The Portland daily press., 1871-08-24
The Gary Conrert.

| "iy 10 Sill out beginner in the ardu-
gus rofesslon that khe has chosen but. iudo.
lug from her debut last evening we cannot see
WY, with constant application, she should not
a.'aih an equal position at least with her sister.
II we are not sadly at fault we should say that
hef sister has been overseeing her studies
lately, for in the rendering of the.balad Glow
1alr art thou" there were passages that in her
execution of them exhibited a style very SINH
| lar to that of the more celebrated vocalist
| But we find ourselves giving pre-eminence
to the younger sister when the elder was the
moving spirit that drew such an inIm ense au-
dience to City Hall, completely filing that
magnificent audience room, and gathered from
all parts of the State to do her honor. Her
first selection, mon Piu Mesta," substituted
| for the Rondo from "Cenerentola," was well
calculated to display her horid execution, the
singular purify, sweetness and richness of her
voice, and the clear, distinct enuncistion that
Is such marked feature of her singing. In
response to an encore she gave the ballad OF
Kathleen Ma Journeen IN style SO simple and
a voice so pathetic, that you could have heard
pm drop ia any part of the hail. Her soto
ooce Is perfectly exquisite, and was also dis
played III her rendering of Bales ballad of
Daybreak. She also sang cavatina from
Ii Giuramento, and in the quartette Guam
do Corpus" with Mrs. Wesherbee Messrs.
Thurston and Shaw.
Mrs. Wetherbes and Mrs. bennett sang Mar.
| ston's LA Note bella" in perfect taste and
fine style. Mrs. Dennetts voice seems to i'm
prove daily, and its sweet flexible tones blend
| ed most tremendously with the high soprano
and elaborate execution of Mrs. Wetherbee.
Mrs. Wetherbee sang for a solo mighty Jeho-
yah, from the oratoro of David That Mrs
Wetherbee is one of the finest oratorio singers
in New England no one will deny, but we hard
~ think the selection exactly calculated for the
audience of last evening. Miss Adde Cary's
voice resembles that of her sister in its sweet
uess aud tianbre, and she sang Weidts song
How fair art thou, SO we'll that she received
an encore and a bouquet. Sgnor Ardavani
was compelled to refrain from singing on ac-
count of illness, and Mr.. Charles H. Mcclellan
sang in his place scena and aria from Yes
pri Sicilani, and later in the evening "The
Goldbeater.' In his first selection he started
out of tuna, and therefore did not do himself |
that justice that belongs to him, but appeared |
to much better advantage in the latter song. |
MIR. bennett appeared to suffer from very /
bad cold, SO that Mozart's "Non Pu Andrai''
was wanting in that rollcking humor and fun /
that pertains to it. In response to an encore /
he sang Marston's "Pilot'' to better advantage.
Aiessrs Thurston and Shaw did what they had /
to do in the quartette very acceptably-after /
they redeemed their bad send off, and the Port /
land Band played their two selections admira- /
bly,, particularly the one from the Hugenots
Miss Cary was the recipient of two elegant |
baskets OF flowers, and after the concert COM
pliDentary serenade was rendered her at the /
Falmouth Hotel by the Portland Band In /
conclusion, we would say that Miss Cary's sick
ness only seems to have improved her voice by |
giving i. a long rest, and that although she
may sing before more cultivated musical audi
ences she will never sing before one more thor
oughly in sympathy with her than that of last |
night, for it was composed of those who had /
that pride in her that parent takes in his /
children.
To Mr.. Kotzschmar the thanks of the COM
munity are due for his admirable management
and perfect accompaniments that went so far |
towards making the concert success.
OBsEQUIEs. funeral of the late Hon. |
Phinehas Barnes took place from the Free St.
Baptist church yesterday morning there be-
ing quite large gathering of citizens present.
Previous to the services at the church there /
were prayers at the house. The Cumberland |
Bar Association attended the last sad rites |
under the marshalship of Nathan Cleaves,
Esq, and their ranks were very full. Judge /
Clifford of the q. S. Supreme Court, Ex-
Chief Justice Shepley of the Supreme Court,
Shepley of the Circuit Court, Judge Fox of
the District, Judge Goddard OF the Superior,
and Judge Morris ofthe Municipal Court were
present. Also Profs. Hall and Lyford of Colby
University After the rendering of the volunta-
ry by select choir, composed of Mr.. and Mrs
W. 81. bennett, Miss Farley and Mr.. Walker,
selections of scriptures were read and a prayer
offered by Rev. A. X. P. Small pastor of the
church. In his prayer he referred most i'm
pressively and feelingly to the beautiful char
acter of the deceased. A hymn was then rem
dered most beautifully by the choir to the
tune of Hamburg" after which the Benedic- |
ton was pronounced. The remains were taken |
to Evergreen Crmetery for interment the pail |
bearers being Judge Howard Hon. j. T. Nc /
Cobb, William Boyd, Geo. L. Emery, Hon. |
Jacob Mcclellan, Hon. Nathan Webb, Chas. |
Barrett ard Joseph Ilsley. The remains were |
escorted as far as the bridge by the members of /
the Bar.
Upon arrival at the Cemetery, the grave was /
found lined with evergreeus into which the /
casket was tendery lowered after services by |
Prot. Henry b. Smith, OF the Union Theologi- |
cal Seminary, of New York. .f.tI |
De-,
ley & Co., sold at auction yesterday morning /
all the right, title, and interest that Isaac 1
Dyer, Esq, of this city had in largo quantity |
of 10 e;tuotad ip1Nisoopuin Uarnoont Na,r