joyful and touching strain,
mo thought can conceive how | feel at my heart
Shs has now accomplished the good
work to which her latest songs in Sweden
have been devoted, and she is again to
leave her native land to sing to tar re-
mote people. She is expected this year
in the United States of America, aud her
arrival is welcomed with general feel
ing of JOY Ali now heard of her whose
history we have slightly shadowed out;
the expected guest, the poor little girl, OF
former days, the celebrated singer OF
nowadays, the genial child Of nature
and art is Jenny Lind.