New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-20

sted IN Frankfort since taken from u.s.
svea these are exhausted Ooe might offer prize Oh
sh.n5rrd ducsts Tor the invention OF new adjective
never before employ ed, and nobody could
The severess judges have Civ, their verdct; nor
charming psSS nt Up, lovely for such union Of all
these gifts OF Nature and Art was never founo In any
osh, singer To this ALSO assent, though tne rars
ress Of this union old not delude me Tor WIN AL my
efort, ,uld not and bear her at the same time,
and had think of her points OF excellence one oy one
fogetber In order to arrive at the sum oil her worth
Blu. Of one thing am CERTAIN and that that cond
rsiss The whole of German work day city into such
fessl excite ment without the command OF either tue
almanac or the police, must DO something admirable,
something beautiful Toprase soDgsress, them let
me sneak Of the excitement she has produced tor such
universal intoxicsop If not to the credit of the
dripker 10 TO the glory Of the wine.
Even the Jews experle pced slight dizziness, aud
when the Exchange you heard them speak OF Eghths
ard Qusrters you were doubtful whether they mesut
musical beats per cents The price of tickets 10 the
theatre doubled thing unheard OF, for We Frank
forter rich We are, regard every unusual expense
ntoleTabe Spectators poured along In vast cro"os
not mercy the Inhabitants Of the town, not merely the
people OF the neishboripg cities but from distance,
from Cul0gue and Hanover, came hOcks OF strangers
IL was like the Oiympiap games. An EnglishmAn wno
could not get space In the boxes wanted TO tsSe Tue
entire parquette ard when Id was imposS,or, gave
loud vent 10 bis establishment at this strange
nj scrupulosy. Ayoung man came on foot rom YVES
baden distance Of sixteen miles and arrived us' as tne
house wss OPT ned; with great dincuiy ne ploouIou
seat, but was good enough TO give II up 70 "eered
LADY he stood up, tainted before tne I
gan and, as there no place Tor MIN 10 iai' no
Was carried hieless In the faintnght, from hand
10 hand TO the door; ne recovered Just as the
curtain fell the last act and walked back 70 NiesOa'
Sen the same night An inhsbtant of the city was 30
exhausted by the closenese and The heat that he had 10
no home and cied the same evening. We have heard
Of other injuries and maades, and OF persons who
were obliged to keep their beds for many days.
Through the whole time, The iRteHtScHcr was hied
with advertisements OF lost chans, rings, oracelsts
wells, and other articles which ladies' lose in crowd
n 49, x..d axo f I vUa ri N
opticians my opera gass, which had been LETT 10
be repair, and be bad 20 look for among fifty others
left there for the same purpose.
"The house opened two hours earlier than usual
but long before thar, the great square In front was
erowoed and jammed with pei pie Expectation was
raised 10 its highest apex the excitement was intense
and keen. Until | experienced The reality II seemed
impossible that such exravsgant aniicpaons could be
satisfied But all who were there confessed that Nile
Sontsg far exceeded all they had looked for.
magical indescribable grace accompanies all the
movements of this singer, and we are In
doubt whether TO regard her acting or her singing as the
lovely ornament of perfect beauty. La comic parts
she sl.sys preserves thst womany tacI, which Is 20
easily violated the boards and In serious ones dig
nifty which Is at once touching and commanding. On
that frat night forgot the sebseles text OF Rossni
Oslo; saw and heard the Desdemona of Shakspere.
In simple ballad which speaks 10 the heart she Is ad
nirsble, IS In the most ornate cavaiina which delights
the We saw old men weeping, something which
no trick OF ar,ciay though never 90 unequaled and
ncomp arabic, could produce. Her low notes, her
derful tils and cadeDZas resemble the Charming,
cbidBke ornaments on Gothic edlice which serve 10
moderate the soemnity Of lofty arches and plars, but
violate degrade that sOlemnity. the inspira
ton produced by Henrietta Sontsg as Desdemons.
resembles the Greek fire that could not DO extin-
gushed"
Per contra we give from TIE Home Journal the opin.
ion of lady who last year heard Sontag In London;
"The opera was Auber's last the Prodigal Son, and
was all anxiety for Sontag's first note She came,
and meifuous, honey sweet indeed were the sounds
heard The voice is exquisite, flexible full, with
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superb organ, OF Jenny Limos silver vibrating tones.
She 10 stiff or rather Indifferent stereoyped In
ent no longer very handsome, with pleasing express
sion and Get dark eyes She has no dramatic talent
force nothing If Crisis strength and majesty of
ton her vocszaon is exquisitey perfect the finest
musical box; but, like that 1t is machine she touch
ed me not; she sings with soul. She cannot ap.
posoh Jenny Lind for she has not the genius which
buns within and lights up the unrvaed Swedel
There 10 nothing spiritual In SOntsg she Is a bird
wsrblbg and caroipg deciounly, lis true, but very
near ihe earth; while Jenny Lind With the earnest
dedication OF her marvellous gift the highest aims OF
art carries US with her, as In her Inspiration she
toward heaven
The STATEN ISLAND CALAMITY-IN-
picTkENT OF THE FERRY OwNERs-The Court Of
Sessions for Richmond County organized, for the
present term, before Hon Henry B. MetcaIfe County
Judge and Justices Gilbert A. Cole and William Shea.
The Grand Jury went into session Monday and con-
tinued until yesterday at O'CLOCK p d. II consisted
ofthe following persons as members; Israel Oakley
John Dubois, Abner ShepeTsop, Henry S3Puiue, ia
cob Cropsey, James COyne, Daniel Smisu Jacob Eg.
BERT lssac Winent, J, hn 4 Mercereau, Garrett F.
Wright, Ambrose G. Taylor, Abraham Ansmeyer Corr !
nelius PorriDe, David Tyson, Henry Conner L. Ban
nett, aud David r. Decker
In his charge 10 the Grand Jury the Judge niimated
that the investigation of that terribly fatal calamity at
Vanderbilt. Landing on the 9Th July as', would be In
cluded In their duties and instructed them thor
opghy and mDutely inquire Into the mOurnul affair By
which the app alDg los Of life was occssioncd and say
whether the parties that bad charge of the bridge
responsible for that calamity, through fault In the con-
ssruetion, or BY the msmsnagemsn, Of the bridge |
large number of witnesses have been present to be
examined some OF whom narrowly escaped with their
lives at The time of the casualty.
Yesterday, when the Grand Jury adjourned Ii was
Understood that an Indictment had been found against
the members Of the company owning the bridge. Tho
case will probably be tried at the FAN Ter IN of the
Court OF Oyer and Termlner before Judge Barlow a.
Richmond.
The SUPPOSED DEATH FROM A KICK
At late hour on Wednesday night, Coroner Ives fin
hhed the Investigation relative to the cause Of death of
Thomas Clarke who died at the house No. 1872 West
Twenty frst,t, as alleged by kick in the abdouen
Inflicted by Mrs. Donnelly, who nsulted Ia gross
by him just previous TO the deceased being nur
The Jury rendered the following VERDICT That Thorn.
Clark the deceased came 10 his death from Perto.
nits, dphamuatiop OF the bowos) consequent upon
rupture Of the small intes,nes. The Jury do not find
anything Ia the testimony that will warrant them In fix
Ing any blame upon eliss RadioTt alias Mrs. Donnely"
The accused who had been previously arrested by the
Sixteenth Ward Police, was accordingly discharged
from custody by the Coroner
n A mad OK, which had broken loose
from its driver yesterday morning. through South
IT, al a furious rate aud knocked down au elderly lady
A gentleman named Saith was also Knocked down ~ |
The corner of Governor and Waer-ss by the animal
but fortunately neither seriously jared Alter
long cba'e the animal forced into ard At the cor
ner OF Wiies and Delsnoyss and there shot. by order
Of the Seventh Ward Police In order 10 proven. HIN
rom the commission Of further violence.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT
The Coroner held an inquest ye,ter6ay at the New
iorh Hospital, upon the body of Mr.. Enos Csrey,
native Of New Jersey, So years Of age whose death |
was caused by injuries received at 10 o'clock Yesterday
morning, In consequence Of fail Deceased was on a
he Of Elm and White streets. now In course Of