Daily American organ., 1856-02-21
CINY INTELLIGENCE.

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Thep main points In this lecture were 10 show
now pspwer and brianey Of execution was TO be
acquireF. Alter giving series OF exercises for
private YrAssce, Ne took up the subject of the
vocal shake"
Tbs hpportant embellishments, so difficult to ac-
qure, sh3uld be commenced very slowly at first,
Months, and somstines years, required to per
form the stAke u brilliant manner. The into
nation should bo very distinct ia this grace and
the voice Should not = sur from one sound 10
another, but the execution should be distinct and
marked ,,The shake" holds the chief rank among
the ornaEnents Of music. It Is very useful, being
adapted 40 all kinds of music, from the severe
reason so,few attain sxcsReace in the performance
of this grace IL ia : ereAs measure owing to the
defective mode Of teaching it here
The shake" il used ~ q cadence at the close
of period, STRIVING to announce the final repose
in the descent Of ths saoond 70 the key note, In
this way il is nssA in most Of Handers sacred
songs. Still It 10heu %sad, and especially by the
Italians, a. rsaNins gsce in the course Of tho
melody. FtasS
Instructions fcre now given as to the best plan
Of acquiring the vocal shake" II was deemed
an impoFtsnt requilte that the notes in it be of
equal length, and 10 insure this, time should be
regularly kept, evenin thc most rapid passages.
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when once the habit 10 6xed by constant practice,
the force of custom Will so much prevail that the
singer viii never break down in the midst of
shake from timidit9 The necessity of taking
breath the right tiise, aud Of keeping the chest
full of air, was AlsO p<fnted out The best method
Of taking breath st buch times will prevent any
break in the words or music, was also shown by
exercises in and iMetvat&0ns given on that point
The hour having tlapsed, the practice OF sacred
music was CONTINUED for while, when the glee
books were taken up. During the latter part of
the exercises Miss farnsworth, professional sing
or from New FORK Miss Darby, young lady Of
Baltimore, with voice Of great power and beauty,
Mr. Merriam, Of Coanecticut and Captain Tucker,
of Washington, sang in solos and Duets. quar-
tettc of male voices and smother of both ladies
and gentlemen, and trio OF female voices, added
TO the cnjoyment Of the afternoon. Beside this,
many glees were sung in chorus So great was
the interest that the audience seemed unwilling to
disperse.
Great interest h manifested in this Congress by
our citizens. Many families living in distant parts
of the city came to the ten o'clock session and re-
naned until the cloes Of the night session, bring
ing their meals with them. During the afternoon
the hall was nearly full
In yesterdays issue our reporter made an error
In placing the name of Thomas McGill on the
Committee on Resolutions, instead Of the gentle
man appointed, Mr. Z. u. Potter, whose name he
accidentally omitted
Fourth Day-At the morning session of the
fourth day, the morning lecture was upon the pro-
per manner of rendering 1.-THE lights and shades of
music, and the easiest and most accurate manner
of bringing them out.
The rules laid down were then applied to the
piece they were practising tor the concert of this
evening. ~
The remainder Of the mArning was devoted to
glee singing and the practicS Of the Oratorio of
han and xvh ~: L.
out this evening with fun Orchestral accompani-
ments
WooD-SAwyERs' CONGRESS-. -STho Wood-sawyers
of tho city assembled last evening at the City Hall
in the Aldermen's room, in purisuance to previous
notice The profession was falk represented
There were several candidates for the post Of
Chairman, and after seventeen ballots Thomas JEFF
ferson Jenkins of the Third wx.,d, was elected by
a plurality of one vote. The plurality rule was
adopted after the 18th ballot tt
Mr.. jenkins was escorted To the chair by Messrs.
Bailey and Adams. "a
On taking the chair, he snnounceh the object Of
the meeting in appropriste language.
Mr.. johnson offered the followi}Sr resolution,
Resolved, That on and sfter the va Instant. the
price Of saving wood in this city bs fxed at 81 Is
per cord when sawed once, 81 60swhen sawed
twice, and 81 rs when sawed three times
Mr.. Caesar Bowshins opposed th@ adoption Of
the resolution He avowed himself &p adherent of
the free-trade doctrines of Adam Smith He doubt
ed the propriety of fixing the pric9 Of sawing at
all. Such matters ought to be left Ito the laws Of
supply and demand--and to be allowed to regulate
themselves. He agreed with the motto Of Brother
Rivess paper, Of which he WA constant reader
" The world is governed TOO much.n So 1t was
with woodsawyers. They wereI governed too
much by selfimposed restrictions fSince the price
was raised three years ago, he had made less mo-
ney than he had at the old price The reason was
that many persons preferred to burn coal as the
cost of wood was enhanced to 4 degree which
placed 1t beyond their means
Yet it was now proposed to raislc IL still higher
He would bet his Sunday hat against 4 glass of
whiskey that if the resolution Of M johnson were
adopted, not one cord of wood would be bought
where ten are now.
There would be an Organized oppSps;tion on the
part of the white folks and the Yankees would
come in with their horsepower machines and
saw wood at 90 cents a cord, as they could well
afford to do
What then would become Of their noble profes-
siong It would be buried in the tomb of the Cap
ulets along side of Romeo and JulieE~--Mars and
Venus Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart, akad the rest
OF the dead dogs of Africa
He moved the indefinite postponemelat Of the
resolution and called for the previous question
The previous question was sustained, and, the
resolution was laid on the table. s
The Congfess then adjourned. F \
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Colonel James J. Randolph one of the assistant
doorkeepers Of the House of Representatives was
yesterday removed by Capt. Darling, and James p.
Babcock appointed in bis place. tsr
We sincerely regret the removal of Colonel Ran
doph, who is an honest man, an efficient officer, q
member of the American party, and an old resident
of Washington. His successor is from the North
or West, we are informed.
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