Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1853-11-12
miscellaneous.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
liiss pRENER ANp JrNNY LINN.


Here ascertaincd that Jenny Lind was still ut
Havana aud would not vet leave for couple Of
days ! wrote, therefore, few lines t6 her, and
derpatchod them by our young cOuutrymen ll0rlin,
who was glad to bc the bcorerof my letter. 1t was
In the evening and after that took my light and
went up Htaifs 10 my chamber to 20 to rest, But
scarcely hal reached the top of the stairs when
! heard voice below mention my name. looked
arvund astonished, and there, ut the foot Of the
stairs stood lady holding by the lalustradc, aud
hooking no TO me with u kind and bcaming conutcn-
nnce. IL was Jenny Lind-Jenny Lind here and
with that beamng, fresh joyous expression ofcoun-
tenance which, when once seen, can mover be for
gOteni There is the whole Swedish spring in It..
was glad. All was forgotten in a moment which
had formerly come between her aud me. could
not but instantly 20 down, bend over the ba,us-
trade and kiss lfor. That agreeable young man.
Max IlOrtsbcrg, was with her. / shook hands
with him, but Itook Jenny Lind with inc into my
chamber. We had never met since that time at
Stockholm, whom predicted for her an European
reputation. She had now attained il ina higher
degree than any other artist because tho praise and
the lnurels which she won everywhere, had not
reference alone 10 her gifts ne singer.
OF spent with her the greater part Ol tic two days
while she yet remained in Havana, partly with hci
in her own apartments, and partly in driving With
her in hcr on the beautiful promcnddcs around the
city, and partly in my own room, where skctched
her portraG and could not help once more loving
Thcr Intensely. Beneath thc raim-irces of Cuba,
W talked only Of Swclca nnd oar mutual friends
there, and shed bitter tears together over the pain
ful loss of cthers. We talked much about old
friends and Old connections in Swelcn--uay, truly
speaking. we talked Of nothing else, because every
thing clse-hOnCur reputation gyculth, all which
she hnd obtained OUT Of Swelcu--did not seem
20 have struck the least root ia her soul ] should
have liked To have heard something about them,
but she had neither inclination nor pleasure in
~ppeoking Of them. Sweden alone. and those old
friends, as W ell as religious subjects lay upper
most in her soul, aud Of these merely had she any
wish to converse. In certain respects, | could uO
entirely agree with her but she was always an I'm
usual and superior character, and so trCs, 90 SWC
dishl Jenny Lind is skindrel with Trollhntan and
Niagara, and with eye-y vigorous and decided
power of nature, and the ca9cts which, she produ
eos resemble thcirs
The Americans arc enchanted with her ben cf
1<ceRre. cannot admire her for this can onl \
congratulateher in being able to follow the impulse
of her heart. But that Jenny Lind with all the
power she ioels herself possessed Of with all the
sway she exercises amid all 'he praise and homage
which is poured upon her, and the mutitudes Of
people whom she sees at her feet still looks up tc
something higher than ali this, higher than herself
and in comparison with which she cscems her
self and all this 20 bc mean---that glance, tha
u thirst after the holy and the highest, which dur
ing many changes, always again returns and
shows itself to be a dominant feature in Jcnn,
Lind-tAis is, in my eyes, her most unusual an'
her rnoblest characteristic. F. 1T ..
y She was very amiablc and afcctionatc to me- ye
40 much so that II affected me. little did | cxpec
that beneath tho palms of the tropics, we shoul
come 50 near 10 each other
J met at dinner, at her house. the whole Of he
" travelling party-Belleti, Madcmoiscllc AehrstroT
- Mr.. Barnum and his daughter, aud many Others.
,s Tho best understanding seems to prevail betwee
tween her and them She praised them all, nm
praised highly the behaviour Of Mr.. Barnum to hei
She was not now giving any concerts at Cuba an
was enjoying the repose and the beautiful tropico
:" scenery and air She sang for me, unasked, (for
would not ask her to sing,) one. of Lindblad
songs -.......
-,, "Talar jag sac hor du mig
and her voice seemed to me as fresh and youthful
as ever. o. -a ..1rt. .... |i'I r. . ..
One day she drove me to the Bishops Garden
which was "baautiful, beautiful" she said; beau
tful park-like grounds, Havana, where sh
was anxious to show me the brcad-iruit tree, an,
many other tropical plants which proves her fresl
tlstef0r nature. In the evening" we drove alon,
the magnificent promenade, el Plsseo di Isabelle
secondq which extends for certainly upward Of thrc
English miles, between broad avenues Of palm ant
other tropical trees, beds of flowers, marble stat
utes and fountains, and which is the finest prom
enade any one can imagine to say nothing of it
being under the clear heaven Of Cuba. The mool
4 was in her first quarter, and hoated Ike littl
boat above the western horizon. Jenny Lind mad
me observe its different position here to what
a. has with u.s. where the new moon is always W
right, merely in slanting direction to the eartl
The entire circle of the moon appeared uuusuall
clear.
That soft young moonl 5hl above the verlan
hillowy fields, with their groups Of palm trees, W,
indiscrbably beautiful.
fanced that Jenny Lind was tired Of her wal
dcring life and her role of singer. SAo EVIDENT
wished for life Of quictcr and profounder chara
ter. We talked of marriage and dome
tie life.
OF certainty change Of this kind is anproac
ing for Jenny Lind. But will it satisfy her sou
and be enough for her? doubt.
She left that evening for New Orleans, out
spirits, and not happy in her own miud The We
sci by which she sailed was crowded with Calilo
: mia adventures, four hundred it was said, wi
were rcturningto New Orleans; and Jenny Lin
r. had just heard q rumor that Captain West, WI
lah had brought her over from England to Americ
{" had perished IN a disastrous voyage Mt sea. A
this depressed her mind and neither my encou
.n,ement--l went on board the vessel to take lea,
e. of her. to give ber my good wishes and bouquet
roses-nor the captains offer his cabin and s.
loon. where, above deck, she might have remainC
nndsturbed by the Caliiornians below, were all
% cheer her. She was pale, and said little. 81
scarcely looked at my poor roses although the
were the most beautiful could get in llavan
yhen,, however, again was seated in my lit
gondola and was already at some distance from Il
30" vessel saw jenny Lind lean the railing to,
ard me. fiHI fI-L. ."
r. And all the beautiful, regular countenances
the West paled below the beaming. living beau
ofexpressiOn in the countcnance which then 50,
batheli in tears, kissing the roses, kissing her han
20 me, glancing, beaming whole summer ofaffl
cnt, changing enchanting, warm inward life. 81
felt that she had been cold to me, and she wou
now make amends forit. vt
And if | should never Aglu see Jenny Lind,
sliall always heneeforth see her thus as at this m
ment, always love her thus.
LAST INTERVIEW WITH EMERSON.
'it1fi made two small excursions from Boston, OF
Of which was to Concord because wished to 81
f Emerson and Elizabeth II. once more before lea
iDg America forever. | cannot exactly tell why
IT wislisd it, hut my soul seemed to require it of M
aa.l DtIsf see Emerson yet once more.
% il lteaehed Concord in the afternoon and took II
my quarters with Elizabeth II. We went toreth,
foie 10 Emerson's. They were both from home
9fHlwent for moment into Emerson's study a larf
a a,roor. in which everything was simple, orderi
hacunstuiied, comfortable. No refined feeling