The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-12
Grenlng CclegrapA
MONDAY. nEcENHts p. 1854.
uELLINI rHE ,n,, POSER.

REMOVAL or ms RENArss uIs PERSONAL Ap-
rrAHANCE vHrN ..IvE.
To the New York Nut.tE ! Juesr we arc in
debted for the following run.r ltion, which will
interest all lovers Of inoI.ru ,erauc music :--
Some twenty wears ago uu i. and Of the sell
the historic 81 Helena, ctvr Paris the bones of
the Emperor Napoleon |. Tn, year Paris will
gave 10 an islaud-tO Sicily .frp remains of the
composer NiceuzlO BClhui lu. Ie0pe oC Cl:ania,
the birthplace Of the composer of Norma and
S0HHdtHbWu, s"nt q r. quest jrt French Govern
meut 10 r,mI,p Bellnis rem Ans from the Come.
terry Of PerC To- Chase to Li, tive city. The
request was granted in "a 'cun. rom VI. Drown
dc LhUy6 which we translate Yr the Pioneer
"PARtb April lG, lSGi--N sicur the VI tyor
or talHniH :--l nave received YOUR letter of fhia
date guuour cling that the m m .a! al authorities
At Catuuis have expressed desire that the re-.
mains Of Beliui should be frausterred to bis nq-
tive city, aud that the Ia ian Government lp-
proved OF this Plan. Nuu ask of me what
measures should be taken in .ssc the Govern
meut Of The Emperor con.cnts % this removal.
~ hasten % inform Vou thai Ills Majesty is
disposed 10 ac'ede 90 the de,irC expressed by the
huri'ipal Council Of C1tauia; out according TO
the law which regu Htes eNnum lti)us in France
the consent OF the family must be o ltaiued AS
soon as the Italian GJycrnm 'Uf shall inform me
OF the consent of the family Of tue ilustrOus
composer, shall consult wiki YOU OH the method
Of removing the remains.
"'ACCept, etc, BRO -YN DE IMrYs'
"On the reception of this let err, the people Of
u
liRns 10 go 10 Paris 70 obtain the precious gift of
the remains Of the dead COMPOSER; and 4 sub
scriptiOn has heen opened in italy to defray all
expenses All the musical people OF Europe are
expected TO contribute PaCini the veteran COM
poser, will lie one of the cOmm zee.
"While this movement is on llOt it will interest
our readers to know what Bell1i was like in per
s0nal Appearance. He is thus desc ibad by Heine,
the late German writer. The trar Station Is that
by S. A. StCrne, for Delights JOTaai Of Hgie.-
"'He was tall and slim; his face was neither
pale nor ford; his hair was Of light. almost
golden hue, and hung 10 rugo's. Ills forehead
was very high his nose strair :; his eyes light
Due; his mouth well prupurtioned; his Chn
round His features seemed - VAGUE and as void
OF character as milk. l., f,sj. MS face was a
pillk lacr ana was frequently marked by a lack
adaisical expression of pain, which made up for
the Sant otscharacter. But 1t was p lin without
depth void Of pOeSy or passion, IL gli7tencd in
his eyes and quvered on his lips. The oung
maestro seemed bent on making q sh w of
his sadness. Fantastic melancholy betrayed
itself in the arrangement Of bis hair, Ian
guor in the cut of his clothes, and ideality in
his light care. Thus he always minded me of
the old p storals in which shepherls, in light
cOlOred jackets and short pants, tripped about
carrying stats bedecked with r,bOons. Then his
gait was so mournful, so feminine and ethereal.
His whole appearance suggested sigh eH oscar
pins. Though the ladies flsttercd him very much,
/ doubt whether he ever awakened deep passion.
Tome there always seemed thing so Comically
style in which he spoke French. Though Bellni
at that time had been living in France for some
years, doubt whether, even in Ell gland, the Ian
guage was ever badly treated hen he used it.
He spoke it terribly; he butchered it numerically.
The way in which he often tortured the poor
French words, as though an eXscutionCr were
breaking them on the wheel, and the way in
which he uttered his moustrous COPS Zane,
were enough TO make one look around
with fright to see whether the world
was coming TO an end with a mighty crash.
Deathly silence reigned on such occasious; NOR
tal terror was depicted in every countenance,
whether rouged or powdered; the women seemed
undecided whether they had better rush ont of
the room, or faint where they were; th9 men
looked down towards their pautaloOns to make
sure that they really had such Garments on; and,
worst of all, the circumstance would fill every
one with an almost uncomfortable desire to
laugh outright. Bellmis presence always
filled one with fear, which, through some
strange fascination, seemed at once to at
tract and TO repel. Sometimes his inyOl-
untary puns were mirth provo King, and re-
minded one, by their droll abs1rdity, of the
castle of his country Prince 7 PIllag0ni which
Goethe, in bis HdheniSche ReiSe, called a museum
of bizarre distortions and Unmatched monsters.
AS Belini always imagined that he had been
making some serious and harmless obserYa ion,
his face, on such occasions, was in strange con-
tTast with the remarks, and then the unpleasant
expression of which spoke became more marked.
That which | disliked in Bellini cannot be called
q fault, and did not seem 10 displease the ladies
in the least. His face and figure had an air of
physical freshness, blooming health, and rosiness
that was calculated to make an unfavorabe i'm
preston upon one with my morbid tastes. TWAS
not until later, when l had known Bellini for
long time and bad found him of kind and
noble disposition, that grew TO like him. fully
believe that his soul remained pure to the last,
and that the childlike kindness of temperament
which men Of genius usually possess, but never
parade, was truly his