Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-10-01

Were we in Dick position, our fear would be
that so many of the .'yurmints'' in the net would
make for the stone heap. that it wouldn't pay to
keep company with the balance.
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written ror The Wheeling lnteligeneer.l
: ~ u, EUPHRoSYNE. .EI(
When Euphrosyne laughs, we are reminded OF
that merry sister of the Graces Milton has painted
so cLarmingly. When she sings, we fancy herthe
gifted representative of that divine Cecilia,
..lnventress of the vocal fme,''
DRYDEN has immortalised; for in her favored idioc-
rosy the attractions of both these lovely natures
are so intimately and so delightfully."- blended, 1t
is difficult to distinguish between them, and im-
possible to separate them. And who would desire
TO mart them !? When is mirth SO enchsntlng as
when it vents selfin song, and has music TO lem
per its exuberance, and regulate its expresslon'-
There is character in laugh, there is eloauence
in lone, or we would not be annoyed by 1t IN the
clown, and won by it in the refined. What
music when not in the heart, as well as on the
linsY Just what poetry is, without the estTo' Inc
a,,o that makes it impressive, and leads it 10 the
heart. The influence of 0Tpheus, though exagse-
rated, was not altogether fabulous; anu II ne ulu
not give life and motion 10 stocks and Stones anu
lset brutes to dancing; have no doubt he mooula-
lied his own species, and humanized and poIisheu
lit: and if you were to observe how QUE rude ma
lures are affected by the mirth and the music Of
lEupbrosyne, both springing from the same source
lin her enraptured bosom, you would not think me
Ianciful in my porraiture of these delightful IN
strnmentalities, But hers is not the meIe out
break of boisterous hlarity, which is at variance
with delicacy and good breeding, but the overflow
of Young heart, too full Of Innocent and hopeful
banniness to confine its expression 10 sparkling
ewes or 10 lips capable of REFRESHING its uterance.
INor is hers the music over which art holds mas
tsry though subjected TO its guidance but the out
poring of varied and pleasurable feeling; tie con-
seriousness, and the display of a faculty few pos
sess, and to which all pay homage. The Bird in
it's cage, may be tutored to song, and excite won
Ider by its achievement; but, only when exultng in
the liberalty of Nature and voice becomes the We
hcle of sentiment within, have its notes that nat
ural pathos which gives to melody its maglc-to us
cadences, the power to elevate or su6due; and
thus with Euphrosyne, whose being Expands and
Il grows brighter, and imparts its essence TO our own
where it sends out lis delightful spirit from the re
cesses of her Joyous heart. 1t is impossible to be
sad when she smiles, or to think of anything else
when she sings; and have seen grey heads, and
the toughest specimens of humanity arrested by
her voice, when 1t rang out in meriment, or burst
forth in song; as though it had touched on some
new chord in their susceptibilities, and awakened
a sense of which they had hitherto been uncon'
scious. Don't you remember, when we were to-
eethet in Naples, and an efHeute was threatened
lat the onern 10 resent some offensive interference
of the Austrian police; how it subsided, in an IN
slant, and offence, indignation, and resentment
were forgotten, when Colbran appeared on the
stage, aud threw her voice over the tumultuou!
assembly, shilling its turbulent passions as sudden
vas oil cast upon the sea is said to calm its com
1notions,-so, Euphrosyne smiles, and the angry
. or unamiable dispositions. which vex our natures
are dispersed. She sings, and the ordinary excite
Iments of the crowd, OF the more refined agitation:
of the withdrawing room are suspended by he
voice, as it falls, with otheS ana less earthly lm
pressiveness, the sensibilities of her hearers
''And with its rapturea moves the vosal air."
What precious gift is music! not only to its
poSsessor, but 10 all who can feel its influence.
Poets sing of it, end well they may, for it an
indispensable element in their compositions. Re
ligon owes much of her dominionto il, for it ele'
Yates the soul 10 heavenly temper, and prepares 4
for heavenly communion ;-the pealing anthem is
no less an instrument of piety Than the holy pray
er. Music is the ally of memory; for her dearest
attributes are awakend by its touch. Itinspires
the soldier with heroism; the saint with deyetoni
the lover with purer passion, the young with de-
light; the old with Iesuscitated qualification. Its
the consolation OF the sad, the amusement Of the
gay, the luxury of all;-from the humble whistle
ofthe peasant, to the opera of the surfeited mil
lonaire-from the in FAINT in its cradle, soothed to
rest by the nurses homely lullaby, 10 the dotard,
who, when every other sense is benumbed, is
reused to consciousness by some once familiar
strain Ii reioices with at the feast, and NOUNS
for US in its requiem al the grave. 1t enhvens'
with the inglIng seigh-bel, the frosts of winter,
and gives zest to our indoor enjoyments, the
merry dance, and the coteIie. 1t is the harbinger
of Spring, for the feathered songsters frst to
proclaim its approach, and the Autumn, like the
swan, dies in music;-the dirge of its rustling
leaves. 1t is felt if not heard, in our walks with
nature, for we associate it with all that is harmo
Nous, and beautiful. 1t breathes in the air; it
murmurs in the streams; it prevails in the concert
of being around us, and is imagined in the mists
ofthe blue aud distant hills. 1t speaks to US in
the thunders from on high, and Isl answered, from
"the still small voice Within" in responses of
hope, or despair. 1t is the medium between man
aud his Maker; for the universe is harmony, and
the mighty Master who attunes tits God.
Cherish then. young Eupbrosyne, this gift which
is power. The power for good, when rightfully
employed; power for evil when abused by ftivol-
ity, and squandered on folly. Cherish it-not
merely as an accomplishment to amuse, but as
talent to elevate. and to improve. And when you
estimate its consequence, in the hushed audience
it gathers around you, scarce venturing 10 breathe
lest it should break the spell its melody has wo-
ven; and pausinE in its eustomery pursuits, and.