, 1863-04-25
In 0RaT0RICAL JOAN OF ARC,
Description Of Miss Dickinson, the
Female Oratrix.


From the New York Evening Post, April ea1
Miss DICKINSON AT THE COOPER Institute.
The crowd at the Cooper Institute last
evening mus. be truly called immense, no
other word being adequate to the emergency
The attraction was AL address by Miss Anna
2. Dickinson, Of Philadelphia, upnn tho sub.
jec. Of "1hc Day--1he Causc." Every seat
Was occupied long before eight o'clock, and
when that hour arrived the passage ways,
every corner Of the outsAirting space, all the
doCr-ways in1o the lobby, and no small por-
ton even OF the lobby. itself, were paekrd
with m eager throng., Nearly onc-half Of the
was introduced By the Kcv. II. ", Bcechcr
with Il few general remarks, and at once took
4 firm hold Of her hearers, attracting them
By icr personal appearance, the tones Of her
voice, tho matter and hammer Of her speech.
She is Of the medium height, slight in form,
graceful in movement; her head, we'll poised,
is adorned with full and heavy dark hair, dis
playing to advantage q pleasant face, which
has the signs Of nervous force and Of yi9or-
GUS mental life. In manner sue Is uncmbar-
rassrd, without sh: dc OF boldncss; her gcs-
1iculetion is simple, drawing to itself no re-
mark; her yoieS is Of wonderful power, pen
etrating rithcr than loud, as clear rs the tone
Of metal, and yet with a rced-like soflness.
Her vocabulary is simple. and in no instance
can there be seen = strsining after effective
expressions; yct her skill in using the ordi-
nary stores Of our daily language IS SO great,
that with single phrase she presents pic.
turc, and delivers poem in sentence.
Miss Dickinson shows in her oratorica1
method the feminine pcculiarlties which led
her Eek to prefer results to prcllmiuarics, tho
sharply defined success Of conclusions to the
regularly progressing course Of previous ar
gnment. uer lecture was consequently very
effective to the car, and difficult to report
with justice to the speaker. She defined the
contest with the South as the struggle be.
tween liberty and slavery in thu broadest sense
Of the words, extending to the moral mcnt-
| al and social world, and Illustrated her posi-
ton with rapid a]lusious to the political his
| tory Of the last ten years. She then drew a
variety Of comparisons between The loyalty o1
| the two parties at thu North, and, in answer
to the question WIN. sort Of Generals had
each given to the country, made some hits Of
great force Mt many well-known officers, and
| paid a tribute Of praise TO othcrs.
| It was in this part Of her address that the
brightness Of her Wit and the power OF con
densca expression already alluded to was seer
most clearly. 4 single stroke Of the pcnci
| placed not only name, bnt q character dis
| tincuy before the audience, who took quickly
and fully enjoyed every point. The enrol
ment act, the threats Of the Northwest tt
compromise for themselves and leave New
England out in the cold, and the present splen
did revival of patriotic confidence in th'
North, were treated with surprising power
The applause which bnrst from the audience
Mt almost every sentence WAS more hearty ant
enthusiastic than even in the excited politics
gatherings of an election season, aud was
moreover, applause horn Of the deepest ana
best feelings Of loyalty. At the conclusion 0
the lecture, which came to 4 close with trul,
beautiful pcroration, the Hutchinson Falnil,
sang one Of their best pieces, and then, By re
guest, followed it with the John Brown song
in the chorus of which the audience joiue'
| with 4 thrilling effect,