The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-07-06

would be inclined TO rank among the men,
bers of the thumb family, exceeded anything
have ever heard, and drew forth applause,
which would have satisfied even the ambition
of Jenny Lind; indeed was induced to
believe that the only difference between a
Swedish and Lewisville nightingale, con.
sisted simply in the adjectives employed to
designate them. The effect Of music upon
this occasion is indescribeable, language is
totally inadequate TO the task and imasinn-
tion almost fails. was convinced soseiN..
sivcly that poets are sometimes correct, For
aTwas like the stealing
OF summer wind, through some wreath shell,
Each secret winding, each inmost feeling,
OF all my soul, echoed to its spell "
One young lady particularly, appeared to
exercise perfect 'Ole Buip control over
the feelings of her audience. AS she sang
some deeply pathetic strain, or some wild
romantic song Of "yore," she became rs it
wore II being of another Sphere. her music
was such as seldom visits earth, and rs she
played, I saw around, amidst the "exPectan'
group" aged forms bowed down by the
weight Of years, assuming once more the
appearance Of youth saw the eyes Of old
men "whose grey heads were apparently de-
scending in sorrow to the grave" beaming
with strange and unusual fire, and tears
were silently streaming from eyes now dim
with age, and almost strangers to the light
Of heaven and hcrcuean frames, which had
mover quailed meath dangers eye, now trem-
bled with childike emotion, for music had
nude them for the time, what their creator
had intended them to be--men
As I sat, perfectly .cntranccd, listening to
the "soft and solemn breathing notes" which,
like beings Of intelligence, obcyed the skilful
touch Of the beautiful performer, and drank
in the sweet melod" Of her voice, which, like
the perfume Of flower, iosted throughout
xhe apartment, thought with the Bard Of
Avon. that
THE man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is mov'd with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for trcasons, stratagems and spoils;
The motions of his spirit arc dull as night,
Aud his affections dark as Erebus:
Let no such man be trusted"
The man above described, was not ,hcte,
no one cou'd have justly pointed to sny one
in that house after she finished, and have
said, .Thou art the man," for il he had been
there when she commenced, s.hc walked
with foot that gave no sound" and mistcri-
pusly vanished e'cr she concluded.
II would be \ vain effort on my part To
attempt to give you correct idea Of the
. atcressful performances Of the evening.
On tn. next morning the examination was
resumed, when Was more astonishcd than
on the preceding day. When | saw aud
heard young ladies, many of whom in all
hsd but lately laid aside the toys
Of childhood, demonstrate and clucidate the
facts and laws of astronomy, that most sub
lime of studies, In way that would have
done honor TO men Of ripcned ycars. When
With soft musical voice, and tiny fingers, they
directed my attention to the countless myri-
ada Of luminous worlds, that float IN the in
finiiy Of unboundrd space. When they ex-
planned how 10 Ueasure the distance Of the
Gun, TO estimate the revolutions of the solar
system. 10 calculate the size uf the uhnum-
bored stars, and thereby made certainty
more certain, that these are the works Of
deity. ! felt as If raised from the earth, and
above every ything that IL can give.
But alas the frailty Of man; even at this
had almost committed the sin Of
bowling TO woman, the last. the best, and the
noblest work of creation, of paying that ho-
mago to female excellence which is due TO
The supreme architect OF the universe, and
to him alone.
Had M. ii. b." been the,e. the Indian
Land" had been forgotten, and even the en-
"fI-ry" had bowed at the footstool
Of another idol, and Tanks own Bard" had
hung bis harp upon the willow, perhaps to
ain2 no more--forcver.
Yours. most respectfully, w.
Lsneasterrille, July ist, 1853.