Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-06-21
EXTRACT OF a LETTER FROM rHE EDIs
TOR DATED.
COLUMBIA IloUsE, /
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pair writing, lest, as was the case with my
last letter, it would not arrive until several
days after the paper had gone to Press
That the fault is in the Philadelphia office,
there can be no doubt, as letters coming here
are received in ,wenty-fonr hours from Sun
bury. The Telegraph, thank fortune, can
now be resorted to, and will be found, in
many cases, of the utmost importance, as it
always has been 10 me.
The proceedings of the two late Conven-
| tions at Reading and Harrisburg, together
with the concerts and movements Of Jenny |
Lind, have kept politicians and others here,
on the gci uiue for the las, few weeks, Jen- /
ny's rupture was very sudden. AT her re-
hearsal on Monday afternoon, in the National |
| Theatre or old Circus she expressed her de- |
cided disapprobation of the place. Though |
Jenny's nasal organ is not large, her nosrils !
are well distended and fully developed
Her sense of smell is therefore exquisite, and
she did not seem TO relish the horse stable
perfume, which she fancied was the pre-
dominate oderer of the place. Jenny gmm-
bled and Barnum cogated, and the result
was Jenny agreed TO give Barnnm $1,000 10
release her from the six nights yet due, TO
make up the one hundred of her engage
ment Her original engagement was one
hundred and fifty nights, with the privilege
Of breaking it at the one hundredih night,
on payment of forfeiture Of $25, 600. She
therefore buys her term Of ffty-six nights
for which she pays Barnum the snug sum Of
$4,000 Barnum, it is said has made out of
her about S5OO00O and she has realized
about $3.50, 900 in this country, in less than
nine months. Who can any longer doubt
that the American Republic is great goose,
and that Americans are as liable TO be
pucked as the royal bipeds of Europe. On
Wednesday and Friday nights she sang at
the Musical Fund Hall, which was filed 10
its utmost at SO per head, (eXcepting the
dead heads of the Press) with premium of
one TO two dollars on many of the tickets
was present at the Concert on Wednesday
evening, and could not but admire, as did
on former occasion, the wonderful scope
and powers of her voice. The tones Of her
voice are as clear and as meliiluous as one
could imagine the music of the spheres, but
the great misfortune is, that harmony; melo.
dy, pathos, feeling, tenderness, nature and
simplicity are sacrificed TO brilliant displays
of the voice, and wonderful feats of eXecu-
, ton, with superhuman efforts 20 supersede
human nature itself. am well aware that
, amateurs and critics by profession, will, as
they have done, smile at my simplicity, and
meet such objections by attributng them to
want of cultivated taste. This may be
so, but am strongly of opinion that such
tastes are morbid and unnatural, and are ac-
quired like the taste of tobacco, opium, and
, other unnatural stimulants and we want no
better proof than the fact that the touching
r and simple airs of all the best operas are
always most applauded and most cherished
while the opera itself is sometimes almost
wholly forgotten. In the course Of the eve
ming she sang 'tElome Sweet Home" and
also Coming through the Rye" These
= songs brought down lhunders of applause
The first slan2a of "Ilomen was sung in
most beautiful strains such as mortal man
never before listened to, at least in this
+ country. The audience was brealhless in
silence, and at the end of the s'an2a gave
vent to a burst Of enthusiasm and applause,
that Showed how well they could appreciate
the true and simple melody of nature. In
the second aud third stanzas Jenny began TO
throw some of her warbling and other extras.
: The result was they were less effective, and
= less applauded. Fro(essed musical critics,
= in a largon that sets at defiance common
sense as well as common intellect, never
aIlude to these facts-yet strange to say
there are few that venture 10 differ with
them lest they should be deemed unfash-
ionable. Such is, ami always has been, the
despotism Of the tyrant fashion.
While on the subject of fashion may as
well allude to the attempt making 10 intro
, duce a new costume for the ladies', accord
S ing TO the Turkish mode, of trousers and
short skirts. On lady of a good figure,
have heard it said, they look exceedingly
well. Ladies, in this costume, have already
} appeared in New \ lork, Boston, Baltimore
and other places but have not heard OF
any one being seen in this city Some re-
t form on this subject would no doubt, prove
2 highly beneficial, but for one shall never
! consent TO yielding up the bfeeches wholly,
to the softer sex, though, no doubt, some
would wear them with better grace than
4 some Of the lords of creation. While some
; are advancing the costume of short skirts,
: others are running into the other extreme
A few days ago observed a lady in hand
t some silk dress, promenading Chestnut
street, sweeping the pavement in trail that
t extended at least yard behind Near Sew
enh street, gentlemen accidentally trod
upon the trail of her skirt, which somewhat
, extended its dimensions. The lady looked
f daggers at The unfortunate pedestrian, and
$ passed on with the air and dignity Of an in
1 suited pea fowl. ! observed another lady, a