The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-05-22

Nxw York, May 13, 1851
The city wears holyday look this morning.
The air is fine, and the current of citizens and
strangers, men, women, and children, is inter.
spersed with members of the Volunteer Militia, in
great variety of rich and snowy uniforms. The
President of these (st thank God,) United States,
is to visit the city to-day, together with his Cab
net and the aring bills of the theatres and other
places of Amusement, announce the fact in the
biggest kind of capitals.
In the meantime, Mr. Fillmore, and Master and
Miss Fillmore, have already arrived at the Irving
House. There will be great doiDgs, fine military
and civic procession, etc., etc. The Mayor and
Common Council are in fine feather, and are deter
mined to show his E1cellency that some things
may be done as well as others. .eat.
What is mentioned here with smile, is, that
eight members of the Boston Common Council
have come hither to wait upon the President, and
solicit him to visit the city of the Tr.mount in
order that he may still that it is not quite SO
black as it has been painted"
Another delegation from Boston is a Committee
of the Horse Company, (the Lancers,') so much
admired here upon the occasion of its visit a few
months ago, and decidedly superior, opine, both
in the rotundiiy of their persons, and the admra-
BILE training of their horses, say nothing of the
striking effect of their uniform. The Committee
came on for the purpose of presenting banner to
the equestrian corps who had entertained the COM
pany during its visit The ceremony occurred
yesterday, in the Park, in the presence of large
number of military gentlemen, among whom was
| Major General John Nichols, name patriotically
associated with the fields of Lexington and Charles
town.
The breakfast tables, this morning, were vocal
with the praises of Jenny Lnd's singing at Castle
| Garden, last night. She had an immense audience
and do not believe that there is any abatement o
the enthusiastic admiration with which she is uni
versally regarded.
Indeed, this feeling has extended to numerou
religious persons, people of humble and unaffected
piety, who, at The outset, were disposed TO shu
their hearts against what they regarded as idola
try. Some of these delare her to be the most wor
thy of live women.
We all know that she not only dispenses daily
with a free, yet discriminate hand, to the bes
objects, from the treasures which the public pou
into her lap but the large surplus reserved fror
| this distribution, is designed by her as a fOunda
ton for system of Free Public Schools, in he
own native Sweden. Taking these facts in cor
| nection with her thoughtful character, unaffecte
humility, and entirely exemplary walk in dali
life, what is there to prevent the most uprigf
Christian from holding Jenny Lind in degree
.. estimation rarely accorded by him to any perso
, now living! 90.
want to hear her sing in some church. Ho
magnificent her sacred music would be in son
8 fine old cathedral In the diary Of the Rev Hem
Martyr, just published by Mr.. Dodd, in City Hs
d Square, that truly pious. clergyman speaks Of Il
| solemn effect produced upon him BY the cAurehare