The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-15
LETTER FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
August |:

silence as a poultice peculiarly adapt
ed to the healing Of Commissions aud
abrasions occasioned by the blows
Of sound" Such a catapiasm for a
long time rested on this city and shed
Its soothing influence upon all the in
habitants hereof. Commerce was de-
funct; diversions were u~nattaibable
the tongue of scandal wagged no
longer. and even pot-house-politicians
guzzled their beer in unwanted quie-
tude. For two long weeks not a
pebble Of excitement awoke a ripple
on the placid surface of social life.
but day followed day in smooth, con-
tinuous procession. like that vision
airy train Of glass ears rolling
along the old dreamer's yitreous rail-
way. But there came a sudden
awakening from this anti metropoli-
tan lethargy. Crime awoke from his
Temporary stupor, stalked forth from
his hiding place. and treated US to an
entertainment sufficiently rich in in
cident to show that age cannot
wither him nor custom stale his in
finite variety
The performance opened with a
fatal stabbing ARRAY, was continued
with a brilliant series of robberies
and murderous assaults, and was
gracefully rounded off with a suicide.
Of all these events, your special dis
patches have spoken in detail, and as
they are not pleasant to contemplate,
| will spare your readers the repeti-
ton of & chapter of horrors, and in
vite their attention to a more agree
able subject.
THE SANGERFEst,
or National Convention of German
Musical Societies-which met last
year at Louisville, Kentucky, and at
which the Liederkranz of your city
took one of the principal prizes-is to
hold its next session in this city on
the third of September. A building
eighty feet wide by one hundred and
sixty feet long. admirably arranged
for acoustic effect, and intended to
seat $500 persons, has been erected
especially for this occasion, and is
now being decorated by an accom-
plished artist. Citizens without re-
gard to nationality, religion, or poll
tics, have contributed : material aid"
and the City Council has appropriated
81 500 towards defraying the expenses
of this structure, and other expenses
fifty societies from every section of
the Union have given official notice Of
their intention to be present. Indi-
cations thus far give assurance of the
largest and most successful Musical
ever seen in the West.
Vass' Great Western Life Guard
Band, from Chicago, will constitute a
portion of the orchestra. This Band
numbers fifty members, all profess
musicians, and is said to hold
a position in the scale of comparative
excellence second only to Dodworth's
famous corps.
1t is expected that many thousands
of strangers will visit the city during
the Sangerfest, and arrangements are
in progress for their entertainment at
private residences. Such Of your
people. as propose to attend should
come on the 2nd proximo. On their
arrival they should report to the re-
committee at Mozart Hall.
and they will find themselves hospita-
bly, taken in where they will be
satisfactorily done for"
Your musical readers may possibly !
be interested in a few
PERSONAL ITEMS
to the profession.
The veteran Professor Pearsall-
who, in his seventy-ffth year, walks
the street with the elasticity Of boy
hood, and keeps his heart young by
devotion to the divine
arts to have a complimentary con-
cert at the Opera Hall on Friday
of this week. The best tai
emit of the city has volunteered for the
occasion, and our younger artists
vie with each other IN their efforts to
serve their aged brother. 1t is said
music hegets jealousies and TO-
ments contentious, but here is q re-
tresbing instance of a reverse ten
Miss Jessie Taggart. who has been
for some months in New York City,
her voice. is at home on a
short vacation. In obedience to the
advice OF her teachers she refuses all
opportunities to appear in public till
she shall have completed her course of
instr action. Those who have heard
her sing in private circles o un-
bounded delight at the quality and
compass Of her voice, and predict 4
brilliant career for her il her chosen
profession. = Is
Prof. Black, of Rochester, New
York, has recently come among us to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the de-
parture of Prof. Owen. He is said
to be a first class teacher. and has
been very successful in bringing out
promising voices. The moderate