Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-06-05

Mr.. GoLDscHMIDT.-Much wit has been ex-
pended in ridiculing the marriage of Jenny Lind
to Goldschmidt, but the New York Musical
World gives a statement which places the whole
matter in new light. 1t says:
Otto Goldschmidt's marriage with Jenny Lind
was, after all, very natural affair. The world
mad imagined 1t to be celestial, from the divine
character of Jenny, most likely. He married
Jenny and Jenny married Otto, after the usual
manner-it was bargain between two contract
ing parties, both having the necessary mental Gu
paclty to enter into the covenants and it was in-
duced at least by some of the usual concomitants
y of contracts-it had the consideration, Mt all
events, of a Last Will and Testament-natural
affection. On her part it was a return for obi
cations conferred by Otto and Ottos father, be-
SIDES sundry othercauses knowing her thereunto"
aud, on his side, he seems to have made kind of
draft on his godmother, which was accented and
paid In promises of love, honor and obedience
thousands OF persons have committed matrimony
and passed along the world, as the LAWYERS saw
under bonds and we do not see that Otto Gold
schmidt and Jenny have made out different case
at all.
Mr.. Goldschmidt is the favorite son of one of
the richest merchants in Hamburg Germany
Ills grandfather is proprietor Of gigantic Silk
Merchants House, that has three establishments:
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third in Leipzig. Otto Goldschmidt was, there
fore, Jenny Limbs equal in wealth, needed none
oil her money, and cared not pin for it. MANY
years ago, when the Swedish Nightingale was
poor birding, without friends or money. Otto
Goldschmidt's father, (being as sagacious as he
was wealthy and as benevolent as he was saga
clous protected, aided and fostered her; and it
may be that the merry young Otto, who was then
charming little fellow soul fell of genius and
tn lDJ1lt id 81, al.
tie and talented Swede, was caressed by her in
return, and learned to love her so we'll when a
child that he could not overcome his affection
when he became man, and so ofcourse, it over
came him. He was Memberships fayorite pu-
pill, and early exhibited remarkable musical tall
ents and the fair Swede doubtless felt that inter-
est and affection for the splendid boy that the
child OF genius ever feels for beings of like exqu-
site organizations and heaven gifted attributes
They who know the human heart will not think
it strange, after reading thus far, that Jenny Lind
should have loved Otto and each dearly loving
the other it is only wonderful that they were not
married before.
The New York Tribune remarks upon the
above as follows:
A romantic paragraph, credited to the New
York Musical World, is going the rounds of the
papers, to the effect that Mr.. Goldschmdt is the
son Of a wealthy banker in Hamburg. 1t is en-
tirely untrue. Although his family name is that
OF bankers well known upon the Continent, Mr.
Godschmidt is the son of merchant of moderate
means, and has made his way entirely by his own
merits and efforts. Before coming to this country
he enjoyed an enviable reputation as an artist in
his native city. and to some extent, in Germany
and his situation agreeable to his tastes
that it not until after direct and personal So
licitation from Mile Jenny Lind that he conclu-
ded to visit the United States, where, as he had
none of the ad captandum talent which is sure of
popularity, he had no very glowing vision of sue
cess In every best sense of the word, Mr.
Goldschmidt is a gentleman,-a man of so unusu-
al cultivation in art and literature and of so genial
character and manner, that the warmest friends of
Jenny Lind could have wished her no fairer
fortune then to become Madame Otto Gold
scmdt.