The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-09-16
Fun on the Pacific

Tur PLArxs-Odc Symphonic par Jdbes
Jdrbor-IhiS glorious composition WAS pro
,,u,,l ut the San Diego Odcon, on the 3Ist of
June. ut. for the first time in this OF any 9TH
ar country. by full orchestra, 1.-THE perform
ancc taking place Immediately after suppcr,)
and a chorus composed of the entire Saucr
Kraut-N crcin,' the "Wcc Gates -Associa-
tiun,' and choice selections from the Gyas-
cutuS" and c-JIarmonic" societies. The
solos were rendered by Herr 1udcn Links, the
rccitations 10y Herr Won IIydcn Schnapps.
both performers being assisted by Mcssrs
John Smith and Joseph Brown. who held their
coats, famed them, and furnished water during
the more OvcrpGwcring passages. We eo,sd-
or The Plains" the greatest musical achieve
Inent that has been presented to an cnlapturcd
public. Like Waterloo among battles; Ma.
poleon among warriors Niagara among falls,
and Pike among Senators, this magI ificcnt
composition stands among OratoriOs, Operas,
Musical Melodramas and performances OF Ethi-
Opian Sercnadcrs, peerless and unrivallcd. IL
.tfuppe tOute chose parliament ffod
at does not depend for its success" upon its
plot its theme, its school or its master, for it
has very little if any of them, but upon its
soul-subduing, all-absorbing, highfalutng eff
ct upon the audience, every member of which
it causes to experience the most singular and
exquisite sensations. Its strains ut times re-
mind us of those of the old master the steam
cr McKin,, who never went to sea without be-
ing unpieasantIv Affected straining after CT.
feet. he used to term it. Blair, in his lecture
on beauty, and Mills, in his treatise on logic,
IN. 81 have alluded to the feeling which might
BE- produced in the human mind, by something
of this transccndentally sublime description,
but it has remained for NJ. TarbOX, in the pro-
- all f>Df:
forth.
The symphonic opens upon the wide and
boundIess plains, in longitude lis deg. w.
latitude 35 deg. 81 min 3 sec. NJ, and about
sixty miles from the west bank of Pitt River
These data are clearly and beautifully express
cd by long (topograp hically) drawn note
from an 4 flat clarionet The sandy nature of
the soil, sparsely dotted with lunches of cactus
and artcmisa, the extended view, fiat and un-
broken to the horizon, save by the rising smoke
in the extreme verge denOting the vicinity of
ri Utah village, are represented by the bass
drum. A few notes on the piccolO, calls the
attention to solitary antelope, picking up
nlascal beans in the foreground. The sun hay
ing an altitude Of SO deg. = min., bazes down
upon the scene in indcsciibable ma jesty--
.'Graduaily the Sounds roll forth in a song of
rejoicing to the god OF day.
I.Of thy intensity
And great immensely
Nov tlef, sing;
Pchoiding in gratitude
Thee in this lie,
Curious thing
Which swcls out into " Hey Jllnalong, jim
along Josey," then decrescendo, mas tmenoo po-
to pocHd, dies away and dries up.
Suddenly we hear approaching train from
Pike county, consisting of seven families, with
forty-siX wagons each drawn by thirteen oxen;
each family consists of a man in butternut col
ored clothing driving the Oxen wife in but
ternut colored clothing riding in the wagon,
holding buttcrnut baby and seventeen but
ternut children running promiscuOusly about
and smell unpleasantly. Gan these circunl-
stances are expressed by pretty rapid fddling
for some minutes, winding up with puff from
the orpheclide, played by an intoxicated leu
ton with an atrociOus breath--it is impossible
to misunderstood the description.) Now rises
DER the plains in melliauous accents the grand
Pike county chorus
..Oh We Il soon be thar
In the land of gold,
Through the f,rest Old
Ger the mounting cold,
- With spirits bold
Oh. we come, we come,
And We II be thar
Gee up B,lly who. up who haw ~
The train now encamp. The unpacking of
the kettles and mess pans, the unyoking of the
oxen, the gathering about the various camp
fires, the frizzling of the pork, are so clearly
expressed by the music, that the most untu-
tOred savage could readily comprehend it. In.
deed, so vivid and litc-like was the representa-
ton, that lady sitting near us invOuntarily
exclaimed aloud, at a certain passage, "1har,
that's pork burning :" and it was truly inter-
csting to watch the gratifod expression Of her
face, when by few notes from the guitar, the
pan was removed from the fire, and the blazing
pork extinguished.
This is followed by the beautiful arid
och, marin, 1 wan, pancake :"
followed by that touching rccdtdtire-
"shet up, or will spank your
to which succeeds grand crescendo movement,
representing the flight of the child with the
pancake, the pursuit of the mother, and the
final arrest and summary punishment of the
former, represented by the rapid and success
full strokes of the castanet. The turning in
for the night follows aid the deep and sten-
tOrOus breathing of the encampment, is well
given by the bassOon, while the suficrngs and
trials OF an unhappy father with an unpleas-
ant infant, arc touchingly set forth by the cor
net-a-piston.
Part Second-The night attack Of the ri
Utahs the fearful cries of the demoniac In
dians the shrcks of the females and children
the rapid and effective fire Of the rifles the
stampede of the oxen their recovery, and tn,
final repulse, the ri Utahs being routed afte,
a loss OF thirty-six killed and wounded, whil'
the Pixies lose bat one scalp, from an old fel
low who wore a wig, and who lost it in tn
scufle,) are faithfully given, and excite tn
most intense interest in the minds of the hear
ers; the emotions of fear, admiration and de
light, succeeding each other in their mind
with almost painful rapidity. Then follows tn