Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-06-25
$500 PER ANNIJM.

/ each other, in Sixth street, two young gentle
} men, arm in arm, passed up Walnut street
e One was a middle size, well made man, dres
= sed in black. His pale face, sedate look ant
a high arched forehead betokened person o
r superior intellectual endowments. The othe
. was tall with an intellectual countenance ant
very slender. pair of peerless, bright eyes
glittered beneath lashes that appeared like
silken fringe !; hut dark as midnight.
: Their gait was elastic, and they paid hui
little attention to what was going on in the vast
crowd through which they wound their way.
Stopping before the theatre, they conversed
> together few minutes in low tone, and
then entered the building.
: Bright and brilliant was everything in that
splendid edifce. The audience had already
assembled to witness piece that was to be
performed that night, for the first time. The
beauty-the elite and the fashionable of the
city, were there in their most gaudy apparel,
to see represented for the first time, one ol
the most beautiful, so far as scenery and com.
position are concerned, dramas in the language.
Never had Philadelphia, at that time, beheld
such spectacle as was to be presented that
evening. Old age with all the wrinkles on
his face was there; glittering youth with
blooming cheeks was there and the repre-
: sentatives OF all the intermediate stages were
there. Pleasantness seemed depicted ON every
countenance and universal smiles glowed on
every face.
The first tier of boxes exhibited an unusual
: degree OF beauty and brilliancy. Dark eyes
flashed from beneath raven curls that fell
: negligently around cheeks that bore the bloom
of the rose, and ruby lips were enchantingly
graced with witching smiles. The house was
literally crammed from the pit to the gal
lery.
AS the young men took their seats, shout
from the pit almost deafened them, and ano-
ther from the gallery-apparantly its echaol,
: burst forth like thunder, voices from every
quarter were calling for something which
neither the managers or company appeared
the least to regard. Cup with the rag ~
shouted stentorian voice from the pit
''music''-cried another; boots screamed the
third as some gentlemen in the gallery put
the heel of his boot upon the railing that sur
rounds that portion Of the theatre. Numerous
others Joined in the cry and everything was
confusion; no one knowing what was actually
wanted. emusic, music ~ yelled numbe,
of voices; the orchestra, as ii replying ia
the demand struck up, amid deafning shout
Of applause, "Hail Columbia" The house
: being crouded to excess the musicians, as il
: to show their superior skill, exerted them
: selves to the utmost, to produce something
worthy of the occasion. Never did the en-
raptured ear drink from the fountain of living
harmony, sweeter concord of sound than
did the two strangers. With their eyes fixed
upon the orchestra, they sat completely alb
sorbed in the music while the harmonious
notes stole softly over their ravished senses.
The musicians changed the air, but still the
entrauced youths sat spellbound; they heard
not the plaudits of the audience; they saw
not the beauty of the assembled multitude
nothing but inetfa BILE ecstacy held within its
embrace the souls of the listeners. Every
thought about external things was banished
from the mind they heard, as it were, moth
ing but one of the sweetest voices imaginable
I pouring its, soft accents, like some soothing
balm upon every unpleasant feeling that
should perchance hold, for moment, do
minion over the thinking powers.
Music, it is said by wise men, has the power
to drive from the mind every evil thought,
and consequently the Icharm, that can pro-
duce such desirable effect, is calculated to
most of the wise theological theories that
have engrossed the mind of the world for ages
It is much to be wondered that parents who
endeavour to do everything in their power to
elevate and enoble their children, do not make
music part of their education.
| A happy smile lit up the intellectual coun-
tenances of the young men, while the music
continued; and then, with its lastnotesgrad-
ually faded away. The same melancholy
paleness, that had heretofore marked their
reigned in that vast concourse of human be-
ings, but a short time, yet that short period
will be sufficient to CLEAN some information
from the conversation of the young men.
ssWhat delightful music Samuel; do not
think ever heard anything superior. Those
national airs are so enlivening they fairly
stir the dead to action. 1t is no wonder that
our forefathers could cope with the minions
of Great Britain, so successfully, when they
were inspired by such soul stirring airs as we
have inst heard ~ said the most feminine of