Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-09-18
From tho Daily California Chronicle.
" The Plains"--Ode Symphonic par Jab:z
Tarbox.

Promth Daily California Chronicle
The Plains''-Ode Symphonic par Jab'z
Tarbox,
In our notice, three days ago, OF the Pioneer TOT
August, we alluded To a communication which
appeared IN ii from "John PhUnlx, San Diego"
In which that worthy gentleman made mention OF
The appearance in, aud disappearance lIOmi ms
city, Of certain Miss Pelican, and oil Of The
production and wonderful success OF Ihe Plains.
This celebrated piece hos close on lOgy.tO The
Desert recent performed leTe. 10 eunble our
musical readers TO appreciate Tie beauits Of The
PLiins and ~ contrast the nyeul merits OF Felic.
len DAVID and JaLez TnrboS, W. give tile obsItva'
tons or MI PhwniX entirei
Tue PLuNs.--0Dg SYMPnoNE PAR JABgz TAR.
nox.-rhs glorious composition wa produced at
Tile San Diego Odeon, on the 3lSt OF June, Tor the
first time in This or any Jtler country by a very
lu' orchestra, (the performance taking place i'm.
mediatoly after supper,l and chorus composed VI
the entire Snuet Ktaui-Vuen," tie "WeC
Gales Associations" uud choice sclc, lions from
the "Gybscuius" aud "Plke.hnImoniC" SOsIu-
ties. The solos were rendered by Heir Tuden
Links, The Rotations by Herr Won llydGn
Schn pps, both performers being listed 10y McSsr
John Smith and Joseph Brown, who held Their
conls famed them, aud furnished water duTing
tie more OyeGpOwne passages
The Plains we consider Tie greatest musical
achievement that has heen presented to all eutap.
pOleau among warriors, Niagara among fail and
Peck among senators, This magnificent compost.
ton stands among OmOIos. Operas, Musical Mel
Odrnms and performers OF ElhlOpins Serenalers,
peerless aud uunvuled. IL JrdPpsr iohte chose
puriIitmEnt from.
ali does not depend for its success" upon its
plot, IT'S theme, It's school VI It's maST for II has
very little of any flhen, but upon its soul sub
dung, ull.asJrbng, gh-luullalng elect upon
the audience, every member Of which It causes to
experience The most slnglpT and exquisite SenSa-
tons LIS rains 1T times remind OF the Old master Of
Tie Sleoulcr MCNm whenever heIwenl lU sea with
Uul being imp gnSunlly elIected--o Sltanmg alter
effect he used IOternl II, Blair, in his lectures on
beauty, aud Mills, in lns lte0Se on 10 c, (p3l,)
have alluded To tue ceiling which night lie pro.
dncud in the human mud by something OF lliIs
lGanscendenaly sublime descriptions, but II Las
remained for De-. latbOX, in the production of The
Plans, 10 call this feeling forth.
Tie symphonic opens upon lie wide and ounh-
less ri inS, IN longitude ll6o W latitude $50 ~
Oj" NJ, and about sixty miles from the West
bank OF the Piu river. These data ute BEAUTIFUL.
ly and clearly expressed 10y long (tOpOgrarhCal
ny drawn note Iron an L Hat clarinet. She san.
day nature Of III, soil, spurcely dotted with bunc-
Is uI cactus aud urtemlSa, the eXlenled view,
fiat aud unbrOken to the hOTlzgn, save y the H.
slug smoke in the extreme verge, denOling The vi
CinIty Of ri UAh villages are represented 10y the
bass drum. few notes on the plccOlo calls The
attention 10 solitary antelope, picking up mrScal
beans in The foreground. The sun having an al.
lilude of $50 81, blazeS down upon The scene in
indtSCnble majesty. "Gmdually The sounds roll
forth in song" OF rejniclng tOlhe God Of Day.
"Oithe Intensity
Ami great immensely
Now then VIC sings
BGhOldng In gratitude
Thee In THIS Ia tude,
Curious Thiugl"
Which swells out into Hey Jim along, Jim along
JOSry then dtcrEScendJ, HaS mehss, pJc, pOcitd,
dies away and dnes up.
Suddenly we hear approaching train from
Ike county, consisting Of seven families. with
lOTtysN wagons, each drawn by thirteen oxen
each umily consists OF a man IN hulternut cU.Oted
clothing driving IN lhe wagon, holding bulleTnu
baby, aud seventeen butttTnut children riding
p consciously about the establishments all are
ha,clouled, dusty and smell unpleasanlIy. (All
these circumstances are expressed bH pretty mpid
fddluig for some minutes, Winning up with
pun from the opheGlile, played by on intoxicated
luulon with an aTUCiUus bTealh-il is impossible
TO mSundeTStand the deScnp,iUn) Now rises Ger
the plains III melinuOuS accents the grand PIKE
County Chorus;
ooh Wen soon BE- thar
lu tie land Of gold,
Though tie ,oIcst old,
Ger the mountain cold,
With splits bold
Oh we come, we come,
Aud Wen soon be thar
Gecup Olly who UP, who hawl
The train new encomped. The unpacking OF
tie kettles and mess pans, unyOkug Oflhe OK
en-, the gathering about the various camp. fires, the
fuzzing { the pork, are so clehIy expressed 10y
the music, that The IN 81 unlutOTed savage could
readily comprehend I. Indeed, 80 vivid and life
like was the representation, That lady sitting near
US, Involuntary exclaimed, aloud, at n certain
passage, "rhar that pOEHS bunlng" and II was
truly Interesting to watch The rrauhed expression
L., L. L.. A..
the pan was removed from the fire, and the Llu2mg
pork eXtingui he'd.
This is followed by the beautiful aria:
colt marm, want paueakeH
Followed by that touching reeitatipc
"Shet up or will spark you'll"
To which succeeds grand ereseendO movement,
representing The flight Of Tie child with the pau
cake, he pursuit OF the mother, aud the final or.
{. 81 and summary punishment Of lie former, rep
resented 10y tie Opd and succ, Ssye strokes VI The
cHSiinC,.
The turning in for the night follows; and the
deep and senlOtuus breathing OF the encnmpneut,
is welt given 10y The las,oOn, " lille the SullerngS
and trials OF an unhappy father with an unpiraS.
nut infant, are ICuclungy set forth by I'll, cOrHei
piston.
Pat Second-'rhe night attack Of The Pi UtalIs;
the fearful cueS Of HE lnInnSi the ShTeks OF the
females and Cmldr ~ the rapid and effect We fire
OF the JlleS; HE stampede Of the oxen; ller ~.
coveTy aud the Una repuISe, the ri Uta!S Jeng
routed after a luSs of tEirly.Six killed and woun
drd, while the Pixies lose but one scalp (lrOm an
old fellow who wore wig, aud lost II IN tile Scuf
hr,) are faithfully gwen, aud excite tile most N.
teuSe interest IN the minds of lie hea'erSj the emo
TONS Ul fear, ahnral N aud delight succeeding
each oIlvr ~ Their minds, with almost painful Ia.
putty. Then follows the grand chorus:
cont we Gin them fits,
The lngcu UlAhs,
With Uur six shooters
We GIN 'eni pericMci fits"
Alter which we have The charming rectaliye
Of .rr Tuden Links, TO Tie infant, which Is lea
~ une oil The most charming gems IN lie perform
nnce.
"Now dcrn your skin eantyou be easy"
Morning succeeds. The sun rises magnificent
~ (octayo nule)-OrakG IS enlen-n rapid
movement on three shaGpsj The oxen are caught
aud yOkud up-wltl u small drum and inangle;lhe
watches, prTs, and other vnluaulrS OI tie con.
querTed Pl Ulahs, OF, stored away IN n camp kel.
tlt TO Sma movement on tile piGcUlU, aud The
train nOvpS on. with The maj nd chorus.