The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-12
BALTIMORE.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1858.

o,.u,,;c New York is on the tiptoe of expecta-
p,ccoIoM1NI is coming, and JOANNA WAC
:, 70 follow the PIccoLoMINI. Last evening
~. Academy of Music closed with Benefit to
NV N,RErzEK, who is about to retire Southwark,
,oo,.i,o the Island of Manhattan in musical posses
.ion Of clever Mr.. ULLMAN, and his new importa-
tion Of Prma Donnas. OF course, the PIcCoLo-
airy, is destined to create a sensation. 1t isn't
every day we have a PICCoLoMINI among us, and
il is rare, indeed, for us to welcome charming
SINGER and a born Princess in one and the same
rorson. PICCoLoMINI is both of these; and the
musical critics are expatiating already over the
nobility of her birth and the liquid freshness of
her voice. We are told by one enthusiast, that
..all the world knows her story" but as the
memory of 'all the world needs refreshing oc-
casionay, he proceeds to inform us, that ''she is
IA Princess by birth; a scion of the famous old
CATALAN family the name of which occurs in the
'history of Popes, and Cardinals" that she is not
only noble, hut that she has, IN addition TO her
blue blood. syouth genius and beauty" and that
s.sic is a dear little wilful Italian lady, who
s.would sing and would enchant all hearers, and
sFnrland." In Italy, they wanted to unharness
her horses, and draw her carriage home in tri-
umph. but she would not consent that her coun-
trymcn ''should make of themselves beasts OF
s.burthcn." Somebody else has, however, discov-
cred that the Dublin Students accomplished the
feat more recently, while it was raining in tor
rents and that the lady did not interpose to pre-
vent them from making quadrupeds of themselves.
This noracious Renaissance has drawn from Mr..
Manager ULLMAN public expression of regret,
that a certain class of journalists should be so
prone to scandal With respect to the Dublin
affair he quotes the London Times to prove, that
Mile. PIcCoLoMINI did endcavor to prevent the
Dublin Students from making beasts of burthen
Of themselves; but as she couldn't speak sufii-
Gent English to make her wishes intelligi-
BE. and as they knew nothing of Italian, the
lady was compelled to surrender at discretion.
Moreover as Mr.. ULLMAN very justly remarks, it
is certainly '!not an easy thing to restrain the
"Gownsmen Of Trinity, when they once have re-
"sovcd to give vent TO their proverbial enthusi-
"asm. SO the skirts of PIcCoLoMINI are clear OF
that charge But Mr.. ULLMAN is still troubled.
lie has discovered that while there are some writers
who eraycly announce her marriage with an
English peer ''of refined TASTE ancient pedigree,
'and immense possessions" there are Others,
equally well informed, who assert, not less gravelv,
that the Peer and the pedigree and the possessions,
were certainly rendered 10 Mile PICCoLoMINI, but
thai :'the dear little wilul Italian LADY, preferred
TO gather her singing robes about her, and walk
the world Gin maiden meditation fancy free
"a weekly paper, Also says Mr.. ULLMAN who
seems determined to unbutton the whole of his
griefs at once, 'takes great pains In proving that
"shc is only princess by the maternal side, and
"a mere Countess through her father" To all of
such gossip he responds briefly, but-for an
operate Managcr-with the most delicious nairete
"a have yet TO learn he says, ''wheher it is of
'iany consequence to the public to know whether
.'an artist has pedigree two miles long, or not;
''0r whether she marries lord, or does not
'Arle PIccoLoMN comes here as an artist, and
"not as a Princess which title she dropped on her
'rst appearance public and not, as it is assert
eel, by command of Cardinal PIccoLoMIYI |
Certainly" adds the adroit manager in conclu-
sion, ''have not made the slightest alluson, in
''public to her prncely lineage, and trust the
"public will not forget, after all, that she is
''young and enthusiastic girl, who has undoubted
'claims upon the kindness and good will of every
'body, and who has every right TO retain her
"maiden name rs long rs she pleases." Now all
this is admirable ioolcry; but so far as Mr. ULLMAy
is concerned, it is exceedingly cleverly managed
In his rebukc of the newspaper goSsips, who
have so kindly furnished him with the material
for his masquod advertisement, he takes espe-
cial care TO recapitulate all that has been said
concerning the PIccoLoMIM. He explains how it
happened that the Italian demonstration was not
carried out, and how the Irish demonstration was
lie refers to the report of her marriage with
an English Peer, and the counter-report that the
offer was really made to her. but that she declined
the alliance. He notices the great pains taken by
a weekly paper to prove that ''she is only 'Prin-
"cess' from her maternal side, and a mere Coun-
''tess' through her father" lie repudiates with
the lottieSt managerial scorn, the idea that the
American public cares anything for rank or title
and closes by an appeal to that public in behalf of
''the young and enthusiastic girl to whose |
''prncely lineage he himself had refrained from
making any public allusion. OF JOANNA WAGNER
he says nothing. The PICCoLoMINI is to be first in
trodHced and Mr.. ULLMAN is perfectly aware of the
peTpleXng nature of cross lights. JoAYYA's turn |
will come in due time and then we shall be treated |
to a similar dish of gossip, and the little manager
will come out again in an explanatory card to the +
public, and So the game of battledore and shuttle
cock will be kept up until the novelty ceases TO at
tract attention and the time arrives when it will be
necessary TO prepare the way for the introduction
of some other celebrated artistic" Doubtless the |
distribution of all this sauce piquam is perfectly |
right and proper. 1t whets the public appetite,
which is apt occasionally, to become cloyed and
fastidious, and needs flip to arouse it. But all
good things may be abused and it sometimes
turns out that very excellent sauce is used to dis
guise the flavor of very indifferent viands. OF
course it must be true-especially as Mr.. UuMAy
has 'yet to learn otherwise" JApoNIcADoMf
believes with TENNysoN, that:
"A simple damsel in her flower
Is worth hundred coats of arms"
But, somehow other, the "simple danlsel'' does |
not usually attract quite so much attention as "a
''Princess from the maternal sde,n or even as 4 !
Countess whose title is paternally derived The
PIcCoLoMN, therefore, WILL in all probability, be
II great success, although she did lay down her
title when she went upon the stage, and although
she has has not rejected the hand of an English
Peer and Notwithstanding she has an uncle, and |
that uncle is Cardinal, and his name is PIccoLo-
MINI But what shall be done for JOANNA WAGNER. |
who has no ''pedigree two miles long" has never
refused Peer, and has no uncle in scarlet ponti-
fcals?
The two branches of the City Council re-assem-
bled, after the usual summer recess, on Monday,
the 9th of September. On the day following they
received message from the MAYOR, covering the