The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-01-09
DanIeI VVebster ana Jenny Lind.

jenny Lind gave concert ut Wash.
ington during the session of Congress
and as a mark other respect, and with
view to the ecldt, sent polite invita-
tions to the President, Mr.. Fillmore,
the members of the Cabinet, Mr.. Clay,
and many other dis stinguished mem
bers of both houses of Congress. 1t
happened that on that day several
members of the Cabinet and Senate
were dining with Mr.. Bodisco, the
Russian Minister. His good dinner
and choice wines had kept the party
so late, that the concert was nearly
over when Webster, Clay, Crittenden
and others came in ; whether from the
hurry in which ihey came, or from
the heat OF the room, their faces were
little flushed, and they all looked
somewhat flurried.
After the applause with which these
gentlemen had been received, had
subHded, and silence ones more re-
stored, the second Part Of the concert
was opened by Jenny Lind, with
"HaiI Columb blan
This took place during the hoight of
the debate and excitement of .he sla.
very question, and the compromise
resolutions Of Mr.. Clay and this pa
triouc air, as q part of the programme
was considered peculiarly appropriate
ut q concert, where the head OF the
government and a large number of
both branches Of tho Legislative De-
partment were present. At the close
of the first verse, Webster's patriotism
boiled over he could stand It no long
er ; and rising like Olympian Jove, he
added his deep sonorus bass voice TO
the chorus; and venture TO say that
never III the whole course Of her ca
reer, did she ever hear or receive one
half Of the applause as that with which
her song and Webster's chorus was
greeted.
Mrs. Webster, who sat immediately
behind him, kept tugging at his coat
tail to make him SIT down or stop
singing, but II was Of no earthly use
and at the close Of each verse, Web
ster joined in, and it was hard to say
whether Jenny Lind, Webster, or tho
audience were the most delighted. |
have seen Rubin DablaGhe, and the
two Crisis on the stage at one time,
but such happy conjunction in the
national air of "Hail Columbia" as
Jenny Linds tenor, and Daniel Web.
ster's bass, We shall never see or hear
again.
At the close of tho air, Mr.. Webster
rose with his hat in his hand, and
made her such h bow as Chesterfield
would have deemed a fortune for his
son, and which eclipsed D'Orsay's
best. Jenny Lind, blushIng at the
distinguished honor, curtesied to tAe
floor; the audience applauded to the
very echo Webster, determined not to
d Q out done in poiteaess, bowed again;
Miss Lind recourtesicd, the house re-
applauded, and this was repeated nine
times, or I'm villain else"
I have seen Niagara and Taglioni
Mars and Lalibran; l have walked
through the ruins of Paestum and the
Colosseum by moonlight; crossed Me-
mai Bridge and the Thames Tannel,
hut never while memory lasts will this
scene fade away.
Being something of wag, and
decmlng this too good 20 be lost, tho
next day 1t was currently reported
that Barnum had engaged Mr.. Clay
and Mr.. Webster to accompany Miss
Lind and himself as far as Richmond,
aud assist her at her concert For
some days nothing hut Miss Linds
concert, and the report about Clay and
Webster was talked of about the capt.
toll -COtemDordry in iSoothern Society,