The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-14

JENNY LIND AND THE DlRD.-I ne -IilOWauy
of the New York Tribune, on visit to Trenton
Falls, in conversation with the boy coachman
who "drove Jenny over to the Falls" drew forth
little incident which is worth repeating. After
asking the boy if Jenny was pleased with the
Falls, he replied -
ayes Sir only when she was going to see the
falls everybody in the hotel ran to the door to
look at her, so she went back to her room and
then slipped ont of the back door. But there
was something better than that, Sir"
"Indeed What was thatl'
"Why, Sir, as we came back, we passed lit
tie wood, and she stopped the carriage and step
ped out with the rest of the party, and Tom Ilig
gins and |, and went into the wood 1t was to-
ward sunset, and the wood was beautiful, Sir
She walked about little and picked up leaves
and flowers, and sang, like to herself, as if it were
pleasant BY and by she sat down upon rock
and began to sing loud. She sings some Sir
and it sounded great ways. But before she
stopped, a little bird cane and sat upon bough
close by us. | saw it, sir, with my own eyes,
the whole of it--and when Jenny Lind had done,
he began to sing and shout away like she did
While he was singing she looked delighted, and
when he stopped she sang again, and oh twas
beautiful, Sir But the little bird wouldn't give
it up, and sang again, but not until she had done
1t seemed to I'll the woods all up with music,
and when it was over, the little bird was still a
while, but tried it again in few moments. He
couldn't do it, Sir. lie sang very bad, and then
the foreign gentleman with Jenny Lind laughed,
and thew all came back TO the carriage"
We had left the plank road and were APP
pronchinp the hotel ut the Falls through fine
maple woods. Was it pleasant thing to hear
that story? Was it poor prelude to the Falls 7?
I had not dreamed that the story Of the Poets
Lutte and the Nightingale should be native to
Oneida county no less than to Greece, and that
ats Pyet should be my CaIlow charioteer, who
may decidedly be one day President. When ]
sat in my window afterward and in the fading
twilight looked over the maple woods, and
heard the murmur of Trenton Falls, wondered
II the bird ever reached his nest, or was found
dend in the woods without guns wound.
DRrApym SHrrwaEcK One Hundred and
Sepenfy- Fire Lives Losf--Tbe East India mail re-
Gently received in England, brings reports of a
large number OF shrpwrecks, in one OF which a
large number Of lives were lost. The Alict Roho-
man was wrecked on the Island Of Kenery, on the
14th of June. She was bound TO Bombay from
JeddA and Mocha, with four hundred passengers
and quantity Of treasure, coffee and salt on
board Five days previous they had made Ken
cry, and stood in for the barber. Before sunset
the lighthouse seen. Signals were made
which were answered from the outer lght-ship
Shortly afterwards very heavy squalI came
on, and the Nacody, finding his vessel drifting IL
shallow water, let 60 his anchors. In the middle
of the night, the ship Iaboring and rolling very
much, lost her rudder soon after this the cabl.
parted, and she drove on to the Island Of X emery
Daylight found the bottom of the ship gone, ant
the remains Of the wreck driven up alongside TIL
fort wall !; all the boats broken washed away
Many of the passengers stepped from the vesse
on the walls. but numbers were cast into the Sc,
" and drowned Nearly one hundred and seventy
wv are missing. This is another instance Of IN.
Iwfdl sacrifice Of life occurring from vessel being
91a for want of sails, anchors, &c., and the alb
~ Of efficient officers to manage her. Thu
Of the AIict Rohomsn were blown away, ant
L. - were no Others to replace them, and she ap
70 have been sadly defcisn, in anchors.