The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-10
Jenny Lind's Coup d'Etat.

II
The press, the public, the itemisers, and the tea
table lotteries all taken by surprise yesterday,
the appearance Of the evening papers containing
the announcement Of the nuptals of the peerless
Jenny Lind and the too happy Otto Goldschmidt
The news was rapidly disseminated to every quar-
ter Of the city. Wherever one went the announce
ment was trumpetted in his ear" Jenny Lind is
marred!-the nightingale is mated-the bird is
caged-there 'sno Jenny LiHd now-she' ia gone. er"
BY eight o'clock n the evening there was not
beau or a belle, within fifty miles of Boston, who
did not know the ews, or had not read 1T in the
evening papers. 1t was rushed into the telegraph
Offices and flashed of TO the east, the west, the
north, and the south. ard 1t was known in Hall ak,
in New Orleans, at Quebec, and st Louis, and all
along the shores Of the great lakes before nighfal
1t was the event Of the day-Jelny Lind is mar
ried, ard al America knows it.
For some days Jenny had been very busy in
making calls and purchases, auo pus on quite
pstronising air-yet no one suspected any thing
wrong-the itemiseTs Of the press were unable TO
fathom her movements, and were unable to fad
straw to make paragraph otshe bought her par
Tor plants Of HOvey y Co, az Cambridg Cher
family stores Of Pierce--her kitchen utensils at
Wasermans-her jewelry and plate al Jones, Ball s
Poor's At this last place ray Of light was about
to open on the world, the order was about to be
given to put the mark upon tie plate and JEWELS
we shall have the secret now; but when the mys
teflous cypher handed TO the artist, the simple
60, all was darkness again. go what can
this mean - "Otto," "Otto Of rose was all
they could make Of the herogypbic
Most admirably Las Jenny managed this little
affair. She has shown genius for a coup detat,
not second to that Of Louis Napoleon The house
the silver pate-the f1rniture-all were bought
openly, auds ciously--and the fact was announced
to the public through tho p7pers--still nobody sus-
pected what it was all for, any more than they did
what the prince President was doing. Having ar
ranged everything -secured every post won over
General Everett and othors--she took tho city by
suryr ard was married before her intentions
were even suspected. The Benediets tear their
hair; but ii is 10 use The press sigh at the
thought Of having been beaded off, but their signs
ere vain. Mrs Goldschmidt % Jenny JennyD
can smile Ii her honeymoon cage at their despair.
Among the incidents, for which Jenny remains
responsible, we may mention that the Germania
Seienade Band serenaded the res dence Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ward last evening, supposing Jenny to be
within but she had Lott for her home at Round
Hill, northampton. AS j will be expected that
we give the "opiniors Of the prsss" on this me-
morsble marriage, we subjoin, from tho Courier
Mr.. Goldsohmidt has attended Jenny as her
riaIitt for many montps past The match has
taken everybody By surprise, though We must say
that We wero struck with something coniouIdedly
arch and rogush ia The tWiukling Of her eye, when
she surg "John Anderson, ny Jo," the last Tune
size appeared IN pubic 10 Thu city Such, however,
has been tic discretion Of the parties, that Y may
have been "forcgone conclusion for years. The
next song q the Nightingale viii, q course be
Home, sweet home Hay She lye thousand
years, ard sing 1t every day.
Moot cordially will the public acQUiesse IN tho
following from tie J0ignQt:-
The fair soDgstress, with the cautious reserve IN
Affairs q The heart peculiar 10 woman, has kept her
/ own counsel with regard to her approaching mar.
4 rleges ed The public will b. taken hy surprise.
1 We 90 ture, however, ttas the fayoiite of tho
public Will carry with her r. TIE now rol lt0ps she
has form cdy tue best W.snes Of all fol heT future
happiness