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(illllEllJ OP mAIlKM.A THE CATIlcl.If, rllARI.T:^ 111 . .IND i.lD.N MP iiiir,f sn1i|('cl< troatfd of, nor nri,i;hiallt)' of stylo. Ho nicrilH llioii. ii« (•uin|i'>-'fr :iii,| ;i~ uitUt. :i si'iiiuiitu place ulougsido of the groat masters of modern art."— A. Mah.momki,. P IT I L A D E L P IT I A : J. B. LTIM'IXCOTT & CO.; LONDON: 10 SOL'THAMl'TON STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1881. ^4i ^\l- n\'^ 0- ,v- '-t* r \^^ Entered according to Act of Congre««, In tho yoar 1881. by UOHKRT E. PETERSON, M.l>., in the Office of the Librarian of Congress. '0 A W- ,^7 THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, THE BIHTIIPLACE OP LOUIS MOREAU OOTTSCIIALK, m» Volume IS DEDICATED BT HIS BROTHER AND SISTERS. (iii) CONTKXTS. lUOCKAI'IIlCAL SKKTCII. t'lIAl'TKil I. r I'arriitnsi' ni'il Mrtli— Minlcnl pri'rdiity— Pi'licnfolH'.iltli of liisinntln'r — lii'iimval til I'artH ('lii'i.itiiiii — Mnlhi'i' aluniii'il liy luaiini; tlic \ii,'ni.i — Uicit Mii'iirisi' to llml it — Arrival in I'aris — Ilalli'', liis (Irst mii- siral iirol'i'Si.or — Allerwanis ('.■uailli' Slaiiiaty — lli-s lovo for .Mr. Sta- iiiaty — ('oiii|iositiim tau^'lit liiiii liy Mr. .Malnli'ii — (itlior stiulii's— liitroiluiM'il liy liis j;raiiilamit, tlm .Mar.(iiisi' ilo la liiaiiKf, to tho Ituiu to 1 u Monod — Concert for workmen of Mr. ^'"^^•^"'^'^^I'f ';L,I,op 1 al been burned _ Account and criticism Sn'^u'l^^MuS^- Presentation of address^by workmen to liottschalk PAai 35 CHAPTER V. Mr Plevel Erard-Caricatured by ' Cbam'-Anecdotes-Journey to '^wit'er and-' Le songe d'une nuit d'6te-Taken ill at Roushes- C V/certs a »4onHva-(rrand Duches. of RuBsia-l'nncess Weyma — O K^ V^erdon for hospital a-r the ^g' ^l^o^Il^^l^iSd n hi,n_\oti.'e in ' La France Musicale,' by L. Encudier— Lrititib,ii b Oscar Commettant; ' J'arisian Press,' by 1 '; -^'^f ' ,f^; '^'^'''" ^^"^ I'lnstitut), Escudier, Fiorentino, and Theophile Gaiitier . • 42 CHAPTER VI. Return from Switzerland to Paris-Leaves for Madrid-Visits Bor ,le lux Pau, Tarbes, Bayonne-Dinner given to him by Monseigneur Domn't Canlinal Archbishop of Bordeaux-Notices of press and criticisms of artists-Concerts for benefit of the poor . . • o CHAPTER VII. Arrival in Spain-Concerts at Bilboa-Concert for ^«?f"\«f *:):°/^i: ..ored— Called before audience seventeen times-A ^'l^'^ ' " " f'p »'r„ep -injury <» Li. f "5" l^^>:^S^St2 celebrated bull-tighter, Jose Redondo with *'\\,f " "^'^^i^'^Lcaves Montes-Presents by Duke and Duchess de Moiitpuisar i.cavc^ Spain for Paris and New York . , • 59 CONTENTS, VU PAOS 35 42 CIIArTER viir. Arrival in Now York — Rarnnm's offer doclinid — licavcs fnr New Or- l,.,^,is — Concerts in New York and Pliiladi'liiliia — Conperts at New Orleans — (iold medal i)resented to him — V.eturns to New York — Concert at lioston, and news of his father''! death — Leaves for New Or'oans — Pays his father's dehts — Publishes ' Lai.t Mope,' etc. — Eighty concerts from 1855 to 1850 — Death of his mother— Returns to the Antilles, in company with Ailelina Patti — Composes 'Colum- bia,' etc. — His rest at Matouba — Other pieces composed — Acain at Havana — Organizes a great festival with eight hundred musicians — ' La Nuit des Troijinues' — Created Chevalier of the royal and distin- guished order of (Charles III. hy Queen Isabell.a — Arrival and deatii of his brother Kdward in New York — Max Strakosch's offer accepted — Eleven hundred concerts given — Leaves San Francisco for South America — Arrival and tour in South America — Lima, Montevideo, lUienos Ayres — Concerts given for iH-nelit of Fren h, Oerman, ami English hospitals— (iold medals — Hio Janeiro — Marked att. iiiion from Dom Pedro and Queen— Attacked with fellow fever— Visits to Emperor l)(mi Pedro — Soiree in his lionour at Emperor's pahKe, San Christorao — Emperor's delicacy — Kindness of Emperor during his sickness— Public reception hy ch-rgy of Imperial College of Alcan- tara — Concert at Valenza— His last concert — Faints at piano and conveyed houit, — Illness — Conveyed to Tijuca — His decease . 66 54 CHAPTER IX. Notices of his death— His funeral under the cnj^trol of the 1'- ilharmo- nio Society — (Jreat lamcn.tation in Hio— Hurial in cemetery of San .lose Uaptista — Orations at his grave— His intentions aftirr leaving Brazil to visit Great Britain — On receiving news of death his sisters leave London for T.'ow "i'ork— (^ottschalk's body brought to New York — Conveyed to St. Stephen's Church — Funeral eehdiration — His bixly, with that of his brother Edwanl, conveyed to Orcjnwood Cemetery — Monument erected by his brother and sisters POSTHUMOUS CRITICISMS. GOTTSCHALK A9 A MAN GOTTSCUALK AS A COMPOSER AND PUNIST . 79 80 59 VUl coy TENTS. NOTES OF A riAXTST. CIlAl'TKR I. Fir.t vibn,.,'i-r stoin- „,,„.. ..m.-ers-lu.-iaout on tho >toa.u...- iVoui Now OrloMUS-C o.mts M ,U- Ca^snto aii.l Malaiiorta— Mc'tin^ of thf counis in ^paui— mu- ' ; i; , ,u.i,l..ur,._Firs\ .vonin^: in llavaua-Kn,lisl. travoU.rs ,n ,, ,i,,. ,„. ,Ji „iu. ,„ t,av.-lU.r. in their a.-.-unts ol ^'•--^^ "' "'^ -U'ln.-s aiwl ,.,mn.rt-i..viU..l to pahuv by Marshal ftonaiio- Opora of 'I'.t. ChaniiKtr,. Cul.ai...'-"■•"■'>;'""« hl.n.lro.l i...rforuu.rs-h>m„M.s,. lahuur i" P'ttn.}-' '' "l'- 'I'rV' irounos ,.xiHTto.l at Havana-Trimni.h of 'I ra^-.ala-h I.mI ot li.l- viata Ol, th'. lacli.■s-l■:nthu^iasn. lor ].a (ia//.a!UKa- 'artRM ol 1m .jz- zolini an.l (iaz/a..if:a-La farto^i-Strilo r.Miow.Ml WU:c,-n tl.o parti.'s— lnt,.rf.MviRM. of autlioi-iti.'s— Trip U) Canl.-nas— Kxi-or s .ma i,•aa.•^vith riut,.(l t>tatos-No(.-cssith-s of a th city— < hurch an,l thoatr..; of n Yank.'., city, h..t.'!, ..hnr.-li, u<■^^^y■^vrv """;.•; ""'^ i-on.vrt hall— Con.-.'rt at Canl..nas— K.tnrii to Havana— liilh.;ul- tk'S of the road 89 CHAPTKR II. (• .n.trv of tl,.. Antilh-^^-Iiitcrior ..f Cul.a— Su-ar pIant.ntinns-Tr..at- „„.nt" ..f slav,..-l.if.' .-xt Cayn,ito-l!ats~Hooks_ ,.• ^■i;-i'-)\ ';'t r..n,l,-rs the J^pani.ar.K unhappy-Hnihark lor M Ihoinas— ,st. Do- nun.'o an.l its assoHati.ms-Tah's at tie 1„tsi,1 — Bras (<.ui..— A-;7ssinati(.n in !^t. Doniin-o— .Instifkation of tho no^jro.'S— Ksrape of faniilv I.. N.-w Orh.ans— St. Th..nias— hivit,iti..n Innu -ov.^rnoi- t;,,,„.rall-Thr...>com-,.rts— Hv.'ntofth.M.v.'nin-— Ch.-valu'r.h.h — Kiv.U.ri.'k Harl.aronssa— Hiivcaiu'ers— Harhan.ussa s tow.'r ami f,„.,,.,...;_X,.f;n, ir.a.litions- St. Thomas :. fr.'.. ymrt— Th.- .•x.-hanp^ of Vh.' lwon.nlin..u' — A nav.al station of ^Mvat inii.ortan.-.— U'llow fev.T— Town of St. Thon.;^s— I'i.mr.'s.iu.. IV't.'S at th.' l'..rt .)l I'ran.o on tlu' inau.Mirati..n of th.' statu.- oftli.' i'lnipn'ss Jos.'plnn.'— ( .mc.'rt —\'\<\\ to Mr. I!, at I'hi/.n.'la— li.'.vptiou at I'.in..'- C.n.'.'rts a.li.s —IWrc.'hma (la C.t.' femi.-)— Hs.'ap." of Ih.' Ihisati lannly— IL'siu- talitv ..f th.. .■r.'..l.'S— Ma.la:u Ihisati— dp.'ra troapo want.'.l at St. ]>i,,,.;v_l','„lVssor of pian.. wanto.l— K.'t,'r.'t on l.'i vinix Martmi.iu.— I'ian.. m.-i.h' liv ll.'uri ll,.,/— I!,'p..rts of my .h'alh- Fnn.'ral h..nia^;.' tu the bard of'tho tr.ipicn- Ucsciiptioiiof biipcrb culourud ungravaig 'JO CONTEXTS. i% 89 i)'J niAl'TER HI. PAiiE N,.w York onro moro-Pix yavs lo„lisl,ly H,...nt-r.oan>inf: at ra,.,l...u _Cn,u-,..-,l .MV.s.-lf in a ,l,.s..n-Liv,- l.k.. a hrnuit-lNH.r l^nl t„i .-m- paninn— iVM-i-ii.tiuii oC .■al.in ami suiTn.in.lin- s.',.n,T.v— ..tMl"'so 1 Krnon.ls mni.- • l.a Man-lu- .los (Jil,am..s,' ' Pnlo.na, • < u ,m>b, , Tastoivlla .. CavalluMv,' M..ui,..ss..,' ,.f.-My va,v'alH,n;l hi.' u- stn,v.l In ni.— l.ivin;,' tl,.. \\U- of i,ni„itiv.. ';">'""'"— Z, J ";'^*: '.',''" _<„akos.l. oll-.TS an .■n^as.Mn,.nx-l a.v..i.t-lNH.s.v and v,.utl.- Con.cit at N.'w V,Hk— lii.l.anl llnUiuanan artist nii.l a -.■ntl.man— Tlu. artist is n,..>vl,anais,.-Tl... ,.r..ss .f tlu, ''"i"; ^''"'■^- '; ';^;- tni-s— 'Mun.uuvs Koli.Mis-— Kn,i,t.n..ssnl liu.uan liinKs— 1 nst-'">- c...-t at N-w V,„k-l.oss,.>-\Vallar,.-lianuuus o.!...-l'atl... s ,„j,>,li..,..-I....-iv,. for N.'U- (h-l,.aMs-|.:Mtl.us,astu; '•"'■'■l",",".'-' ; [: isian rrimtatinu— Tlirown ,.n n.y own n.so„nvs--l'ai.uly ..l.liga nm.^ —I'av n,v tath,.r's ,l,.l,ts-Tnur in NfW Hn-lana-l' .rst r,v..,i,ts at ]V,ston-l)is«mrag.'nirnt-koss,s-KrtMrn to New ^ orl.-k.4 .'i front tl.o Connt,.ss .le riavi,'ny-llall-s „llVr-^.uv,.ss-llal iml)- lislH.s ' he lianjo- iuu\ ' l.a M.rrli..,' .■tc.-l!ap>'l .al.— kasf Hoi-, first sola for liltv aoUars-lIall ,,urrliasca it troii. tl..^ i,ul.lisl,w tor ,,,m.. i,ri,.— lunumso uuiuImm- sin..- soM- N.'W V,rk as bnllia.t n isil- as in l.sr.T-l'on'i-n journals on til.- V •— M..st ^..v,-rnni,-iitMn- t..r.-st,Ml in thu fall ..f tlo-'r.-iniUi.— It:nor;auv..f f..ivi^;n.-rs ^ouv^^n- in- tlo- Ui.it.-a ^tat.-s-Iii.tan,M.s of this ,;;iioran..--l.a.-uiia .n o,i.r (■ivili/.ati..n— liri-uoli— Cuiui-aiiion of the .k-sert l..llo«s luo t.. .^.■^^ Yi.rk CHATTKR IV. -Flour Chifa'o—Citv raisoa from tm t.. t\vv\vv f,.rt— ll-.u.- raism-- ana --rain "at ilu.-air,.-Mihvaiik.-.— lianu.-r ..f '(in-ai llol., in tlie Dav'— Si.uix niassam- in .Miiui.-sota— I'l.ilharuioni.; s.M-..-ty, tli.-atr.-, an.'l ronc-rt hall at Milwauk.-,— F r-ii.l. .'.-k -iv.-s a ai"n,-r-Ama- ,l,,,it— C.invov .if wouu.lo.l— M>.'lii.ii.ali.iii ot Mi^s aiii tours of ''r.-at I Ni..litiii-al..s— T.M.-.l..— Kap- f,.r conv.Tsi..n— ilauall.-n (( anada — EuHish s..l,li..rs-Musi,-al fast.- not ,l..v.-l..poa-.s.-v.;r listen to to. ju.i.li,— IJi.hopof Chi.-ati.i-M.Ul.-. I'atti-Air.vtm- in.-ia-nt at sta- ti„n-I,...-khorl-kin.-..ln i.ai-a.uis a ymn- soMu'r .•.m.l..mn,..l to d.-ath-St. I,.mis-J^.H-i.-ty.tivia.-.l into di.iu,-s-C atlo. u-s in it- inajoritv-ti.-nuan jM-ofc-ssor ..f niusi,-^ Maladroit imitation <.t th,, .rn.at i.'r..f,->sor of li.mii— S.ap n..t iiifonipatihl.,- with i:rmn>^--M;x^> at Father Hvairs .hiuvh— Why .lo.-s Ih.- pri.-st -.-t out ol tin- k.-y .— Hacr,..l nuisi.— S.-r.-nn.l.- to (ioi.oral H.Uh-.;k-Aui.oiino.s ^r,-at vie- torv, ami also a sa.l .ml— fin.-innali-l.il.ia.y ..I doling M""^ '^'; r- cantil.' Asso.-iati.ui— ('..inm.-r.-.. of Cin.-innati lu lar.l aii.l hams- Visit sla.mht.-r h.ms.— Ja.-ks.urs d.-f.-at ..f jiauks-^-.-y.-uth r.-;:!- mont of N.w Voik-l!i..t in Ualtim.u— lia.l '"'^""'^-p'!";'''''; I cert at I'hilad.-lphia-' l.Tnion- -x.-it.-s gn-at ,.,,thu>iasiu-A . r con,.-.-rts in X.-w York ami I'hila.l.aphia l--v,. ';''■ ^^ ''~'''";r .';"- Auxious to see aiiuy of tUo IVtoiuat— luoideut ou the way to \\ aaU- CONTEyTS. p .„,ton in 185G_Wintor of ff^-£^:^ Jl^^Si^S: Jability-Trains tak.n for tn-.-ys- n "^^/.f ..,,,„, ,,„urs-Car 1UU-.1 ui. for k.tch.'u-Me. s t . '^ ^ j;,^, „„,.„Ho.l as „urs...-l'.UU ,,u„.lr-.l and fifty ^^""^^ , I ery-Couiforl of sleeping cars . volunteer corps New \ork aimuiy 132 CHAPTER V. convent of tl.o Si.tor« of the VisitatJ^n-IJanglUer of Oen-.^^ ^°!!l-r,.sentation l^v the lady supen^'^J^^^^^^^^^ ll.Her-Titiens, Negr.n., "^^'^ ^,"" ' ^'^ t vLiutiful in the world- ;„• Music at nul-l'-lP ;;,'^- on ot t > -J ^.^ ^.^,^,,^ V^'T'V?'^ Concert at ^^ ""'""a'""-";^ ">i, ,„ .> minister, I5aron b^tuikc-l, Mr. Merrier, Mr. de Tassera ''« f^^ ^e inati-l'lavs tl,e nat.onal Blon.lel, Belgian '"''V'^''', , M hVcoh-lHs person and cha.acter- air of each <">'"try-- '■•^'^''l' "'i''^'^Xur annoyan.e-Anglo-^axou Cneert ah.ne at ^Vor^ester-AmaU .^_^_,^^^^^f ^^_^,^,^.,^ p^ „>ethod of playing m«s,e ^vludyjj 1- «^^^ ,^,, f,„.,„, ^ judpn.en - -it,„s_Knglislnnan hetore a picUir., ■ , . ,. i,,^'^ „msic hall— A So-Saxon lacks the r::}:itS^^^^S^>^-^^ -«""""* "^'"^ tuccess of aeronaut '"^t 'attle of K.thmo ^ ^^_^^^^.^,^j "-"""^""ons York volunteers— Mr. B., aturiur, "" yy^^ ]?.•» marvellous llMr. n. forn.s an Italian "V-^^Ji^^P^ll^ec-md cc.ncert at I'rovi- to let said to cost five thousand do'aTf _,,,,,,,„.,„n_p„rtsmouth S::;i!^rilln.an_^l.ns.. r.T-;3 l^'Lrnun>-l-ortiand, a eharming town-1'relty girls m^^^^.^^,^, ,,f j,,,,, .luan-^u- , Maine-Magnificen concert-^a^^^^^ ^^^^ i^„i,t-t*).nngtn;ld, „i„i_Mistake of the amati-iirs •"»• ' , ' jUirlington, \ er- Massachusetts-Matinee ^,^i:;'^^;^^ii,[^e^-n«vrid Fn^-^ oi ^ mont— Hishop Hopkins— <^>"/"«^.-;_st i^^^^.^ence River— Visit to iCcanaclians-Montreal-La C^^^^^^^ ^, , f Boston Alvargo Island-Kaugh er of '^"7''" „,„,re_auel.ec-' L'Ar.ge de- \ ss Reed— Captain Blair— Lord l^*}"™''^ , "^^riests— Convents— -^V^'f Kalkbre mer-Streets «'r^H*l,Tc „.«lians-Iiitern>entof tLi.i:^i ^-r-'^nlJuS^'^nusl -^evl^ - the Esplanade a s..rgeant of ^^^'^^"[r CanrltL v cabul^ 1>"""'>''^" ^""^^ 145 ■;^.SXS:^^^S^^^ of Parliament . • CHAPTER VI. .Billad to tho moon,' hy Alfred .;|"^;i;:\i;Jt-Dion Rm.ci'."^^^ F uchman-Kingston-Toronto-^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Batavia-Indian t""'l'--^"\« ^^J^ 'l^chool gins' pKiiic-Klnura —Most heautiful country in the «oi 11 ^, ^.frio— Roni.— I tica — Zoswego-Cominerce of OsweRO-L.il- JJ t;^^^^ i,,,i_ Reports Charming town-( eneral »UCk an ^^^.^,. ^.^j^.^e Er.e- ahout McClellan-Clevelaml-bJi;iay,^^^.^^^^^^_^^^^^.^ Madam S -^ 132 CONTEXTS. , «<• a:.,^iilTr nlfivill"' — Scntrh molo- Sinsnlar noticc-Tho f^^l^^^J^SS^uS' W y-l-.t.i fight- jA PAOS -San.lusky-W arrant ''f '^" ^^-J^; ^^ f ju.l.Mu-nt on a.t-Win.l Monclu-,'-lnto"so oo , at i^.\ ^^ •^\\_a,, .Li^lu-i. of Cin.innat Lat..s-Whi.'h most o be f^-:'-*''^/.'^ •':,„, Hiblfs-Inaianap. ati I ,i,_Major un.lor arrest-*. • ^"< w ^' '" ^_,,i,„. .rtiU.ry-Hat- 145 at that i.u-si, uii^ ""*'~'i"i":„'V.,lo— Suoc.-ss at Chicago— Clii.-ago niorft CHAPTER VII. 159 Last • „^Tiipir number — Effect upon me — of conccrts^__given •- Their numDe .^^ ^^^^^^ _ ,,st tour o^ «""'^"* .,f!;f\vish 1 give three concerts in one day- Tlionglils of t'|«/^'f "f ~:, ,„,,,,,iitlH.d it-Uomantic cause ot my Theflr>*t i.ian.^^t who has ■;<;»';7;^. ^..ly a fasliional-le luxv.ry, f,aur.^A clan, for ^^ '"J" ^ l^^''^4^t'',°,,o^,^ appreciated by many and music an _«g;;««£^^X dillnhe'rited bV thought-Lauu-r- __I)o not write lor these J""." „_„,,„ nhvsical ulienomenon— tine'B description of ""'^'^-S" Neura ^i^^^^^^^ Its in"««"«'^-^'^.^7'^;,°lr Phn^deS Year's Day -A Smith"— ' lleruause,' why composed CHAPTER VIII. SpringneU (niinols)-9t^ichol^^<^:;^HbnU^: -;! -- \ifi;ations-Concert ^^.^^'^^S "^-J.^^^^^^^ of Schiller's ron from New 'Jrauada-Soldiers prescm ^^^^ ^^^,^ . WaUensteiu--Squint-eyed e^'""'''r^,'^"™ecou to General who could make tweuty-flve percuss o^^^^ ^^^,^.^^,^ j„ ,.., --riii^iJiSrfluS t^£clt|nt^ S^^S^^l^ tir^tl^'of SS::e-iiorror of slavery made Xll COXTKSTS. mo cmanr'niat.' my nosrroos tin- loiistitutii'ii— f^'ii'lii ''■'"' CuloiiL'l EllnWdilh . Vu-rnu'iii/i' Imt niii" pr'niii'l'', tli:"' "' ii|iiiii tvvi) iidlilicMl < rrots — No illu- Mrxiuiaria— M;ush:ill House lloU'l— ISO ClIAl'THR IX. V, ,„. ;UuhMnh-rs to • Mason's Musi.al ^^'l''''^/''" '-'' 'r,'' , ,; ,"■„.„„,. Jonruar-l^anry but '">'M-'''lH^-^';>'"r, ^;' '^ ' I ' bnanliu^'-s.hool, tbo n...st iut.rrst.nf,' . .Mu.-ut- l.a>t 1 - n ,1 ' V's o,;ila-Tho ral,.i.'at..,l IWWIiov.m.-TIu; -ivat ,l,;a,l ! 1 ons f, • ,v I Ul,' • iu,..s .ouunitlra in tl,..ir nau.- :_Cho,„n-l.as nou- t' l ' o art-l-U.l.worsbiiUMM's-IMuHoriciausulHy/.antnnu- 'n .' 4r a ■ A,|.,.r>.hus-lloinnan and b,.e.-lV,..tbov..n, l„s. , ,1 1 ■ ' — «-.piuiou of u,ys,.U-My ...sist-un- for l.lt,...u uioutb. tin 'pet 1 .i;-How avoi.l beenuuMj; brutah.e, _( omu,,. n tha ol ■^'•''1' ' " , >^, ,„„.k„t l,nnks-l)isr.vct tnomls-lb-n- at Kbuira-l'iauo fui-bi,l.U.u-Sun,lay at < 'M"; M^'.^ -';/ • f^^ 1. , Tl,,' ui-esrnt uTation of Heedicrs— W illiauisport, 1 a.— t (i, ; ::;^\:.u.s-.u..u.>-al Scotf s opiuiou „f Lee_-I>..spaleb tn.m t - (i ■ Tno.- of l...uusylvania-Volunte.T u,il.ta,-y \"""'--\ 1 '' " ;.,s-lnit,.,lbytlu.i.: liativd of thm—lireat eons en.at.o -1 a- loio , ..tin>/or...anizea-Coneert-MaaaUi StrakoR.'lj-lnniuy , , > ' t s-Hariii-Carb. Tatti-Wbat a fan. ly !-.\u ineoni- : a e vo m^ ,Sn elos.es tbe ball ou tiptr,e_A,lyise,l ,>ut,,n. o^ I Ut at llarrisbup^-tieneral Hwell-r^tuart "t boes u >- Won.au-s i,aa,inatio„-IK.r .nlb,eu..e .'''/"''-,♦':'•; /'^.''t. Cmau.-t of rioutberu wo,„eu-Stron-nnna.'a ^^, ui en <'* '^' ;\ 7 ,Ha-l''eu.ab.s of ^■.•u- 0,-leans-My fnena s s aten,ent-(.em'ial t er-Mi«s Beauregard-Laay De Forli-Cha.'b,ttc Corday . . lOO rTIAPTRR X. Williamsport-Fresb telegram ^^^'^ ^'-^r'^!'-^'^^'.^^^ \n .b.feuee of capitnl— Mv eousius-Oue m tbe ^."•t'",'";, , .-M,.. tbe Snubern lu-n,y-lla,erstown in tbe 1"-'--'; ;:_,;; ^^^.^ rat,.s-()n tbe roaa to llar.Msbur^r-hveiTboa.Mn^' t,u \ ,1.,1, „.e do ^-Onuvrt out of ..uestion-Koad obstn de < , .;| J^ t,ai„s, wa.ons of all .orts. eto.-Train stops ''";"•''-.' . I! ^^^ over tiio Sus4uebanna-Ch-eat ansu■ty-^Vomen, dead N^^tb in.ut, coyTj:xTs. XUl ISO lOO do not .VMS,. tnlkiiiK — TinMl of snsr.-ns( — Mrnltosrl. M.'u ,m, Amrlia I'Mtti, ana nivsi'lf pM .mt of tl,.. ,M.s-Station ..MnnnlKjr.l l.y inountMiiis of iniiil<'<— IHscovi-r my t«o (.i.-uios— CUirU.Tiii- ^..n>— '11, IV,' tlioii^aiwl uicM at work on tin- iiitiviiclmu'iits— ( l.i>:y I'liuu tlici.iM.lv, 's at til,' disposition of tlic (ioviii..!- for .l.-f.^nc- ol llo' city _Tn'.ops from N,'W .lcrs,y an,l N.^w Vork-N,w York "'■portor,— S^nsational n.^ws— Pinner, rr,.nUcm,'ii 1— The poor l.larUs— ( attlo ,lriv,.n t.,wanls iIh- monntains— licnoral Milroy .l,.|cat.'.l_-A vonn- man insl killed on llic fortilh-itioiis— lieport coiuvrimin M,'( 1,'llan- Knovv M,CI,41an— nl,l men, uomcn, and eliil.lren 1,'avin- the eit.v— Mnrmnis a-ainst l'hilad,.|phia-Heauret;ard-s faetoinm and harl"T _l;-,i„.,n— His sin-nlar history-.\ little Spanish hoy adop|,.,l i,y me in Spain-Thc^ tocsin sonn.ls— Hands parad,' the sti,'ets— \\ hat d.H.s military .■nthnsiasm amount to .'-Which si,U' is truth ?— Jclhrson Uavis on om^ sid,', and Lincoln on tiic other, order thanks "to the Almi-htv— The panic i,i,.,vases— A pMn^ral s.u,r, ,/,ra\viu- tor riMrmts com- ni,.,„.,.,l— Irish resist— Uioters hurn railroad hrid-e at ll.-'em— Troops (.rden.d from Morris's Island — ' Trihiuie ollice Imrned — rn.s,.nted \vith hasket of ilow,'rs—lMtchlmi-h— Nashua— .N.'ws ot takin- of I'ort Hudson received— Maiuhcstcr— Forced to give up coucL'rt !08 CIIArTER XI. 0„ a tour— Madoinoiselle CoiMU.'r, Bri-uoli, Cnvlo Tntti, Helnvns, Max Strakos.'h. Ashforth— Behreirs weaknesses— D.'Viv,., ".''vy— A hh-siii" to hot(d proprietors— A tempest ot snow- hockloiu— Yimm- ladies' seuiinari,'S— Cultivatint,' the mind and improvm- tho tast,- "imperative amoiif; Amcrh'au women— l'r,.fer our system ot o.lucatin- women to that of Hurop,— A sleigh nd,'-Its .lisaereo- al,l,,„,.ss— Winter triu' season for inspiration— ^lacrilic,' mysell— Kn 'M'^^J ' ,,., „i,,„,r„tic city-Can;- _Fi-fia.mt Hall ; <''^'":'* '';,'„ .i,v_lts f,.uiul.T-Lain.- "udi- e„co - Sunday - J"l "« ''; ?l^,.,p,..,,ts from the d.'uf and dumb Institution for D.af '^'' . " i^^* a^^f, .luml.. and Mind-S,.r.nK- _L..tt..r from 'f "'^ •'^;//,^ , '"ac id.-nt whilo ,.laying-Arnve in fleld-Sniall .ui.lienc.--Ui n» a a,,,,.,!,^,, ,,nn.a .lonna- New York-lKd.ut of M .« H^^^ l>l«y ..uatuor ..f »f i,''"^;; ,7,^ . [JEpiHcopalianH an.l Lont-Stam- ism disa,.,..ar.nK .n ^^^ }^^^!^^ .ir s-H.'-apiM^aranc. of BrignoU ford-Two larn-' coll.'g s [^ >"""]; ^^ Mario-Ma/.ze,.t of the ^^^^^-^l^^.VYl^^'^-.iVph.'rablo conccrt-Sil-nco horns-llis fear of ^''%,'''' *Z ,,,,„,e;t when- pim-s not encored „.1„,„_" Short and sweet — Unly '^"'"^^^ •• " .._.> <.n„i"_" Charley _MuHical celebrities who ''^^^o succeed.^ in. -ham ^^^^^^_^^^^,^^ .^ such a one, f.rst-rate 'I""" ^^ } ",?^,, t^, at table-Manners of eredulity of A"ier,can8-Manm^ ^^^^,.,,^„j j,,^ ,,,, men, from being " too nun y " P ' " 'y ^^k_j,nrL'e audien.'e— Bha^neful .legradation-MaUnee at ^ ;^^J;"'-;,,_it,t..rson, Nev. Departure of 1 irst "'^b;" J"^ .'^'^y i'^.^.t place in the world to Jersey-Nine t.ckets-I^^^w J^J^^ey P^ ^^^,|,^^„„,, .-xperienco- give concerts .n - !=''':'» I'^^^f^^.^.^; philosopher right _ Concert m Ignoble observation - *;'*'„;''^^,, ioermau opera broken up for iJ'ew York for benefit of ";Y"!""TiY^,i "pUia_Lil,eral movement ^•ant of money-Fine <^""'^'^'*/^.i;"£Jderson-Reasons for being making way-New York, l^^y.-^^^Ss everywhere-Unfortunate proud of hi"'-N»'-.^\'»l^-^*"i^"^ue M_-Hand8omest little hall in U-''\':^^r::^::'^:Z^:^^r.., intelligent, ..legant- CHAPTER XIII. , >. • v Travelling music master-Arrive at Norwich- ^Xfetr'^A^^mirJ/TuSces himself- Singular personage- COSTEyTS. m FAOI 'hrpo I'S llf rt in ics — Caiii- loVi'Il n tlui aiiili- tdstoii (liiinb l>riiiK- •ive in iiniii — iritan- -Stam- rigiioli iractiT what act of 11 — Kk- iiil and ^ili'uco, I'licorud Jliarltjy alii's in iiicrs of to, li'sa lieiK'o — 11, New vorlil to •ieiice — ncort in 1 up for lovt'inijnt 'or liping rortuiiate e hall in ■U'Bant — k, 1 h>ve scgara-^ toil, play ' Honin, —Sunday . 231 JJorwich — rsouage — •MuRie Valo'-A pr.Mt-r amatonr of whlf^kpy than of mu«lo-N.-w ih a ;■ r . -.-V:.!..... Variaiii, Ivlward Honiuan-Uj.hanl uiS':!';::.. -S-1^^^ I, .ai 1 avi ur-().i furUmgU-OtlUvrs say no ri.ht to ..„ntn,l t .^,1 ; .IV ts of wliiskfy-CoiuxTt at llaltiinor— .ov- for 1 1 . ,, , t« ......i.h'-Tlirir lovo for art-Cou-.Tt at WashiUK- ; . '" , „ (•,„i...„-i__\,lvciituro on roail l)ai'k to Wasliin;;- olr'si^^k^hT ;:[ U " • Iman :.;:i"u.t_.'on..,.,.t at Washin.ton ' Wrts w t 1 1 his la.lv-Mrs. hinooln-hin.-h. .lo.s .mt «..ar ;r, V i 1 H— - '^"'l 'laughtor-Concrt at Washington-hi.n.- t in t.(i n •;,■ 1 (irant and statf-(irant ma.l- Li.'Ut-nant- ...n..ra l- M :aui Variani sings ' Star Hpanglod "-"-'-^-l-JJl^ i; ^ fill,.,! with Kol.li.Ts-rart.'ir.', l.ox..», and onhrstral fetalis -i.'^i'l'" ? 1 d V, onstra.ioi._Syn,.athi/.o with South-l.av. for , -"^ ;^ Lu....!! i.r..v,-iit.Ml s.-v.-n or .-ight tiin.'S from giving cone Is tl. rt— I^^ , ;; ^1 'of Ilarrishurg-^'on....H at >'<'"^t-honso-;.^M|W o of th- adics-1'iani.sts, howarf l-Charnung audi..nc.--( 'v"" » >"" ou rm I hv the gong-A rcginu'nt of v.-terans-Adv.... uio of M l.nos.'l ,. V..stvali, 'the Hup.-rh'-" He n.-v.-r plays hut hm o n .nusi.--Liko th'e white man in the "-»'<' ''.■fj::"^-^^,"^ affliotinL' gift — What Berlioz sai.l-Criticisin — I ach -1 - Mr. Ko Ou-1 V t-l>.scriptiou of Lam^aster-Chnhhy-fac. ch.Mr,.n-^ 'r- 1 a maiwu.rs-Change of weather-C.-ncrt at 1 l''^-'^ '••;;.«- i;^; ,.ruor and Hecr-tary of State Prf^-'^-'*'''^''"'" '';;,;'! [,"of iH.twcn Kast and W-'st-lVniisylvania more polite tl'-|"/" '««■ ; l,r!uiant sisfrs-Hethlehem-ViUageH, towns in >"""- ■;^- MagnifRvnt conrert-Moravian ^'hurch and seminary-A «ag.,r A proSr of music !-U'it little swearing and drunkenness . . 24. CHAPTER XIV. Concert at Easton— Artists' room— Ladies and gentlemen of Bethle- lem accompany mc-' Cradle Song' sung in the train-l'att. sing- iig high tcno. -Young girls dancing to late hour-Leave He hle- le^u_ Waving of handkerchiefs from seminary -Sad s'Kl't« «* Btaton-- Contingent of conscripts -Saght to become our national air-Sadly heroic- r^'t"f--Vu,gm nts, how formed-Slander and calumny-The first f^l The V.cr nursed hy the jealous-Ma.z.olini-Ovat.on to Hrig- no i-Boe hoveu aa symi-honist, as composer for the p.ano-Beet- XVI coyn:yTs, rviB I f iiiii.ili'iiiT' — isn III;;, rciiii.-v n .im.i — ■ • ^ . ^.r . Lr or .1... .own plav. r.ma.y on Ho; lU.l. t''!- '-;!;; Wil ianiMiort-l'-nnsvlvMnla ll..' li.li-t ol Hi- Mnt..- ,■.■! linnwiy S^liakustli— I'ul'liu will lio flioiilf.l this ev.ning • CHArTKK XV. _Au -Saxon iu>n;:iMatiou not M.tli.i..ntly a.fvj.-l.c'av, .^ .u- !,„■ _\ nionn,...--T>o not iH'li.'V in w< " w'"' »^'^'; ^ '!""• 1 ,r~_So g a.oH-I-is/t, Clioi-in, an,l t!,,. (i,.nnans_(l,opm'« ^:;S:';o;,;^.;"-.Cy-l^,.ular in ;. /,;■-;;:.„;;- j:[,;:,';.£ .,,l„rs-Co".v.t at l!rn..klyn-Str.n«ay ,.n,l ''' l^' •'^- ', ' ''^ \rtwl iM'ih't IS muinMii --i i.i.^ ..■•■ .... couiijany iUul'S . 2G4 co\ti:m>i. XVU ill- -All IH nill- IliH n'crt I out .•Ul'l n I'nr n,i:iy U to [rish- luticr ' lull — toll — ■■uiia- Cllll- iiilm- ili'iirs N.^w- tlii'ir Hiiii's a.lv— nil" ill lli'l|illS '. 'M'"'- iiiiiary laii.l— S|ili'ii- inilV— rnliccrt I licaril lli>li(ii) -Wliat ii-a,-.'.! lllrl- nil [ildarll- itti mill atrint — isi' vlio jichl'iMlrt artist a ifts liko tlio iii- ;iL;ali(iii..Ml l;i.li..s— l.;„,.|isl, ..Ilir.TM l,iM...,-S 1.1 .-"'■.■"■t, Mil ,,i.r..s ,.n.„,v,l-->un«l.in.. I'Mlti— Wliat a iM'antifnl tiling iii..,li.iii.' iHl— Aniv at 1 ivM-,tt— |.i.-l,t vari a-..— MM.Iauh- .!,• I.a-niup— Invit.^l to tak- luiwl.-- nTki.oVii iiain— Kn,lia.,t,.,l 1,„„.,._ Its ii.istn.Hs- An u. an ilo i„„„vssioi,-(iraii.Maii-l.i.Tof V,.s,.Mr.i,.s-Mran,l..loi. tli,. ImmKs „,;,„, St. |,a«ivii,v- N,it tn'atr.l with r,.s|H.,t-l',iivious iii-.tlMrs— liuhiMi-Ma.laiii.'M.Tliii-Wliat lias 1 on. ' l.,.|— ron.v.t-.Not ft I,,, aiLli,.. I.i.t svn.pathot'i,— Anvst.Ml-A.liHirahlo caii.loi.,- of lli.rinsti r tlo' |M.a"rr— .liistic.. wU a.lniiiiislo.-..,! |_>i,l,.n— Imii- l,a,k tVon. Kin>.'slon for Capo St. Viiir..nt-Stiakosrh •"''■■■'-•;'''<-;» ..ai.si/.,..! srh .,.r-l{.niin.lo,l of tho .loatl. ot a l.orso in a hi. Il-l.t _I ■init at faio f*t. Vin.oiit— A lamlloid's wc^honi.— li.a. Ii W ator- ,„«.ii— (iivo n.ii.vrt at s.^von o'clock on aoconnt of wo.kin-nici. rt l,all— TiriMl ,„.t— rtica— Hoantili.l .•l.iir.lo's— As.vlm.. l.ir tli- m- Naii. — lloa.l iilivsirian oiio of onr iTioii.ls — Coiiroit and warm iiu.licnr.— Sloop "at ho-pital h.v invitation of tl.o .|o,|ni->pii itnal ,i.a.iilo>tations— Til. haunt,..! hoii>,.-Tlw fw.. y..n.i- ni.M.-Un.M.la ,,„„„„„„itv — liivit.'.l t.. visit th.Mn— 1-ill.MMl l.nii.lr...l a.rosol stiaw- l„.ni,.s— Svia.ns Ha.l l.ot.'l-liailioa.l .i-.wsinj.'s— A provMoii.'-i lor Am.Mi.aii raiUvavs— Syra.nso always t;iv''s w fi k"""' iiii'ln'ixo —Osw.M'o ri'inarkahl".. lor its siU.ati..n— Alwa.vs j.lay with pl.^asiir.) at (isw.^'o— 1).. not coii.lii.lo till' r.MiMpts p„,,|— On.- thiii- ni.moy .■aiinot nil.— .!va.oi,v, say in, tl.U A,.|,..i,.a .van ll.. -;;• ^'^^ '; is^a 'nit .,1 with Ur,.' - Tr,.n..,.au ,l,vn,,.s lus atl-nti-m o I:;:;;,vAn'!:.■i^an-l^^v,■r-Ki.■ora-l^..,u,,..•.-Ma...unuuv..-^.la-_^^^ tun -(iriilas ilclight in iiuirtio ciiAi'TKU xvni. T,.n.nt,.. Cana.la-Snv-H. ..on..,.r.-Cunv,.rsatin„ ^-'^l--:^;;J^:;Z I), ., Imi.'IwIl .'riitlnii.'ii— S i.irk til .(/»"»/•/'<■"/"■■— 1 "ii-li ' lU,!"" \ ^. W ,.n ti.U.ts shunLt U- sol.r-' John Marvin,.,,,, h •;;;:->- : r," ,ir'-''t'ull,vt,,r of- ll.r Ma.i.Hty's ..,>st...us - wo l^a ...« His:a^ss;^>;i'!r;;;-^^^^^^^^ ^ T''-^;':r :::;; ;i;;^l^:;:;;,s:,!;*':ri:rr n:;::i,l;ri;r r • , i„„l..,.t.-nM. Pop- a n.arty.— a In.'l.way rol,l„.,- kv w i U., au,lsi„i ...ixi.- K.v,K.h,,ronuM,.,a.,o,H_>a,n,. |„.;Vr CaMaila-A.-aiu travllin,' att.r Ion, ■•'■P"-- 'l^T ,, [ r,.i,os..-Charity co,„-..its an.l la, y P''»''';"''%'"-^'\V ^'l,,,,,, A so..iat.,l Co-Mpany of Artists,' T.^ta an,l ,v, ,•_> lam. A -.oa o. ^^^;J' ^.^'^iV ai l^ai.vu,/(<.maaa)-lnaioul.ms s.vn.s-^ ■ssof tl.r Kn.'lisl. .(.rporal, ii.,tvvitl,stan,ln.!,' a i';'to too Ixjil'-'- oss oi in. i-n u. .1 1 ' .,,.,,.. 1,1, ,,„.,. „,,i,|.r Haiinahand—Uos- S;;,:„r.;;ji:xn;ir-.";:7^::s;s.;-M;.u.-N..r.„mi.,.iu r io.\n:.\Ts. is9 \n,..ri,.a-Wl.o mor.. or 1-.- Ilk.—Ti.knor \ Kl.l.U. Ilawth.-rn... , I , l„l H. VVI,itti,.,-lM.O,lH ,u..l ll... Ii.l.lli;:.'..! ,..•....".■...>•.. .■„ll...tl,mol i,ul..wia|ili^— l»i,k.'iiss i„;.n.M.ii|.(-\Mial lik.— Il.m ;,,,,..,',,„ ,.n,l MUll'li.i.V Mi. 1 Mt_Wlnl II.Mn„ ,„,.s,.....H UM.l \,.w V..ik .ln,.s iH.t— M; 111.' N'w Voik— n|M.n. m ^"^\,V'; .'^7■ ,.,„„;,.,t_'-l'.Kir liillr lliiiiK!" CHAI'TKll XIX. „„r .•lvili/..tini,-.\,iMt.Kri.ti.' |.riv.i.,'-s_M. iMVuur ol tl"> ^rU h^.^-.l^.m " ..vn.ptin |„.>uliar.as..s-Ain...iran last- omm^' l.i, . .•-• TI ' l la in' of a p.„,..ation of ynMng prls-ri,.v-la.„l out:l,l o Jw , Jnv,.n„.o\^.llini.ifl,on.inU,..r.u.,.as.^^^ ,,„„i;.in„ of tl,iM;;s in tlo^ fnit.'.! f""'-'^— 'l;' ''! '' vi'ix'il in liliTa- ;;;;:;: o 1 '-v,;niVh;.Vo ;u.i„i,.o,i m. a.. v"-..in.._H,., out £:.,,! :,_.i,.,.,U ...rnfast .,..tw,.,.u tlo. W..st an,l .In- '-^ "--^ .ont.n.pt fo. fa>l,ion an,l ,„.atn,.^s-Chi.a^'o a way> 1,.. ctN .1 o Vv , t-Moon.,>n,l Sn,itl,V n.w hall inat>j;n,-al,.l-llall ;■'■•' ',""■;''; ? di., .0 ol.l-'Tmnont llous. -S.., ,1 ronn-H la.y.. l.vll.ant an,l ;.h,sias,i,-Tlu..ann,.rwl -ns s,.v...y-. nv. l.msa,. a^ . of nraM,^ lan.l-S.M in lot twrnty tlionsan.l hoal V , V" ' '"' n i.Mnti.' ranal-N.'W Ara.l.^niy of Mnsi. In'inf,' Inull l.y ( n-l.N- X„'i t u- i. s « itl.out ..nf;aK-n>..nts-Attark-.l for vlay.nj, ( Inrk- ^ ;;« i-ianos-llon-s, ..IHor not ..././, in .na.t,. o, ...n.,. .- Ti.aUM.ru' ana Hranl's ,,i.„os-('h..pin an,l '" --V"' >- ^^•^'' ' ' iV, ' r^l.l{,..,<,,n^ «hv— Wliv 1 like Cliirk.'iinK s— Nin.ln>k>--no- M i, 1, of .n.-lM,oi,_l>o,nlation-rHKl.tlnl a.-.m-Lan- : n u ' n 'i"hl.oM>h..oa-/;. •:>,>. !>.• l...o,ia-Tl... rr.M„lm,an an.l t :onIa.^-iaa.,o_Fi,lUin, with tlu. ina ans_WoM.,^y H - Tl„. Ml.tlorn. -iv.s a v...-li-o— Kn.i.M ..t.on to II.- A\';t— W 1.' >' ." i,|:;_ri>.'i..nati-l!n,..M ll-mso. ,lirty a,.,l ,l,.ar-lM.yMogno,..y of WVstern pcopK— Thoi.- fi-.'o ami .'asy l.-Lavionr .... 312 tl-vf I XX coxTEyrs. CHAPTER XX. PAng Krcntzcr sonata of Bopthovpii— N.'Wsi.ap.T rriticiam— Mozart Hall— • Kxpcriciii'c of tlii> r>w<.Miish doctor— Kxccssivc cold—' Moiit lilaiu- and ' Vonng M.mis Association' at Detroit— !St. Lonis— D.-t.-ntion on i..i;)r,)H,l— tV)ninion roads— Tli.' trne cause— Cold int,'nst — The ' Lm- (IcU House'- Hhould lik. it better if— Morelli and I search fiir a, restaurant The artist's intention— Inspired artist like a key-hoard — Siirin.'tiehl. Illinois— Audience listen, Imt too late I— Hypocrisy and vanitv'— S.'nniui at St. Louis— lUoomiuKton (Illinois' -"Do vou want the portrait of Chuckle and his wife .'' — Two poor nuns- All chauiliers taken!— Lie down on the tloor— .loliet, last year the- atre of a s.'andalous action— What a tour in the W.-st reciuires- Fair concert at Joliet— Curious incident— Dohler relates his interviews —Set out afiain- Tho placard, caution !— Christy Minstrels' Ailver- tiseinent — The deail horse covered with placards— American lures — Kalamaz. ' (Michigan)— Excellent hotel— Charming concert— Ue- spectal.le audience— Leave for Ann Arhor— State I'liiversity— The famous singer, (ioodstock !— L(mdon, Canada— Concert— Canadian receipts— The 1st of .January— Mr. Kdmiind Harris and faiidly— rrais(> of Morelli— The telegraplii.; dispatch— The knight of the ra- 2,,,—Leave for New York by first train— Passports reciuired— Ih'.r- rislmrg — Coiict'rt in court-room — Siberian cold — Artists' room — Dayton (Ohio)— Kxeellent andienci — Fine examide of cold on hu- man nature — Thi' letter at Hethlehcm— The concert at Wilmington, Delawar. — Mu/.io visits the music store-^My violin— Headache — The letter from the ladi.-s- Want of delicacy— Two stones— The tJascon— The paralytic lady and the Englishman . . . .323 La CHAPTER XXL Toledo— Oliver House, one of best in the United States— Xew York- Heard Miss Kellogg for first tiim — Charming artist— A matter ol pndc — Powers, I'aliners, Miss Stebbins, Church, JSierstadt, etc.- - Poe's tales— Cooiier-Irving— That cliciue of imbeciles— What they say- l!ai>haei and Fornarina— Hyroii — Let mo be understood— Rem- brandt— Victor Hugo— Dickens— Works of the artist not responsible for his private lift — New York Philharmonic— Poor Poe — TIk- mute ins*ruiiients— Dunkirk— Conversation between two ladies— AiKithor amusing thing at St. Louis— truth, why art thou not pet ro- l,.,„„|_Sui)erb concert at Rochester— Hatavia— Erie— Struck with a snow ball— No enthusiasm, reason why— Erie to Lockport, off the rails- Invariable i)hrase of the conductor— Lockport faithful to its ti-adition— rtica, as always— Visit.'d all my good frien(l II,.. K Visited insane asylum — Aunt Libbey -Her dress— The Queen of England enchanted to visit her— Playing and in<'in the Asvlum— Aunt Libby plays— L 's eonsternation- ■ii'S- -Tho lady betrothi'd to (Jen. Washington, and beciue.ithed by him to all the'presi.leiits of the riiite youth .Viueriea" — When are vou fjoin;,' .' — Iiupressarici ami the l>la- carils- Oh; ho! 1 thouirht you had left — nisapiioiiitecl fellow artists — Su'ilii, Jenny hind's afient — Tlie predestined om — Farewell .on- cirts at New York — Hnihurk on third April f a saint — Hx-voios — hnnio- bilitv everywhi'rc — The guard house — Questions — I'on Diego Alva- rez—Louisiana Hotel and its landlord — Hut on«^ nati ui, humanity, out one cinintry, the globe— Thi! landlord, an old Frenchman — He- -lunts all his alfairs — What he said of the little prodigy (Jottsehalk — l!eeonnu<'nds his tavern — The thin waiter — Ah 1 I'aris, sir — Dis- covery, the landloril's wife The son of Dim .luan Alvarez, his wife and (iaughter — How dres.icd — Steamt>r in sight — Tln^ '(iolden City' — "Lee has snrrende'ed"' — Lincoln has been assassinated — Wilkes Bdoth — Atl'ecting sigl t (Ui board the ('(Uistitntion— Women those wl> > show the least 1 egrets — Tin; judge weeps as if he ha..„- — All the men crushed, overwhebned — Women's irrational impulses — Men and women compared — The female s ssionist — The meeting (11! board— Presided over by Judge Field of the Supreme Court of the United States — An a])ostrophe on Lincoln — Hymn of the Hepulilic by the Italian singers — I play my piece * Union' — Tog — Singular impatieucc of passt-ugurs 3-19 xxu COyTESTS. CILM'TKR XXIII. PMlB Shall bo at Pan Franoiseo to-.lay-S.al I!,„k-T!u. 'fl.ff Hm.so - ) rt 'A .■atru/-Th.- m;,,!,!... ,1.,..'_ Hay of Han iTaiw-.s.- o- T,.l,s.-..n.lstU,. hays of Na,>l.s au.l <^;"^'''"''"\M'l''--;'';' ;'-,'- _a; n! a'll'', S„ral,.s, l.hry.u-Cow.ls hav. only mstnut-K.nj; i„'m- I'liiliil"' an.l Louis Naiu,! ,_llow tl..' i>oiMilanty ol I.oms Sol- • 1 'i^m-Mr. Ba.lg.T, fln.k...in.,-s a,'..n.-fos„>o,,obt u i;,r..l_Tl,.- anst in .an l-.-an. is. >— ^uuts- M .s . .opp-r, silv.T, an.l ,,.1.1 in,.xl.austil,l..-Opals-MKns- of ,, r. l.Mun-Minin- vi.tin,s-Hxp.M.s..s an.l n..v...--..n,in,i. ...... ..;s . i tl„s.: wl,..^.n.l...tak.- nunin^-Ifnto ..f int.-.vst ,n C al,t..,n,a _^T Ini al I)up.mt an.l his lawsnit-Mr. Li.'k-li.vat a.lvan... u r..;^ S:.., -m!.ss.s. lU.l...r an.l Lin.i..rb..r,..,-Is ..;>'-;■-;; - ; ,l,.;„,„l '_CoM,-.-it> at San Kian.is.-o n..v.M-s.Knv.l.'.l-<»l'^ H 'H . u.l S„. k.'s.h-l'anl .Inli.-n-fin.u. ll.,n.ish..s-M.ss A.la M..nk... - T . rhin.-s.., Sam K...', .Irn-ist-My intr.Hlu.tn.n to l.nn. lus s .s- , ;„nLTh.' ri.h .•hin..s.. an.l his ''^u.,ht..v-A...m,^ t., carry h,. oir-B..si.gc.s put t.. llight-Slif is s..nt hack to C h.na . . • JO- CHATTER XXIV. Intro.ln ■...! t.. M. .h' Cazoth, iM-.u'h ..„nsul-rnf...t.u.at.^ oreatur-s '^ ,: ,1.,. (•r,..sns,.s..f San K,-an..isn.-K.vn..l. c.ounu..,..al -oum. -Small nuo,:..r ..f p.vtty w.nn,.n_Magu„e's {-"''^;;;; ;:;- J^^ ; i,,„ ; „iani-t— ■ Tannhausor- arran-.'-l by mys.'lt t-i ■ nrt. . n pi mos nvonl-.is an.l lin.lshis piam.n.nt.— Ilis .•onnt..naii.'.'->.'.r.'t at 1. st is. .TMl ..!■ snppos,.,l t.. hav.. I n-Mass at Kn'u.h ..Inuvh-l 1 o .■ts fro 1 Auv..r.'n,._A s..rm.m whi.'h w.,uM hav.. h..,.n fjr.. -s.^i e ^ ::', !;:!li-";v.:r,hy..f.h.-.^..h..li.M-..!i.i..n-Vir.in ;r..y^V^^^^ t n-it..iv-Thc h,.t..l .l.Mk i.upu.l.M.tly pon,p..us-l I..' iMvn. h .st.m raut-kl-l.er-Ugly town-Must inho.i.itahlo u.ul sa.l.l..st I hav .,■ ov or i COyTKXTS. XXUl siMMi— Kimilv from N.«w Orloaiis an.l yonii- Lonisi.iMi.-uis— Snn|lay ,,,,, X'O -'-111 '■"■• ""••"' aays-lMVMl, iMli.Uls au,l tl„. sn.nll vn- L-rharitv. ,..t„.rosity, a,.a kiM,ln..ss_L,.av.. tor .ay'on ... th. St.,.',— Wliat took plan, .m tin' ,-„a.l— Ai-nv at Dayt.m- 1 1.. h.ill, i..,w li.rl,t,Ml-.-U,..- ai.,li....cc-Calif...-nia n.i.i.Ts-.'.'tH.n...., -In-Jit LMy lia.., back .ploi.ai.l— The It.d.aii girl aud licr lovui— ^.ul l.it... o,i> 302 CHAP'Ili:il XXV. L,.av<- Vir-'inia Citv— Uud.'iic-srt at stap'om.',.— Amialil.' r.M.i.lo !— Tli.i lmasra';M.-<»CiMistia..ity!-Th,- l.uly at tl..- back onnplan.s- 'ni.t.b Flat' a i.ivtty villa-.— (•......■.•t-\.ulb..io. vt'iy ia a l.nn.bi.g -T.- tbonsan.l ••"""" tbinu'H wantin^-I.,siv,. o.. st,.a.....r Julia for Mo,-kto..-\\ ,a«r Hot,'! _St.K.kt,.n .•..s...nbl,s f;a.'ran.,-..t„„.. a small s,ab.-( onn^rt sinal - .hi.l.',. r„,l,.rbill— I'astor llapp,M-s.-lt— N.^wspaiu'r c-onchi^b's tiat "I^^l,. not know how t,. i.lay th,! pian-.-'-Insane hosp.t.'.l— 1 !»• ((,.nnan ba.-o..-('olfnx-' Who th.'.. is th.s CoMax .' -1 .-s.int.Ml on n.v fa,, -lay with a spl-n.lia ,n..,lal-lt. .l..sonpt,o.., a., al th„ details of th.- pr,'s,.ntatio..-lts ,.o:;,'.-()n b,.ar,l tb.- ( ,.l,.ia,l,>- (Vast ,.f (',.sta Hi,.a-l'...>'ato.'y~\Vl.at not :-L>'ft San l.ra..,;.s.oou ti„. iMli— ll-s-it suir.M'at;..-— Ma-niti,.i.nt n.oonli;,'bt s,.,-i...— 1 n,' pas- ..........s—Kinf- Ka...,.ha.n,.ha V. and the San.lwich ls!MU,U-M-.n- do/.H-Cuptain CM.k-Kanak n^litri-m- Polygamy -Nsfis a,.,l a...'ht,.rs wiv,.s-(iu,vn Kala.ua-Only the n.oth,;r win; .......jbl-s —llm.oUiIu-Vi.-toria. sist,.r of pi-.-s.-nt ki..g -Lnilo.'.n ,> th,. k.n;,' -'ManzaiiiUo,' a M.-xh^an t,.wn-l'ir,"i.'>-« a'.,! y'^'^'i^ ^"'"'■;"^ -\ monst.-,n.s to.-toist— An in.p,'rial s,.l,l.,.r— A,.apul,.,i— nnl> .i small boi-on-h— Tl.,' Kre.K.h ivturnud horo— Mox.oan sol,l.,-rs— U.e goner;',! '. — What town depniiulated 388 CHAPTER XXVI. l'.inaina-Isla..,l of ToIwko— A boat oon.,-s for us-NeKroport.-rs-Suc- ,.,.,m1 in ,.olb.,tinu' niv trunks— What is s,.,.n on th,- i-oa.l— lb,. oM t„«„— Ol.l .1,'snit ,„il,.i:— liuins, rui..s— Th,-eath,Mlral— 1 h..>tr,.,.ts _\spinwaU IIot,.l— l'i-,.ni..na,l,. ,m. the lamparts— I b,' l.i\ UMibl.-s ,n.l tl.,'ir ai.iifor.M— A eon.vrt by siibsc'ripti,*..— Cotta-.- pian,., a hvbri,l-The ..lin.ate— The ,.r,.si,l,.nt of the Stat,— Mis n.otb,..- an „l,l n -ess— His f.ab..r, hish,ip of Panama— A p.-etty-i.l. .lan-hter of ,l„.^,ri,-st-Th,. Fr,.n,l. n.nsnl, Mr. 1),- Y— (Vramie a.;t of the Indians fr.mi Chiriiiui— (iolden ornaments from ( hiri,im— the XXIV coyjEyTS. hnpiiv idoa of the nsont— T?ic1iii<'ss of oxen vat ions at riiirii|iii— Ilor ril)l.-"tast.'of till- Spanish rrli^ion— Tli.- i.irtiiiv ri'i-iv^i-ntini,' I'lirKii ■ .■ i< II ... «.. I.I ...^. *!..> i.i..>i.^* till till' |is! — The i'it;ni'is — iMifjlish Inillan l'IiI with tory (.') — Sii|ii'i-stitious facniiTs — How to hh'ss ]Mii>iilation — rnriviii/.i'ilanilifinoraiit — I)ri'ail>r!> «ti-anuT—Voyaf;o to hiiua— Holy cargo— Th.' Iiltl lar-c lilaik fvi's-Simr gi-aiii-s— tiood sist.'is sini; rantirli'ri — lioat rofks sini'ularly— Caiitii'li'S intrrniiitoil— Ivllfct on tin- I'olisli ami l'iTuvian''i.rii'sts— The liltl.- Italian La/.arisI— Wliat s.'a-si.knfss is _i'ro.'cssion at (iuatmiala .luring Holy W.'ok— llorrilih' |.art ol it — I'avta— Kxtraorilinarv ariailv— .Misery ami lilth— Th- slui. s liiil.-t —kir.'L't of arrival on passrhgers— Liltlo prii'st h.Toni.s iilayliil— M.l-'ournifrsrcpU' to thi; aWii.— In harliour, Callao, nowharl— ho IVrnvian nmnitor--Vrigato 'La Nnmani'la-— I'.'rnvian soMn-rs— I ho BistiTs ,l,.light.Ml—AiiiM'arani;eofCallai>— Train alMint to start— lh« countrrffit coin— Waiting for gratnity— Kirst, siroml, ami third class cars— Kv.Tvthing linishiMl hen — Lima— Ucscrii.tion of l.iina— F.Miialc il.'vot.vs— Organ plavcil out of turn — Callinlral— 1 he pic- ture of Miirill.H— What has hecoiiieof it ?— I.iiiia fonmleil hy I'l/.arro, miir.— The old inanuscriiit— Uuueii Madam Jauo to Maniuis trancis Pizarro . 401 CHAPTKR XXVII. Streets of Lima, liow i)aved— l-'ilth and winged sen vengers— Sugges- tion to the New York anthorith's- Houses and architectiin— Hotels full— Kefngees— Unfortunate niouient fur concerts— Hevoliition— Hehels and government- Civil war normal state ol l'erii-\\hat 1 understaml nl>out political alVairs- The oiits against the I'l'^— ' '"•- ruption evervwh..ri— Kveryhody lives on the governmeiil — 1 ho government robs her creditors— How the luilitary rn;:iTS — Sii<;!r<>s- iti'ituri' — Hotels < — lii'volntioii — f I'liii-What I St till' ins — Cor- ivi'inniciit — 'I'lio •ol) till- tivasiiry tiiry — How tlii'Y '.•lusi- ol' war ln'- ous bi'ast — I'l'rii ■,'ioiis lilpcrty I" 11, anil f-'o liark- .•iaii cliaracti'r — •il corruptions Till- ])i'<)pl(' who — HaltU- of Lima arils' — Letter to le li^;htiiif; — Hat- t'rom liehinil tho milt— Hattle coii- ;tiaii charity I — lie Parisian joker imeii evi'ry where anil the monk — irreiiilereil assas- thi" womiih'il — 111 — No one t'ouiiil teh in your con- 1 — Those nice fel- CHAI'TlvU XXVIII. I-Allli Kscape of fionie/, Saiiche/— Continue to lirinj,' in the wounileil — Lima laly altemls the sick— The priest missiiij,'— •• Ah ! little mother, am 1 living ?" — Kurt of ."*anla Catalina not siirreinlereil— Narrow escape of my piano— A charming youni,' irirl killeil — The Monieiieros — ,\noliier li.itlle piiiliahle — I'rii'il potatoesof the ' liarriere ile Clichy" — Things lakiii;; an alarmiiig turn — The h>rt still hohls out — The ileail ami woiiiiileil — Sail elh-i.ls of civil war — Santa Catalina surremlereil — What will liecoiiie of Us.' — Details of lliglil of (ioiiiez Saiiche/. — Fears realized as to my concerts — (ianleii of Olaiza— The Peruvian Maliille — How the ililliciilty was overcome — Compositioiiou ' Le Hailo ill Ma^chera' — Lve of war with Spain — My concerts limshcil My success -The super!) ilecoratioii prcseliteil to me — Sea haths at Cho- rillos — Civil war in Spain — IJaymomli. an Italian savant -'I'lic coca ami its marv.llous ellects— llov- useil - IJuliark for Islay, port of Are<|uipa— The ilesert anil t , amhos—Areiiuipcfios— Their in- iloiiiitahle character — City of .,rci]uipa — Islay to .\rei)uipa a her- culean journey— The lainliu!; at Islay— Am known— The young chililreii aiel luilian girl ' athiiig— Arica— La Paz— Tacna— Tr\ ing to persiiaile iiictogoto Pxilivia — One hunilrcd ami eighty leagues on mules aii.l no hotels — No ilaiiger— Convoys of silver — Honesty of the hi. Mans — Tioopof Spanish adorsat Arica— Singiil.irly tempteil — Ari(;a, its fortilications ami church— A decree of Prados — The cniu- iiiaiidaiitgeiieral — His campaigns in the interior — Arrival of Indians from liolivi.i — The cholo i,;' Peru — Soiree at X "s- Society at 'I icna — The only arislocrr'.^y anioiig iiarveiiues ami reiuihlicaiis, that of wi-allh— What I liiid ridiculous— Pretty women and dancing — The mecapaiiucna, how danced— The wile of X.— . . .429 CHAPTKIt XXIX. Descendants of the Incas— Prejudice against the Indians— Tlie wife of X., a discendant from the Caciiiue iliiascar — Her marvellous heauly when young — liolivar— Compared with Washington— His charai'tcr— His" stay at Tacna— ' The pearl of Tacna' and Holivar — The romance— a" tragical history — Pass the evening with a Swiss merchant— Charming evening— Invited to eat game taken on tho Tacora- -Second comert at Tacna— The stolen horse and the In- dians of liolivia— Triiks of rohhers — False singing of the idd Span- iv homhardiiient of Valparaiso— liolivia o|)eii liefore me— Tliree hunikreil miles in the interior— Desert and Andes— What travellers over the Andes exposed to! — Caravan of French travellers -Crimes of Bolivia — An invitation— Character of the Indians— Tho port of Ari'-a and the earav.iiis— The President of liolivia, .S'fior (ieiieral Melgarejo— His charaiter— A sort of tiger— Curious cus- toms of the Indians of Tacna — Indian hride complains that her hus- band did not whip her I— Their humility and suhmission— Tlio market and church- Preparing for liaster Sunday—' Tristos,' a 413 XXVI CONTENTS. PAOB CllArTRU XXX. ci.l...l to tr..--I;a ^'•'-•'•' •„,,,!::' u,....s and ..iga.vtt.s-- I'l.- Uv.. j.,un....y-' l'..-'l'l<' '1" ".'%,,,, ,,.ii,v MM.ulo-'n..- r,..l.sr..v...c. i„rs...n,..,--Our t"^;'--!; , , ., ,,,i^, i.,„_-Cl.:..a,.t,.r ot tl.-- voa.l 8..,.v.>,l ui.-Hi>l"t? ^"""T, Val„a.•ai^o-li^•at aui...al..m o,. l„,^,,l-H.i.l.- an.l !-'':'"•'"-'' '■'Vn' IM'i.al .-l-'.v -f <'l'il'- '''/."^^ M„„.lla..-Tl..- I'^'^f'^'"^- ' ' 'lliV,,. l.-n....i.-au a,.,l th. K..^l.sl'- Dortor I'l.ill.pi k.ll.Ml aiM ..t;' ,,,, ,,^_TI..' j,M.a..an,- 1 1..- .n,v...-no.-H ."scai..'-( .'^1 ■>'"l ^. ',,,,, a-Tl.c" u.ost lH'a..1il..l -..1 ArL'.'iitii.i' llu-atre >" ,J' '..?., ts-Tli." son of Dictator Tlovcs of assays!., an.l ''a''l'tr^''^'»''":^,,r"'i' , !,. of fo.oi;:.. alfahs-KN.U-l eoiuiuost of hhn-lle.oauos ""',.„ a,vH-Co..st...nati,m at f„r two y.-a.-s-lio...a.ns m > 7" ,„;'i^;;,... m,!-!..'.--!!!^ >-Mtl..MS A.:tio.i of th.- f(.r.Mgn.-vs-riic lioi,t.>l,i ^ ^ ^ . . . 45G Tho tt'iius •••**' CIIAPTKR XXXJ. Fovt«.,a.o assasMtiates a Frondunar. '^^^^^t^^^^^''^- Enrol..— l!-"iomini.ms tal ''^ \''''^;\. ' ,X saf.-uanl of uWic til.' sink— Till- juiMli: fn'nsury a niil.li ccw— Spauisli- AiM.ii.im rcpulilirs-Wliiit I — ItiicMms A.vrcs— Tli<' sa.l.li'st .•oiinii y ill til.' «(irl.l — iM(iiil.vi. I. Ml — Writing! my Ki"""' ' Taiaiitrll,.- — Ciimt (iioaiinimii to invsiMil it to the piinc'ss— Ditsdii, iiiid • Srvoii Octaves'— iS. ♦«• ■*'' ('(i.NCMTtflON , y/.n' — liiviti'il I'oliiai"'— I'l'- i pistiil— Till- ,.^__Tli.' two ri'disriivi'icil ,,,. „f tlic i(ia..n Nata— llor ,,y,.s — Oi'lmt at iisi- of niin-snc- itator Flori's of lontt'vich'o — An atc's — 1 nial<'' !v alfaiis— KxihMl onstcrnation at ,. His lirotliorK d yiori'S Hies— res reinstated — 45 G vks— L<'.'iv<'s for IVrn— Hi' i« 'i uanl of citizons oiu' williii;-: •'• ..ail pri.'Sit— The V aV'iH' ("I'votfd fiso ih-<' V''"' ''^ of the Argentine BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. ( xxix) jigii^X'.l^.m--' I FRKFACJE TO TllR ISlOGllAl'llY. ,;„„»..„.........■.'--' -■'■' ■'""; ■;:; , ,. , ; ,.,,iv v.ars .l.Tiv.a In..., .1o.......h.I> -. ))(tSS(! <, tiny i,„ ,„.,„„.■.■ wi-- A. ■■...»..is Lis .^.1 i^-™;- , , ,,„.,•..,,.,. ... .vl" ... .' '■""-" ■■' "■■"■'■■"•"■ •""" "." comi,oser, scliolur, un'l i"'"'- (xxxi) HP" BKXJRAriiKWL SKKTCIl ("ILVr^TKIJ I. J<(it IS M(iui:.\r (Iottschai.k, tin- I'iiinist mi'l ('oiiiiMisci-. mill lilt' "Illy Aiiu'rifim iiiiistfr of the iinMlfni sflnxilnf iiiiisif, was ii iiiitivf uf XfW Oili'iiiis in llic Stutc of Loiiisi- uiiii. ill tlio riiihd States of Aiiicriiii. His lallu-r was an Kiitrlisliiuaii, liorii ill Loiidon; liis iiiotlicr a Cn'olc, Iioru in NfW Orleans. It is pmliahle, if not eertaiii, tlial what leii- (lereil (Jottselialk s!e I" reiieh oriii'in, were resideiurt of the island of St. Doininiro. His great-iiraiKlfather, Antoine de Mnisle, Chevalier of the royal and military Ortier of St. I.onis, was i-oinniaiidant or ifovernor of the (jiiarter of tlie(Jraiide Riviere, parish of »f St. Domiim-o,^ received a eoniinission in the liritish \V lnilia_ .\riny of Gt'orj^i! III. us t«nsiij;n, and afterwards . captain of the Chasseurs of St. (ieori^e, in the reu'iineh. of Colonel the Baron de .Montaleiiihert, raised in St. Doiniiiii;!) for the defeiieu of the island. Ill tho terrihle insiirreetion and niassaere whieh took |>la<"e after the British ahandoned the island, Conunandaiit rusl6 he einio-rated with his wite an.l hei- athers '. ,a to New Orleans. Several eh il dm, were tlie irmt ot ti ;narriau-e,anK>nu^ whon. was Miss Auneede Bru.sle, I'narkahle^br her ^beauty, her wit, and nn.su-a ^enn . Miss de. Ih-usle at tla- a-e of titteen was n.arried o M • Edward ( Jottsc-halk, a hroker, of-reat reputed wealth, nu h isteenied as a gentleuutn of tine euUure, and -^'-; - ;^^ -(^ n lin.-uist,-he spoke ei.^ht or nnie languages On the htli J\Us lS-^0, Mrs. ( J..ttsehalk i-ave birth to her eldest son, Lou!r^Iorc;uGottsehalk,the .d>ieet^ of this sket. k Io was named Moreau after an unele on his uiothei ^ bule, tlic Count .Moreau de Tlslet. , ^ ^i i i: „+^ From his hirth he was a preeoeious hut ratlier d^> '''i/c child and early displayed a taste for musie, smgmg all tlio tunes he heard phlyed. The eholera, in 1831, took trom him a little sister, and left his mother, who had also Irvu attacked with the disease, at death s lace hi'l'oiigeil, were ne\er backward in coin- mittinti dei.redations. 'The tirst thcuight of the young wife was, that one of them had .)litai,iearents had taken him with them to pay a visit to a lady some distance from home, the child wiis paiutully struck at the sit-'ht of a negress who had the " car can (a species of round' wooden instrument, fastened hy a padlock placed around the neck of neirroes as a punishment, which pri'vents them from Ivimr down— kei.t on sometimes tor two or three months) around her neck. As in the city they were less eruel to their slaves than in the country where tlK'i-e were no magistrates to enforce the laws, Moreau, ,■4 28 niOGHAPniCAL SKETCH. never Leforo having soon a cairan, turno.l his hoad from the Sit w th horn.i-, an.l .U-inan.lo.l, to hor groat n.orti .n^- t o a oxplanation from Ma.lani , to whom rho ^aNO h 1 n ro. Sho on.U.avou.va to mako tho ohihl unao. -stand th I ti ■ nooToss had dosorvod tho imnishmon and that he tl.at t R IK \othinu', howovor, could oahn him, ;;:;; ho ti;;^ht hi; t^dho.- toTa. savah. m. tutho.- hooon. h . lito o.aharrassod, Ma.kim took up tho mat , K rhusv an.l i.roi.oso.l to soil Sarah, who, sho saul, ANa^ ^ U S.a to imn^ tho ohiokons. Tho -rgam was c.nn- lotod and Mr. Gottsohalk made tho child a proont ot ^ u : who hocamo a .lovorod .on-ant to him, and afterwards iho clild-s-nui-se to all his aftord.oni hrothors and sistoi.s. His i'd ionco was romarkahlo, and his all rt ion or his Jt; anilanitod almost to id.Aatry His iatlK., a hougk kin.l was what is called strict, and hrought up hl^ 1 ttle S hi the most elevated ideas, and never penni tc^ hm the indulcjenoe of any weakness. At Jl'^'^'^' , >.'"%.* 'V;'^,; he on-aovd in conversation pertaining to a child ot son on, !uu lai vady soomod to understand the extent and import- a 00 t- the duties whic-h his father placed hoio.v him "When >hM-oau shall have hrothors and sisters," he wonl. .av '' .pa <'onnts upon his working for thom,and he must Auk iorohand that they will have a father m Moreau The little child "Hclorstood all and seoined nya va u to ad..pt tho prosp(H-tivo family which his iuthoi at a latti iioriod hcnuoathed to him. i -i i ^ S nine passed, and when autumn came it was decided tha lowholo fanuly shonhl return to New Orleans. As t^tt\.o sumnu/lasted. Madam !^<>ttschalk ^is s<>rry at the prospect of quitting so charming a spot, hut, \M Jho^rs appr..ach ot" winter hronudit the Indunis tmrn ho lopths of the forest to the noighljourhood ot t^o eated I'Vi'rywhero that the little (Jottschalk could read at first sight any manuscript which might ho ]>laeod Itefore him. l)e>*ides the piano ho was also taught the violin, and Mr. Miolan, the l)rothor of .\hidam Carvalho, tlie French singer, was chosen for his professor. Several years were thus passed. Moroan, althougli in delicate health, grew in height ; hut the ]>assion he had for music did not ]>revoiit tlio assiduous labour to whii-h his father subjected him from becoming injurious to his con- stitution. Ono day, when Mr. Letellior, who Wi-.s organist at the Cathedral of St. J^ouis, liad taken his little scholar to show him the mechanism of the organ, and to oxiiliiin it to liiin. he was surprised to see how (puckly tlie child imdorstood, and decided to teach him the organ. As Mr. (xottschalk made no objection to the proposition, the idea of the jirofessor was immediately i>ut into execution, and the lessons connuence(l. His progress was so rajiid that one year afti^r — Moroau miglit then have boon seven years old— iiavinji: gone to high mass one Sunday, ^fr. lA'tellier beck- oned to him so energetically that he was obliged to under- stand that his pn)fossor wanted him in the choir; but what was liis surprise when, reaching it, ^fr. Letellior said to him. " Xow. tlion, sit down, and decipbor this mass for me; the tenor is ill, I nuist take his place," and there is nol)ody else to play the o gan ; and above all make no blunders — now begin." Trend)ling, but not darii.ir to disobey, the child coinmeuced. Mr. Lotollior managed the pedals, 3* 30 BIOr.R. I PIIK A L SKF TCII. whi.'!. Lis littlo feet could net iviu-li. ^Vl.cn tLo iumss avhs tini.hr.Utliri.ro1'r.-sortonk his impil i.ilnsanns.a... LTMina- down stairs,, ..vsn>tv.l i>ir. l^;- A select p,-o.n-ammo was, theivfove, placed betore he e. ts of the Creole a.i.l Americm '^'l^'^tanti o ^ew Orlean., and in a few davs more tickets were sold than the conceit iiiMss was ''Tln-iv "is cliild tlois nvw Du'u'. 1, Avcrjiint; (I !i'() llolIU', liiiu :i\viiy. \v ITiK'llL'd I, (lircwiiii;' flati- toluT lotion, that iKV, and to ttainod tiii vas notliinii; \y acknowi- lid tlic only to France. tliouirlit of ly too liappy 'lit ivgivt of lis and go to ' yi'ars. re d"(3rlt'ans, ion, was fur tlR'orclicstni limber, came M'niit his son .■ for his own lI in husinoss e of an indo- ivinti' iin idea irofession, he e no refusal, >nd time his lorted hy tlie ird in luihlie. fore the eyes u'W Orleans; .11 the concert FAREWELL COSCEUT. 01 room could seat. On the cvetiinsr of the jierformanee the hall was t-rowded, and there was hanlly stanilini;' room to bi! found. Tlie youiijLj artist played several pieces, hut the one wliicli was most successtiil was the ' j.ucie' hy L'crt/. When he came to the most ditlicult passage nl' the piece, the enthusiasm was at its lu'ight, and the last note was liardly struck when the young executant was cai'ricd ulf in triumph. FAcrything being arranged for ^hireau's departure, in A])ril, 1S42, at the recpiest of his father's tViends, he gave u farewell co'icert. At the liead o: the patrons of tlu' eon- cert was Mr. David, the French consul. The expected day, a""". aited with so much impatience by all the musii-al aiua- teurs, and by the curious who had never heard tlie young musician, at last arrived. Xevi-r, ])erhaps, hail the splendiil ball-room St. J^ouis been filled with so large and brilliant an a.ssemlilage. All the ilifc of the city were there. .\t the conclusion of the concert, Mr. David stepped upon the .'^tage and presented to the young artist a monsti'ous boiKjUet. JSloreau thought but of one thing, his mother, and, turning to the stage-box whei'e she was seated, screamed out, "^himma, it is lor you I" Oil the evening of the concert, the little juanist went to the hairdresser, Mr. liiarraiKl, to have his hair dressi'd. "All! I see,"' said the hainlresser, "• you are going to the eoneert of little Moreau (Jottsehalkl \ also should like to have gone, but I caunoi spare so much money at once 1" " Would you !ik(! to go'r" asked Moreau. "To gol indeeil I shouul." "Very wi'll, then, I can give you a ticket ; I am Moreau Gottschalk." (Jreat was the surprise of the hair- dresser, and Moreau had that evening one more admirer. CHAPTER HI, Ix May, 1S4-2. Moreau left Xew Orleans on tlu- Taglioiii, a sailing vessel, hound for Havre, under the commaud ot Captain iiogers, a friend of Mr. Gottschalk, in whose charge g.^ liioanAriiicAL sketch. ''T -a The Jnlv l!.win^lu-amv.a in Paris, a.ul wa. •i to u n a l.rivaie iaiuily, wIm. nov.r n.vivod ,.liur.l t.. iMUi. n 'His first musi.al pro- ,,orc. tl.an •^'.^^ " 7^,,:^ /^^..n Moroau ^vas .onti.lM lessor was UalU', l>»t no.c -,1 i,-,,.], \^^. taui-ht ,,„t liki,.- tiu« nonchalant n a ^l v u nn.lor th. mu- ^ '•"M"^±^;.,;v n ;^c.o,^'iontions, nol,U.-lu.arn.a, an. C'anullr ^/!"'''^^"' .;"' ' , ......ftiT vi.ars,W!'s.)tti"n i>U'asi-(l l'''''-:'r;i ,;'i'::i ,, ' c ; ; .l.v.i: p.,! «,,,■ ,„„'„ ,„..,. aitHcnlty in r.ta mt.ir what he h d l^ ■ ^H J ^^^^^_ .onK>nstnnK..s.. h.,.-oo.^-,^ rapliv. In tlK' same \N .!>•"- "11 ...wii,, hi-; means soon ""Sus to 1845, he had only played in the salons of the irts of tlio iH- iiiiitlior is, ainl \v:H .T ivft'ivt'd lUsical pro- is foiitiiU'd, he tauitlit llT tlu' lUU- f till' time, leiirted, and fteii ] pleased y man moro mi to inusie, lositlon was s eeleUrati'd om may l)e it in, (J reek, At the same elegant po- iianners soon idi, and the dueed at the angi', heeame , Kothschild, of those who >nr. Ho rfi*^- heing ahle to o days" study. ho had more l»i«iued hythe system of iiiu- [irv and geog- Art i.oeti(iuo' lis means soon iteen, he eoiiltl h,and Italian. H)rientales' of i Spanish lik^ ae salons of the cnopixs coMPLDn:sT. S8 Parisian aristocracy, among whom In- was tTled and caressed on account of his aristocratic maimers and great talent as an artist, lie now, however, decided to apiiear in pnltlie, anesides,he was an "•American,"' and the (luestion was asked, "Could Anui-ica liroduce an artist?"" 'I hi- hall was tilleil to ovi-rtlowiiiir. The anticipations of this hrilliant assendilage, composed of the I'arisian and foreign aristocracy, as well as of his fellow-countrymen then resident in l'i,ris, as also of all the prinei[>al artists, were perfectly realized. The splendireau valued more than all the 1)ravos he had received, for Chopin was chary of his ]»raise. From that hour he lield his diploma as an artist. Tie had hitherto heen known only from playing the com- positions of others, IJeethoven, Mendelssohn", J>is/.t, Tlial- herg, and Cliopin. Ife now heeame a eomposi'r himsi'lf. In 184G he wrote his 'Danse Ussianiiiue." It was hut a tritle, but gave evidence of future greatness. This <;erm of oriifiiiality re- :>ale(l itself more and more in the pieces en- titled 'Les ]>allades d"Ossian,' or 'Le Lai du iH'rnier Mene- strel,' 'l^a Uraude ^.'alse,' and 'La Grande Etude de Con- cert,' which appeared in 1847. Tn tlu^ inonth of Xovemher, 1847, he wished to make liis tii-st trial in one of the ]irovinees before a paying jiuhlic, and like Liszt and Thalborg he chose for his dcOut the city of . 84 liKxniM'lUCAf. SKETCH. S>.liUi,Ml.U'li cuiovvd a (rHaiii n'|.ntiiti..n lor diU-ttiUitc-isin. lie WHS not U'ss ti.rtiiiiati- tliaii liis illustnous prt'dtrcssoiv, anil wart m-i'ivcil with rai-turons api'laiisi'. It mi--lit Ik-sui.i.<>sc<1 that sucli i-'i-rat success won.d have spoiled l.in.,an.l that th.' way in which lu; was courtcl and iT'tcd ev-rvwhiTO would liavc n.hl.cd hini ol his sini- i.licitv of 1 art. l?ut 8nto w ill iiitr U'isiiivly s(il»; turning lild, heiU'Wotl HO uiiti'itriici)t'iK'(l to I oil 11)0 such -' I'utwhat is wlii'iii'vor wi" lain ill iiortc'ct 1 (larkiR'ss; it ■ lost or torn. :<) hack to tho |tuiiisliiiu'iit I cur, l,couiiiit;" (I liicht for. SI .' the recruit to hciv ho knew )s thither, lie iithor reading ; • for the poor he (lone. The olp (»t' his wife the vouiiu; man iy,he paid tin- had expeiKled. '. large eonl'ec- ti('e(f a young admiring and 1 HO heautifiilly 3. The young aOTTSVllM.K AM) SOLDIKli. 85 soldier's t'aco was so '.onest and lu' seei ud so to <'nJoy tlie fruit, meats, and o)lu r things through tli" glass, that (iott- sclialk turiu'd round and spoki- to him. The youth started, hhishcd, and taking off his(.i]) kept turning it round and round in his tiiigers. "No, iinU'cd, 1 do not joke," repliecl (iottselialk,'"when 1 ask you if you should like togo insido and take dinner the-e," " Miit, Monsieur, who is to jiav for xX'C ''I, of course," an ...ered (Jottschalk. '•() Mon- sieur'." was all the soldier lould say. 'J'hey went in ; hv (Jottsclialk's order tlii' hill of fare was hane'ed to the sol- dier. Ih'kcpt reading it, hut now that 111' lad his choit-e lie could not make up his mind, and at last with a deep sigh lie said, "I cannot choose. Monsieur." (iottschalk, laughing, called the waiter and ordered ii dinner, such as, mow than likely, the son of Mars had never eaten, and never did eat in afti-rtimes. On his rerurn hoiiu' (Jott- schalk told it to his family, and said lie. was touched to tears to see with what avidity the jioor lad ate and how grateful lie was for such a treat. CIIArTER IV. The lioaltli of his mother having hocomo delieato, owing to hi-r grief arising from long separation from her much loved son, it was arranged that she should go to Paris with her other children, who would thus also have the henetit of a Parisian education. This resolution was spei-dilv car- ried out, and the liimily soon found themselvi's in Paris. The reunion of mother and son was very atlectiiig. From this iiionient Morca.i heeame the sole ]irot"cfor o\' his mother and the youKger children, his father, whose husi- ne>s detained him in New Orleans, having confided to him the care of the family. The great success (Jottschalk met with at Sedan induced him to give another concert at the Salle Pleyel. The audience was equally distinguished as the lirst, and tlio 86 ui()i:iiAniic.\L sKh/nn. friiiflitoii now luiiiirlt'il its pmisi-s with those i.t' tin- coimois- ' ' ', jmisiiiiiir liis hiiinl,sai; to the ear than the composition of this yonnji; ("reole. Listen to the ' Uamhoula, and you will comprehend tho poetrv of a tropical clime. (Jotts.halk's execution is mar- vellous, lie jHissesses a force, a jrrace, an idiandonment which carry you away, in spite of yourself, ami compel vou to applaud like a mere r'ii>/,i(iir. The piano is no loiiirer the dry and monotonous instrument \vith which yoifwere ac(inainted, and you will find spriiitfintr fr«>m he- neath the creative linirers of the artist all the tlmlnrs of tho orchestra, tuns Irs saii/iirs ilcs insffiinu ntn a n nt. "There is a scale like a strini; of i)earls leading you hack to the minor key! Oh! listen to that s'-ali- which flows so sweetly ; it is not the hand of a man which touches the keys; it is the wing of a sylph that caresses them, and eatjses them to resound'with the ]>urest harmony." Tho composition of vUamhonla' was written under the following circumstances. After Iris mother's arrival Moreau was" stricken ilown with typhoid fever. During the delirium which accompanies this fever, he was seen to wave ids liands, which those aroimd him supposed to ho symptonis of the delirium ; hut during his convalescence, which was verv slow, he one day got up and wrote out ' Band)oula,' which he said had been running in his hrain during his illness. It is composed upon four bars of a neunrmelody, well known in Louisiana, and is considered one of the n^ost remarkable, as it is one of the most ditti- eult of execution, of all his eimipositions. When he had sutKciently improved, lie went to the Ardennes, for tho full recovery of his lu-alth, and there composed the ' Danse des Ondjres,' the uaiue of which ho I' coillinis- iiinil,sai loii is iiiar- inilonniciit ml coniiK'l iaiio is no ith whicli jl from l>e- \l)n>i of the ■adiiiff you •all- wliich ii'li toiU'liL's thcni, uud »'. ;tt'n under ir's arrival r. During vas seen to )Ose(l to 1)0 ivalesfunce, wrote out 11 hirt 1)raiu bars of a considerctl ! most ditK- cnt to the . and there f which ho liAMltorLA. 87 afterwards dianp-d to tliat of * Dansi- Ossiani.iuc,' l.fsidcs the two' MallailcsdOssiaii,' wlii.-ji luM(ini|.osfd uioneni-lil tor the It'tc du^- ..f his motln-r. Tlif • Uanairu'r," ..nc ..fliis lii'st «'oni|M.sit s, was tlun wriltfn. At this pi-riod In- made tiu' a(i|uaintancc of Mr. Leon Kscudier, wlio lu-caiue not onlv the iiiti'!lii^-«'nt |inl(lisiicr of his worksin Paris, l.itt the devoti'd friend which he remained initil the death of (Joftselialk. lie also eomiiosed > Lcs ("oljicrs dOr," w hiiji afterwards iravo ri-^o to asinirular e|iis|.eared in ' J.a Franet- Miim- eale,' I'aris. Wlio -l.M's not kn.w th,. ' Unml)on)a V Wlio is IIht-wIi,, Imw not r.'.i.l ""•'''•'"•'■'1'" f fliat |>ictiiivs.|ii,., ..xcitin^'il.ifKT, «lii,|, >;iv,.s .■xinvssii.n to th-l.TliTiK (.!■ th.' IWKIO..S .' Joyful or siid, plaiiitiv... auioioii.s, jriilniis forsakcMi, solitary. fali^Mi.Ml, ..nniil.Ml, or tli.. Ii.s'irt Mil,., I with jri-icC t|„'. n.-M. lor.', 'Is all in .lanfinj; tli.' ' Hanilioiila.' l,o,,k down Hot.- at t'li.K,. two lilaik-lint.'.j woni with short pi'tticoats, their n.'.ks and ears orna- ni.'Ht,'il with iMiral, !<■ n;i„ril l.nil.nil, ilan.ln^' niider the l.anana ti Iho whole of their iMidies is in movement ; further on are .'nuips who ex- cute and stin.ulat.. them to every exeess of fan.'v; two .h-ro,.s roll ihe'ir active linK'ers over a noisy taml"uirine, ai mpaiiyiii- it with a laiiL'nishite' chant, lively or impassioned, according; to the pose of the dancers I iitle n.-roes, like those ,m the canvas of Decamps, are jumping aronnd the lidd ers ; It IS lull ol folly and delnshui. The ' Uamhonla' is at its hei..ht I his attractive dance has frciueiitly furnished alheniefor instrmiient.il coinpositions, which, however, have not ol.tained all the sn.vess that we expe.'ted from them. Th." Creole ails transp,.rted into our sahuis loso their char.acter, at once wild, lan-uishiii};, indescrihahle, which I, as no re- semlilaiice to any otli.T Kiiropean musics ; some have thou. -lit that it was snf. ticieiit to liav(" the chants written down, and to reproduce them with varia- tions, in order to ol.tain new elfects : not so, the elfects have lailed. One must have lived under the hurniiiK sky from whence tlieCre..!,. draws his niehHlies;one must l.e impregnated with tli.-s •centric chants, which an- little dramas in artion ; in one word, one must he (Veol,.. as composer and executant, m or.ler to feel and mak.) otliers understand the whole on^'inality of ' Haiiihonla.' We have .liscovered this Crcide composer ; an American roniix.ser, h.m J'icii. \es, indeed, an:ra,v, and l.iirity; troin the others, tiieir unrestrained passion and their attrai'tivo l.nlliancy ; and I can assure yon that for a hmj; time a pianist soori.'inal so sympathetic, has not heeu seen. Gottsuluilk has composed several 4 X- 88 luixniM'i KM. sKjyrcii. •'• ' '■■■ ' I'ir,,;!: ;',',, 1,1: M»':,"". ,ia ,.„<,. ■.. >i»»- -i" trail v.TV Maiitilully idiiijis ^wo. ...■ ■■■■•■•■ ■• ,■; .,.,, Vfti, io.s in tlil.l.'tS .".•..I., will, ^^.,n.l..rlu^ lif;l.tn,.ss. 1 h /^ I • I" •- « m. a /.m»/ssn,.. variati.m. «!...«.• .armom. imiiiMliatfly ii'tiiriin tlii'iiii" ill fc an- uf iliiri- ,nnl i,t il lllll, tllf tllfllH', 'i Itiit why i;r '" ;;;: iLu.:';: the niias, .r .i,^^n... una tnu...,,). „,„, air, ivsolvcMl t<. make- a pf-U-stnan t..ui; ... tl.c- \ .>^i>. 1, 1 r.^xt ...o.-.,i..u^ .'.s. a..a w..it o.,t to take a Avalk Tl!lK u,tv..rthola...ls.a,K;,anai..l.a,.sal.so,..v.^^ i.vvr.,t.a"l.i..i tnn.. roc..un.l/.MK how la.- he. l.a.U. MK, a., ..,..M...-..tlvhow .r.sta.,t h. was i.-o.„ h.s "..., w la v 1- luxl 1 'ft his ca.-i.et ha.o-, vs^vvUnv: to .vta.-.. to h,caUa>t. T h ^.Trisc^o..looki,.,L^a.•o,...aJK.io..,..n.....s. .ntho 1 u St vc of a viUaL.', whiU. he still tho,.o.ht h....se ... the ; ;;,, c.o....t.y ; la.t his ^^vvn^^ was m-.vase. 'X ^ he a^>- aL.veahle sensatio.. of a hc-a vv ha.iU la.U ..,.o., h.s > . I • T.iiM.i...-- .•o....a he saw a ,ij:e..aa.'...e, wla; .vpirdea hi... u ith Bi.si.i.'io.,, a..a sei'.nea ivady to ai'.-est 1...... " Yoi.f passiioi't '." , J, ,. -. '' M V ,,assiK;.-t 1 h..t T have not trot it wi 1. i.ie ; I lelt it at my'iii.i this iuo.-..i..g," rcpliea CJottschalk. _L A.\ Mtvi:.\ irtii:. no jiiocK 111' <'nUii • mili'iisuf Miin'. <1 It'll tillH'H tllll IHC. I'd HIKII'/' /', tl"' (ii)ttn<'iiiilk liiis IllH l'llll'll'ill<'l'''l U\vV.f 111'- ll<"l'' iial mill fiii>;i'iK • iiiiildli- I'liiUil, HH'tiu wuy, Willi rsirmlo I'lnli^fimoy I's, iiliii |iriij.'i-i'H- (■( is llliull' li.V H (■ of iH-ai'N ; lliis ftiT tliii- -.ii'i I Til' ilifiii"' ill '' iiifs iin- of iiiiri- III" linlll of a crowd ot' idlers lieiiini to asseiiiliie, he |int on a Mtoiit heart and followed the licndarine. Arriviiio- at the triiardhon»', lie was left alone for a few inonu.nfs, iiwailiim' the ina\or to cNaniine him. After a <|iiarler of jiii hour's soliliide another •.•(.iiiljiriiie entered, and, seat iiio- himself near a win- tlow, without takiiiir the troiihle to look at the juisoner, took II |.a|ier from his poeket and henjiii readiii!:-, • l.u France Mnsieide," tluii eilited h.v I.eonaiid Marie Ksciidier, in which was an aecoiiiit of tlie lust |irivate eoncerf uivcn hy (iottschalk, and in which ' l,es Cnllicrs d'Or' Avas in- Kcrihi'd in lariic letti'rs on the hack of the pajier. 'I'hink- int,' that the opiiortiinity had airi\('d for iirovinu; his iden- tity, he spokt- to the li'eiidarme. and said to him ; — "My yood man, if yon wi.-li to know a\ ho I am, yoc laive only to read the article on the third iiad between the ended to their le survivors of the celebrated ' burned down )f employment, sreatly atiected to their assist- heir beiietit in s not a ytlace to •d, another cele- brated piano mainifacturer, generouslv subscribed 500 trancs; iuid asked only for ten stalls, hv. Tlevcl did the same. Tbc banker, Mr. Xatlian Treille, Madam' .Mcnnecbet (le hanval, the mtelligeiit and cbarnunn' woman, cadi t(K)k 100 francs' worth of tickets. Mr. Javal, .Mr. t)rtila, <'tc. also subscrdjcd. Tlie followini; is traiislatc.l from an ac- count of the concert by Mr. i<:seudier as it apiicared in 'La 1 ranee Musicale' of the 27th of April, lh'->U. THE WOIIK.MKX OF PLEYEL AND GOTTSCII.M.K. Here is oiu- of tlu- most l.oaiitiful and most coniplct.. triiaiiplis wliirli we lav,^ witnossL-d tliis winter, (inttschalk can in.scril,.- tliis eveninK uiM.n )).s lieait; then, was never anytliiiiK ni.ire soleiiin and more animated. It was lor tlie workin;;men, viitims of tl fire at Mr. I'leveis maniifac- lad lirouglit togetiier all tlie artists, all the lasliii.n- tory, that (iottsehalk able world of Paris; man,nises, duehesse.s, hankers, m.-n of h'tters, anil statesmen. All the salons were so full that two hundred oersons could not obtain a idaee to be pres.'iit at the tele. There is (iottsehalk ; they elap their hands ; the Celebrated artist is pro- digious ; he j.lays with an art, a grace, a siiirit, a lightness, a iiower, which carries oil everybo.l away ; then (iottsehalk executeil the andante of 'Lucie' by Liszt. He is at least an artist, a great artist, who can interpret in the author's manner this original and dillicult composition. I wish that Liszt lia,. cessation momentan6e e eratitu.!.- .'Ht i.our t(.uj..u.s f^niv.H. .laus n,« nvurs. I-.IU m- conlona pour n .l.l.ru.'S .lui avons assisf. ^ la b.-Ho soim- d'hu-v, vi ,,ui -iv'-s .■. U „,.,.• a.- v.M s.nte.n.1.0 avoc la ,,lus vive a.ln.iraf.m po...- vot.v t« .n 8 ist..nu.nt .rU.l.f ; ct, iM'st ,.1-ins .Ics s..nti,u..nt,s .,ui n.ms uisiMrrnl et V ,..',. ...so a.t on, ct lo I'laisir .1.,- voir l.s arts v.n.r a.ns. .... a..!, a li„'l..st,'i' ...,..« nous v^ous d.manelons .l-accueillir les remtTCcuients los plus siiict.rrs ile Vos tr..s humbles et obeissants sorviteurs, ^,__ _^^^^ Donoouoe. IjKVKHUK, (ifI..I.OT, Cuiiriox, Di.U'.fiu.'s di'S onvriors do la po.'tion d..s atclioi's do M. rieycl & Co. qui a ete iiicendioo lo 20 Mars.l&ul.'. A Monsieur Gottscuai-k. {Translation.) Paris, 22 April, ISnO. Sir Wo com., in the name of our comrades, to offer you the tribute of our g,.a i „r,to tSsv,.>pa,by wl.ieh you have shown for the n..s.o.-tu,u.s wl i.h e.. tain au.onV us have experieneed from the te.,.pora..y eessal.onof L 1. r oe sion,.d b.v th.. .he, a..d to beg you to bel.eve that <;'"-,l;>f -"^ cratitude is for..v,.r e,.<:raven upon o...- hear s. 1-or us 'l';li'K.";'«-;\ " «. re present at the beautiful soi.ee of yesterday, a... who have ha,l tho Uas.m'ot hearing' vou, it is mh-gled with the liv..l>est a.ln...a .o,. for • ... ... o justly :.elei.rat...l ; a...l it is, over.lowi..g wth thes....t> meuts w I 1 i h vou a..d vour generous aetio.. i..spire us, and the plea^ur.. of seeing tile arts tln.s .•on.i..g to the assistance of indust.-y, that we ask you to receive th.. siii.>.i-est tha.iks of Your very humblo aud obedient servants, iinu vci^i uu William Dosoohoe, Lkkkhuk, (ilMLLOT, ClllU'.O.N, Del.x'ates from tlifl workmen of the workshops of ^h'^ss.•s. I'leyel & Co. which wero burned down March 25, IbOO. To Mr. OOTTSCHALK. ClIArTER V. .\T this poricl a stronini' of try, that we ask you r'lM.IAM DOSOOIIOE, KKKIIUK, IMI.I.OT, H.'U'ION, of till! workshops of wore burned down 'liiiiT n|t liotwoon •rood Nfr. rU'Vol, •Vfs of the youiii: iiulic'iico. It wad THE nUSD CRITIC. 43 cliiiniiing to soo tliesc two men, one of tliom just oiiterin.ij; upuii life, till" otlit'i- near tlie moment of leaving it, so elosfly united: the young-i'i- listeniiii;, with interest and ad- miration, to the elevated conversation of the man of ueniiis, who had heen so mueh aiflieted. Mr. Krard had fre- qnently proposed to Gottsehalk the playing of his pianos. Hut althoui,di he admired the meehaiusm and liriiliancv of the iiistrinuents made hy this eelehrated manufaetnrer, (tott- sehalk remained faithful to those of I'leyel, whicli liad tak^'U their sweetness and freedom, aildcd to I'orcc of cliar- aetei', from him who had iu some «ort breathed into them the breath of life. ]Jut it must not ho supposed that the sueeess of Gott- schalk dill not in some minds ins].ire envy and suii'ovst adverse eriticism. He was earieatinvd by 'Cham,' an(T^"()no eritic, wlio laboured under the misfortune of beino- blind, Iniade more than one disaj^n-eeable remark on Gottrdtalk's ji'ivin^- his eompositions Creole names; he mii>-ht as well, he said, "call them the melon and apple-tree, insti-ad of ' Hananier'and'Maneenillier,' for all that the publi(; cared." He had even been so rude one day that Uottsehalk's friends took it in hand, and wished to eall him to aeeount. This, however, (Jottschalk would in no wise permit, and the' matter droppe.l for some time. One evenino-, at a concert at the llall IJonue Xouvelle, _o;iven by the wonderful little pianist Tito Mattei, (Jottschalk, who had l)een to hear him, on eomins? out after the concert, was stopped bv the crowd on the top of the stairs, and saw at his elbow h'is blind foe, Avho was vaiidy endeavourino; to secure a footiuij; to o-ot down. Gottschalk, without bciui,' recoo-nized, hei"i)ed liim down to the door, where the critic metNvith his assistant, lurnmg round, he asked to whom he was indebted for t)ie kindness. Gottschalk simply uttered his name, and left. *rom that day he counted one more admirer, and, we may say, trained one more frienih We may add another anecdote as further displavinj? his character. One evenin.,v. ■• l.a liouis.. ..„ la ";•■./".':',;',. .-.kct, „,ul «,Ul, •• My p"l n>an 1 l.avi n ^ > > , ..n,. lav,.,,,-, yoj^torday, luul i ii.iM. a lain .^ luurhase ioul-^ iin.l no work yf''f^\^^^)^^ l>muHor tlK-in. ' ^'^>^V' T i o no mm^ ban this," ta . n> ^orrv niv «j;ooil man, 1 lia\e no moic ^ .1 1 A1....V fiM.'iiiU aniontr others a LK'oK i.iii'i'j Swit/A-rlan.l. MaiiN ^V^'^'^: "'';', 7,, ^i^^c invited him to v„„to.l hh,. fro,,, ''•"'l* "t , 'w 'l^w ",'«.ial it >v.ml,l ^'fe^tnsrrtiwr .!;;;:iirL »o,.,o .1... ..„., I'aris, and ho yielded. ,,^,,,„„t,,ro Air. Leon Esondier ^'^:;tdertLook><>nrl5are,.u muj.^^^ ^ schalk had nothm.^ read> . , .f^*^" ^ t^'. I will unve you to take a ivtnsal; he must lm\e a i.iece. .- ^ S)0^ranes if you -^ ^^f^^ ^^ ,^^^^ Bchalk consented, and, ^'^^^^-^^^'^^"^ ^ ^^^^^ critable hiiou, the next n.orning, ^•os|Hl a le^o c, a^^^^^^ ^^^.1 ^^^ two hours after Gottsehalk had 1 tt 5ii_.„„ COS CERT FOR THE POOR. 45 rds of Front'h tuniod round in my jKH-ket, mt oiH' favour, I," The luiiu valk in front. a(l,sai(l, "Vou a novifo in the ' said G., "do "Hun lily '." I'ti- notliini; to oat :c mysc'lf, for I lie to ])UiTliasc I his jiui'so, saiti, ore than this," leave France for a Creole family invited him to iid hitherto pro- ion. Finally, in •neiioial it would Home time from '. Leon Esoiidier lo- a ]tieoo of his n-, as the proverb [lis oiroumstanoe, , catohit." C^ott- r was not willing " I will ij;ive you » At last Gott- t and five o'eloek a veritable bijou, Vom the opera of init d'ete,' whioh \h\ Eseudier, who morning to got it, o the young artist, e humidity of the place, ho was seized witli a jjutrid fever at Los I{ousscs,and was obliged to send for his friends, who rame immediately, and it was not until six weeks afterwards that he was in'u tit condition to be transjiortoil by them to (Jrandson. Miss M. J> , on his arrival, bestowed upon him the eare of a sister. After he had recovered suiHcientlv ho set out for (leneva, from which jilaco delegatidus had Iteen st'ut to him, inviting him to play. Kvervwliere he was grirted with the greatest aii]ilause and admiration. Xotwitlistaiid- ing, liowever, the honours which awaited him, hi' never ajijicars to have become vainglorious, or to have been car- ried away by the adulations which surrounded him on all sides. It was one of tlio most beautiful ti-aits in his cha- racter that ho never forgot the poor and the sutleriiig ; his hand was ever open to tht";' wants, and his talents were always at their disposal. At Geneva, ho gave cont-orts for the jioor, and at Yverdon one for the bcnetit of a hosjiital for the aged, Avhich ei.abled them to add another wing to the building, to which wing they gjivo the name of Gott- sehalk — which it still bears. At the period of this visit, Gottselialk was only twenty- one. As displaj-ing his ]»rogross in art, and the reimtation which he had achieved, we jirel'er to give some conti'inpo- raneous criticisms which Jiiarked the ai>prociation of his sUle, talents, and genius as artist and composer. AVe select only those which wore Avritton by acknowledged autlK)ri- ties in musical science. (Frnm La France Afitslcale, 18 August, ISSO.) Gottselialk had no otlior reason for goinj,' to Switzerland than to sock rest, far from the world, and above all from I'aris, that j;r('at fity. He has arrived in tlie canton de Vand, and will remain there for some days, silent and unknown, in the midst of a friend's family, haiipy to have him. Hut notwitlistandinj^ he had taken every ])ossil)le i)reiaution to escajx! from the eares of cclehrity, his urrne quickly escaped from the valley in which he was resting on all its echoes, and deputation iifter deputation has heen sent to him from Geneva invitinj; him to eome there tliat he may be heard at least once. Tiie celebrated j)ianist resisted as far as he could all tlie seductions of wliich he has been the object. For nearly a month he allcfied the siifferin}; state in which he found iiimsidf since his arrival ; his streiii;th was enfeebled ; his chest, owin;; to the coolness of the climate, t'xperieiice'' l. focii.iKU. Tu. p.of u,.iv.-.aiity, «'t'(^iri:Si- '- r;:.irVi'-^ • o ..o,M. . Ift Til.' il.iiuaii' of '\'t '" *;" ' , , :. ,, ti.iii" so i.lMiioiii.'iii'l. ,s a rail' '^.m- '" , ,• ^^ i.raiuln's, i> a tinun • . i '*'t?,:;:Vthis tin.', -^ mu.t .....s.,.. ■- ;;^,^ wos.', inm ,.,.nii>r .,,,.1 o'l.'ln-at.'il Anu'ru'au i>iaiii> ■ ,i„. ,r,.aii.l.'st an.l mo'^t fonui.lal.U- wlii.l' lias ip i ' I 1 " .„. „ t,,.. u-utun..' Mtl Us Kranl lias pn'sent.-l to l.un ! 1 ^^•'^ ..rVntri.' l-.m.ls, tl..' in.'lo.l.v sa.lly „vst..ri....sways,tl..^.carvu..- y li t^^^ „.i^,,,, ,,,,.v u; ask ,,i,„ ,..r ,1.0 '••'■f ■>-t-tucU f AN 1"^^^.^ .,f _„.,, I 1... will, .lay lJo..tl.ovo.., or a t.iKU.' "» ";"' ' '-.r am o.l' an.l .•.■l.'l.rat.'.l p.-otossoi, Mi. ii;;-;;v=:uur;;;-u;i*.*^! •*- ■■"■■ "••■ •"- "■ « ' ,,lavin.' recalls that ot Liszt oi l"'^' » '; , „,i „f uis .listaiit ,o,m ry, -^'^!^ " ^""- tL' s..^r;'r;; uiaS y- ^-^^^-"^ ^^-^ •^^'"-' ^"'^"■ £sofUM"'Ha,iil...ula,' tUat n.'t^ro is r.'rhai.s no example of a cu P"" ' , ,^,^, ,„.en h..ard. lUit CRITICISMS. 47 wsiMo for I'im to ml rciiucsts iif tho )la-i, ai- well as liiT i,.iit at tlu'iiiiK'Tt- !■ tlii-u ill til.' tirst ii.l,l!iM,f tlifsniriV, II, Mr. Ic lianm 'I" 1(1(1. -sty i-. .'.iii'il ti^ k liiiu'l.y th.' lianl ,.v!i. Fi'.iii til. ■lie.! tcrwnr.lH to Lyi.ns, r Hfasiiii. L. Ksci-DiEU. ,cr, iwn.) soiii.' .liospii artists, t.i cmbrac.' it in its iifT s!i iilifiiciii''""'. sji.'i'ially. Mr. (liitts.'halk, Ilii> event. <1.' se. liini .. Lirandfst and iii"st •ksli.>l>s, an.l uhifU ,e n.iitiirn.' witli its Is tin' ni.'l'"iy sadly mi),'lit vU\y it; ask sonata in./' miimr of Art, and lo' will i>lay oratiMl iirotVssor, Mr. ■ith the title of grand nstnuncnt, and wlmso toncli you to tears m ' his distant country, ,1,1 tlio African sidon- ,i,.teor of last winter's (lottschalk is twenty (JUUL-8 ElCllllKUO.) , 1850.) s'D. he soinurn of tlio oel.^- riani'plis an•■; /*,"""",""■ ''arriare of tho prnnd duchess wns at the d.H.r ot he hotel where the artist was, and at „teied the salon of her HiKhness. M,e was in ^i-at cou'i-any, with her ladies ot honour and the I nncesses \\(,lkons..ya.id S(,ul;(,yanet. The Kraud duchess con versed a Ion- time with (.ottschalk, a t^rand collation was afterwards served „„ At tl... re(|iiest of the -raiid duchess, (lottschalk placed hin.s.df at tin", piano, and all the piec's he jdayed caused hini to receive teilerat.'d f(di.ita- tions. The;:raii(l(liicliess afterwards present. .(I him, with clianiiJM- .-race, a little jewel-case, sayiiif,' to him, "This is not a t.'stinioiiv of iiiv a.rmira- tioii, hut simply a souvenir; let it sometimes recall to von" a peis,,i, whom yon have inspired with the ^'reatest iiiter.'st !" The hex inclosed a ma''- iiiliceiit hreast-r in, forine(l l,y an enormous pearl and diamonds from tin) Jewel-lidx of her lli;,'hlless. A few days since, (iottsdialk was presented to tho tiueen of Sardinia who conversed at leiij,'th with him. Mauik Kscnuuu. (/nw Mr F,<,lll,lm, (If la G(K,lte ilc l.aufannr, 28 \„ri'mli,,; ISW.) COXCKRT.S Ol- M|{. (iUTT.SCHALK— \N AKTIST's IMl'KESSIOX.S. ToTiiK KniToi! OK TiiK 'Iazi-.ttk hh Lai-sa.nnk : M.any friends haviii- manifested a desire to know the oi.inion of an artis ^M-(,wn f:ray un,hT tin, harness, and l.eiii;,- wiKii.;; to acknowled;;,, my old n:„.su.al experi..nce, will you, Mr. Klitor, i.ermit me to commiini- ca e to you th." impression which the talent of our yount; and alivady so cehdirated artist has produce(l upon me? •' & / ^" _^ Behold this full hall ! how many j.ersons hnvo not mentally exdaimed • It is a piano, ami he -s n( thin^r hut a pianist !" that is true ; hut it is a h!.Tt'man';"f,S','in.r '''''''''•^' "^ ^"'"^' *"'""'" '" *''" "'"''""' "^"''^' ''"* "'" As lor the pianist, Mr. Oottsohalk offers an intorostinR study to phvsio- nomists. \\ hen the crowd has assemhled, r..stless and m. tli.. watcll' .^V r^it-wr-T!'!? '"•■"',. ■?1'1'"''"- ""'J ■■^». i"torestin;5 coiuiteuaiu.e, a tou'ruuro latuer p.i.llemaiilike, very pale, his oyes cast down. His physiognomy sadness!' "'"'■■""•'"''^■' """^ ^''^"^ i'' "' '^" ''i'* features a trace of pain and sup, rh.r t'llelit ^"'* "■' ^^'° ^'■"'" ^''" "''" '''^"Smz^ ^ Il.avo a moment's patience! tlirso touches, so cohl. so iimonsihle, vou aie alK>ut lo liea. hecome animated, to wee,,, to sin-, hefore you ; then- is l(',Mu"V"f i", rr " ","' t" realize this prodigy; y.m at lirst listen with douht, hut little hy httle y.uir ear hecomes habituated to this tender and plaintive accent ; you cannot detach yourself fr.m. it, von are conjured unknown to yours..lf, you yi.dd to a supernatural for.."; and the artist ? behold how his look hecomes aniniat.-.l, and how his pale tint b..conie:! lit- tle hy litth3 coloured ! how his featur.'s .-xpn'ss the stilleriii-s ..f his soul ; how noble his head is and how all his body seems to grow larger; it is an attraction without .'xample, y.m do not dream of analvzinfr vour sensa- tions; you ask If It IS music, you apidaud, you cry bravo wi'th all your might, but without iiremeditation, for it is a siiontaueoiis expression", in- stinctive of astonishmont and admiration (we, personally, had not even 4H monuAriiWAr sketch. i„M..ftinns of l.uii.an HeiiHutioim, \w romU'ia tin m .iii i J: r i^^Vuiii:;" r ;:::.r«:;';v;:H'^:; ^v... vouai.. i at t.. foot ..f.'v.-ry i.agf ol llaciii.-. , f,,^ „j, ,,13 .:;:!,:;r;,;:.t.;:.,R™s:;,,!;:vs :;;»,.. oi. ;....,. 8inf:in« n«ain his Hong of ""''' ''"•'^J;" ','',, 'I'l.v that .nh...,n silrm.'e a.ul public whhh maains '"/I'^'^/'^'-y "^. \;; .U' .V,., l,,v.. s-..ul,iu.. .vsth.ss. Iho eyes of this .auu, l'''*''-, ^ 'f,,^::, 17.., wl,-. he returns to el,ur,u dis.iuiete;"''f ".''" 'T;^;^'' Vu.r d tears one ho.ir fr-.n relleet, that every sound wh>eh he i^au^ts t' j^^;|,;^^, .^ „,„,._ j.j, ,.,,„,„. '::.S!.S=h:u:;:::!'"f^':i«tai;nUud m that noUe pride without -;;:;{ ri^^Xe;: "urihjr . .0. h. si-^;.:;:,- -- : ;:^.:it;t::nvrr;:^h":i:^:i!«s;:i:iM:i«b^^^^^^ able to ai.pr.-eiate the an.en.ty of '>''* ' •^'' '. ' ^ „,. ^-ill wateh over him knowled,' whieh he possesses and '^ ' " \, J ^j.i,,, he takes the ,. the sake .^ 'l' S'l^U ^v^ « ~ "'^ -'-" '^ "'^"'"-^ ""' jdaee of a father— tins is uio vt./ » ^^^^ Sciiuiwamxk. friend has for him. The following is extracted from an artiele, dated Lau- in that journal under date ot 10 .Novembei, 18oU. Cft/J'frls^fS. 4n (■x|)ri's.'i tl.i' mar- iiifiil vilii-ati', iiiio iillr, liic liiilldi, tllO III' sliiuli's, all tlm villi idciihiiiii anil for (Hffli'ultii'8 he is ill (lassii'al iiiii!*i<^ ami i>aiiiful xi'iiti- 11 a l"'ll nix' ^l"f«•«■«, so much i(.H wUii'li inviti- us thfiilly till' iiiiloli'ut \ut seven ||„.v «,.,•„ ,,|,|i^-|.,l t,, Inipn.viM. seats oil the ori'l."stra, the hall not h-'ini; sulli.ieMtl v lar-e to eoiilaiu the erow.l. At three o'eioik t^.e steamer had hrnu-ht a Kreat numherof |.,'i-soiis fioiil MorL'.s, \evay, Nyoii, and even fioiu liolh-s, t.-n ha-u.s fro,,, {.au^aiiii". .] he imhlieeoiiveyaiiees vv hlrh arrived in the iiiorniiij,' were lull of dilettaiili from Ivurdoa and (Jrandson. A I'l'iiti'iiilri' (iolisrlinlk, cm finisiTult la vl.>; I'iir (111 I'lilMHiititH Hcccinl.H III fiiic* imuA I'liilmnti-r; 1,'ion nil ml.' 1,1,'ml, pur m il..iini nm^;!,., V.n riivU<:iiit Hum ni'iirs In »;\\a hi'Iim t;ii'i' .« „r.wrnt.vl to la.u at l.ausan...'. '^^ ';''', ,, ,,• t,„. ,,,11..-.. pr..s..nl...l to ;;;r..s,,on,UM, ........>-. ' ^;;;: V- - .' - lan,l th.. n,.,.oarann, .-f thin ; i;.„t artist. Ho l.as carnnl --^J ^ ^ ^ : \,J ,.„„, r..as..n O.r writ- ^' •-"liJ.ra^y ::ri-.'M';.ttlrU, iLt ... wa. aavu.,cin« at a ra.ul ^^:bSl^":i:^a::;l'o:>;;^a fe. aay« in ran.; .e i. exrocted in Spain. 13 April, ISul. •1 n wi,n U thorp who flops not play a littlo TwPnty /oars .apo thpy saul, fll'; .", J 'Z,;,,,., ,,,,o .lo... not ,.lay on I on th.. ,.ia>,o r Thoy T.OW ><"' ^^; j ' ^■;,!,,,, ,,,iHl ,.n th.. pianosh.M,hl vorvwoin" lttl'"'^'''l''V"'''\V '.fT,, hli.. lik..thal..r I'aris., f..r hmi ;;;;,u.t to..layn,.on >'-' ' i;-^;;; ll^^Uhith^!^ with hin. ; an.U.Hunj t,. , ;,.aa.., charm, in..v,n an.l '-y-^^ '';'"" '^,,,,1 h.!shonl.l join t..,.x....pt.onal tol,avpanan,li..n...Mlr..H.ur,.sal^ol b^ ;,^. f....Un^r fV.r tho „,„,i,,a ,,,.,Uti..s --^'V f V, .sJi, n n u a farilitv ..f u...,.hanisu. ...rn.-l M;htU'ti..s of styl.. 'i>''lof'/;l'7'.' ''?,",, ; ,i,is last n...rit, h- aHt..nish..s toth..hit,'l..'st.>Ntr,.n>... l'''';:XT ir I n the .•..ntrary, Iw p.'S- for an instant. th.m tL-y "n. t ,1 of h m- . ^^ „f ,,„.„- s,,ss... only th.. ..thor '"'"•'J'^' ' '^,,.'^ ^ ;„ \ H„.„n ..on.pany, hut who re- j.lac.. artists wh..n> ono s.>. ks "' J ";,,%'",,■,,„ ,v,.,,u..nt ,v„u-rts. Luun po^^..rh■ss to ..xctto tl'-- f- '•' ';^' , ; / „„„,,U of th..so who posB.^«s Mr. (l..tts..halk .s on.' .1 ;';;,^;.^\ ,„„,.r ..f tho pianist, all tho all th.. ,lith.r....t ..l..n..;nts ^'^ J^^^^.*^ 'Vn im-sistihl,. pn'sti,'-. He is an ac- a,trihnt,.s whioh V"^''''''" 'r,. .'^ .ow ar on., n.ay .'arry f.noy in oxpr..B- ictum nf Gott- . fit liniisfttini', onrt jiliiyi'il iiii>ri' tliiin to «'ay, carrii-'l olf 10 jir ''ill* I'l tlii'S'" 11 iiii.iK'i":'""" ■■''''' iii;li wiTt! ooimiiliT- lu' a>,'fil ; oil" ">"H A l)iiii'iii''t ^v.■^t* 'i';*" 1 wan ornani/.i'il ii» ,.„ll,.;;.' pr.'s.'lit.'il to (if Swit/.i rlaiiil. At i in.'ilal iif lioniirary r(i tD fmiiiicrato all ni>ii<'arancit "f tin** liiw.TS, ftiwl v.n-atlirt ,m«hI ri'asdii fur writ- [^ivaiiciug at a raiiM lio ia cxpcetoil in M- at this pcM-iod niV()iuthoi>on of (•nticnf Kiiroi>e, OS Debuts,' I'ui'iri, )<\np<* not, play a littlo vlio.loi's licit i>lay on it irtlKll tlif !'•»"" **''""^'^ . that of I'arisi, for liim witliliiiii; aiiilforliiiii mill join to I'Xfi'iitioiial ,,uisi'to f.'.'liii^' for till' (if iiii'i'liauisiii (^arrii'o«- . c'ati'!.rory of coniuKin- (■(iiiijiaiiy, Imt who ro- iicut ci.nci'rt!*. ■r of tlioi^o wlio possess (if tlio jiianist, all tlio pi-Lstif.'.'. ll«' i>< iin "t'- ,• carrv fniicv i" oxpr.-s- tics taki'U with rhythm it ho lU'Vfr traiisi'<'ii'l«. g sweet molodios and of CRITK'ISMS. 51 srath'rlnK tho lijilit pnasasri-s from the top of tli.> ki'y-1«-.aril. As to |ircs- ti's^c, fiijfui', fclat, lirio, iirij^iiiality, IiIm playing s'liikcs from the IliHf, ila/./.lc'H, n«|iiiii.slics ; aii>l flic iMfaiitiiic siiiiiiliiily of his siiiiliiiK capriirsl tho ijianiiiii;.' raHo with wlii.h lie ninliTs Niiiijili- IhiiiKS. »>• .|ii tn hcldiiij to a Mcnmil iinliviiliiality, distinct fmin tliat wliiih iliaractcrj/cs his thiindcrint' ciicrnics. 'I'lic siuccss. also, nf Mr. ;race ami charm of Chopin, with more de- cided character; less magisterial than Th.alhere, he has, i.erliaps, more warmth ; less severe than rriident, he has more fjrace and (dejrance. And then, all his (lieces are very short, and a great wav always to please is not to wish to jday too long. Au. Au'a.m (de I'lnstitut). ' 52 liionnAPincAi. sKi-rcii. oottschalk's* soiufiK. ...).alk: "A ..•.■•" ■"•"^^ '" '''"'"^ ' , V .N . m 1 • viU l.-. l.Horo i::x r;;:t-i;f ^i:^:^;;;;3 s£ E;; rS ".,irf.. has been dedsivo, 1 will ov.u say truimi.hal. L«> ^ i'".H. Dm'ii.- tlR. winter at Paris l.o ,truvo sovonil ccn.yrts all o\- which sLrHU'- ..ntl.usia>,nwlu..l; I.; ox., -a llios a«ay ou lightnings, ho gives a uew piece, luore t.auu.ng than '■/;//■/< /s.us. 68 ■ior tali'iit of (Jott- ■ riiriii-' witli him IIm will 1"', lii'lor.) >1 iif til.' iiiiiiii'." n ^;iiiiit. Ill Olio II. (I liiiii till' syiii- -(l;iy 111' Ht;iii(ii iu s lire iiw;iil'''l vsitU liut in wuiidiifiil to riit tlic .yiiiit.' .•mil ftu.lh'iK'n ntfnhi cry oucic win, all thrlr powop ; fhcv ,|,.i,imi,1 "". i''"7 '■"•;","•• " .•''.''■'": !''■'>- ^' "'''■'' •■'"■ ""■■"■ I 'loni „:.t.u''i„ .t • , 7?"" M .";'';,"' "" '"■'«""»'. l"'"'"'-'. •■""1 inarvclluuH. Arte- U„tlH, ha k (/■'("HI an ,„li,!,- in An /Vf/iicc .l/,(s„„/f, J)iri.i, '23 Mimh, IS.M.) Yo« (h.ttschalk w-,.. Innt Tii....ln.v n-hnirahl.., ,„arv,.|l„UH, innu,.,,.,.. f '"•': ""• r''""; ^ '■""••• ' '•" ""' ><"""• " '"oro wnithv naiu- thau h,> to hoinuiM|.h:,Mtly carrici ji.tu the w.uM of art. I |.itv these who were i„,t lu-oeui at this nieiMoral.le sniri'e ; to the,,, ,„ie does not know how to ...ve an idea o| the unsur|,assed talent of (ioitsehalk. Talent ' | ,„|„|,, ,,,"..,,, Benms; for the vouiik pianist hrin^'s into the worhl so encmuhered wl'li, j.nimHt coi,i|iosers a lo'w lorni and ideas of which i can coi,i,.«t ,|,c .ater.u.y will, him (iutiM halk |,layed ei^d.t ,,i s; live we, nco.vd n the midst o( a|.|,|."iise. which hurst out after each i-hraso or each varia- tion, with an ejecirifyiiitr clliMt. (iottschalk is now upon a throne ; to overthrow him v o,ild ivoiiiiv moro thau a rovolutioM to take place in the [liaiio ami mnoi.fc' pianistsl lii:o.v I'iscriiiKK, {I'lim itn iirlirlr i,i [.,< Clmnniii, ]\iris, Murrh 2'^, ]>:,1.) Ahov„„lI it is the sentiment which HelzoH niH, n.Kl .arries me aloUL' with It 111 the won.h.rlnl execution of Mr. (iotfschnlk. The uiost ililelli- Keiit and most inspired orchestra in tlio world (even if it was the Conser- vatoire s could not luterpicl the .entree of th,.' Concerto' of WelM.rhetter hau (iottschalk ,l,d. t would I,, i,|ivdillic,.lt to render the ^..vat piuLo ot IJeuthoveii with more warmth in,l force th.iii he. T.VXIl.K llKI.oIlli. Tho fulI.nviMg iK l.y Tlit'oplalo CJuuIk'I', tliu cTlchiatL'.l ri'i'iicli ('fit If : — (/•';om /■h,!l//lnn tlv In Pn.i^r, Ihri.i, 31 Afnirl,, ]K>1.) An orifrinality marked hy ^^M,d taste and a littl centricitv, ilovoi.l of charlatanism have always appeared to us the two chh.f ,,„alities i„ ,,., artist ol true tahnt ; we have Mkewise suhmitted ourselves unreserv! dl" fir '\ rim ;'.'",' "' T"}V^'-' ;""' "'' '•"''"''■■•"i"" •■'-• ^I''- "ottschalk froui the (Irst time that we had the pleasure of hearing him. Am.uiK o„r il.,r pianists to-day there are hut few who hav,. known h..w to creat,. for them- selves an iiicontestahle individuality. I.jszt, IV-ict, and Thalhen- ..p. the ,,oints of comparison ordinarily .liosen hy t;.c puolic whe,, it ,irsircs to measure the value of their imitalor.s or of their followers without knowiiif; It. iiMoiii, II is, then, nmreilifflcnlt than one mi-ht rhink to,leparf from the l„.ateu Vn r M . 1 ''V'" 'l" ""■",';■'" ''''■' '-''""J-'^i'l" ll'ose of the masters. If Mdualit.v which escapes so -uany others, it is perhaps owiu- to tl„. fact that alter having fonued his talent hy .solid sludie,,. he has lefl i, o h-i!^" Vm^'mT V'l' *'"' f!""™" ^"^•"■"■^'s of his country, fro,,, which l,o has biou-ht hack tons the colours and iiorfumes. What ideascs us ih 54 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. niusio, as in all other things, is novolty ; and wo have also been as m« 1 c annVrby the n>..l.>,lious ccrin of tho Amencan artist, as "■ e alroa > ha^'t e M. by the chants of tho Muew.in, and the reyer.es under the pa « which i^i'feu David and Ernest Keyer have noted with their souvenn. "'Arilis'last concert, Gottschalk had the applause of tho vrhole ball TlH. ' S-n ie^ eneo're, and tho young artist yielded himself wUbon aieetation, and with the most perfect courtesy, to tho demands ol hi= audience. CIIArTER VI. Gottschalk returned from Switzerland in Oc-toV.er. Shortly after his arrival in Paris he reeeived »" invitation from the (iueen of Spain, to whom he had dedieated It Bamhonla,' to visit Ma.lrid. His iiime as an ^^ rearhed her ears, and she was desirous ot hearing him. Durino- the winter he gave several eoneerts m J ans. .\t this i,rriod his father arrived from New Orleans o,, a visi to hil tiunily. It was very touehiiig to see the V^^^/^ hai.piness of the tather at heholdmg the suceess (;t In. nuirh loved son f cburitable and u'eiierous of men. _ Concerts were given loi ihe benetit of the poor, and donations made to hospitaK Vhile at Bordimx Mgr. Donnet, Cardinal .Arc-ld)ishop of r.ordeaux, i-'ave him a grand dinner, at which manj hishops an.l other .lignitaries of the church were prc^e i • As conveying the best idea of the impression he made and I been as much as 'Vf already luler the palms huir souvenirs ho whole hall, liiiiself without Aeuiauds of his in Oi't()V)or. an invitation :k-(licatL'(l ' K' in artifit bad lioarino; liini. in I'aris. At ans on a visit :lie ]ii-i(lo and mwoss of Ins any sa 'i-ifiecs. C'iialk sot ont travclod with ;1, Gottsclialk States the tbl- of France liad mod with the ux lie visite-'"""' ,.,^„.^ „,■ „,. .i„s an.l of chn.u.atie tia.ts. tuemeloay is never h,s, una., the U^^^ X^,. ,^^^ „.,^.. j, ,, it always detaches itsell willi I'l-aiiy ^ Saist-Uikil Dri-ouv. ijure, as velvety as tlie Urst. a-yo,n .ke C,„nri.r ,k la Gimn.le, B.r.k.n.r, 21 M,„ 1S51.) Mr. uottschai. will leave ^^:^^^^t::^:::: ::;;;: j^i^i^"^^ an.l as a uiau, for the generosity of his Ui-aii ^^ Uou.i.n. iiieuse talent. Af.. I' ILirtlielcmoii, uKakiiil? in tlic 'AtiiI ilw Arts' of his concluding rcuiarks;— Mav we 1,0 remitted t. say in ^-}f^::^:^^,^:^^^ ;^:.ar'-;?verr^e^S t^U itT^j; U.i. trait;sin.,le as it is, is that ol '^ifSorirto fln,l all these qualities united in the same man : talent, modesty, bounty, and t-'i'";'""';''-. , .,,„„. ,.„„„„ persons who on Thursday ,,;i;?„*;;s,.i;:n;i: «>':■■«' ;L,/v,u«"i„u. ..a «.«■« and will say with them:— ,,,,,, i,._^,is to plory, to will be blessed by the poor ! (From rimUcateur, Bordeaux, 20 Jub,, 1P51.) , X, f< ..t«,.h'.lk for the henefit of the poor has !r;;;i",ss" ^-^iSvl ■'-'"--"■' "-"'t"?-^ CIiITlCls^fs. 57 frnm the Cmirricr tiiiio, it eli.iinis. L !ill its cDiiliiurs, ,us nii>iility, lliort loiiml till- iiii'li>'ly t:lir()iiiatii; traits. to di'scriln' ; liilt wliicli rovcis it ; ii; last uott' is iiS -KlElL Dll'OL'V. ,„; 18;)!.) ivciiir as an artist , fqiial to liis im- A. IVniii.N. mi cU'S Arts' of 10 poor, wiys, in tsclialk, aft IT liav- aiiil to tin" I"""" *'"' < of A 'li' S? • tiow.'is h>' liail just lo as it is, is tliat of ! samo man : taU-nt, lis who on Tliursday and delicate hands, 1 h'ads to plory, to tlie iiowerful I— you 1851.) ii'fit of the poor has of lient>vol('ni:o, pro- ul to those for wlioni ans and aniat.'urs of tliv eagerness. The ;1 were not the K'ast ahuost the same as )Ut tlie risk of reiieat- void the difficulty, let .ctTt to the other took at the ai)l)lause, the bravos, and transports of ndujiration were not diseontlnued; and that to tlie ^,■ltis^a(•tion nt havinj; liecu alile t<' l^ave to tlu' unfortunate of onr citv a ter>tiniony of his symi)atliy, lie lias also liei^n aide to eonvinc.! himscif how iiiueh the i.nMie was senslMe of this aet of geniTositv on his ])art, and how much his rieh and heautiful talent wa.s felt "and wortiiily ainireeiated liy it. The tiisiiiihlv of the coneert was fine, although rather grave. A pieee for two pianos, on '.lerusah'ur (the opera hy Verdi), composed exprecslv for til is ociasioii, whilst founded on meloilies of rather weak value, was given, neverlhcd.'ss, with conspicuous ellect, thanks to the vigour of its execution, which caused it to he warmly ajiplauded. After iviimining about" two iiiontlis in J^onloiUix CJott- sc'lialk iirocci'di'd on liis joiiruoy. ^«t(i|ijiiiio- at J'aii, lie tcavc a (■(iiuri-t wliich Iirouirlit out an article from Mr. ratriek 0'(^iiin, memlier of the Corjis J.eo'islatif. It con- tains many tliiiio-s with which the ri'ader has already heen iiiade aeiiiiaiuted; hut weghe it as a piece of contemporary history. (Fi'im the Mi'moridl (lot Pi/n'w'is, Pan, (j Aikjii.sI, Is.'il.) A few years since there arrived at I'aris the son ( f a gentleman of Lonisi- an.-i. In that country, wliert- the reiiiemhr.iiu'e if Fr;ir,ce is not ellaccd, it is the dream of families to give their children a Kn mh and jiarticn- larly a J'arisian education. He, thanks to his parents' fortune, received lessons from the hest masters; he learned fencing from (irisier, horse- manship from I'ellier, and IStamaty taught him the piano; without reck- oning (ireek, Latin, and the rest. One day .Stamaty, his joofcssor of the liiano, discovered in the child a marvellous aptitude for this instrument, riaoed opposite the key-l>oa:'d, he was already more than a scholar, and besides the mechanical perfection attained only hy practice, he gave, by a thousand traits, marks of an artist. At the end of a short time tjtamaty had nothing more to teaeh him. (ireek and Latin, the riding-school, and the fenoing-hall, one may Judge, were then somewhat ahandoned. The child, heoonie ayoungman, t'l It him- self led by an irresistible vocation, lie g;ive himself "np to it with .irdoiir, with passion, and he then commenced hard and persevering studies, the prelude to success of all great artists, (ienius in the rough does not throw out great lustre, and it is just ; to burn with all its lires the diamond reijuires cutting ; the talent which owes nothing to labour is a chinnra of idleness, a iiull'ed-u]> invention of unappreciated genius. Is it necessary to say that this young man was (iottschalk ? Some time afterwards nothing w;is sjioken about in the musical world of I'aris except of a great jiianist, the rival of Liszt, of Chopin, and of Tlialberg. It was, who should hear (iottschalk, or who should appbiiid his ni'gro chant of ' Hamboula' so original and languishing, or who should admire the eminent artist, and at the same time tlu' composer of the I'lite, for this new artist was both the one and the other. Only some juivileged salons, that of Madame Merlin, or of M. Orlila, for examjde, had yet the monopoly of Gottschalk ; and when, one year after, during the winter of ib-i'J, ho ap- BIOGRAPniCAL SKETCH. m ^8 peared in public for the first time. hiB name was already cclobratct. and his success ^'''^'^l']\^^'l^- . from his d^'Ut Oottschalk was Rr ■^etcd ouo of Tliat success was uumenst , '^om uis ,._„.„i,,r ' ' Ossian,' ' la Savau.',' the nuasters of his ar . U ^'^^^J^^^^^^^r. licrlioz, Fiorcntiuo, and twenty other del.cu.UH «"'» "«^'° . ( ,,. ,.„, ...ine.l a reputation Escudier, '"'''"Pl'^'^^^r drluMe re "tation, and ren^U-red lion.age to i„.nticisn.,howo.ll)etoro his^^m^^^^^^^^^ ^^ it, received tlie hiu.. (.L.ttschalk had thus o. o .lay, ^^ . 'f ^..^ ,.^„ o„,y g,v«. baptism of ^«"»«-'\,^-'''teuJd ^ war^^^^^^ '''^ J"""'"^ ^f Summer camo, he tr^vellwl u)« ar ..^cited an enthusiasm which notlun^lmtahmgovation At .uc^a^^^^^^ ^,i„^^^^ ,,,„l u.o amounted to frenzy. /^^'^ " ^' /Jk^.f es ecMu. At Lausanne they Queen of tiar.linia loaded hnn witl "'"'^'^/'|/'';; V ,. admiration took ^;.wh..hned hin. -ith Jowers ^^^-^^^X ,!g:.'^-tS>. At last an alarming character lor this "'^'V^"Vvi,.vviTiL'beea applauded and ^fter havii^g played in ^^^-'^f;^^r^^^-^^^'^r,.o. f,te.l ..verywherc and '^^^}^'"'^^^;^,U retained him for two ;;iS; t^m he;;^n:imf l^iJZ hi^'^w come to us on his road to Spain, where otlier crowns await him. j ^ ^■^^Q flrgt A salon, always ^<^'^V^^^^^^£^i^,Z^Znc.,...>.n\>\.A in elevated by talent, 'a'reception worthy of him. (From UlnternatUmal, Bayonne, 15 Septmber, 1851.) Many Journals of M.lrid the ' ^^^^^^ ^':::^:^ ^^^^ -^;:ra:^^r"^rS;ir ^1 l^eblo-r L these words :- GOTTSCHALK. Wo have the pleasure of --u-ing to »- -f-]^''^} ^^^ ^^^Jl^li^ monic Circles will P.^'Y '— S'^^, :\ i' ,ne^ tho distinguished the celebrate.1 pianist ^'"»'^' f. •"•*'• '''',^1^1,^ has been passed on him, musician who has '";;f «[ „^ ."^ \", fi'\U ma vel ous execution of Listz, Se^aJlu^^ally wi: riS^sta;^il^»^i«e -ong those of the Thalbergs and the I'r'i;!''"**';. „ v^cmlier Theophilo Gautier, Patrick O'Quin. de L£::s;'a;d'S:;':;t.;^'Si:i;rId Cities, have tendered the homage '^^V^'''''.te^Tn^he Commencement of this month concerts at Biar- UrC'^^lgel^givlt^tl&o a sentiment which moves the heart as ^tr;in.Si tr hav/t:- opportunity of a-l-^ng tins notability who^ thi foreign press pictures to us as the beau rd.al of «j P'--^;^^^^ ARRIVAL AT MADRID. 59 f colo1)rntLii, and vasgr !otcfai..sty At -) „V ., U in the evening, tho King's pianist came for me and ,. a cnririer . a^ hour we were at the foot of tho grand staircase of the pal^ce^ ' 60 mOGRAnilCAL SKETCH. M tho to, „f ,1... st.in.as.., two s..ntiu...s Hto,,,- ^X.^T s^t iu^r thi'iiisrlv.'s, .■111 attiaUHi i.v ( •'■,.,.,.,.,,,, ^ .yliit.' silk stoikiiiK's, Mm. cloth ..mlToiaeiva with gold, KiU'i' l)ltw lii s, \\ im. . , • , ^^^ s,i»aiT-shi.iM.,l apiu-tnu.ut, at on,- m.I. ..t '{ ^ '' '\,.,, t„ ,,,,.ivo us. ,,„t'. it is a fort, HI., for Si-am to l'"^^ p^,,--^ j ^ " liTa ,U' au,l p-a.M'ful ...utation is '-;:>- --'-;.::i/7i;,;> si. "vial,. a.., h..tv..ry youii«uianwasth..Kuij;. ^/ 7' "' ' .,!!^,,,,,. .^„.i salut.'d mo with the (liK'iiitiu.l aii.l .-ourb.ous, l•o^o at my ^"\ ""• 7. , . ^,,. ,.,,,.,1^ s,„o,l the u/^aost allahility. Tho ^^ -;;'--«;;;■ S'kU wiU. tru. .MicaLy approach. Tlio King cam.' "'■'■'r "'" f "'\^'^ '\' '~ j ,,,„, d,.,„.„ isa- U he (iuccu :•• The tapestry over * '^;. '>"."' ,\\f.,:"^,'t ZlvL, smile. bella enterea. She receive.l »»' -"J "''^^lon w th t he m s _ ra ^^,^^ ^^^ ^ The Queen is very tall ami ^ <•';• .^'\'^,.i'"'' a er a mou'ieiit's silence, chestnut colour. an,l lips nicl.ne.l o 'i^h " ;,r y ,u are perfectly rea.ly l,cr Majesty said to me >" ^P'^";;; '- ,„',,,;";«. -^ I lirst played 'my duo to play, Monsieur, I shall he ha py to 'l-^'"^ .y""' . ■ V \ ,,,..ira i„,r f„r\wo pianos, assist.-d by the ^^f^^^'^^^JlXS.^y' chair. The Majestv rise, leave her seat, ""^^ 'l'^*^' ' ^^ ,Vtt " l)owaf;er a little Kins >Cas to my right leaning «'" *''« P'^ ; ^ ,,^ ' Vx laim in Spanish, farther olV. Several times I ^;''''''\. '\'^,*' '.^7.^ the piece was over, the .. Inever heard anything so «•;»'"'; ^%J^ ^,M to n.e : "Very King came an-l complimented me, and t"^ ;','," „,, ^j,,,, re.uieste.l g.,od, Monsieur (iottschalk, that was -^J''^ ^.^^ .U that 'you in the ' Hananier,' one of niy own ->"n'- I' ' ; "' t'^,, ,, , the King ; " it is r^^'Kir y n^i; "' 1 'iS^^ thJ ^S;!' .nd the Uueeu and her QU£E\ cmuST/SA. 61 An otripor afketl !>; .mil-.'i-y r^pl. ■li- ned a liallii'iiliiT liciT ri'i'i'ivcil us, .voncli'il'ully liiil- tilll, lilK'-lodkillg I'lrciil.'ui', wiinu- of tlii'ir (insH nf ,■ silk st(irkin);s, ;C(l ill till' lic'lu'st alli'd us into tlio iiuiiiiro of till) ,.sty. A iiioiiii'iit livi' or six gn-at ty, awaiting H*''' came at last to a 1 door, liiddi'ii by was to rwcivo ns. i-ivato signal, llo ,t wliicli filled tlio )i)d lieltire iiif, and and tone of voice : a man of your tal- wliose Nvidesiireiid lialili' and graiM'ful rtain age, Initvery Inted mo with tlio er eliair stood tlio , with truo delicacy et, all alone, hcfoio I near me tliewholo lished, or courteous words which go to iced llcr Majesty's sieiir (iottschalk, it icd, and Qrcen Isa- iiost gracious smile, lilne eyes, hair of a a moment's silence, are perfectly ready first played my duo e jiiiiilc, I heard her ind my chair. The eeii Dowager a little exclaim in Spanish, j)iec(! was over, tlio said to me; 'Very The King reciuested reoU' air, that you in •lid the King; " it is d tlio Uueeu and her mother appeared fo he charmed with it. Tlie King asked mo for nnnther ol my juoces. 1 j.layed the 'Daiise (Ksianiqii.',' which i.nuliiced as llat- tering an cllect as its predecessors. The Queen came to nie, and aillre^sed luo a coiiipliiiient conceived in the most givuious teiiiis ; she then asked me for another performance. 1 played tlie ' Moissonnense.' The Kin" said: "That is good music, Monsiei-v (iottschalk; that is poetry itself! It will not bo appreciated in ^pain ; the only pianists we admire Ii.to are th(jse wlio iierforni acrobatic teats on their instrument." A conversation of half an hour followed, when the (ineeii said soniethinK, that 1 did not hear, to the King. He tunii'd to me and t(j|d me that her Majesty insisted on hearing tho jiiece I liad dedicated to her, the ' Ham- boula,' .another beautiful old Creole air, " VVe are so much pleased with it," said tho King, "that I fre(|uentlv eitlier jilav it mvself, or have it I.layeil for me." I begged th.Mr MaJesti.'S to have" a little indulgence for mo, in case I did not jile.-ise them so well in this as in o! her pieces ; for I liad not playeil it for a long time. "Say yon so!" replied the King, laughing ; " thi-n yon must play it for us, tVir I wish ,iow to see in what manner you will he able to play badly. ' 1 jijaved the ' liamboula,' and the King and Uiieeii ai)peare(l to be nineh astonished at it. Queen Christina walked uji and down the room, hnmming the air ami exclaiming, now and then, "How beautiful 1" The (iueeii paid me an- other very fiattering coinpliinent, and the King chatt.ul with me for another halt Innir. Qneeii Christina said to him, "Sir. this evening's entertain- ment should strengthen your taste for the piano." "All, M dame," replied tho King, " iny piano will remain closed all dav to-i ■ : ' w ;' I shall not h.avo the courage to touch it for some timo vet, I fear. 1 then .advanci'd to her Majesty and returned mv thanks fo'r the verv llatterin" manner in which I h.ad been received. " It is I, sir," said the Qii i" graciously, "who should thank you for tho charming suln',; wo have passed." It being then time to retire, the King acconii)anied us to tho door of the saloon .and romaineil there, watching our departure, until wo had passed tho third or fourth saloon, waving his hand to mo and smiling pleasantly. This is considered to be the most jKilito coinpliini'iit the King can jiay to a visitor; but it is rather troublesome, as it obliges one to retire backwards. Yesterday evening I wont to tho Queen Dowager's ball. I had tho honour of dancing several polkas before her Majesty with tho vonng and charming Countess of Casa Valencia, tho daught.^r of one of her Majesty's grooms of tho Cliambor. Tho Queen and the Que(«n Dowager were seated on adivan or throno ; tho King occupied ,an aiin-chair to thoQin-.'n's left ; Ins father, sisters, and brother wore seated to the right of tho tiiioon Dowager. Around this royal group was an immense circle of lords and ladies of tho (^oiirt, all standing. Tho King rose and walked slowh around tho groat saloon, .addressing a smile to one, a kind remark to an- other. On porcoivingme, ho advanced immediately towards mo, and after making a few courteous inquiries as to my healtli after tho fatigues of the ■previous night, repeated the compliments" ho was then pleased to .address me. All eyes were lixeil ujion me, aii.l my triumph— a legitimate one- over those who had before treated me so coldly, was complete. Tho Queen Dow.agor's chief jihysicMan came up to me, and saiil : " Per- mit mo, sir, to be .among the first to felicitate! yon upon your signal success last evening. Her M.ajesty, tho Queen Dowager, told mo that vou had ploas.Hl her infinitely, and that she ])referrod yonr stvl.j of plaving ov(ni ' to that of Liszt, the pianist who had 'aeretoforo been her greatest favourite." 6 62 niOGRAPIIICAL SKETCH. After Ills roooption bv tlio (iiioon,who Bubsoqncatly con- fcriT.1 unoii liiiu the onk-r ol' IwiIk'Hii the Ciitholic, the Intiititiis, sistors to \\w K'uuj^, also It-toa him; thoy con- tinually jvcrivo.l him in tlu'lr aj.artmonts, and the wholo CcMirt followed the fashion which royalty had set, so tluit he waH in trnth the ' lion' of the nobility of Spam. Hitherto the Conrt luul monopolized him, bnt tiie peojjlo of Madrid now demanded to hear him. Accord niirly, bo irave three concerts at the Tcatro del Circe, winch were attended by vast crowds, whose enthnsiasm, bravos, ami plaudits proclaimed him the first pnunst ot the atre. At the first of these concerts six of his pieces were encored; lie was called before the audience Beventeen tunes, and the last time a crown of gold was thrown to him. , ,, ,, After remaining some time at >[adrid he visited \ alU- dolid, the first city of Old Castillo. 11 is reception there is thus described by Mr. Mario Eseiulior in 'La France Mum- cale,' of Paris, of February 1, lBo-2. GOTTSCIIALK AT VALLADOLID. Aftor Ins triumph at Maarid, Oott.chalk IjaH g.v„e ''^VfJ'^!:;;,!;;;::;;'^:;; tal of OM Castillo. Uar,lly had h- arnve.l than the ""f' " j'^'^,' . ^^ \\l was mi..,l with tlie nu.st ,UstinKUish..l aiuatours of tl.. ;' y- , . ^^ ^f" \'^' ,f of Valhuloli.l, tli. M..nt,»-nior of Spain, s.nt t.. Inn. V' ' t V. lerno thoir co„.raa;.s to felicitate and olVer their services to InM. K ; '•;_ L-eneral of OUl Castille went hin.self to pay hnn a visit ""'^1 l''V J ': . . ,"3 nilieent e.,uipa,'e at his disposal. Two .lays alter his arm 1 ^ "J^"' ;^^^^^^,^j of the city fiave hiiu a serenade, and the jjovernor "" f' \ ! ^^^ ,^ " dinner at which all the authorities were present. 1 he huMuiKi o i 1 . ill" It; was n'sent. H. H. H. did him the honour of sending tor des e a c^^ki^ail'l l.y her royal haii.ls. J''"' "-^ ''"^ ^^ ::t.:H: ^ n' the i.ilice of tin. Inf.mta, sister of the KiliR, who wished o le.ir inui, ni i i£ru :!m-hhn the liveliest felicitations, '^'f -''i'^; jl'.^rtii Z what to attribute th..se marks of /.eal and respect o, of « In - ;'^ t' « object, when he learned, some one writes us, that ^ ' '^ ^ *• , ' , '„t^. , beila had written to the authorities o all Castille that f ' ^ , \ .'^^j;;' his journey the celebrated pianist should be ':''^'«;^^''\Vv .1 U-U 1 a. d dist nctioi,: He has given three concerts in six .ays ^^ ^ • ' ' ' 'j ', th.. cr..wd has not eease.l to follow him. The h.nl t..ok l';^^ "^^ ^, \' ; atre, an.l his triumph was signali.e.l hy '"'^V'''^^'^^r^'"r,.': ^ -^ ,^ 'Ve s^ 1, ■ ' cau be imaglncl. His • Carnaval de V.-nise and his la ta-M. J- • .-.b m have particularly ..xcited transports ot enthusiasm. 1 1'"'^" ; ;" ./'..VA-e 8un.d l.v th..se who have heanl them, two .lazzlniK compoMthms o Yrve an rS^mdi y. (f..ttschalk was to leave iimnediately '»'• l^'"'^--; ''J; ' ^, w s exmc ed as at Valladolid. The second of March he wdl '•'';''" Zlrhl^ and ..n the 40. 1.^ is to be present at a Court ball, lor >^ huh the Uueen has seut him a diruot invitation. cqncatly con- Ciitholic-, tho ni; tlioy con- 11(1 the wiiolo (I set, HO that imiii. )Ut the yieoplo 'conlitiirly, he ', wh'uii were I, hnivoH, and the age. At iViTC eiK'ored ; times, and tho I. visited Valla- ei>ti(>!i there is I France Musi- aU.Kloliil, thfi'api- 1 wlRTl^lH'lllifl'ltt'l' :ity. Tln'Stmli'lits ('imtiitioii of six i>f 1.1. Till- frovfiiior- iliid 1>1:UM' his iimt;- rival till' imisii'iiuis Icri'd liiin !i graiicl lio hiisbaiul of tin) sfiiiliii',' for (li'SSiTt :i(! w.'is n-i'civi'd at ■d to hear liiiii, and lialk ilid not know if which ho was tlio xci!llent Uucfii Isa- shi' dfsiri'd that on 1 with till' jiifatf.st i at VaUadolid, and Ilk lih-ici' at tlie the- ihovfaiiytlunt: tliat tiisiaon ■.liTiisahMu* 'hesi' arc, wo arc as- mpositioiis of verve for Uurt;os,wlicrc ho h he will return to ball, for which th« SISGULA hOXOUR. 63 ve^^ singiilar and .listui.ruislied h,„io„r to he o» er t?, .,n artist aii.l eonii.o.Kor. I^he Coimt ,1,. i>;,., /• Vi I |w (■hami.er ,„' ji. M. i^ahH^; ;;;!a'^„ V ^i ^ ■ :,';',;!,i' Kc.ym.ait, wrolo hiiii tiju li>ll„ivi,iLr litlor— J^'"iil»w Mr. OuTTHCIIALK : as a mark of „.y j, .,' st'c i ai," h •''"" •■'■■'.^- ''""'"•" "four cavalry .1.1..,:.'.. ^i2^:^':,'z:^sz::;r:;':^-^,^f;r'^7'^'"- fri ■••dsjji; " "v°n' lo \(iii wiij, (III. „,||..j s,,„.,,ro Vour very lumihlc and Very ohedjent servant. letr!:'; '"^'''^^ "^^^""^ *'''' ft>lIowing note at the loot of tho ^nu'c'oi;i!i'Tf/'%^'''''"'''''' "r"""'"" "^ »''« Chamber of H. M. Isabella. A short time after, wliilo prepari-irr to visit Bnr-os, lio met witli an adventure whieh ohliir,..! l.im to iK.stnom. J.is \<^.viiir(". Ihis a, venture, as related hy C;ottschalk to ],is annly, was as lollows. J.eaviii,» • t;r;';'',;i:.:'':i ■ii'-i.-^ '--"«"" ,,, ;;, ,""'n , a; . ':l.; Ar.is.i.,m' ^i.s.mii-i I;-'- '■■7,™ .;^- til ;••„,.' ..„ bin, tl,.> tillo „r l...nun,r.v ."""'1;>' : ",-';, toiin-ii 111,- (.(.iici'i't fivi'ii at tlio UMiK) luorniiig uftiT t he li I'st i,cTlbnuai»cc. t. llll'll null «i'lii>"i ■• — •- • ,. , As tllO l.lSt liotl'!*"' ll"' Ml t,l 111 . .".'r, _ . ■;„,,., ,,i...i»«. A. .1.. 1.... .;;;-;;; '^^i'^Z^.S^ rii ., ..» 13 Juin, IbO'i." A, ho Uft. .1.0 .l,c»tro, «/rn,v,l acoo,n,»..|o.l 1,;,n to 1.H until tilico o'ol<.,;k ill the uioiliiug T THE swoiti) t.-r }f'>\T/:s. (!.') o(Ti[.siO(l.niul liiilk for I'vcr ilu- li(iiii>ur of ..-.'pllil, sistiT [itti'iitioii, iVi'- )U'. Uiif (lay i,lly |HVSt't\tfll Alter lif l>:;'l eiiti'd him ii» itfil hnii two l.y lirilliiiiits. .U'\viis that it ■ ITIllH'St of tllO I his rt'tnrii l>y iiIkt. His ro- at tlic 'l't''atro first time ' Fa* anv tli<> c'liiiiont til,' t.'illi of tin' city riiil of liis niilfs-do- tlirougli till! riwiin, . \vli( re (iottsclialk (>, (tciimiiiiUiii'il liy tliiit all till' i.fopln ,,,11, .(I ti> ri'iH'.it till) ilili' to ri'slr.iin liis 1 till' rliinax of tin; ra;;ossi> dii'il away, ,.il with ril)l">i>'<. "II rill, ii sou contort du niod liim to \\\ri iriiiients, that of ,hhI heiK'atli hi^^ a;* coiniic'lli-'il to scene eoutiDned Tlii'iidniinifioii which he iii.<|,ii'( il aiiioiintt ■>{ |,iaiilst, ol tl„. litiio. Wi>liiii;; to pivsiiit y,,ii a la^liii- >,„iv,i,ir ot my a,liiiirali.,ii, 1 juay y,,u t,>a,', ,|>t oi f llo,'.«,,r,|s «ii|", m 1,1,1, | liavr inairitaiii,,,! tli,. Spaiii-li Toi,„. In tli.. liiul, nii,l ^'|,,iioi,H i„,Mti.,n to wliMh It was r,ij>,.,| l,y tl„. ,„,i,.li n-ivlt,..l Kiari,is,,. .M,,iit,.s |i„im wli,,iii tins su„i-|,itiil. At ,^an laicar, lie met the Dnke dc .Moiit|iensicr. A warm friendshiii sprnnt; np hetweeii them. IJcfoiv his de- parture lie was invited tooneof the Duke's private siijipers, where eticjUette was laid aside for cordial and familiar en- joyment. The Dnke and Onchess made him maoniticcnt presi'iits. Owiiiir to the accident h" met with, his dei.artnre for Aineriea was (U'layed heyonvl the ]ieriod aii'reed upon with his father, who was anxiously awaitino- his coniino-. He, therefore, Avas I'hliged to leave Spain, vvhieh he d'iil verv' a* uo II lot; II A I lllVA L SKE nil. ivlnrtnntlv, for Tuns ii. onU-v to h.v hU inot Wr .m-l /ist..i>| ;;;::l';;',;';;;,:;'J,i ■;,; ' r,;,.l'i li.' ■ unn^,,, .a naw, ,■„>■ n^w Yolk. (MlAlTKll Vlll. On n.o KHli ..!■ .la.nn.rv, 1h:.:'., ()..ttsrl,alk urrivo a.'.vpt his ..tier; aial at., i •i.u.ui- ;' short timciu New Y..rk, th..- !.■ t t..r N.'W (..■...,. llis lirst oon.rrt in New Y..rk t..ok p la.x. ';';-''; num. •itt'i.'hr.l t.. Xihlo's Thi'at.v, on th.' Uth ..I K'hn.aiN, S T In. was ,.n.v.U..l I.y the tashi.>n=,hU. s.-^i.t^ ,rX w Yo.-k, who nmnill-stcl the greatest .leh.h a j- j,,,,'..rn.an.'o, nn.l pie.v aft..' i-.e..' was .^^';;;''; ' \' ';/ ^,^ wMi-inest ai.plauso. Nos.unier was the eon.vrt oNei than lie l^^^X^dio^y. an..the.-. Tla' s.eon.l t.>ok ^hwe six aays^al>...-u.u-.Kin the theatre itsolt; wlneh was er..N^.le.l to (tvertlowiiiL!;. , . ,. , i ..t- i'i,',l.,ili>l. On their way to New Orleans they st.-pin 1 J '• * i.hiM wlR.re(Jotts.'halkirave his first e.meert m that . itN . \ J iu V hv ns the .liary of M.". .Tohn.B..nvier IVters.-.., a voun. amateur a.ul e....,.,.. , '':/ '- I'^'rwhl h i^ hl^ Vi.tli.i s„l.sc..,.iently to that t, -.-ihle '^{r^r.' f o V?o .f ,,l,,i„„, ;,f „K..r,.'ine--ei.k.,.^.v. ^^'r h l?..l K.., A reh 1 1«."^;'>, lu" writ.'s tliat he vent to Ootts.;halk > -n- ;:;-t at Ihe Musical Fund Hall on the ovoning ot that tlay :— A7;ir oA'/./;.i.vA m T and histrir. ' rc'iimiiK'il ill (■*• li_V 11 ^lUllll •(.IIiI'kT, 1>|')-, viv, for New Ik iirrivt'd ii. waiiiiiii liiiii. I|i(l|| llllM, illlll for ii tmisical hat whicli 111' Ills tiithrr liad nil) lif li»ikt'il ;()illil (liTojiilto 1 afiir ri'iiiain- Ni'W Orleans, •c at till' liall- li dl' Ki'hruary, lonaltlo soc'u'ty (Iclisi'lit at livs .rtfil with tliu rt oviT than ho toiik |ila<'o six h was iTdwded L'd at, I'hiladid- ■rt in that city. vicr IVtorson, a lisc, who ffU a c, which is the cr the date of l()ttschalk"s con- Livoninii' of that Wlh'ii wi' n>A tt) III,, li.ill, \vi. fniiii,! tli.it it \vi\* /I Jam, iiiit\\ ItlMtainU iiiu' it \wis a laiiiy nielli. At cl^'lit ..nliMk th.. rm it (•.riniiiiiii .■(!, ii(itt»*iliiill< liiiiih'lf tlii'ii Iliad.' hi-i a|i|M'araiii'i' aiiiiii tri'iiu'ii'loiis ap- liluiiKi'. ^ 111' Ik vc'IV .viimi;; lciiikiii(;, (|u,.s nut scriii ici lie (iv.t t\\ i'IiI.v-Hvk vi'ai'H cif a;.'!', Iiaii |.|fii»i'..| «iih him M a iii/iil. As a |il,iyi.|' hi' Mirpas.Hi.s ..vni .laill. ami his ix.'riili.iii is fistiiiiii.liii;,'. Ill' |il.'iys, tiMi, Willi s.iiMiiih last.' ami ix|)ri.ssii.ii tjiat any |)('rsoii whn has any liTliii;,' cuiilil imt lu'l|) luil hi' iilrasi'il. ^ It al^i|i('ars, IVdim ( iDftschalk's noti's, that the cniiccrts iii N'l'W ^ oi'k did not pay cxiiciiscs, Hii tiii'ir a.-'-iMil ill New OrUans liis fcIlow-citizcns re- ceived him with 'I'li arms, it seemi'd to him like retiirii- iiiii' to liis liimily and liome. |';\-ery door was tliiown opm to him. Ahidam I'., the cliarminu' |iianist, who had lurii aniojiu' tlieearrn'st tojirediet what he would he, wlien. onJv ti'ii yi'iii's of iiii'e, he pjayed at one of her di'liu'htl'iil xiirees, was amoiiii' tlie first to welcome him, and open her .w/Zo// to him. His old nrofcssor, Leti'llii'r, was ids >hadow. Tho l''i't'emasons of .New ( )rleans ^'a\•o him a dinner, at whicji he was coiiii'i'atiilatcd hy an address in poi'try, written for the occasion. Coiiccrt sncceeded concert withoiit interi'ii|i- tioii; at one of tlicm three hinidred lioiii|iiets were tiirown to him, and, to his c'l'cat siir|irise, almost vvwy one jiad a fiiiii' attached to it. His sojoiu'n in his nati\-e'city was all siinsliiiu', hut, notwithstimdint!; his y-reat desire to remain tiiere, he felt the necessity of leavinu'. He then uaM' a tiiiywell coiici'i-t, and it was at this concert that hi> fellow- citizens, with that ^eiu'rosity and delicacy which charac- terize them, jiresenti'd him "wifli a s|ilen(Iid n-,,|,l nieilal, which I'ontained nine hinnlrcd dollars' worih of i.',,j,|. <_iottschalk lovi'd this medal as a tJivoiirite child loves the first jewel u'iven him hy his mother. He wrote to his mother and sisters in l'a"ris: '•! should so much love voii to see it, hut 1 feel myself inci,|iahle of |iartiiiu- with it." 'I'lie medal wasof j aire, u'old, of a circular form, and massive. It had upon one side an eU'irantly executed Ju'ad and hust I-;' (Jottschalk eiicircleil in a wreath of laurels, and upon the reverse, "A L. M. (iuTTsciiAi.K, ses C'oinpatriotcs de la :>'i.;!velle Orleans, 11 Mai, hSo:',/' After remainiiiii- a short time in Xcw Orleans, he ci-ossed • over to C."nl-a. liua he met with a warm reception. In- Qg nioGRA nut AL Ski: 'r< if. vito.l to tlio i^alacr l.v tlio Cai-taiii (u'luTal. hv foviid that l,i< 11.1, u' had iMH..r.lc".l liiiu. Ai\vv -ivin,ii- srvrnil roiHrrts he- ivtunK.l a-aiu to Xcw York. In (.K-tohcr, IS.,4 a short tiuiu iK'tbiv u-iviiiir a cou.rrt in F.ostou, he iv.vived a M<'- jvnnaannonnrini^This tatlicTS -Wh lie rcsovo. to ^lav rather than .lisipi-ohit the i-nhhe; hut as the taet had he<-onie known, a -h.on. was east „ver the andienee who U-reatlv svnn.athized with hinu and t.-r the most part kept ^ih.nee, ahhouol,. as it was afterward said, - the master- spirit slione out IVir more hri-htly than l)eh.re. At the elose of the eoneert, he immediately left tor Xew Orleans. After the hurial of his father, an exarumatum ot tlK estate proved it to he insolvent, lie at onee resolved to pay his father's dehts, and his earliest earnin-s were devoted to this purpose, whieh was in time aeeomplished. A more nohle aet of tilial devotion is seldom .met with. In 1S.>-) he puldished 'The Last lh.po,"Lo C han du 8oldat,' ' La ^larehc de Xuit,' ' La .lota Arrau'onesa / deru- salem,' ' Les Souvenirs d'Andalousie,' ' La ^ alse 1 oeti.pio, ^ From IS-),') to 185G he iravc no less than eighty eoneerts in New York, the last of whieh was as hriUiant as tlie 'nil the 2d of Xovomher, IS.-.O, his mother was sc^ized Avith ap..plexv, and fell dead. This was a terrihle hh.w t.> him, for he i.lolized his mother, and was never tired ot speakino- „f lier heauty, wit, sxrace, and ae.'omplishments. (lottsehalk alwir>-s insisted, when hi Paris, that his mntlier should attend his eoneert^ that lie might have the heneht of her eritieisms, whh'h were always ,iust. At such times he would make his hrothers and sisters sit in the tront row- hut the mother would retire into some ohseure cor- ner as she could never listen to her son's p aymg without slK'ddino- tears. She possessed a. wonderful memory, and had heeii tauu'lit hy her uncle, Count Casimir Moreau de rislet.a ii-ifted and most h-arned lawyer ot New Orleans, to recite pieces from the French tragedians. _ In 18:.d he au-aiii returned to the Antdles, in company Avith A.lernia Fatti. then only 14 years of a, .le Cuha, Forto Frine.pe, I or o Rieo etc. lie composed ' Cohuuhiu,' ' La Marehe bolen- ' fdi'iid tluit ral conci'ils, sr)4, 11 sluirt •ivrd a tt'U'- ilvoil to iiliiy ho i'act liiiil uru'iu-o. wlio iSt \<-AVt kl'lit • the niastcr- •('." At tho s'l'W Orleans, of tlK estate .'d to i>ay his > devoted to 'd. A more 1. Le Chant dn mesa,' '.leru- l>u I'oetimie,' nhtv eoiieerts illiaiit as the :'r was si'i/.ed ■rihle Mow to lever tired of iiiii)lishiiK'nts. at his iiiother vc tlie beuetit At such times ; in the trout » obscure cor- \\\w^ without memory, and ir ^hireau do L'W Orleans, to ■s, in cnm]iany i>. lie visited 'rinci|ie, I'orto Marehe iSoleu- 9 nele, ' Les V;nx Creoles,' 'La Chute .Ics FeiiilK.s/ ■ La (.itanella, 'Ainnul a Sovilie,' etc JVlin- the neeessily . res , he retuv. to a friend's j.lantation at Alatoui.a. lie e he composed 'Lel'antonic de JJonhenr," I'uh.nia,' and 'J'astorella e Cavaiiliere.' Au-ainwe find him'ar Havana, where he was idolized ilere Jie organized a great festival, in winch 8(10 mu>ila,-,.,l at th.. ,lisj,„Mti„n of ny ...v.'-ni.nt til, ■ su.aoni^^O h.,l\V^!v /I'T" l"'"'"'-""" '•'"■tlu. arts has ,.v..,-sl,own its-U'so ,,,liu'!,t.,.,vL nas (I, i-n,., to (hrorat.- inaiiy pio,„iii,.nt artists wlio liav,- tints l„.,.ii ahl,' M • t 11 '''','■ "'■'* l;''''i':sts, ,r not th.. first to-,lav in VW.rnJ, M . tM.ha k lias l„.s„l,.s, an ..l,.^at...l l„.art an,l an ..lii.ht.Mn.,! rhari v 1, s..,.s «n,>t h,. p!an.s at this tnn,. at th,. .lispositi.m of th.. hospital l.is alms aiv nii.n,.rons an,l c.nisi.h.rahl,.. I h,.j. th,.n to piopos,. to Vo „• .\., . .;n,..v o suhnut tor th,.a,,prol,ation of If,.,- Mairstv/a ,,.,.,.,.,. w,: 1 a, .s li'.u ( h,.val„.r ot th,. (h-,l,.r of Nohiliu- of Charts HI. or of Saitt Jul (.0,1 i,rot,.,.t \onr Kx,.,.Il,.n,..v for luii-th of years. Vai.i.auolu), 2IJ April, l>(i4. His Kxo,.ll,Mi,.y J. DcKXA. (iov,.rnor, to His E.N-,^,.lI,.nfy th,. Mmist-.r ,if i-tate, Mar Atlantio to tbo l/acitic, and a< far rtoutli as N(.rfolk, Viri^inia. It was tlio period of tlie civil war, and be could not ^'o furtber soutb. lie gave more tban 1100 concerts in tluve years. At Saratoga, be sravo a concert for tbo benetit of tbo aoldier.s and duruig Lis iirogress very many for tbo poor. ^. , . -.o^o Wbi'lo in Xew York, after bis return from Cuba nilShii. bis brotber Kdward, tben residing in I'aris, was taken ill, and appeared to bo iroinir rapidly mto a declnio. lie was a yonn'-- man of rcmarkai)le u^enius, not only for music, but for drawing and lauiiniages; bnt, unfortunately, of no appli- cation, and of so retiring a disposition tbat be was never willin--, wbcn bo assisted b/us brotber at public concerts, tbat bis name sbonld appear. His sistei-s, wbo bad re- moved from Paris to London, bearing tbat bcAvas seriously ill, sent for bim. On bis arrival, tliey were so alarmed at bis appearance, tbat tbev immediatelv wrote Gott- scbalk tbat tbey would send l^dward to bim. Wbeii^ tbc vessel in wbicb be bad taken passage readied Xcw ^ orK. be was unable to leave Ids bertb. . Gottscbalk, Avbo bacntiinent that lie would dic'tlicre, and that she .jiould never see liim again. During her life, he acvd.'d to her request, hilt now she was dead he east aside what liethou<-ht only a superstitious notion of Ids mother, an.I determined to mdnlge his long-clierislied desire. He reached Lima, and, in turn, other portions of SoiiHi .America; everywhere successful, everywhere fete.l, everv- wlierc lavishing Ins talents and inonev for the poor and distressed Nbmtev.deoand Thienos Ayres had been visited bv he cho era. He gave concerts ibr the German, the liench and the Kngbsh hospitals-for the orphans from thecholera and for the purposes of public edu,.Mt ion. Floral emwns and gol.l me.lals met him everywhere, makii,.- his lite a complete ovation. '"' On_ the lOflj of May 18n0, Gotfschalk reached IJi,. -laneiro ()„ Ins nrrival, he was invited to the pala.r. and leceived from the Kmporor of Brazil, the Icarncl an.l ac- eomphshed ^^om IVdro, an.l his ,|ueen an.l lamilv mark..,l attenti..ns. On the .^)d ..f .Mine he was tak..,, ill, for tl,,. first time, but perlornie.l on that evenintr. ( )n ihe 5th of August he was so ill fV„m an atta.-k of\ell..w fever that It was rum..iired lie was .lying. F..urteen davs after he had s.) far re.-ove]-e 1 .•rowd..,! to su.h a ,h.,,reo that speculators sol,l h„x.s at tl.; io r at ^ <>n.uy arrival at I!i.i-a spl,.„,li.l city. ,vith the most marvolh-uslv l„.-,u- :;;;!'" ";:!;x;'-iirs^;;'t!;:;™;,»-:-»;::;;;:-; -: couvmod, M»„U„,s, 1„ ,],„ g,,,„ ,„„.,„l„„.|,uli ,„, „v„ ,„1„1„J! ,1,;. „„n' 72 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. Ili.'V liai „„ !,;r,l;^lJ■;^^:n!;;;;:»f-:'>;"=.'p■"V'l■ 't^^ " ";„ ; W.- skin,.,..;.l .iv.-i- ...ail,'- «ili,i" 1", "i"' ' »«' '"'"^ ''■' ','" > , hail the ilclit-ai-y to At all "^>' 1"-'T:'" W,M,l'^v ^'i^in^-thatl.isina^.o^asumvo.tl.yofuu.. r.'lniin tiom asking in.' In I'l.iy, >a.s uy tu.h lu i . . ,,., (Etude). Th.l'n..c..ssl.u,H.nal .;,,■ ^'f ' ^ !M I ^ ' ^ ,„s askod lor had a «ucoc.ss of tear., and; 1 .^' "";•„'„, „, i o-.ln..k in th. V tcriiiinati'd at 4 o'clnck in tlm mviT^illl,' till' wlinlo Mtios Creol.is,' tor four hands. Th tinu- fanal.arly wth tli.u- guests ""/^'-f^f^^^ details on the Mornu;ns, ^^as en.aUed sa Cv m ^,^.,^-,,„,„„i , iust read Dixou-s ' iNew An.onea. ^V en I '^" .;\,",„„„. ^i,,., „,, ,„y he atmosphere o: the drawing-room nd I ^'' "^^ ' ' ^- ' ,.,.^.,,, ,,„,„. „n. in ,he evening a earriage rolh'd u,, to "'^ -j^-';'!,;.!^ ", .•"■'" '''■'''^ Majesties was introduced into my r;-"'; Jl« " '" , ' : t al in.mund, when ,ue\mlMd.alfoftheKnMHMorandK>nl.ress Mtn iiig mo away from the pomps and vanities of Ihi. >vo.ld. It pi (//.-A'jy.iA'.i' ASD J-n/:j::.UASoys. 13 1,1 lUO tliat till' was f'iiisi};iHMl ic Kiiiliri'ss anil i- spdUi' (if tlii'ir oiis with which the Kmiircrts, 1 nail lioiiiloii' at H'siili' hull, say- id, in fact, con- Uatcs, spii'ltnal- s, manners ami lick hy till' vcr- taimncnts. lie stands ])crfi'ctly . Tin- Kniiicror uiccrts. 1 hayo iccn rcccivcil in ,' Kniipii'ss, who s yuii urn aware, tc'df twenty-two jlU' never fort;els (if myself at his ilayed at (\uirt. I the delicacy to unworthy of nil', ir the .soiVi'c. The rsons hi'sides tho ■s. The Kniperor nd my ' 'I'reiiiolo' y ' Miirte,' which fmliress aski'd for I 4 ()■( hick ill tho ,ersin;j; the wholo iicr to have soiiio miiletely as 1 had vas overheated hy some time for my Lay fever came on. lu, tho iihysiciaiis i of my condition, iiKliure how 1 was. Toward f^ o'clock [ainherlain of their lly to iiniuire after ic'al moment, when Id not help think- ickiiess in a forei;.'n 1 the honest cham- Id lacii)t;s ^'littere.l I cloud with which ICC of death hnrry- ihl. It was philo- sophical and — distressinj: in i>roiinrtion. ^„ friends, savo my f.iithfnl Fir- iiiiii ; no family : no hived hand l.i clas|i mine and to make ine led in ono last jiressiire that my life was still dear In snmc one. liiit 1 wax alisiird and dismal. The pliilharinonic societies and the musical cluhs have sent nii' diplimias of honni'ary memlier>iiip. Tiie (iermans, who, in all my travels tlinm-li- out .'^oiitli America, have always luriiied the incist solid' jiart of my ainli- ences, thanks to their traditional love of music, have imt deserted mo liere either. The (ieriuan t'hoi'al Society, althoiinh ( xcliisively compdsed of amateurs, saun at my lirst three cinicerts. These (icrniaiis "have really the monopoly of choral musii;. They sanj; tho ' Hunter's Chorus' from ' I)er Freischut/.' at my second ooiicert with a hrio aii.L fire that electriliiMl the audience. Tliey are led hy an excellent musician, who is moreover ;l distiiiL'uished and modest man— .Mr. Tijike. 1 inel him some twelve years njro at yprinudeld. 'I lie Freemasons have invited nie t>i visit tlieir ' (Jrand Orient.' On the (lay apiiointed for the reception, a (ieputatKin caiiK,- for me, and I was introduced with all the ceremony of sohnui occasions. Tho discourse of the Cirand Master hreatlmd a fervent lovi for American institutions. All the Iodides of Rio were rejireseiited hy (leiuilations. In these countries where the soul is as ardent as the clime, everythiiijr is new and picturesiiuo to the stian>,'er whoohserves. Freemasonry exists hen? in all the fervour of its palmiest days. Kjo 'i deputation mado its entrance with its banners. The costumes Wi'w. sin^'ularly intenstin;,'. A lew lodges have iidopted th« dress (if the Franciscans, bin it is sky-blue: others wear llowiii;^' white draperies : others, .a^ain, .mi! elad in loiif; black mantles embroidered with death's heads, iMid with ji tar^e hi ck hood, the ell'ect of which is jihan- tasiiiaj;oric and conducivi to niirlitmare. The clergy who direct the Imperial voile e of Alcantar.i have also -iveu me a )iubli(.' receiition. The olid impils of luo college tbrnied on a liis'.; as I arrived. Tho profesMirs and ''ithers came to receiv nv wit^ a b;,nd of music. All the college m 't at ;iie hLiujui i. The presid,.nt addressed me a discourse which was wed coreeived ft;. 1 well delivered, lie sjioke, aa usual, of the 'great Hepi blic, for tho T'rltod Slates, ])articularlv since the war, are the object of 1; • wlhusias'ii of all Eolith America, which is ])roU(l of tho Monroe doctr ■ •uid of the Americaiiism to which it has given rise. Moreover, 1 believe it all these Hoaih Aiiierii an liepublics und.T- stanil that, sooner or latei, the rni*(;d States will be the arbitei' of tii-ir fate., and Brazil, although riilel by monarchical ii'stitutions, is, in point of fact he most liberal of all these countries, and the most disp 'sed to avail If of the imiiiilse wo have ri\c;i to civilization. Hn Iter tlit; disci urse of the president I was expected to repiv, and this \ • the hardest thing for me. 'idu know how aw kward 1 am for eveiyt'iing outside of mm ic. Fortunitidy, I had taken a glass of cham- pr.'-'iM (which I exeurate), and i" r'aitli, 1 tired my ships. Ii hose Spanish for ic speech, as it is tlie Language which has most analogy with I'ortn- gueso, and everyone here ni. h-rslands it. It ap|iears I did not aciiiiit myself too badly, for some of the pajiers went such lengths as to .jieak or MV .loiiuence I Some of the papers have announced that I perished in the eartbcinake. 1 beg you to believe that this is not so. I have no more perished i! m I have been married, which id auolLer piece of news the papers circulate when tliey lack "copy." » I 74 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. „,„l virgin lorosts. ''^^^--^'l ^'y^";: ';^, Hudin ' ^-11,1.; to c!..ar wu.m1s ar.i so .U'liso that tho "'l''^' '[■^"^s-. '" = f,.,, „ tu,.,u wlu^never th.Mu, have a.loi.t..a tho harbarou. phm o J " ' b ^ ^,. ,^ ^,„„„,i„ ,,„ thoy ^viHh to ....large the..- ,V''''l"' ^^ ,/^," ^ i„ „ Kt a. The elVeet i. crowLed with lla,...s, ixmun.ln.g o.u f J '« > UH _o ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ tUe;;^ila,.ce ot t^;;--:;-^ :,:-;,,; jSti-.^^: ^This,h..weve., clario,,et,a«uM.ot a.la ..,- nn^^^^ did i.ot vrevo.t their attacRii.^ . . .^^ naught the haniiome sei- pho..y i,. a l^^v that wouhl have dl.edarul^^^t^^^^^^^^ . ^^^^^ ,^, ^ *n.ce of M. Ketis hii.vselt. I u.a. e f '^ l^/, ", ,\ ,, ,11 h=. ...ight, a llute the satislaction of see.,,g a tromb n '^ '^'^^ ^^ ,^ „ ,„„ „,t,, .ho suc- ^:^ •^l;;,l:!neJ\he:r';:;::r: diligenrcides, a..d co...,leted the orche.tra of the grand occasions of Valcuza. On ScT.tcnilKn' 11 Gott.chalk n.crain returned to K;o, and c^^^SZ concerts, unto.,g othe.. those on tbe j^h, 8^, S^ll nth of October, at whuats,xeeni.=njvs^cn^^^ ..ftcr Avhich he beijan his work tor the ^^'^Ji^''^' ,^ "^ f '^^k'cnlean labours he gave three ^^^-^^p^^^l Uth, and lBtlw>f XoW,er On he ^;^^;^^l,,^ IniSs'^T^l^- i^ad^lU bought np at doul.le ^t:; ^rvoved a great success. iis,- ..t tlu' same Sodc-ly th.' .•ountry. TIh- l.o'ly was ..ml.al.n.Ml . t t . ' M" ^::;:s;:^:";;';:;:^r;;:i5ri^ ^ '-"^ fac,..* of all, a„.l many .•v.s w.-re ''"'.'l'^",; '';,.,.,, „f p,.o,,lo vas cv,..! I„ tlio o.UH.t..ry of San .los. ^ ' 1'" '' ,, "^i, ,f ;,,i .^.I.kon th. last, S.s;:;:v::.s:;a.r;;-;u:;v:;^.i ;u..^ :^[r. Ihnry ri'ealle, in a letter to ti iVieiul, suys:— VI i„ iJiri 111" lio foroif^npr or countryman, In all tl.o years I havo hv.-d . '^ ' ,, ' ^^ ,,' , ^.u^t of tl,. n.v...-to- th. .l..atl> of no n>an vnAn.M so "' ! '' '\'^' ,' \', n' . thougl. we show..! ,.,..x...ll,..l artist, <-''-, ;''^'';;;;t' ;;:',,.; , ana b.mo,u-,.,l h..,v : rr':::;n"u;::fc?r sl^tu" ^:;A' a,.a,u u. omy ta.. of tuis ..>■ o. 4l.(i.lM.O inhabitants is about tins '[''l^l'^'"";;'''. :;,•,,,,,.,,,,,. ,as, on.' c-f wlnoh, coustautlv worked to i)erf.*t it. coniposjitious. lied li'iirs uiKiii ii()Vim1 to liit> s ii iiu'iiilicr. ifcHtatinn. Tin." till' |ircM'iiius ri'- , an (K't of ctiii- I tlicSiH'icty anil In' saiiii' Snciuly y, the Ixiily lay lately ilcctirati'il. ,liiili (iottsclialk It. I'rcviiius to till! ' Moitt',' omi icat artist. Tim ili'il anil followed A liand of nuisit; iness marked tlio peoiilo vas even spoken till! last, iif onr time. I)r. La I'anlo. r^eiihor eters of tlie gen<>- Btird tiuii. On tlic pi'iU'stal ivsts tiK' tijjiuro of an iinLCi'l ; in one liund hIio holds a book, on whose white iiajjos are graven : — Marclio do Niiit, Dt'l'llilT AllKllW, Mortt! 1 ! niiiiaiiicr, Last lIoiH!, MunauifS Eolions, In tlio oIluM- hand is the trunipt-t of fame. A\ lu'r fc'C't lies a marhle lyre, with its ehords l)roken. The pedestal hears the tbllowinj, inscription in front:— III loviiij,' lui'niiiry of liOriS MoliKAl' (ioi rsciiAl.K, tho Lolfbrati'd Aineric-an Tiaiiist mill '.'miiposi'r. Bdi'ii in Ni'w OrU^aiis, Louisiana, Hth May, lS21t, Died in Ui<> Janeiro, Brazil, IH Duo. 18()i», Aged 40 year.s. TTIs nnlilc licnrt and generosity made him beloved by all, and to liis sis ters and liiotlicr, l>v wliom tliis iiionunient is erected, in all love and grati- tude, he over was the best and most loving of brjth.TS. On the hase of the monument: — ' Time will never erase the remembrance of his noble deeds and genius. On the other side: — Also to the loving memory of Edward George Oottschalk, l>orn in New Orleans, Louisiana, 14 Deeember, 18HII, di.'d in New V.n'k, 'Z^ S-i.teiubrr, 1803, aged 27 years. He bore his sulTerings with patience and resignation. Wherever Gottsohalk appeared the muse of poetry be- came iuspire(L From Switzerland to Rio piece after piece of poetry' was dedicated to him. They would till (piitc a volume. In truth, it might be said, that wherever he made tliat ot K(l- ro wiTc tlitii ,0 vjiult [UV- fiiu'st -will to ii'di'stal i'v>ts [s a bouk, on aOTTSrilALK AS A MAS. w his ..phoammy poetry, tIom.,-s,u,Ml cnmnn ^^^,^vo h,.stou,.,l "P"" ii>M. I ;• vvuH lavscutul wifl, tl„vo onlrr. tl,„t ..f ClK.valjcr .lo 1 Onl.v mil ot, n.ilit.ir. ,l,i Mn„ ,1. ||„i >; tlm hiuMo- IJ..l..t,.ii,-|.,n.l),.Mri.'),ortlu. n.val an.l .li.. tm.u,slH.,| (,,,.,,. or IsalK.lla flu. (^,tl..li,, and ;,(•(' ,1 ; du lu liuil y cli^tiuguMe Unlcii do Carlos Tcrccm (Is Itrokcn. ill t'runt: — II, and to liis sis 11 love ami gruli- Bt'ds and genius. filk, liorn in New k, -S l^^'llt^'nlb(•^■, ! and resignation. of jioc'try Ijo- ,'(■0 aftri" piece 1(1 till (luiti' a rcvoi' he made aOTTSClIALK Arf A .MAN. TiiK tollmviiiir artirlo, u.ulor fl,.. sitr„afMro of 'Fhwo' Me extrart troni the '.New Y,.rk J.ra.lrr,- 1.S7():_ = ' Ail I r.'inciiilicr ahont (Jottsclialk iiinMllir ic ii.ot i al.s.,lut,. «„>-.sliij,; aii.l linillv ti,. t . . i '^i /md sri, ■„<■.. was an ^.ncn,.w .iJttachalk j.rotty intimately, and hav,. had many a good time Ho «aH tl.(, man to Lav., a good time with. km' 'mo':;:.:^.::;-::^;^/"" ^^-•'•' '^""- = -'-t im wa. ..iany .a th'i;.ltS:^K::r];;J,;''""^ "- ^^'^^ '- -"^^ -n,,anionah,,. man and iisll;:sf " ' '^'""" '"'"'"■■• ''"^* '^' "'"'" "-•'' -"^ '^•■y"""^ worth ^JIo wouldn't listen to twaddle, of course ; he didn't consi,!...- it ,,„lita ^'':S::^^^^ f^^.r'''^' '» ^■- >-' -- ^-^ the wo...,, ,„., I 80 Tiini;n.\pin<:\i. SKETCH. •■■•SraH^Erri-:;^^ " "'•';.';:;•; ,,, l,,u-,nv tim.k (.ot.«.-l.«lk «•«« a rolitl.ian, wouM .V"-. I ,..'i:r;n"::/i xl:;:."". -'^ "" ■•"•'-'-■■•^ ■ ^""■"^' ■■" ■" '"" Nml'li) t.i tlic li:i.kl"'ti.'. ...iiir.TtH ill Ciuuiila, tlio audi- .j^'j^^'i^^^Jt-'i^r";.;^';:;:;.';-:;:'-- m.....->' > ;v';;;';:::;'l;:/J;;; .".lir ... ':»::,£■•■. ■ - '..., .-.■ ...i... » ■ <■•■■ „ (,,....■ [..-ms » (.-.I. i' "..' .li-ii."".;" ";'''•,, „,■„ ,|„i,. ,ril.„.,. I.. 11... -;;::;,::;r:;;i:":" ;,;'':r'i;r\;;.a'»i;:.i»..".., .1.. -' '-• M..lll^AU UoilSUlALIi. 00IISCU.1LK A9 COM|.Oai!R AND ItASIST. tl„. vivitVin^' li." IS ii.dst tiv,iu.' "l.v '7'' ;;, ' ' ..,,,1 „,,i„ ,i„.ir ..xpiuisivo {i„„s of tin. .,WHl,..n H.l,o„ !'• ' • ;.^; , ^,' ;„ „ur -lays ; tlu" rhar- ncter and toicc ol tlifir >t\ h ioiisimi i i . p|-,.t,.nsion to tl... art of paintin?. and r.M.t,M.t.!«llll:<. ui.it mill |iiiUti'.il woiiM .v<"> ' 11(11 lis «.ri' viTy (ilipiilii'llt tn IiHiil- tliij .|| Iliil'U lU Ciuuiila, till) iiudi- iKl.l l.Iay.Ml 'll.iil ivvcil "l-.'irc liiit (it Inst, lullv 111 I, iiiiiri' siiirit pi DoihII >h. (' til save liiH litV iim lii'iii;^ 11 l':iiiiiti(; iltli' tril'uti' ti> tlin ititl'iil liimis, y ilcli icr sjiiiils ('4 1( ho namu u iially ml will li'iin f LtlLlS XIST. by ^fr. A. ^^:ll•- if'tlii.' C'liiiscrva- tvl' (if JlllK' 1'*, nitfd rUuiirtts.' >\inr tnri', oftiMi from tlis of tin- siiu) tliat is tliat iiisiiivatidii, ^'aiii tlii'ii' cxpaiisivi) laid till' I'n-st loiinda- rlcctl'll till' pi ve 111' our ;, lias (lisrov- roalistic, uatu- IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) y ^ /. /. ^ 1.0 I.I 11.25 Iff i^ IIIM Hi lii !f |;s 12.0 1.4 1.6 Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTEk.N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 f\ ;V % v ip \\ 6^ '<> "%^ CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHIVI/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions /Instltut canadlen de microreproductlons historiques «v m.. '•?SSf3JP!T^?— I 1 I GOTTSCIIALK AS COMPOSER A\D A/ITIST. ^l ralistic, ami inipressionalisfi,; sohools. W. liav.. als,, our r.'nr..s,.ntativ..s of Oiwutalisiu, K,.li.-i..n Davi.l, lirycr, aiM liizct, wl.„.s.. „aiM..s s,. w-U .•.■siM.ii.l to tlioso ot D.ranii.s, Marilliat, and l'V..ni,.iitin ; ..iir N,.o.{i,v,.ks Ilk,. M„ino,l Viotor Massu.an.l DapiMo, wl.o mull to ,.,s llaii.on, (irnmii-! ami th,. whnl,. aidiaio srliuol. i,i tlir (Icinaii,! for .■oniiios,.is Inr tli.- plino tlHTf has nsrii up a crowd of landscai.f-iiaii.t.Ts. j.roiH.rlv ;^o-,allc.l ,»»,•,' pamt.'rs, scutiiMcntalists, or aiiiatfurs of the iMcturosqu..". M,.ii,I.>Ns,,Imi W,t ( iKipiu, Sfph.-ii ll..ll,.r, I'ru.lont, Kosonliain. Wollf, Drlioiix, S.l.u- loll otc, have couiiK«(.,l Humorous charactHristic piocvs, v.rit.iMo hiioux o, ..•sorii.tive^,r,„v.. l'o,.ts, musidans, l.,vors of natnro. timv have suni; ot tlwir absent homo or ot thoir lost country, hy translating "into th.. lan- gua;:.. ot s.nmds the manners, character, and teniperainent of rg', (iottsclialk has sac- riliced very little to the fondness of arpeggios, which for a long time had become a vi'ritable monommia, at the point even of fatiguing the inv.'iitor himself. Gottsclialk knows how to escape from this fever of imitation, and preserves in his compositions that wholly s])ecial flavour of j.oetic reverie an individual character eminently original. liis grand fantasi.is oii '.J.'rusalem,' the '(fod 8ave the (jueen,' ami 'Trovatore,' perhaps accuse bun of being a little under the intlueni'e of Thalbcrg. but they are an exception; (iottsclialk ofti'iii'st only depends on his inMsoiial inspiration, and on memories and bical impressions, remaining sfi-iile before him; soft melodies, new rhythms, harmonious murmurs, a whole musical wh ...... ..Im itv l.v i.icai.snr <..ir i.ass|...rts uivrii j.ivviouMy to tla- nij.tain until we shall M"'"" <'"' i^'"""' "' '" '•''' '"'"" """' ''• us a itci'iuit to land. , n ■ i ,.i |)unn>^ tl... v..va..r tV-n. N.-w (Mean, to Havana, 1 Lad whose. n.o.U.st tnivllin,t.MliTss ha.l .xp-jsnl .1'."'.'."',"' ,„.U.n.ss of some .-i.'h tra.h'sn.cn,asiK.ru.s ,.t n..livj.lna s .;;,„,, ,.,,,,1 ,h. st..an..rs ofth. wo.l.K an.l who n-v nhva>H n.,M..n.i/.o.l l.v thoir cravats of cvory shixl.- an.l .•olo.n, th. i insoK.n.v, ana ha-l tast.. Tl.o tw.; stranuvi's, who ayi-"';-'! to h. hut sli-l.tlv aiUvtcl hy th...r ostm.'ism stoo.1 aj.a t. ]K.sin.iM to inaU;. n,. f.T the .•u.h'.u.ss ot n.y ^-ll";;;-;-'""' • " men, r soULcht an oi-i.ort.n.ity to mtroUiur niys.lt t.. tl.ci . !j,.\.v..nin^-,wh... a.vo.,lin,,^ to th.ir ^'y^/^''^ ''-3- ^ c-onvorsin,^ at the stern of th,- hoat, 1 Wan t h.n. l-'-'ou . e the nan,.: „f ('o.n.t Man.iani, an exile; latl.o ir yo. an ..hilosopher, whom I ha.l known u, 1 ans. >'^;}^\^^ iKrasio,', an.l i,itr...luee.l invs..li At the ^"''l <« ' " * hour we were the best tVien.ls u. the w.M-l.l. lea rne.l I at tlu- lar-e ..M man with re.l beard was he^Count do ( a>- sat..,and that his tVi.n.l was the Count .lo M'^l'M-'ta, ••; travellin.r tor th.ir i-U-asure, an.l m i...sscssion ol a tortuiiL ofn,anvniiUi..ns. () wealthy sh.M.keei.ers, it you hut knew it' There was soniethinti t<.uehintr ni their trieiidslui., wiiieh ha.l been e..ntraete.l un.ler very sinirular eireuni- .tanees. Both of these old bachelors i.hil..soi.h.r., an.l travellers, iifty-six years ..hi, ha.l made up tl-'"; /'^"L' ;;; the one in Tuscany, the ..ther in Tumi t.. visi the h e ,,i,rts of the d..be. They had laid their plans iiic hodically bv tixin.r the probable ep.x-h of their death at the age <.t sixtv-tiv"-, an.l they c...n,ne„ce.l their travels One eyenm- the "Count do Cassat.) ha.l sou-ht refu-e tor the . light in an inn in the imrth of Spain, an.l ha.l iii.)n.>poli/.e.l tor Ins supper the scanty pr..visi..ns whi.-h from tune iinmei.u^nal are found (whe.r fomi.l at all) h. the laixler ot a Spanish um— that is to say, a eup of chocolate, some hard egg>>, aiul s/ym/.A/i MEhyriMi, M \\f tliintTH l»y I'd \A\w a I It I « in :i s(|Uiir*' our idfiitity I till- fiiptMiii tiiriicd to iH iiu' llifv 'jcivo iiviiiiii, I liiid two Itiiliaiis, tllllll to tlic if iiidividiiids no iiiv ahvav;* I colour, their ^vlio apiK'iircd 1, stood apart, ■llow-coiiiitry- ysi'lf to tlu'lll. • Ill, lln'V wi'iv iciii iiroiiouiico liolic ^iiH't and 1 si'izi'd the nd of lialf an I U'liniid that L'otuit dc ("as- liilaiicrta, hoth )n of a fortunu yon l)Ut ki\e\v i-'ir friendship, liXnlar ciivnin- loso]ilu'i's, ami \) tlii'ir inindi^, > visit the live IS mi'tliodieally I at the age »»t ;. One evening the night in an poli/.ed for \)\^ ne iinnioniorial •r of a Spanish : hard eggfi, and ohves. \\ li. II another hungry traveller presented hini„.|f, the landlorii, pressed hy tlie reiterated demaiids ..f the lle\Veo|iier,expos.d his sitlial ion to th.. fi rst. 'rheCoiinl di' ( assato, with niiK'ii .■arnestiiess and t-o.-d hnnionr, olU'.vd the halt of his siipptTaiid his hed to the iieweoiner, who was no other than the Coinit de Malaperta. Tlie sii,..-,,- lanly o» this meeting, the simihiruv of Mieir positi.ms tastes, and pr(,j,.,ts hoimd them to each other, and thev have never separated since that dav. When I h.cani.' ac- quainted with them they had alreailv visited Asia. Afii.a, the whole <.f Kiirope, and South Ain.rica, and tliev wen' now ironig to Havana ,» root, for Mcxi,,., \vnu\ whence they e\|.ected to leave for Australia, and the epoch which they had lixcd for their death hciiii; verv Hear, I ). V tliev w..iil.| return from thence to Turin.' They each wrote daily tlieir impressions of tlieir travels. Theri.nnt iiii__, ,-. ^,w 1 ,^f^| know the (. olisouin, imm-ossioiiB ot Italy. \\ no (l(K^ m-i ivi. \i„,.i' tlii> Wor to iK^.tk^s ™n*i-' >";;;-i» "^ ri;;:'!;raBi:^f^'|;:S'?-^:i-;S i^ioncu aic r^r*^ ,.i.ivtlie castanets, ami arc 8mugi2;lers ; tha tt. Gem . arc beer ban-el:. in the n.onnns and LarroU, that tnc vjtci iiiaiin .I Ttiilians are inair-KTrt ■ all ]>ivcon- '•^, and above me wisher* to a (•ariK't-liae \\ ni(n-e eom- e to yiureliase many do not ratopi whom ithern States, rtVontery, and ma.ny mamas f to them his the Coliseum, St. MiM-k, the , and the liay taly by heart, loss. I have a )f classioal _d.> i of eenturies. 1, the personal o the minds of wlien they are imstances men , and to probe II tell me that sive; that the that the S\.an- ire smugglers ; md polygamy ; ling and barrels u;iven to assassi- this I know, or ae not to know 03 it, Soim- travellers, through imbecility or ])ad faith in sjieaking of the plantations in Cuba, deny the assertions of tlie enemies of slavery Iiy assuring us that the slaves on the plantations visited by them have a happy air, and that during their stay they had not heard a single blow of the Avhip. lla]>py tourists! Suppose that, instead of looking upon these joyous tiiees which smile in the |ii'esenci' of their master, you had had the curiosity to take otl'tlu' clotlus of these unfortiuiates and to examine tlii'ir shoulders, you would have learned more in a few seconds by the view of certain scars badly heaii'd.and jierhaps wounds still I)Ieed- iiifr, scarcely healed, than all your observations, founded upon your su])positions, had taught you. On my arrival at Havana T forgot the distance I had just travelled, and kei)t on my linen clothes. The winter was truly oi)0 of th" most rigorous that had ever been expt ri- enced in llas'ana. So on the day after my arrival 1 was taken ill, and was contined to my bed by a" threatened in- flammation of the lungs for three wi'cks. 1 was scarcely well when the Captain-General, Marshal Serrano, invited nie to the J*alace, and two days afterwards I gave a very successful concert; but the fatigue I experienced, after my long illness, caused a great irritation of the bowels, which rendered it again necessary to keep my room, and to diet myself. Two months after (on the offer made to me by the Cicneral-in-chief to place at my dis|)osal all of tlu- military bands) — I had, I say, the idea of giving a grand festival, and I made an arrangement with the director (»f the Italian com])any, then in itossession of the givat tlioatre of Taeon. ]tc contracted with me to furnisli his chief performers, all the choruses, and all his orchestra, on condition of bavin*'- an interest in the result. I set to work and eom[iosed, on some Spanisl' verses, written for me by a Ihivaiiese poet, an opera in one act, entitled ' Fete Champetre Cid)aine.' Then I composed a Triumphal Ilynm and a grand march. My orchestra consish d of six hundred and lifty pei-fonnei-s eighty-seven choristers, fifteen solo singei's, fifty drums and eigh-.y trumpets— that i ; to ^ay, nearly nine hundred persouti bellowing and blowiu;; to see who could scream 04 NOTI-S OF A PIANIST. tl.o lou.lcst. The violins alono wore seventy in numhov, You .an iu.lirc of the ottbct. Nc, one can ha-e an;. t.U of t e h hoi.- whiel. it cost me. The copyu^g ulone at t^^ re .stral parts amounted to live thousand trancs Ih Me w.' e two thousand pa.^^es of the act ot the <>l-'>'^ •', ^' ,\^'^. ^^. Cuhah.e' more than fm.r thousand V^^^:^^^^^ two tliousand l.a-es for the llvnui. 1 was obhge.l to am tc o h^h scluvtor all. Beii.les, I had to revise p^vre hy 1 t 1r' whole ei-ht or ten tliousan.l pag'es. I had m t e ;S\v^ < -ch an anionnt of labour tlmt 1 rc-mamc.1 sj^eji^- t vo hours at work, sleeping only two hours m v^ e,^ tAA entj - !• 1 xv.< to ir V a very heavy forfeit m case 1 was not .'';; V at the t me «xed n\he contract made with tlie nn- n ^.H^. of th^^i^So. " Xotice to artists. To give a con- ^n t ^ Ta:^- i' o.,nal to laying a plan for a cjunjjaijrn Jopiming an opera of Meyerbeer on the stage, or to el t n g t K "ri^i^Joriot'of Bal/aV-, finally it is an immense elfo t, reiuiring a great deal of money, of time, ol dij^oinac^ , ai I uwles of steel in the service of an iron will. "mv health iV>r a veiy Unig ti.ne has ^^}}-^'-^^^ i^ sen- far from being altogether re-established J-^*.^^"^ *, don- and change of climate have great y_ tried it. I u -t ; t • nling to the a.lviee of my \''^y-^^^,^'^^^\^' S of the *orth which, .hiring thU^ -.del^ ^^)^n excessive. In eight days I prokd^iy shall '^^ ^ ;;^'^ ^' loans au i )t . ; ^^ engage, and iSSVo nl ^i Cing^^ tlUical season with :tnu-:^flu;r;:rilliant'ltaliav troupe, whisht U3^^ hnpressario promises us at the beginnr-.g "^^ ^f ["^^,^^1 l" til now I do not know anything deh-ite about the panisli opera are — Prima donna. La Latarre, J^a Xastariz, and La Santa Maria; tenor, Gonzales; baritones, Fol- guerras and Kuentes. The leaders of the on-hestra for tlio two companies are six in number — a nujuber which ap- pearing ex; ggerated is nevertheless hardly sufficient for an audieiii'c that constantly wishes something new, and deserts the theatre on a second" representation; ' La T'-aviata'is the only opera that has triumi>he(l over the apathy of the ])ub- lic of Havana. Ahix Abiretzi'k gave it twelve or tifteen times before crowded houses last winter, and nineteon times the preceding season. It is ji fact sutlicii'ntly interesting to be noticed that tho ladies literally took jiossession of the theatre everv time the posters aimounced 'Traviata.' (3n t .e ].art of 'the ladies were sobs, transports, ejaculations at each of the dift(-'rent catastrophes of the drama of Alexander Dumas fils, the sight of which was very amusing, and more tlian once ex- cited the unbecoming laughter of the pit. La (iazzaniga, wIioh; gestures and acting are somewhat violent and often exaggerated and adapted to a southern audience, had Ijc- eome two years ago the idol of the fenunine puidic of Havana. The enthusiasm which she excited bordered on madness. The gentlemen threw their hats to her, the ladies their embroidered handkerchiefs and their bracelets. Two factions were formed, whose disputes, begun in the theatre, were kept up in the streets, and many times frequently threatened to liecome a riot. One of these factions took tin part of Frezzolini ; it was the enlightened and eon- 1 I II NOTES OF A PIASIST. tl,.. la.lios an.l the yountr ^ /'V' ; .md at" tl.o aristocrat u; (,,..aui.iuistas or ^^--^ ! j^; ' ;^ \^^ortuuat. dancorH ],alls of one or the othci l' '\"; ;!\^.^.,,. H,orciU-ssly sacri- ,vla. l.olo.>un.a to t^u" oH"-; ' /; a^ confo.fuar.rs, tlu; fi,, 1. The ^l'-;-;;f - i:!'^.:;^V;; ;me l.ore '^ k IVas lata,' vafos wore i.arti>an_>. i ■ V ^ themselves at Ins shop. j,„.l all the a> sui . ' K,e//olhnstas ran Another, 'a la ^-;'''''''"V 'i; hu ma l.assio,,s should he there. It^^^''^ iV'T n. Ji.K M ^^ '' exeite.! so violont v _ hy suel U uu ^^ ,^^ ^.^10^. certain that si^eenktu-u ^'^,J' ;;'l^'^^. ,,,,s A^re n.ade in veseenee, .M tl. ^-^, ^^ /^l ^^^,,1,, receive.) fr;;;;;, ,J, , 1 e oxakvrations re- of her gesture. and^.rt.m ^^^^;^,^ advantage called Uazz-aniga. ^he h. I ^^^^ Nothing more was of ai^poaring ''^^^^ ^^ !^tml o^^ partisansf The Gaz- wunting to a\yaken the "'^y^;' "' • \^^.,. iiappv rival, was zaniquistas adopted lioi-^ l^^^^^^^^^^^f the strife recom- Bustained hy ^l^e iKH^plc o ta,t| am the encore n,enced. The anthmntu^s ^^^ ^ J^^ of both prima dou- 1 l>ave heen to Cardena. to give a ^?^^^:^'Z tion tor whieh had been ^;^J^ ^ty .vhich is not I'hilharinonlc Society «*, * ,^,{' '"^e^^w reckone.1 among CAnDICXAS. 07 composed of If ^•i^ls wre aristocrat ii; latt.' (liUU'orr< iU'ssly sacri- ctioiH'rs, tlio la l^-iiv'iata; 1 at his sliop. '.olinistas ran lis should ho ilitios. lt_ is ifoiioral ottbr- voro made iu ivod I'roiu the iimit'inoration [ in ' Sattb' by roc'C'iptrt wore jewels which V without ex- nsaud francs. ss last year iu "hoexuheranee iiiigerations re- .mse advantage ling more was uis^ The Gaz- ip))y rival, was ! strife recom- and the encore loth prima don- Each of them 'ceipts of each iand francs. rt, the 8uhscrii>- advance by the tv, which is not reckoned among 'arly one-half of y- seven hundred I thousand hogs- heads of mrdassos) is exj ported every year from Cai-ilenas. Its Jurisdiction contains five huiidivd thousand souls and six hundred sugar houses. AVithsucli t'lcuiciits it must he one of the richest of the island, llcr husincss is almost exclusively witli the I'liited States, ^'isited priiiciiially by the ^'ankees, whose activity, enteritrising spirit, and industry agree marvellously witli the necessities and char- acter of its inhabitants, she is at the head of every enter- l)rise and of all the ]irogress which for some years past have ti'ansformcd ancient Cuba, and made of her to-dav one of the richest, most civili/ed, and most beautiful coun- tries of the world, rerhaps the jjreceding statistics may l)e found useless and tiresome, but it seems to me, now that regenerated Hpain has revealed to Europe all her resources, and again takes tlie rank which fornu'rly belonged to her among the groat nations, that it will not be witlKuit interest to many ])ersons in the community to know the imiiortaneo of one of the new ports of its ])rinciiial colony. The theatre at Cardenas is only a provisional one, and but little Avorthy of notice. They are constructing a new one, which is only about one-third uj», and has alreacly cost one hundred and ninety-five thousand francs, and ])romiscs to be like the Tacon Theatre at Havana. Tlie churcli isof the ( Gothic style, and has so much the more charm, as 1 am accustomecl to the massive and heavy architecture which the talent oi' Iferrera has made to such a u'reat degree the fashion for the last two centuries. It is elegant and boldly su]iports two aerial clock-towers which, at a distance, give a picturoscjue etl'ect by detaching it from the dark verdure of the cocoa trees and jtalms. The churcli and theatre are the two prime neces- sities of a Spanish American city. In the United States, when they found a new city, they commence building a liotel, afterwards a church, and finally the noAvsjiaper ofHce. Given, the hotel, church, and political discussions, yon have the existence of the Yankee. Immediately- after the newspaper office comes the 'Lecture' or 'Concert Hull.' The 'Loctiires,' of which French people can have but an imperfect idea, are essentially an American inventio'% and have become an imperative necessity for a ])eo]ile cotistantly occuided with popular elections, political or religious dis- cussions, and public discourses on every possible subject. t7 ,,g NOTES OF A PIAXIST. Tho i,rolW.ion c.f lecturer i^ one of the most lucrative that ] l^wCot Kv^'.-vl.o.ly Hpeaks M'ith tu-ihty and w.th a •or in elo,iuenc-o tl.at .lenuuuls no s,.ec-ial study \ •oneert at Canlonas was a c-oniplete suuyss, n.l 1 ^^ as .n.^m.Switii the enthusiastic reception winch they Ka^e " Widedly my trip to Cardenas In. tal^en fidndons pnv ^'•^1'i'T ""nn;srit ^;w.>ti;;:iohnm!;^'il;;rcssions. ^r !iu'»d s t Us n ^v^^^^ I mni^norant ..s to one can sec what lie liKes. -luc ini^y- p,.i-li'nis in.r of h ero«;lyphics. But the """'r*'!.„\.^,, .,,.^ „„:,,„ •■^v" A t AT'iriias " \Vhcrc are we gonig t \\ e ai c gf )in_ tlietniu (ia;)»wu Cardenas to Havana, tor it ih 1 ;<-\ fii.it tnv three days 1 luive uclu n^inj, -^ by it) tliat loi TuiLc f ,,,.,, :^,g(,eiotv of Cardenas, Havana. Invited hy the 1 hiUunomci^y v the happiest memories of my lirBt %o>agc to ^im. , ISu to S I'VTon my -eat anA my tat,guo».' Uow liswMsMBewsiHSWt'** Inrrative that y, and with a idy. coss, and 1 was I'u'h thoy gave I fiihulous pro- )f iiiiinvssions. iirnonint as t<> lilway rarriatre 111(1 whose ji'i-ks . spirals (.'haria- onl the eyo the tic I'ornis every irh I have just disk. I'erhaps hie to the uiak- s: "Where are " Wc arc gf)ini!; c a little kiiowl- een ignorant for 80, my residence [Tavana, for it is ave commenced ring to return to ioty of Cardenas, 1 all the ardour >rous friends and connected with J to Cuha, could ;nes an hour, and tering every now 'tor insists on ex- •tive as resulting e of green wood. ' vicissitudes and tears my cars and ,gaytome,"IIa8t ^tatigues? How niM.oauK WITH i.ocoMnrni:. ,,,, ;i'pii:tv:s'a;;j^ says tlujt eve,y road Ie.,ds to Ro,,,.., tlu.;. was c i ! easou tor tlnnkn.g that tl.c railn.a.l fWm, C'ardc a In navana must conduct me to Havana last tnice la.>,.| I„sscd Irom station to station fro.n inn o mn an.l_tin,ln.g n.vs..]f fiu-thcr off than ever f le end otour .lourney ! J)o „ot complain, for if thy <'on. lu-t • on y gn-cs thee p-een wo<.d, I endl.re the horn! ^ cl ^^1 ' ■^ ^^' .''"^ ^,^'.^" Vl;^-l'i^'l' l"i^ I-een served up to us on the roa.l "' After tins < lalogue hetwec-n the locolnotive and n v df I placed myself ni a comfortahle position for a nai. fro a which I was not awakened until n.v arrival at av, hK)ken down hut happy for hanng e;caped the dai ge.^ of a long and fatiguing journey. '"'fetra oi CIIArTER II. wi?if •''''""^P' ""^ ^''"^ ^'^'1'^""'^ '^"1'''^''^^ ^ voluptuous languor ndi IS contagious; It is a poison which slowly infiltmie ul tlie senses, ai.d henumhs the soul with a species of i passed at Caymito, m the interior of C^iha. I had iust recovered from a serious illness; some newspapers, in.lied ad niourned for me in very flue necroh.,.ical artic'les; M- ^Z&o"^^' tt'anng a malignant fever, had prescrihed t^^- T:^'"^ ? '^'"^ ^" 1'"^^ nn■con^•ak.scence in thejunsdictmn of Guanajay, near the Sierra d'Anafc Ft ^^as a vast plan., m the centre of which rose a lartre s.n.are modern huilding, Jiaving only a grovmd-fioor, life, most of r 100 AOTKS or A PIAMST. 1 tlK. CulKin lumsos. A fruM,.! <.t hu.usnv u, md intrn.V. o cwti.l.lish ii sUL'iir i.lm.lation <.n tins land, pla.'C'l at i".> ''>- ,. al la casa d.! a.ao (tlu- mast.rV lu.u.o) the oiily one; .y.t , Vl Kvorv su-ar i-lantatum invanal.ly consist, ot tlR. win- h.\ildini:-s, wl.u-h, for hv-u-nir reasons, and or vonk^.ro, arc identical: C'asa del amo which cn.-n .k the centiv, and is isolated iVoni the rest ot tho^//.ra ; ca^a rm al, the cmuwandant-s or mana.^a.r'. dwelUn-, , a . niol .inda, the huildinK which contan.s thcs cam- :,:.,c lor hrnisinu^ the canes; it •-"nnuni.^ates with he sa del ealdcras ^(boilers). Ai erwards .oxuv. d lio^.d pital), d comd^n which the d..niest.c animals are ke}. , 1 +i, U- ■^i Poiie distance, las caonehos do la negrada ;\^;,'' d^n4 E V o el^^nni the mayoral nhuts them np ti^^h; k and key, M^cr havin- c.dlcd the roll, a.id nuuc tl . n rene-it the Pater Noster and the Ave ^hirui. 2sotlnng ; ' d ye eUsfcd at my friend's. There was one house d at wfiieh wo arrived throndi an immense avenue ot m ms A kind of woodc.i asc-ent of twelve stq.. led to an ex eior gallery, a sort of Indian veranda which is to a Oda hvellinrj what a porter's lod.tje is with the 1 rench. Fn t e -alk^T vou k.ok out upon the conn rv; i is an olen-ioi-v; visitors ean he soon comintc, and in the dis- ?. CO he ne-voes watehed at their work. 1 here, he is m sed hi the hammock or the hutaca, m snu.kmg sleep- Ingjn drinking cottee, and, above all, m respiring the air "^^li^om- in ?he easa del amo, or to bolon. to the plantation, .urns up the whole life of the negro. I^o servo el amo is tl m shal's baton of the model slavQs. By way ot l.unish- ent thenegroeB of the town, who have committed any e'-cadXs, are sent by their master to the holds which lorvi a manner, for the galleys. Tlio beasts^ ot burden i- the t^^^l are intlnitely better treated, and their oxistonce ess ccmiprcmiisod than that of the poor slaves, obliged, di rim the grinding season, to work from oig^htoen , to t^e ty hour^"every ^ay, to brave the heat ot the devouring sn or endure the ^lohi-ing rains without any other k"hes than calico drawers. , The mayorales, or oveijjm., treat the sick negroes in their own way. I do not know tliit they understand anything at all, but these gentlemen inh'iiAi'tl to I at ii.y tli^- i>iily one yvi isists of tlio •lis, and tor ic'h ot'cniru's lijiiic'i ; «"i^iv 'a ilwL'Huiii;; t^ the stoani- tfrt with the K'rt d hiispltdl lalrt aivkt'iit; i} hi nogtachi uits them up )11, and made nil. Nothhig ;as one house iwo avenue of teps led to an ^■hieh is to a , the French, itry; it is an id, in the dis- There, life is noking, sleep- [)iring the air :he plantation, «rve el anio is ,vay of punish- Dinmitted any • fields, which ists of hurden their existence laves, ohliged, II eighteen to the devouring )ut any other ^, or overseers, do not know lese gentlemen S/A'6V7,.1A' nr.MEDY. 101 ha en pn. Kvon.emad m contemplating Ihis para.lise, in w i .1 an of mv" >V'"' ''""'"'"'• f'"t'"-t""nt.ly, the onlv co a . V ot 1 . Kden was a very ugly ..egress who, ever, eve ,J^ a tcr haying roastc.] the .■ofiU-, hruised her Corn in a 1. w piece o wood, and recited the Ave Ah.ria Ik-Iov , M «. ourc.1 im..go of the Vi,^i,, .ame and s.,natte< d wn t n r. ;:•/'" ^^": "^■•.'""'''' 'V"' tl'ore, in the .hlrkness, sunj t charm, the canciones of the countrv. I would ]i,rl,t hv 0} tills Mient and primitive nature, into a cntemnlative reverie, wliu-h those in the midst of t}:e ever\--d. v w, • ,? «.n never u.ulerstand. Tlfe moon rose ov<^; tli. Si^.,;* e Anate Fhe crickets chirped m thefiel.ls; th- Ion- ave uue ot pa 1.18, whidi exf-nded fn.m the casa t the en-' ranee ot the ], antation, was sepa.-ated into two ll-u k ands on the umform ground of the fields. The phos o ,t rescvn a.-ahesqnes of tlie fire-flies flashed s.iddenlv^tLCh the thick darkness that surrounded us. The distant noi.Ts ot thesava.mah, horne softly hy tlie hive^e, st uck o i nu' eai- m drawn-out murmurs. The cadence.] r-h.t, ■ ? "^ an this poe»y , which no one can ever ima'ane 9* * ' 102 yoTKs or A /v.i.v/s^r. . r • r ivtirin-. I tlnvw on.v ii"..v a last l.-.k m all ,, V .llous nat.uv, and witlahvw into no; <>"">""[- „, ., ,Mt .l-i//U'.», Htni.k ii.v laiMp and cxtniguisl.c it 1 he ; , U, ; h '^^^ little anin.als in thoC'uhan count rv honscs ' mncnL-. The a,artnu.nts havin, no ...hnj^ m t - ♦• w ..If ■md hian'"- sonaratfd from each otlit-i <""}"> natnos (o\*i «,. i... tlicir (luartci-H. As soon as niiiht mmmmm T Iro wa- little of variety and of relative interest as na> uotl'ini? contrary to the couuuandinents ot our Mothei the «■(.. r.i/'/'.i/.v i.oito .\si, /.rsAd/:. tm ly iMirar ; my iiir my tiruin I tla' I'xtrtiiu' ciniiiiu'd tlius (•(• ot" SiTi'llo, it* tosiiy, tli«' f, look oil llll y iliiimlitT. low iukI iIk'Ii shed it. 'Hio oiiiitry lionsc'rt liiio;s'lnit tin- otluT only l>y ic'Vfii U't't, till' urity. Kv^'iy illCCllls II IK'St. lliat (Tdss tliL' •ill tiistc" of the uttiuji- imiuli, ^ soon UH nijilit wiiiiffd colony ,• with my lyi'^* iming, liiid my 8liari» littli' *'fy liiimlior. Kow y iiK'lii(U'ossihle Kather Don An- le Holy TiKiuisi- of His Majesty he work l>y the \t he has found our Mother the Holy Cliiircli. This l.ook corifaincd tli(. pocticjil works o\' tile valiant and very illustrious (thus nm the title of the worM cjiptiiiii of mtiiiitry, Scfior Don H,. radio .\ii.-iwto .lose d(> los Angeles de J.(.ho e Xiiiieiies. This l.nivi' mail ot war mtorms us, in mi epistle t(. the ivader, that -Mais hail ailopted him for his well-heloved son; that Apollo in m-ailtude tor the Worship which he had vowed |„ the Muses, treated hiiii iis aspoiled child." Well, at last lu .e IS a siiKvre pivfai-e. One feels at ease with irood (aptain I.oho who, m spite of the hullying airs which he takes on, IS at hottoin the most nmiahle of creatures. His cascnu. has all the appearancoof Memhrino's helmet. Mis sonnets, when he does not turn lliein against the enemies of tlu' proud (astiliaii, are the iH.iupu.ts of ( 'lil(»ris. Jn the midst otall this l.urles(pie nihl.ish I found some charming thiii.--s, HOUR, pictures of manners truly strikiim", and some vi'tv minute details. A poem on the taking of (Jihraltur, for example, where, swimming in the midst of Homeric de- nouncements, and of furious imprecations ayainst the Knu-- lish, I discoven'd some very interestiiiir historical tiicts of an undouhted character, f toimd in it the wh le tralle ■ ot (ill I Mas' characters. Whether l.esaire has stolen or l»orrowed his work, he is ci-rtainly the only one that lias made ol(l Spain known to France. ' A/>r<>/)i>s ot' Lesatre, what most irritates the national susceptihilitv of the Spaniu-ds' Uihraltar, it may he replied; or rather the witty, hut sli-lit- ly veritahle gasconades of Alexander Dumas, r)/»/u,«« of Madrid, ^o! What has ren ..nkn,^ an. 'rf^ :^ ;u'%.X.l(.rl.an.wl...vinUK.ov.^ L\lr (.t" Hu. l.ous. lorn.r.l a .••,,•.•1. an.un.l n.y uran I- ;, : :;::".'.,!;l:r;.^g:M,.r ■,,• ....if, .u- "-•■*-;;,;;;; otlR-r while my LM-an.lniothci- c-ontmucl. I was \Mi"<.' >t • I'o 1 he favourite of Sally, to judge by the stones w th ?-, . i lU mv head. 1 was not tiiv.1 ol hstennig tor "^t^a^^nl tn.o nu.ncaiousaa;...t,.es ..O.ni. T,.,u.,ui (the elown of the negroes), and the 1- '»^^'> ^J. anapl Uiu, who.c type represent, our puneluuello ot nt'CITAr.^ Of .}/)■ (ilt.WfiMnllll.li. 105 'llMlllilS. Oil 'I'll.' iii.i^lit I rciiuiiiii'il lllpliiU'tl <1'*' iiu': lliirli tlu'V wi^liitl inuiiii'' MiiUy , wc'ir Inst oil lly tin- liiilili' i;,oiiiiitiuii liy siirnrtiiiii, so .I'u.s. Whi'ii liniiuliiiotlu'r ko nil till- IH'st li ; till' iiiirni- il.iit loiisilit ill ist tlu' lu'irroi'rt towiinls tliciii ii strikiiiu iiiul I iitiiiin foimd vflliiiii: oil tlic! IV in till' I'Vi'M- uysi'lt', iiml tlu' iiiil my fiTaiitl- on tlic lu'iirtli, ri'ss, Inikfil Ik'I' U' iio_u;ro iiirtiir- vviiik' listi'iiiiig lit of N!ii>ok'oii ohstiiinti'ly by- I look at her, in niillit lio. AVo I its l)alilii<'liiiif<, Mie between the I wiirt without the stories with of listeniiii!; for iitnres of ('online the knavery of_ • punehiiiello of - -I-. NNe hM..,u.,i ,., .SalK ... v.. II ,|,af SK. knew tlu, U.nle o h,.r xA./vr.v |,y|,.,,rt uiM. ... int-.v,. U.mI rnu- f 'I'les till tn-,lav, n.HJ sfill luakes „„. li,,.! an i..ex|MVsHi,| , '•""•''• ';.' "II ll.e>e naive jewvials of o„r o!,| ,„..l,,.,,, r H ho.iM hke to n.late, in their |.i.t.,r.s.,,u. lai,::.u.,. l,,,, their eN.,,i,s,t.. nri,i„ali,_v. suM.e ..f thole Cvul.. |„.||.„iH \\l.ose siinpir alM lnii,.hil,^r i.u.l.MJy irncs riirht to tl,,. l„,„.t anil iiu.kes you .hvani ..f nnknoun w,.rl,U. To relnrn to the iveitals uf my oi;n..li„uih..r. On.. „f n.v tlivoiirite Htorieswas that oi .ln|,„ 1.,,.. ( 'oiiik'., raptain ^.f t .im- juvay neirroes ,,t |,:,yu„ Sarah, who fiUnl ti,.. whol.. ..f i.oj,isiaMa with li.e reiH.rf ,,f his saiiuniiiiarv . N|,i.,its. He resist..,! al..ne. this hero „f ,„„• savannas, 'all li... ..NiM.li. tions s..|,t in piirsiiil nC him. Strani-v riiiMoiiis w..|v i,, eireiilation <.ii this siil,i,.,.t. SoiM..|i„u.s j, u-,.s a .L.taeh- ment ..» tro„i.s that had veiituiv,| to H... haunt of this I'n.u-an.I, who disappear..,! witlioiif aiiv one JHiiitr able to di>e..v..r any tra.'e ,.f him. Sanetiin.; it was the hunter, MK.se ball was tlatlc-iu'd a-aii.st tli.. hivast ,,f hras Caioi'. WH.s.. skill was rendeiv.liiiv.iliu.rabk. I.y ...,,,ai,. he,.bs w th' yh.eh Ih. r.ibb...! ,t The ne-ro..s ass..,-t..,! ,l,,t his l,„.k hiseinated.and tliat lie fed on h.i.na.i Ik'sh. II.. was tiinllv «;ipfnivd,i,i„l_,.,„„l,.„„i..,| tol... hi.iiir ii, the 's,, liar..-. 1 Hte .!,.. .Spanish ('a.lu..lnd. I|, ],„, |,,,,„ ^,„'^„.,^,„, J,' terrible s.-u.-vy, and tl... iiifi.,.tii,,. ...bMirs exhaled bv his eo.-p... two h..,.,s ;,fr,.,- his ,.xee„ti..„ iiu.l.. il,,.).. b..,Vhin, n.nt..ary t.. tlu. law that eondenuu-d hini f., .•..,„ain s,.s- pc.de. to the ,irall..wK tor two f an Kni.dish vessel whieli made sail tor Janmiea. C any one ho astonished that the name o.ay f bt iZ^iul awakens in me sond^re memories, ^^\^J- could iH.t help feeling an indescrihahle sentiment ot mela - . olv -hen fir the fi^st time heholding this hdal land w h which are ;.ssociated so many grievous reco lections .^ Our dw u^s hurnt, our properties devastate-h onv ^r unes mnihilated. Such were the first eilects ot that war he- Jw m two races who had only i.i ->"^^r 1^'r'"J^' c^t^ hat implacahle hatred which ^'J^'l^ "-^^''^ , r\'^^:^^^^^^^^^^^ C\ui anv one, however, he astonished a- the i^^/l^ition ex^rctt.l hy the negroes towards their old masters? A\ hat c-mse mor^ver, more legitimate than that ot this people ; h^ir au'ony rising in one grand ottbrt to reconcpier their nlu)wie.lied"i-i^-5^^« and their rank inhmmuuty? In a)S'en latin? at this distance of time which o-day ^epij. r cs us Vom the events of this niemorahle epc.ch, tlie work ;^^^;^,Ltion appears tons purged from the stains im- irinted on it bv human passions. It disengages itselt tiom chdows which ohsciired it; the blood has disappeared; s ain^ ure wiped out ; and from the bosom, ot this worb vhic crumbles iwav rises, sombre and imposing ho grand >rm of Toussaint rOuverture, the entuisiastic liberator of r ce that nb.eteen cent.iries of Christianity ha. not yet £in aW^to entranchise tVom the yoke c^ ^1^^%^^: cn-eater i.art of the colonists emigrated to ^ew Uikans 5 V ^-aLunother, then very young was ot tins mirrd.er ; \ m4t number also to Santiago de C uba, .Nhich is the oaSe Ihat. now, even in many parts of the island ot Cuba, French Creole is spoken in preference to Spanish. ^a FREDERICK DARDAROUSSA. 107 [s of T^iasson iiiassacrod. wor (>t' their o; boon sub- groat-graiid- .'J,(^ ' woutlou' \\\A Hoveiity lonial troops, (lotlier saved f, wnndoring l)y the cap- for Jainaii-a. o-.ily of St. , au(i that I ('lit of molaii- tal hind with ic'tions? Our our fortunoa that war hc- )t'twoeu them for the other. lie retaliation isters? What of this people jconquer their iimanity t In li to-day i^opa- Kieh, the work the stains ira- tros itself from 's disappeared; 1 of this world ;ing, the grand ti(riiherator of l-y liad not yet inisories. The New Orleans this number) ; , whieh is the sland of Cuba, .iiish. St. Thomas, July, IS,-;?. ^ I have 1)0011 hero for fifteen days, and ouirlit notwitlistand- ing to go unmediately to Venezuehi, wliere J have been e.xiiectod t„r mx months, but as soon as tlio news of inv arrival roaohed the (iovornor-Cionoral he wrote me invitiiiir me to dme with liim I was rec(mimended to him by the i.x-1 ivsi,Umt, (u'lU'i-al Keh of the Kepublic of I Vru. At tlie ctessert Ins Lxoelleiiey proposed a toast in mv hoii..in-,an(l expressed the desire that 1 miglit l^e hea^rat least om-e belore leaving the island. A subscription list was (.pcnod at tlie tahir, and next day a deputation of amateurs of the city caiue to offer me fifteen hundred dollars for thive eon- certs. 1 be last took place day before yosterdav, 'la ^farche de:suit, '\alse poeticpie,' and the 'Banjo,' were encored, liio event of the evening was a gigantic bomniet of ro.ses and of cape jessamin, tliat two negroes, bcndiiiir mider the burden eame to present to me upon tlie stage ni the name of the Chevalier de L , a Genoese gentleman, a dilettante smger, and besidos possessing also very uncor.inion musieal erudition. Ihe bou(iuet was not less than four feet in cir- cumference. The Chevalier (le L has lived in this island for many years, and has l)uilt a mansion at tlie loot of the ^ower of J^rederu'k J5arbaroussa,on the summit of a hill which over- looks the harbouiNaiid which was the haunt of the buccaneers ami filibusters. Frederick Uarbaroussa, their chief at Sahit Iboinas, made of it a veritable fortress, as its position ren- dered It impregnable. I found still there the camions in the ombrasuros, and some piles of balls; nothins is more melan- cli()ly or speaKs more to the imairination than these ruins and some old arquebuses on the wall, and 1 j.'-knowledo-o that i could not help feelii,g a certain uneasiness o„ ,icscend- mg the suliterraiioan vaults, dug out of the livii.o- rock in winch they shut up their i.risoners of war. Several in- struments of torture, ami manv skeletons of men and women in chains found at a small distance below the soil winch the porter of the villa showed us, recalled to tlij imagination the most sombre ].ictures of the bloodv du- las ^yblch according to tradition have bore taken place. I listened shivoniig at the recital which an old nco-ro officer told me. He spoke in a lo\v voice as if ho feared that 108 yOTES OF A PIASIST. n 1 FiMlorico ol Ycnhvro mi-lit f^till boar lum. Ho kiu'W the *•■ U m tu-ouu^h his father, who ha.l it from a.u.thc.r ch . n w ose- father had kn.,w,i hJarhan.ussa. Ivery wuehc ^ f^uom'ed the na.ne .f Frederick i;'-^"-'-:;.^^ ;:;;^;;:;:^ Lis voice au.l irave lue a mysterious look by ^^hu■\i ^ t out doubt he Avish'ed to make me understand that the spirit ot 'Verdmjo'sfdl inhabited the tower. The Island of Saint Thomas is hardly twenty-hve miles hi c-ireumferenee. The Danish government, unders undmg ; yrd the advantage it -idit draw Irom tlje ^o- n-ai.bh-al lu^itiou of this little island have made ot it a fiv .ort (.win- to wbieh it has to-day ac-iuiiod a -om- ie im portanec whieh none of the .large islan-ls ot he A t\ les ea 1 now dispute with her,-Saint ^Fhomasis to-dav l^' "llun'e of the\wo continents-the market m which •ire bartered the products of the two worlds, bt. -i'oimiig) mk her mal4iny; Havana^ tobacco; Cuba m.d 1 orto Kico sn.'-ar; Jamaica, rum; Santiago, c^ooa; Antiocuia, ii k! Id l>l^nd gold ; Venezuela, hides. All these are b.. led n va«t warehouses, true chaoses, -l'^'^'^ «\^. ^^It . • i.roducts of Europe, from the niuslms ot Manchc^ta aiui the s ks of Lyons, to the bottles of Doctor Girandeau ot sSn G^vdi:^ It s a species of lair to which twi-e a year ail the 1 cddlersof the two continents of Spanish America r ior K commerce in specialties is doubtless unknown, f ■ r el-^rAvilv sells everything here. The periumer keeps i)low-shares, and sells English needles. ^iXirope hi return furnishe- her the products marc or ks reliable of her commerce: Nantes, the wmes ot Si.ain, ami ^ h ms of Westphalia; Hamburg, ^rard s pumos ; Cajhz, tlic oil^ of Aix; Birminsham, hardware; Fans, ch na ci.ipes SI e Hell Toledo blades etc. etc. St Thomas is a nava S^^tionof the greatest importance. I er l-^'t, ^rround.. bvhi'di mountains, attbrds a sate a/yl'^i ^o y^^^V '^ «* '\' En s'durin- the hurricanes so terrible m the Antilles. It t it, he Kunt of junction of all the En^dish and A niencan tJue,V network of which extends from Southampton tt Sw York to the Isthrnus of .Panama aiid covers the whole of the coasts of tlie Atlantic and Pacitic us iai as ^Tiifortunately, the yellow fever rages cruelly at St. SAIXT THOMAS. 100 [o km'W the another old cry li 1110 lie I he 1 AViTL'd lirli without the spirit of ty-tive iiiilori ulorstuiidiiig oiii the ^w- uude of it a lired a coiu- slandrt of the iiiias is to-day kct in which St. Pondngo la mid Torto ,; Aiitroc'uia, CSC are stored found all the iiiehesti-u- and Girandeau of I twi^-e a year uish America less unknown, L'rfunier keeps ts more or less of Spain, and [lianos; Cadiz, <, china craiies; las is a naval irt, surrounded vessels of all e Antilles. It 1 and A nierican . Southampton and covers the leilie as far as cruelly at St. Thomas. According to the ofRdal statistics it carries oft" more than one-third of tiic sailors wlio remain in i)ort during the months of July and August. On my arrival the e] Idemic was raging in all its violence. The authorities had taken the scvcrt-st measures to ]irevciit the lioats from landing. The steamer was forced to anchor one milu out at sea. The marine hos])ital had heen trans- ported to the other side of the hay, and surrouiuhMl hy a sanitary cordon to prevent all comiiiuiiication hetweeii "the town and the jiort. In sjiite of all these precautions, two days after our arrival, our steamer had alreadv lost seven of our men hclonging to the hoat, and three servants on lioard attacked witli the same plague succumhed in a few hours. Another steamer leaving St. Thomas for Southampton at the same iteriod lost during the voyage twenty-ein-ht sailors and fourteen passengers. .My intention on arriving Avas to take inmiediatelv the schooner Isaliel, which started for A'enezuela twice a month. I rememhered that Tlerz was not willing to venture a con- cert at St. Thoinas, and I knew too well the great experi- ence which my illustrious predecessor had ai'4uired in tlie art of giving concerts, not to follow his example and 'Inirn' St. Thomas. The consignee's ofHce of the Isahel was ()\>i'u, and r hastened there and took my passage. " The schooner will leave in two days," the caittain said'to mo. 1 ]< w spend two days unless hy visiting the environs on horsehack? It is what I undertook to do. There is nothing so pictu- resque as St. Thomas. Figure to yourself oife of those hox-es of toys in painted wood from Xuremborsr, Avith their polished white little houses with red roofs, and their trees of symmetrical foliage. Place the houses the one hehind the other on three littl(> hills, throw here and there clusters of palms and cocoanut trees, add a background of moun- tains like sugar-loaves, a foreground of n'eat, prettv (Iwel- liiigs cocpiettishly stuck here and there, a skv like^hat of Switzerland, a i»retty littL whitewashed fort, pierced for six guns, enahling the tinted breeches of six pretty little green bronze cannon to pass out. not forgetting the big (ioTman sentinel, sleeping or smoking his pi[ie,"iu his seiitrv-l)ox and you Avill understand the "charm which detained me lie- I'ore this agreeable and peaceful scene. I staid there until 10 110 NOTES OF A PIANIST. i the bcnnning of cvcih.g. The night came on, I rotracod the rca.l to town, an» (a sort of turban) ot bright colors. _ The tetes at the Tort de France, on the inauguration ot the statue of the Empress Josephine, have been very bril- linnt For three davs the town has been literally (uerruu bv iimumerable strangers who have been attracted trom all tiic nei.--hbouring islands to witness the brilliant sc.lemnitv. The h«Ttels were not large enough ; some slejit a hi Mir ctuilr (that is in the open air). 1 have supped witli hve En.'-'ish ofKcers, who had hired tor the night, from a re- taiU-r of lu.uoi-s, the place beneath his counter. It was '"' ^7^; ornors, who had been invited, have returned with the del ai- tations of the consul-general and governor ot Cuadaloupe, the consuls-iicneral of Dominica, of Bar'iadoes, Grenada, Santa CYuz,^tc. etc. A chamberhun o the ^;i"J^^/^- mark represente.l all the Danish Antilles. Ihe first da) was consecrated bv a banquet to two hundred p. rsons. given bv the island to her guests. The next c-ietv, and the eonstramed tnetion ot men ■1 il rt H;.ok» to tmnslato into its langnage, Imt ot wln.-li 1 ,i;.t.i.,t ro+lections. For mvselt, who, tiom a su ivi^ choU', the stirring and noisy existeaoe 1^' ^^ ]^J ^^^^^ nomad virtuoso imposes on me, is that to xNhidi i uut c Z^l.t antipathy ; thus, ahove all H.ave on^oy^^-^ ^ "^ i:Sr;^irK^W deprived of for - -ny yej^s^ the T l\i- nil iov« '' not havino- to "live a concert —that is to J:^ n , bS^obl^ i^ allxe^ hour, to bestow a certain nn^ tvot (^ispirationfor the price of a few dollars, but to « id one's self in the home-life of the family ; that is t I V o have the heart warmed by the contact of good and " ihble P UcV Kl to forget the^housand and one jealous- ?es a id in sJries to which the talented artist is exposed. ^ijt^~ j>^>'*r*=V ■.Ut*J'C«-'-'^'=W'"* PONCE. 113 mt I fi^-'fravc a 1.1 tlioVlV hii'h brougbt PoNCB. ^w of Mr. K. itality which lazticla. Hut stuu'tii>n, and n K. do the hat charnrint? ^c'd, liave lol't ite gives mcl the thousand enco to whicli solitude I tind )t' inspiration. ■ fat'ulties are kich the ineea- •ietion of men, a I myself. I in the thee of utiful sunset I vc'llous things, ;, hut of which ;, only the pale from a sii-kly •nsity to meUiu- h the career of lich I have the Mijoyed at Pla- nany years, the rt" — that is to lestow a certain [ow dollars, hut lily; that is to icf of good and and one jealous- : is exposed. At ria/.ne la I agam mot a .listingnished an.l clever man, old Doctor l> whom I had ahva.ly cn.'oimtercd in mv travels, and wiiom 1 loved at lirst sinhf lor his juvenile eii- tlmsiasm tor j.oetry, and his enlii^hteiied taste ti.r the arts J;re(iu..ntly some visitors came from Manat v, Areciho, ,„• Irom some ot the neighhouring plantations." The Doctor tlien recited to us some fragments of iJacine. I played ,„• improvise.l according to the caprice of my .imagination; Adeline an.l .Madam K. sang a duo. 1 have fonn.l at Donee the most Hatt.-ring and most h..s- pi al.le reception, lu.ur concerts given at the theatre l.efore u l.rilliant, an.litory, whose enthusiastic .lemonstrations res- tihe.[ tiieir great taste for music, have more than iustitic.l m my eyi's, the reputation that Donee enjoys. The ladies are charmin, gathered are nauseatiutc ; thev are .lyin.- of hunger in the town; an.l infants and women are bein" 10* * NOTES OF A PIASIST. 114 kUlcd in tlio Htroots l.v way of ynKtinu" by (lru..kon Holdu i-k T A K' -an ...n.ulj.an-u-a.k-.l in his house nun-ortod In .-.■!■ ami his fau.ily ior a mo„th on hm .. .by lK;as, h, t va.l <.r sah. The Fmu-h consnl, homL; so nn- r, . as to oi.on his window, ivcived u hall n. h s h d'r. Ten or twelve i,rete,uU«rs tearn.j, o meccjs n. the midst of everv exeess of a hl..ody anarchy, the tiag nJs ot tlu^ unha,,y.count.y. What "^^^^^^v j--;^-; the forei.'n artists who insist on gonitj to tn then In. k n e S ni 1 repuhlies! The Busati linn, y have lo.md re a mr,.ti*m worthy of the sentin.ents oi eontratern.tv, h e , lthon,^h wo say it, oxists in the hearts o all ar .sh. T .. r voles -ire of all People, the most hospitahle and tl e n,^t 1 m pt .'iVel W. tirst concert of the JU.sat, took ^ce^ theatre. Madan.c liusati, a s<.i.rano ./o^./o i^ed to X state of soprano ,//<;/fo, -'^--;;^ ^ J^,- good style the eavatina of 'Attila' and o J^ ' ;^"' ;,^;^ It is too much to denumd more of a smger vn ho lias Dcui the best A d-isa to Tasta in the best time of that inecmi- "Nh.denK>iselle Busati -;g , -^^.^;^», ^ v.,W... What then, remams to lier .' Iheie rtniani ;;.; ttne bU ek e yes tilled with tire, which are not a slight :::i^^J^n IbJ all which she ntiU 1-1<;;;- --^[^j^ Mr Busat; a baritone, an old caricuto ot the Itahan ui-tii a^ir Place an ^^l^J^^I^ Icconling to all probabilities, be .hould be able to make ii!S**5i<> i«itl^->»«''*"--'"' ken sold'urH. lud (by iK'iiH, hi'iiit; («• i"_'- , hall ill liif^ to jiioci'H, ill ■liy, till' iVajr- to awaits all tlic'ir luck ill liavo loll IK I coiitVattTiiity, I of all artists. ital)k' and the c JUisati took )l)raiio xj'i> ovtTtlR'k'ss in 'Siuirtiniide.' who has hot'ii of that inc'oin- ; with all the •s the eavatina ■di' by Verdi. A few days since 1 was present at a soiree given bv Mr L-— -,. one of the most opulent Creoles. There w-is music ; and I played upon a marvellously tine piano maim- no NOTES or A I'l.W/sT. iiii'turc'l I.v luv illustrioiiK coiifiviv, ll.iiri ITiTZ ; t.iH piano, wlii.li f^st iiitiH'ii tli(nisaii return to life? As to the ' Koamio de \ illii Clara, it had alri'adv announeed to its iniiiuTons subscribers a superb eolonred engraving, and a romance composed by an amateur of the town— the' whole entitled ' Funeral homage to t bo bar.l ot the tropics.' I understood what I owed to those who so much retrretted me, and consented to remain dead for some davs. I will not say anything about tlie music of the funeral romance of the amati'ur of Villa C'lara, but the coloured eiiirravimr merits, from its oriixmulitv ot de^i<'n and of colour, a verv jiarticular notice. 1 he subject of if is allegorical. The genius of oitisic sluils tears over a n i:.\t,Ji'Ai/.\i.—(>\ .yy i>f.mii. 117 i Hit/.; tais in a pu'tt' <>t iiiii iiiliistiy ; m/.c, cliisi'llcd rior, iK'iiiitil'ul of souikI, its •(tiindiu'ss likt' tliu illustriuuti tlis inviiniilily ilmisi' tor till' •h liiivt- (ircu- i' iiiv illiu'ss at if till' I'liitt'd a irri-at iiianv itli'. This sa.l rt ajit). I wart tack of l>li' •!< iikU'" who tells t (loiil)t bi'ttcr n of tlu' lifart, g iinuli iiioi'e ) tlii'so ucittlo- aiul iviiuc'stiiiu; OS tlu'in. The y hoeii at the and ever to lie litis to its sub- can they make Villii Clara,' it ribers a sujieib I by an ariiati'iir homage to the owed to those to remain dead bout the niusie V'illa Clara, but originulity of L!0. 'riie sul))eet icds tears over a hriibn hjir inul msls ,i l,l,„-l; nil ,,rrr n bust, wliiili the * Revue de \'illa Clara" says is mine. The in niiis nf mii>ic in iinitfled in a troiiliadipur's robe and a paler, .m' tunic, with II most aniiisintr efre-i, whi.h iv.alls that (.f the Christ of the Cathedral of Ihirpis. which Christ, the sacristan as- sur«Ml me, when I visited the cilllirh ill IS.VJ, /,„.v Ininnn, tlish. iiiidhiiil linii J/i to th'e convent of llie Kraiici^- eans; /„i( it rscxfin/ Jhmi (liitur, und eaine to i>liiir H.-Jf in till httlr rliiipi/ <,{• the Cathedral, to the riLiht on (iilcnn.' where you can still so,, it, by the liel|.of'the tritlii..- sum' ot two reals which the sacristan (Uinaiids to hliow Vi'.ii the miraculous etHgy of the Savi.Mir, and t.. telh voii "its very tmlbtiil history. I return t<. tlie enj.raviiit; of the ' Revue.' I hi' genius of music lias Ids mouth o|peii, an rutin ro, \Mili \\n<"" ' l ,. , , -i ,•„■ ,„, Kiivitiir tlu- Spanish Main. , '^,!'- ;:;;! j^ I h^i'h Sw.-ImIu -.U tiv., six, or ..i;xht '•'•;♦'''*;;;;': ^,;''^;n.iousiv n.soiv..i part-iiv iVo.n .lay t.. .lav 4"'\*". *'..;,, .^ .vho.v'tlu. piano was still unknown hvtu.u-s..»^^^ ,„vHn.^.rs l^'''l >'''»l'\''.-^^'*;*"\ A; J ./ a.-c- Mark cy^s, whi.U v.iUMl th.^nsclvos wi h ; ;; , ;; i,i„.^ as the h..in,unji aj^ain nu" ^•"- '^^^"; ,? l^^l fe'wo..k tlmvs, tor- bii-a sin^s, as the tlowc J* »1,' ';^;;'" ^ ,,,vo.l mv heart ,.tr,.l of the l-:;;^;^^;;^^, ^^rlow^rwh.. hopes to luvr- a.ul my purse ^V'^^J'^^ "';;";;. ,,,a. um the tieUls inwhieh vest an hun.lre.leais 1. r cNer} ^l si-rui.tr- Hoc-nt .louhloons are »»"'^^^^^: '"^ V^/;^ hu han.l- ,,i,,n,an.l my heart and V^''''^'.^^^' ^/Urv. Tlu-n, ,,roaip,lity, one tine .luv were f ^ V^'';^.^^^^^^^^ of mvself, ^n A J/r>.v.s'77?ors rnoTit. lll> iir niy>*»'ir to ,,.it.>i>k lilt' — ri-lfiif rf<»t' 'tori Ilia' of ,,!■ on IfllVlMJ? I ri'iuiy yi'ii ); Dies" r*<i>'l loivrt ot' I'ani. >,' to whom L iivuHtopju'd for \\\ir oil" my iimo lou with which st attV'-tionrt'.), I i-iTi' hlack c'yi'S,_ viT I sjioke of II liviiiL? art the rook Hows, for- sowcd my hi'urt lio hopes to har- jtields in which loves of si)riiii!;- )r the husband- by this double , be dry. Tlicn, d and "of myself, neiO, I hastened lisbed volcano of like a cenobite, t th;'t I had met mo, followed mo ovorywhere, aii(" lovi'd me with that absurd iiiid toiiehiiiir constancy wlii.li one onlv mrels with in dorl>l. He siitreivd, he sjiid, from a <.n,i!;aiific and inonstrons tooth iniid if was by this only that I reco-nized tlmt he was insniie, theoilKr s;i„ii>ti>nis heiiiir tbiiii(l aiiion^- too many individ- uals to he considered as tin ainiorinal tinit of the human mind) a monstrons tooth which periodiciilly increased, and thicateiied to encroach ii|i(»n the whole jaw. Tor' mcntcil with the d.'sire to reu-eiicrafe huinanitv,*he divided his time between the study of .leiitistry, which he Iciriied tor the pMi-pose of ( staiitly conibatinu; the timtastic pro- L'ress of his molar, and a voluminous c(irrespoiidence which he earned on with the I'op,., his hnfhn; and the Kmperor ot the hiviich, his cousin, in whir wt/.^./f' „/,„., ., everythiiiiT that the scene which opened "before me insi)ired-J and what a scene! Fi,s,nire to yourself a tri«rantic ami)lii- theatre, sueli as an army of Titans mji^ht have carved on; 111 the mounhiins; to the rij^ht and left vir>,'in forests tilled with wild and distant harmonies, which are like the mar ofdkncc; before mo twenty leagues of e.juntry whose ma-do ^90 NOTES OF A riASIST. anysclf; I was ^"^'^'^^ * J i-ri^ vl i gild, all things, S^ir astll^ tl'^r nS Lk n| vagabond lit., strong and confident ^j^^ ^^etoniB of these •It f a In t*civ lized and voluptuous race, cannot be Zfof iLond-^coinoy, a Parisian idler, or an American ^'if ^ih'e'ckpthB of my conscience I heard sometimes a In the *|4 1 "^ f> I > J ^ I to what I ought voice which recalled inc lo « nat , ^,>t,irn to a PREFER POETIC BARBARISM. 121 e transpavL'ncy u of the sky; niouiiiiiin, (lo- ,'r on the tr;reon ;ho town; iuul , wlioso linu of . a torrent of leai)e(l with a l; depths of the n,' 'LaMarche ;orella e Caval- )rks. I k't n»y ) in the conteni- cnd, to whom I Idish loqiuK'ity, uvate humanity ._ 1 these ruins of r, strikes all its J of that nature tively, and my vards others and espair vanished, g;ilds all things, y vagahond life, customs of these strietly virtuous, saw again those I hrown hosoms, ithout fearing the tfuUy innnoral, I e tropies, in the s race, cannot he r, or an American }ard sometimes a to what I ought e to return to a rmitted myself to become hy the languor — the '_/)/r nlcnli' — morally 1k>- numbed, so fur that tlie idea of again appearing before a jiolislu'd audience si'eiiu'd to me, very honestly, absurd. For what gooil V I said to myself. And besides it is too late: and I continued to live, to sleep, to awaken, to run over the savamias on horseback, to listen to the female l)arrots eoquet in the guava-trees at sunrise, to the crickets chirp in the tit'lds of sugar-eane at night-fall, to smoke my cigar, to drink my eottee, to cradle myself in my luiin- mock^Hnally, to enjoy all the jileasurcs bevoiid which the 'Guogiro' sees only death, or, what is still worse, the feverish agitation of northern society. Here is the secret of the atroi)hy of the new Spanish colonies, (lo then and talk of stocks, of credit fonder, of exchange, to that sybarite, king of the savanna; who can live tlie whole year on exquisite bananas, on savory cocoa which he has not had the trouble to plant ; who smokes the best tobacco in the world ; who replaces the horse of yesterday by a better chosen in the first 'Caballada' that he meets with ; who, clothed with his linen drawers, sees the seasons succeed each other with a iJerjtetual summer; and who in the evening, under the palm-trees, tinds beautifid, dreamy girls imi)atient to bestow their love on him — who shall know how to murmur in his ears these three words, eternally beautiful, " Yo te quiero" (I love thee). The moralists, I well know, condemn all this ; and they are right. But poetry is often in antagonism with virtue ; and now that I am shivering under the icy wind and gray sky of the Xorth, that I hear discussions on Erie, Trairfe du Ciiieu, Harlem, and Cumberland, that I reail in the news[tapers the lists of dead and wounded, the devastation of incendiaries, the abductions and assassinations which are committed on both sides under the name of retaliation, I find myself excusing the derai-savages of the savannas who prefer their poetic barbarism to our barbarous pro- gress. Recalled suddenly to real life by a great grief, I wished to break all tlie ties that bound me to these six years that are lost. It was at this period that Strakoscli wrotr to mo, offer- ing me an engagement for a round of concerts in the United *«*'*' r 122 NOTES OF A PIAMST. ^t..to^ I ho^Uatcd an instant, oast a last ^trlan.o at the Kates, i nisuan-Mni was Hi isliotl — l.ast,travo a sV^rh, an.l si-nnl. ^ j r. *; ^sa va-o vcnith 1 was savo.1 ; l.nt w ho sha s^n i ^^^ ^ ^ '!;;,, f,, are anr>iar>/,(]vc\i\ri\ to postpone my mippt-aranee forsonu' (lavs so that it miulit take j.lace on the IJf/t »/ FiIiviki,-;/, i.W.'-a niciiioralile eoincKK'iice of whieh the pnhlic (whom it did not interest the least in the world) was informed tliroiii>i' all tlie news- papers. A (juestiou l»y many of my frit'iids: " MV-y do you snjisuch thinfjs in i/oitr aiivcrflscwrhtx.' W/n/ ih i/mi not sfri/a' out surh (tin/)(f-'"us epithets in ijniw /ifin-nn/s /"' Alas! Are you ignorant tluit the artist" is merchandise which the impressario has purchased, tlie value of whidi he enhances as he chooses? You mii-ht as well reproach certain ]iseudo-gold mhie eomi)anies for announciiii!; divi- dends which they will never pay, as to render aif artist responsil.le for the lures of his contractor. A jioor old negress heeomes, in the hands of the Jupiter of museums (Harnum), the nurse of AVashiugton. Whv, then, do you thmk you should he astonished at the ma«' York with the winio kiii !'l .»^ f( ^'tractors n.u;aiiu..l ...tcniatlc m-wm <;^,;-;^. '\j;ii;;lU;:\:i. sounsh littU. the same. -^"- V* ''" " ,;^u i.e ,,„„rs cut every wi-ek i;::,:';i, ^-";:AX:^tJ: jm...„ ..« ..„ ..- ,„,„,„-;g ,„ ,1„ Nvith '!'';.■'''",''•;, Xn'liave just imUUhfl, «i.p- '•^'<'^'>;'''';';'?,ISrc r".ai';y ana ,he •<;:,.» nil my <-.nKvrts. '■'"'""■, V"; .,„.,;., 'i „„,,,os of 'M"r- C,.-,„ll,»; «,-o "lYy-,-'"' t,e5 il; o, ,„/ .v.;!k,.,i..n» inmvs Iv^lieiis, 1 am lea oy J^i i,,,„vm thui"s. When, m ,., ,,,.as.ire the emptme.^ of h«g^^^^^^^^ j ^^^^.^ u«ft 1S.>^, I returned to the *- "\tt f 7 , ,nv reimtation, elove;. year, hetbre (at ^^^j" ^^ .^.i^'f^ i.IS;! the Atlan- whoUv ran^nm, ha, M^^' ^ - ^^^^ ., Italy, in France, ^l--;^;;^^ w 'no '.^J u^'lhnated in name; hut this na.ne, so :young, ^^.-^f '\. J^, ^.,, .^ ,u,eess, Ameri.a. My ^ :::i:^^^ l:ZX.\^ of the expenses. hutthereeeii.H(luln«>ta mn^^^^^^ ^ ^.,^^^,^^. ^,^ ^|^^ The secona, ^J^i^^" ^.\^?^ !* ; ,,r hun red dollars. The ex- two eon.-erts 1 lost V'^^V nie with that trooa-nutured ocllent Wallaee luul otte re mt it i t^ ^ . ^^^^ ^^_ c4iestra,anailomnan,tntauim read v to ohligo me, whom at all times I ^'^ve ov er oun ea > ^^ J^ ^^^.^ played with me two P^^';;'«« « /^;^,,^^^ I^^^^ a<>llars. It was a ,,noerts t then lost^twentj-four luMiaa^^ ^^.^ ^^ ^^^ aeeided failnr. ^J^XiS "i^?!^^ thousand dollars onpi!reinenttora}tai,onuu ^ ^^.^ prejudices and my ^'M*^^'^«%f^^'^' ^t/vv^xom he ohstinately insisted (,,;„.t) aP^-t^l^^;;;:,'^^;;;^^^^ beasts, l refused, in seeing only a ^'"* "f"V ^ew Orleans, my native city. AVe left, my tather and I, for ^ew ^^ -^ ^^ that Mv fellow-citizens re^-«^^'*-^^\."f " *' Kceived the sane- time the only American ar^t who had vec. ^^^^_^^^^ tion of tlu. ^^^^^^tZ^MA. enthusiasrn assistino;, I was recei ed v^^it "i a ^ ^ ^ ^ I deserved DEATH OF FATHER. 125 diulnoss; tunc •(.rt\umti'ly, the ctors rvuiaiiu'tl irt sourish littlo lit every wi'ek brtuiiatcly, has just jiuljlislu'd, are encored at aud the '())'>« )ro/;os of 'Mur- luy rei-oUeetious iisxs. When, in ■hU'h T had left . mv reiiutation, ossed the Atlan- i in Belp;iuni, in liad givl'u me a ot aa'liiuated in k was a sueeess, f of the expenses. a tiaseo; in the \oUars. The ex- liat good-natured , conduet the or- iRcientiouBpianist, idy to ohlige me, )s. In these two dollars. It was a c the offer of an y thousand dollars ad his prejudices ihstinately insisted beasts. I refused, ns, my native city. ph. I was at that received the sane- national self-love rihahle enthusiasm hecause I deserved ise I was first cele- hrnted in Paris under the name of the 'Pianiste coni))ositeur Louisianais.' From my birth I had always \'\\vi\ in atHii- (.1, re— thanks to the successful siicculations cnti'rcd into l>y my tather. Certain of I)eing altle to rely upon him, [ quietly ])ermilted myself to follow those pursuits in wliich I anticipated only pleasure aixl enjoyment. Poorly pre- ]»ared for the realities of American life by my long sojourn in the factitious and enervating atmosphere oi" I'sirisian salons, where 1 easily discounted the success wliicli iny youth, my iudependeui position, the education which 1 had received, and a certain originality in the coui])ositioMs which 1 had already iiublished, partly justified, 1 found myself taken unawares, when one day, constrained by necess'*^y and the death of my father, hastened by a series of financial disasters, I foinid myself witliout other resources than my talents to enable me to perform the sacred duties lH'(|ueathed to me by him. I was obliged to pay his debts, which my concerts at Xew Orleans had already in part lighti'ued the weight of, and to sustain in I'aris a numerous finiiily, my mother and six brothers and sisters. Of all misery, the saihlesf is not that which betrays itself by its rags. I'overty in a l)lack coat, tliat poverty whicli, to save appearances, smiles, with death at the lieart, is certainly the most poignant; then I under.*tood it. Nevertheless, my brilliant success in Europe was too recent for me not to perceive a near and easy escape from my sad troubles. I believed success still })ossil)le. I then undertook a tour in Kew En<>land. At Poston my first receipts exceeded one hundri'd dollars; at tlie second concert I made forty-nine dollars. I have not related that it was an hour before commencing a concert at Jioston, tliat a despatch from one of my uncles apprised me that my father was in the pangs of enses had been incurred; the least delay augmented my loss. I thought of those to whom I had become the onl}' ); I drove back my despair, and played! I do not prop; 11^ 126 NOTES OF A PI Ay 1ST. "■'r:\:;:.ll;;m "rS E,«lan,l (wIkto, I „,„ ,u,x\<.us to .,.V« o •« r. iLr I .V.u„a rt;e moj;t .nuputlK-.,.-^ m.,. W.ixtV, lunuln-a dolUu-s in a -v -on ta Tlu'n it w.L that I loooived a letter from " '^;, IJ^/*^^^ Y i.i\ia;n^ , >^"' " , »Ji,n nviiortod mo to return to 1 aris, !"•■'?';■'! l'''''"1tt r,Snl- J ™e to ^mm to Paris, «Vs. ^lioutrlit it hirt known to tlif liu'L'd. I neoil lipi'iinini-o, had niaUfontinuwl ting the grout nu him. An- igo to say that iuy father, hut i ot' receiving a to (hi with the vhich was more am anxious to upathetie reeep- t's. A. S., in a ly 'kid gloves;' ny FreiK'h man- hu'h there were ions account, in [ that mine was loise that I drew e it as it may, I hs. lad heen the ob- oi-dis months I continued, without in- terrui)tion, a series of weekly concerts for the i)iano only, in the same place, without being forsaken by the public favour. 'Le Banjo' and 'La Marche,' and many other l>ieces purchased by Hull, wore jmblished and sold"\virh a rapidity which left no doubt as to the final result of Hall's speculation, and which time has only corroborated. Every- body knows of the enormous edition which was jaiblished of 'Banjo,' and 'Marche de Nuit.' I then concluded a con- tract which assured to Hall the exclusive property in all my compositions for the United States. As IhUI wished to possess my works anterior to those which he had just pub- lished, and having faith in my talent as a composer, ho addressed the publisher of the melancholy piece of which I have already spoken, for the purpose of jiurchusing it. "Willingly," was the reply; "it does not sell at ull; ](uy me the fifty dollurs which it bus cost me, and it is yours."' Tliis little ideco wus 'Last Hope,' of which more thun thirty rtive thousand copies have been published in America, r ^^^ j;on:s OF A riAsrsT. „:, ,v„u.i, .n, r-'"<-';y-^ - ;!;^:*l;:';;;:;;:";rwS st,u..l in most luva <.t *''^'^"; •••''uVt,„,,,,l to-.lay t.. NfW ,,,, i,un.as..i . th "^y ;;i:;;'^^;^,, ^ "n m"-^*^^-"*-^'^*'^ York, after an aljsonro .1 mx > ^'. Vovcn-c.l luysclf l.v ro- I have eon-inere.! m.l. > ^ ^ ;;^^..,. , •„ five lum- fusi.ig all those wl>" '^H'"*^ / , ^, "fi,,. one l.icee only. One .Ueafanother one thonsan. ' ' ^ ^l^^^;,! the ' Last lloi-e' publisher, the one who »' f' :J \\ ,,,, i have n.. LnMulun>\ [a ^et.tlen.an, I annst ^Yl ' > n ' Mun.uuvs Iv.liens. U-ere.lnKM.neth..nsan d a^^^ ^^.^,^ the thirty Thissun»n>aa.Mnesnii^e m n.n.^^^^^^_^^^ dollars, at wliuji ^u-e I ';^^; «^^^^^^^^ ,., ,„, to ^ive a proo years before. U 1^'^' \ ^ ^..H 1 i^ ^N-^th ^vhonl n»y ."ontraet if n.y .L^ratitude ^^ ^^ -. V'^ ;,:^^ ,,,, Koliens,' 'l^isto- had cxi/iml. I «^^>;^ ; ! ^^,Uo ' lua many ..tber i>ays ^:^ S'urS ^Z^n. k a new contract, wluch 1 was ready to sign. Kew York, F.-Lninry, 1BC.J. .Vhat astonishes n.o is to a^n ii.^ New York, in 18.2, at least as brilliant as ^yl'^^'l^^^, ^ \ !,. ,o opinionate.! an The majority ..f ^J^''^'^" ^ '.Jha it is inlpossible, at a aoeount of the events of ^"^ ;'*^/ '^l ,tatc of the country, distance, to form an exa^l-^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^,^^. ,,,^,,^,.^,, „,, For a year I ^^^^ « tor «"'' /"''^•"'^^ /'"•'",'"■' ""'' closed; that the i*;^.'''') •:'',' /w;/.,/..; thnt thr1nror>jr,artiTn run . jiiiK'unt wliiih loiiiofiiiyluiirt Hall, who first , iintl t'l'oiii that „ic to that fain- rs who, wlu'U I ;ly to tlisfouniiic I'to-diiy to Nyw ii jiosition whiil >.,l myself hy ro- \v\\ OIK' live hun- i i.icee only. ^^I'c I the 'Last Hope liave no irnulsrc), lunuures Kollenrt. t with the thirty linniy pieces some me t(> iiive a proof ,vhom mv contract , K, .liens,' M'asto- nanv other pieces, V contract, which i foRK, F.'l.rnavy, 1»C2. N^ow York, in l^^'j^, the South in 1H.')7. ; so opinionated an t 18 impossihle, at a tate of the country, hat the theatres mr nite fortinie.'i are ex- ur; that theterrori.^m in r('i>at,ti<-ai}!*; that near haviivii a duel this fact, which was bands of ioeemUarics )re a jnihllc who mint 120 it,^ tl .It 1 ha. (Ici.U.l to return to Now ^•o,•l^ and d ti.n.d. n.y national pride di.l not ponnit nu- o h l.' i" ;o?;.:;;r]i;"'^'''' ^ a.:) douds wlneh may liave ohscm-ed .Jur jUti wLc ^ .4 vvhidijhey have uvaile.l themseh J of as an i,^:,i;i *i:i:l .^ofJl^S^^^^^ ^•e,o;ners remain who arc relatively instructed o, tl e "Z of tlK, three or four of the greatest nations of t e .1 iUnanam 18.)4, it one mio;ht venture in the environs of St. Louis wi hout fear of heing attacked hv th,. . ian< I or many, the country remain? the same as it wa C U.ateauhriami wrote 'Les Xatehez,' an.l saw par ouet ' o^ the Aleseliacebe (Mississijipi) \ew Vn.^L '' °^'^ !"^"'*^;J ^^''^^"^"'^ 1>5«'"«^- ^vho resides in ^ew \ork, wrote from Paris to his son some years since Non:s OF A riASisr. \'V) •„/ H4<.>, \? Uaruuni was not .mc - .^.,, ;,, ,, few ,,,n,H from li'rl''''^^ ''' \ '' ,, t imi'o^'^il.U- ; l>nt J .lo i...> ulHunl thai It apiK .; " ;\,,,,^,„a which L nm- ""^ '»'l-''''•^%'•^■^^''' -i; ,U is n ntolli..-..t ..lass ^vh.. r.a.l not i.i-ovc. 'llH--" ••;•'*" '\, '.'"•„ not lio most nmiuTous, „orthat vvhu-h A\*^^ !" V '^ .,-„,,us mind, who uhvayK l''-'"^*'"'"'"'"' ''"' f i/, . u-or of tho West o.ily an ti.hts for i.poKMvss sees m tlH ,,,,,v/.v7.>..i ..r..' ^'^^ ,\;i^ , , / ,f Htcam-enpncs-'), there is (^'Amonca was oi.U a < ^^^»J j^ -^j^-,, ^^.^tv spite ui-on the ;..taueiui.K.,>t.uauwho u notH^^^ Americans .» V'^'^'^Hw Uis h i. pil m lH4V.vas appomte.! I, i,,,it ^l""''r""''.^'Tro the « me bench as Zimmerman i,/-l84U to sit as ^ff^ Xtf;^ Conservatoire. . at the exhihxtum \^[ ! 'f^^ l!'"re inn.iense lacmu. in eor- There is no .louht th.tt tlK c ai ....prociation ot the /.-/-(X r'/•^s 1^ "'^r i.niA 1 usurped phice. The wheels like parasites ^^lue^^ c,eeu a-i^^U^^^ ^^^^ ^^^.^^ , ^o of our jjrovernmeut ^'^^^^^^^ ^y perhaps, Avorship a .n-ate ui^on the ear ^<>"^f "^^^j. .',^,i\{o not often enough httle too muc-h the K^^^l^" ,\f ^.{^" « ' thought. Each ot kill the fatted calf to ioivst tho ^l^^* ^^ ^\^,^^^^ ^tlier ,, think ourse ves l^^^^^ -^ '^^^^^^^^^^^ man-an excellent i'^^thwmi ^ ^own to our owmi which often k>ads "« ^^ w^h to ^^ level those to whose level anc caim „,pertain to all kults happi^ are n^na u>, ^^-^^^^Sce'L heautiful f! y ('(irrini un by isiii iiskt'd 1110, ■at Htati'>i,/><,ii,/ which annovs him, the anstocratie elegance which, with liis tiii,> Imir/and his handsoiiie winte neck, have given him so much success with the ladies. Notwithstanding the defcts wlii,li his detrac- tors reproach him with, he is an artist whom 1 admire above all singers, who arc all, for the most part, iiiicoiith. I le understands music, and knows how to Jiidtrf of a miisha! work. His enemies will he much astoiiishe.l to learn that ho knows by heart 'Hummers Concerto' in A //»//*<,/•, which he studied when, (|uile a child, h,- fhouglit of becoming a luanist, and which he still plays in a'charmiiiir manner! lie knows how to sing, and if it were ii,.t for Jiis fear of the i.iiblic, which nara.yzes all Ids powers, he would be classed among the best singers of the age. besides, he is careful of his toilet, which, among artists, is one of the rarest (pialitics, and which I place among the most brilliant of those ].ossessed by Urignoli. I kni'w him in lS4i>, at Paris, at the period when, still tmite yoiiiiir, he made his (li'fjut under the amorous a'gis of the beiiutifiil Afadam It. -, the poor maniac, y\y comi)aiiion in the desert of M- has followed me to Xew York. He is wild in "the midst Of the bustle of a great city. He is an excellent man, a striking examj)le of the part which circumstances have in the formation of what is called a man of srcnius. He is a great man spoiled. The stuff was in him; but tate had willed otherwise. T?orn at (iuadaloupe of parents, one of whom was a iiegre.ss, the other a European, his taste for music developed itself at an early age. He plaved on the violin when only eight years old,^uld learned ahnie to i.lav the piano. lie wrote vei-ses, read Voltaire, Rousseau, anil the philosophers, and had learned h's alphabet alone. J hit, unfortunately for him, it was lieftire 1848. Slavery still existed in the French colony, and he soon learned tlnit the sphere in Avhidi he nust move became more contracted on account of the prejudices of caste, as soon as ho endeavoured to become free. 132 IfOTES or A PIASI'^T. % CTIAPTKR IV. CnirAoo, April 14. The corps of C.-noml A\ »''»'.^ ' '"' »'. . ,.Uv of Chi.aoo is alnuHt .... u U.v.l with J.akc M'^^ •'f ' ^^ ^ ',,1^ „,• ^i,, ,„o„t live yours a,,... 1" '-' 'I^Vi;) '' I . 'l' vholc of Milwaukee (State of WiBConsin), April 15, 18G2. I havo^u.t seen, -v^^ ^1^ J);: i:I;;;;;;^Ai:w^^^n;^ troplo-t-«'eT-h^\^ aV ^^^^ the Day.' Tlu« na-iua-koe; ui i.ngli"n, >^'^^ iw.,.amo celct rated by eluof, who conmmncea the ^^^^^'.^^^^^Jf, '' (si^ee thi. his au.luc-ity, his astuteness, and his <^ ^^^ ' ^ ^. 3^1^,,,,^- was written, the Sioux have f J"-?^ ^ ^\^^/^ [ ^u^^^i of the shot, and forty of their chiets hung. Hit tiopi y LXIilAX /lAXXKR. laa irAoo, April 14. V lust i'V(>liili,i:. itv 111" Clii'iifi'** 1(1 Wllrt tl(M'f is a loiiir hoK-, tenninuted hy u little rinjr, which iiialxTs it rcr-fiiildcii hiittfi'tly lief ; over flici'iiiLr is >tri'tilir(l, like a tandiniu'iiie, the skin of the neck, td' the heml i.il till- scalh, in liiet— of another eliiit' ulmMi Ma-nu-waii-na- nia-kee killed in hattli'. The hair of tliK vanipiishrd, vcrv loMir. and Mack as a <'rn\v, liiinti' from the rintr over the jMilc like the Tnrki-*h standards. The wind, Hhakinir these ionir locks, caMM'd the hundreds of rinirs of c(i|i|icr and sil- ver, ami the eaufli' feathers attachi'd to tlu'in, to /)inule in a verv>inister laaniier. K\ery rinir indicates an enemy killed ami scaliied hy Ma-na-waii-na-iua-kee. What is friirhtlul to hehold, are the ears, the nostrils, and the trapin-r holes of the eyes on this human skin, tla," wrons^' side of which is eovered with red and hrilliant resin, which adds to the liorror of this hloody spoil. I had a irreat desire to pur- chase it, hut [ was asked ei-fhteen hundred francs for it — three hundix'tl ami sixtv .iollars. Milwaukee is one of thono WoMfeni towns of tlie United States which,_l)orn hut vesterday, an hiiilt as l>y eiicliant- luent. ['riiH'ljially pi'opled hy (Jerinans (in a popidiition of sixty thousand siails, they numher forty-iivo thousand), it promises— thanks to the industry of this I'cononiicjd, laho- rious, and industrio is race ^t(l hecomt' one of the most tlourishinu depots for ^rain in the West. It already possesses a Philharinoiiic Society, a theatre, a concert hall, and a matrinliceiit hotel. Do not fori^et that we are one thousand miles i'rom Xew York, and veT'v close to the Indian territories. The cook of the hotel is a Rorde- lais. The tfood man is wild w'th Joy since our arrival. lie had not spoken French for ten vears. Ih' had heard me, it appears, on my passai^e from Jjordeaux in 1S."»2, and ahsohitely insisted on triviiii-- me a dinner, to which I invited my_travellin>i; eoinpanions— Ih-iirnoli, the tenor; Susini, the haritonc; and the Maestro-Muzzio, the frieial and i.ujiil of Verdi. If you have ever heeii at Bordeaux, you must have retained tlie rememhrance that they know hmvtoeat there, and that the rrppcs a r/iiiil<',inu\ the roi/nmis an brtirrc fm/.^ deserve to partake of the jz:lory of the' Chateau Lalitto aial Saint Emilion. I must add that our ijood IJordelais, true artist as he is, made it a point of honour, and I declare that the sabnid which he served up to us were all simply incom- 1a J 134 NOTES OF A FIAMST. paral.lo. ^Vo have invito.l him (the i-ropriotor cook) .nd his tiiinily to our i-omvrU. ^ -^ wM-apiug us from these amateur.^ of ^//Z ' '.J, ^^Vof our planet 'i vessels. April 18. At one of the stations, gj.in. ^-^^f::^^^ ^vo foun.1 a convoy of wounded * ^" /\^^ J^^ ^f/ ^, ,,aies l,uv^^ Landing. It is a heart-renc^ \\'^, ' fMi-. N Uitingales' of the vlaee are nursnig them. Ihe Mi -^W o multiply here. April 19. Yesterdav the ice finally hroke in .^J^e ^fj^^^l;;;!:;:^ Lates Michigan and Hun^n, ajul permv^^ th^^can^ the Far West to return east\Naul. ^''^ " V,,,.,,i grain in ahu.ulance to the 2sew and the OH AV oild. Toledo, April 20. T1.0 ,.,e of ^.--:™> i:^,£;s trs'S^:^ constitutes one ot the oliaiaetciisues n discovered at every ^^ ^':;:^ ^::L^£^o found framed placaids in ^ \^ ,*;j'\^,4„llers to visit his very cordially ^^^'^J^^ 10 30 o'Xck,! o'clock, church. {Sermons ev ^-y Sund..} at I J.^u ^^^^■^^^,, a and at 7 o'clock .. the ^^y^^^'f' .^\^.': /h.'i whose taith ^t ^t^'^ll t ^^^- ofWsUn religion is '' '^? ; t ;t hcMnTno dunung,avat '^^^^^ ^^.^ ,^ th bis tnun. 1^}-' ^'^^ ^5 ;^^ ^XCintvUecl us tbat bo was bauakeirbu- . ^^^^/'X ; k lied in tbe last battle (1 Ut.- tbe fatber of a yo"ng othc KU ^ ^^,,,^ ,,..i, .^bout lur, Lauaing;), wboso ;.;- A .^^ /^\,,as. ' Tbe cofbn wdl to be reeeive. by 1"? J.'^"Hyj,n U ^'^'»'' ^^'^^^^ *^^*? T^''^''' not arrive tbis ^^'^^""^^'; ,,^ i^,^,,ui,ea tbe bour of tbe con- stoicism of bis race, co^ y ^V^ ^^^^ ^^^,^, ^ub bis bttlo ductor,and,wbenoui t a lur, ^.^.^^^_ j^^ ^i,^. eonn.auy di-l'l--r bebuvl a tii ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^. ^ ^, ^ty back-round ^'^''^V^''?']^^^^^^^^^ to be all in a .tate ot little village, ^vboseudutascun^^^^^^ ^ .^ ^^ ovpitcmcnt. \Vbat a sati ^niio 1 ,„.„„_» T never sb all bis grief. '""' ^;;;rfoT;lo%!:tt U ^ X a vmngo,notwW,»t.„a- been found asleep wlule ^"i\ ,^"\^,\i^r ^in.ost a youtb, nor ,,,,, N-tber t^.e ag^^^^^^ tbe .judges his good coiiduet antmori), ^^ p ^.^^.^t w»« "^^''''"'^'^ He was condemned to eatb. {^'^^^ ^^,,,i,^bie cbarac^er of it, and, taking "^^^ "^^'^^^^^VmSl^^ti sent a telegrapluc Bt. Louis is tbe caintal^-uri -d^^iuB^W two hundred thousand inhabitants, n April 27. ork, a crowd portiilAe old vrrival of the ycrt with bis that ho was hattle (I'itts- ul was about Mio cottin will 1 the singular jr of the" con- witb his little roa(b lu the ics of a pretty all in a state of he sky is blue, I never shall trembling lips iceakd from us •urney of seven- ! a very pretty 3, uotwitlistaud- s, Avho appeared fore. he Army of the rtial for having imple was neees- lost a youth, nor 2nee the judges. >nt was uiformed ichable character icnt a telegraphic m that, in virtue I. May, 1862. nd contains about is a dull aud tiro- SAIXT LOUIS. 137 some town. Like all American cities of French or S]»anish origin, it is comjtoscd of heterogeneous clcnu'iits wliicli have not yet amalgamated. Society is (livi([eroselytisni,an'd make a bitter war on tlieni, which the others return with interest. The Cierinans (they are numerous here, as through- out the West) have organized a Philharmonic Society, which perforins the works of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Wagner. I was introduced to an old (Jerman musi- cian, with uncombed hair, bushy beard, in constitution like a bear, in disjiositiou the ameiiify of a boar at bay to a pack of hounds, I know this tyi)e ; it is found evei-ywhere. It should be time that many great unknown nmsi<"ians should be convinced that a tiegligent toilet is the niii/ui/roit imita- tion of the surly and misanthropic behaviour of the great symphonist of JJoiui, that it does not constitute a sufficient title to tni'rit the admiration and respect of their contem- poraries. Besides, soap is not hicomi>atible with genius; and it is now proved that the daily use of a coml) does not exercise any injurious influence on the lobes of the brain. My concerts are not very profitable. AVe are in I'assion Week ; and neither the Episcopalians nor the Catholics go to concerts in the second half of Lent. St. Louis is not a handsome city, so mucii is lacking. The streets are badly paved, and its buildings are irregular; but it possesses an interest for me, which none of tlie sumptuous new cities of our continent inspire me with. It recalls to me Xew Orleans, The names, even of the old fanulies, are familiar to my ears. Indeed, a great mmiber of the old French inhabitants of Louisiana ascended the river and took up their residence at St, Louis, I oven see that the city was founded by an old Louisianian, I too often have present in my mehiory one of those stu[iid remarks of Trollope in his book on the United States. Thus, when he speaks of Baltimore, which he loves, he found in it an English air, and drank there excellent Madeira ; but never- 12* c I t. 188 yOTES OF A PIAMST. I nn thelcB. let mc bo V-^-^^^l^^J^Z. Oiu'^icX a suc-ies of relaxation tiom J »-"*;.> | ^i,, B., at Nvliose 1 Ave, thank, to n.y -^|;-^i'^;::^:i,.aity, and ^vUose house I ahvavH ^''^\; ..^^'^'^ n\e the doinestu- hearth laiuily eirele ahvays ^'^^ f '«, ^^^.^^^^^^^^^^^ of Father Kyan. Ihe 1 have been to mass attht ^";"; , , ^^.\^y of men's JL rather gave n.e 1^;;-^^;,^^ tn Uu-h, to my a.- voices, NvUliout any ^-^^ 1'; "',;!; ,,,iontly to ^vlsh to hononr to Goa. ^\ ^^^^^^.^^^ ii m^^ ^^^^ thonohts. When «H^^ ''\"" '' of Gocl'i That Nvlueh is and through the nose is ^"1?,"^*^^^^^^^^ (iod. ^Vbat tor- un^vorthy of our ears, ^^ }^ "^o have ears to hear the tare is it not tor the t"\^'V^ '''£.,! lower than the organ Ihole of the (io^^f^;^ l^^,^,r^\y oonnnences c.n- aeeomi>animentl The l'^^^ ^^^^^i,! / In spite ot the rectly, hut lowers l^^\^. \^' ^^ w..note, he soon passes to a organist, who gives ";*^.^^^{i^aeseend into the cellar it lower one, and uisensiblj^ v ouiu u^ tl.o litnnv did not finish m time. . , ^y^^atl '^"m give to God the r-rogat^^^;^^^?;^,^^:^? kng false .hall we'in our c-onoens sing ust ami tri, ^^.^^^ ^^^^^ and badly to God? V^'^^I-^^^tt^i^^^^^^^ Bhock me, or theatrical exin-essionsnth^thur ,^^^^^^^ ^ -i S^J So^S^^-lJ language in pulpit elo- ^"Sced in the choir of the church a tablet with this in- scription- ,, ^^^^, j^ ,„y ae France. 1818." St. Louis, lob^. % CiyciXXATI. 139 St. Loni^» Is (!) in wliit'li 15., at wlioso , and whoso L' hoartli. i-Kyan. The trio t)f intni s L'h, to my aft- y to ^visll to mu into iiult*- liove, reached honour to any ic mass invari . Vcoy 1 Mu^i*-' .,\ to do more perfume the to sing falsely That whieh is :ia. AVhat tor- jira to hear the than the organ ■onnnences cor- ;u spite of the soon passes to a xito the cellar it musicl Wliatl ,e, and sing false not wish trilling diich shook me, lan I would per- re in pulpH ^lo- hlet with this in- L8. St. Louis, 1862, General Ilalleck, de a speech, He announcot I would ! I' ■ i ^.,,,,1' III tlio til'* I iiitcixalatu '^aiikio Uio- , :•' I . . itu 'Col iilli' >.' The »e«„„l i. a S.utliciii iicgm t, ;;;• wliicli tlie Co,itl..U.,atc, .ince . ,o <-o.;..»;;;- ^ V^' T'i'nal "S .".""-» of- Bl;:-.Kar,rinvariablv 5 S£^i5^^b^o--^-^?- fl «:Jt t thotml I might he the fir»t one choked. May 26. Super!) concert at the Academy in P\"J»*^#^";. ^ J,;;,*; parts are hvirniiig to meet I JOURNEY TO WASIIjyaiOX. 141 May 25. 10 (U'f-ilt of oiithusiasin, 10 last two [c(l Hcrciiitv. exc'lii>ivfly that motro- ini!;t()n. It Seven otlici' ['ew (lays ten Uoiit'ederacy, ircliina; ui'^*^ 1 Baltiuiore. )rcssed seces- icL' guard the concert there fill the hall ; that I would i-ariations on Yankee Doo- )ntheni negro menei'nient of I the musie of ,rd invariahlv loint at which 11 of partisans me to hlowB. dollai-s. It is )iie choked. May 26. idelphia. The ,r AV'ashington Baltimore," the lovernnient for elay the volun- ng in from all ■derates. This evening the Avliole of the generals, majors, Itriiradiers, and coloiiels (if the troops tVonrtlie t^tafe of J'ennsvTvania liave received orders from the State government to'pnt all flu-r soldiers under arms and leave in tv.entv-fonr hours. The State of IVmisylvania has already furnished one ]uni(i;'ed thousand men, she will send froin liere in four davs ei-lit thousand more; the State of New York one liumlred thou- sand men. I have played ' L'Union.' Unheard-of enthusiasm. Cir- cumstances gave to it a real interest which has heen the pretext for a noisy and patriotic manifi'station on the part of the audience. Kecalls, encores, hurrahs, etc. ! If I had phiycd it at IJaltimore at this time when the effervescence is at its height, I prohahly should have heen knocked down. i:.c2. _ After having given fifteen concerts in Xew York, ami eight in I*hiladelphia,Ileft for Baltimore and Washintrton. My impatience greatly increases as I ap].r')ach the theatre of war. ^ I desire, al)ove all, to see the Army of the I'oto- mac. The advanced lines of the Confederates are hut a few miles from the Federal cajiital. From I'hiladeliphia to Baltimore the route presented nothing new to me. It only recalled a trip which I made in 18o(),' from AVashijiirton to Kcw York, during Avhich myself and four or five liundred other travellers in the train were on the point of dyinu: of cold and hunger. We were 8urprisei't«n cwifiht ll»t eountry wa. u.tersce ed ^^lt^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ . ,,., , w, ,.ut ..f the (lue^hon tor "« '^ J";\V^^^^^^^^ i saw at last a man in a hUmI, a H"';^'-^^'^ ;' /J'V" ofU'le-nipln.- evobitums, ,Uiof ana lu.y arm. I ^^ -^^ ^^ ^ .^„,! ,,U.n .\M HO violent that the tumu who a ^^^^^.^^^^ stopi'^-l 'i-'"^ "^'^'^^ ^. • T T m, It t-ike to avoi.l falling w the U the .lireetion ^v^^'^ ^^ ^ ^^ ;^'^^^ ^fter having aisap- holesorclit.'heshi.Men 1> \'<^ f'^L on eoiaing to the pearea twenty tiiucs, t^V^o;^n at " w guanlian sU-.h My surfaeo I ^in-Ivea almost 1 v-cn at |^ ^ ^^^.,, ^,,„„., i man gaine.l a T"'^; > ;^^\;^ tot my nutterings before a urrived at '^'^'}'''''f'''':ft'i^!l^^{. .Vs to my travelhng angry 'it .mji^^^^';}!,-..^, „„. o^e of the most severe that^ had The wmter ot ISoO ^^ aa one c)i J ^^ tj^^ ^,,,y itselt was ever been experience.! m ^„^^y ^Xlbu.y the Hndson frozen over. From ^ ^.'^ ^ii%i\c;eB%loughed the was frozen so hard that ^^•J'-*-''-* , i ft/tv-five miles, river for the distance of one ^""^VS\.,f ' i'l had been ic ni-ht, in returning trom 1^^''' V^.k.-d v the ice at the ^r^i^a concert, onr f -un^t^XS^ ^^^^^ r"" falfmg of the tide, and 1 did '^J'J'r'' ...^ i^d taken Hix o'clock in the "^"."»"^>^T.^''^'yaa?, under ordinary .oven hours m crossing, wmt ev^^y ^la^ ; ^^.^^^^^^^^_ .^.^^^ ■!,?t.;„f, there i, -'"-^r,';^.!" Sion I Jke j.lcko,, of ,-cgular.. Jff'' So- voluutoow. W« rcacli tl.c bridge ia gujwea l)j poata ui 4Jb A/iA/'TAn/LlTY OF )V1A'A'A/;. 143 iuitiht.' Tho Doks; it wuH h the f»iu)W, iiw at last a luy hantlkor- ic'fvobitionrt, ;nur«UaM t^lftl "lini, iHiiiitiiig tiiUiiiji i»» ^li« luiving (Viriai> ouiiiit:; to the iaii sleth My two houi'rt I rin""a before a mv traveUing ,-uy they eould, L>lt' for'havhii!; d hungi-y a»i«^ evcrc that had ; hay itself was y tho Hudson } plouglied tho tiftv-ftvo inilos. icrolhad been )y the iee at the Sew York until , we had taken under onlinary minutes.^ The ter are of iron; , Avhieh euts the siidac^. The Hun floods call to me those The river Dela- 1 1 notice pickets tl line, and every AVe reach the rhosapeake, the width of whieli is considcnihlu in this place. ClIEKArKAKK. Crossed in jroin.' to \Vushi^^^ton 27 May, 18G2. ^^prinu- tinie. Jlealth below zero. " RorTE TO WAHIIINflTON. I Still notice pickets of rofjnlni-s iit every station ; at every hrancli of tiie road, and at evt-rv bridirt,. ] j|,st have again a proof of that incessant activity of nnnd wliirli torments the Vaiikiv'. We have in our "car manv individ- uals whom, by their apjicarance, [ ji>(l<;e to lie Western fanners. Uur train stops to await the one froju W'ash-no;- ton; one of the tiirmers has profited by it to uet out. "l see him from heio walking in a field aiomrsidt'tlie road; lie has dug with bis heel a little liole, and he is about to study the nature of the ground. Xo doubt if he finds it rich he \yill think nothing of ([uitting his farm in the West to establish another in these latitudes. The a(l(ipfi of the Yaidvee is wonderful. IFe is ready to set his hand to anything; to settle himself down anywhere if he sees the least el'iance of success. J lis im- perturbable coniidenco in himself, an indomitable fund of energy, and we must also say a greediness for gain, wiiicli too often extinguishes every other feeling, explains his facility in adaptiiig himself to all the circumstant-es of life. My music [lublisher. Hall, was first a lawyer; afterwards, by turn, a dealer in furniture, maimfacturerJ.:' guitars, nmsie imblisher, piano manufacturer, member of ('oiiirress, sena- tor of the State of Xew York, general of miliria, and to- day he is to be found in his nuisic shop, busy at work, making bargains, ajid selling my compo> itions. ' \ ouu'bt to add that through all these mimerous changes lie has nierited the esteem of his fellow-citizens by tlie incm-ruptible honesty of his dealings and the uprightness of his mind, I.x THE Caks ooino to Washinoton, May 27. Scarcely was the proclamation of the President ].nblished (ni which he » .lis for reinforcements to defend Washinirton in ease the Confederates take the offensive), than at once all jl 144 SOTKS OF A PIAMf^T. % I ♦I .oM-uT. of the NortluTH Stutort are on loot. In tw-nty- iinny alifixlN .mi. mu. > . .v.civo from t a- National Vnt .vstaurant .l.i.l. --l;-^ ^.i^:" l.e 1 il .Ina-o lor .,orvant couus to hand to carl, tuiv ny • (^,„^,^in.^ At tlu. .lav, ^vl.•u•h is, »u/ /-, NHTV varu. an I tuni- .^ U. tlu' theatre ol war, \!' /; '^f,, ;^ r.f i.rmulh,.u- f.^ul have lornu.l asso.u.tion. tor ' ' .'^^ J ^,.,,.,. i„ the "''t'" • 11 •. to ^iiv that those sncc-onrs are si.ontuncouft J v:,;:;;;l'r--nt sov„ ,„. ,.■..■■„.« .1. .....u-y ■i;;-::;^';fi:;:;'!i:i.»"«^^v'i:S;i:';;"^;:'i;:::'^ ,l,„t .Iresso.! tl.0, wo,m. s ,.t ''' h "„'•":,',.,.,,, „,,1 that „,, laborious 1>-U,«;u.n .h. no ■' ,™^,*;;,^,,i, ,„,U „f 1 "Mr thns, one day, the oujui y / -ii '"-r"i!-\?t, '''tit'ii;::'.; s 'r '.•„«.,>■ .0 a,v 3 o clock 1 . Ai. .^^'/' . . :^^ irt the liith sto,im,g to let a tram o solduas uss n._,.j^ .^^^^ ^^ Volunteer Kegiment ot >e\\ i* i^ ...thu^iastic cheers AVashln^ton. They V^^'^j^'^'^f .^^^^^i,; ' !. : ,n express.' with ns, and are ont ot ^'^-^^^^jJ " *\\\V ,arl with glasses The restaurant hoys l-ass thi^, "^"V. /^ ^^^f ,^; i I^^^^^^^^^^ comtort of the Bleeiun-cars,in whi ,tor ,„attres8 and pillows, hcd IS i.reparcl loi ^'»"',^y;'' ' . j^ them to give every The ears are so arranged as to tnuuic & 1 S/STKliS OF Till': VISITATIOy. Uf) Til t\v<^iity- 'it' J'\(U'nil ; with tlio .e Natioiml might ho or nil oxcfl- lu train. A I of t'aro lor iipiinu;. At I the route DM the way IT iri'Mtleiniii ovidini;' t'ootl ijori. In the ^eu two biii»- fty thoiiwvntl . spontunoous the ordinary nurses, and 1 white hands ^, Avouuded at retrretted that > least hope of .ehing earos of lilwav we are t is the Fii'th lory a-oing to iisiastu- I'heei-ft ig 'an exjiress.' i-ri with glasses e. Deeidedly, thewoild. At comfort of the , a magnitieeut ess and pillows. .. to give every family tlio nunilur of h.ds 't desires. As soon as dnv diiwns, llicy are ni-aiii convi'rted into ordinary ciirs. '|"h\. iiie- ^n7c.,v, iK nothing n,oro l'';;*"^^'^* f;,, , "t U,,t.ll to tho .onu.uunty by Kin^' ^ '» ^^^^^ ho,,,, wagous tilU-.l Ti,i't ii convoy ot vdK'l |)Usoncrrt '^ . j. v„lnnttT,-i* " th wonn.k'a. This at't.rnoon a ^f "'^''Vp •,; ,'y„ne.,,t .o,n Khoao Tslan.l Ijas "Yltl^:^! mn *an.l s a,.;;v..v.l, r^;-r;i;u^:rir;y ti::fis:^:i, a,th wore tive hundred milca oft. WASIimOTON. The. wa. at ^Vashington a y^^^f'ti^t:^'"^ tidi-itat.ur, and proiossor ot the P^'^" '• p,,st-,di-ita- lu.-mHV,ng, he took to ^'Y^^l'^^.^/i;, , Tre ln,beUished tour. nU exhibitions ot ^l^'^^^f ^ij; ^ ho nan,e he has ^vith l.iat,o forte ^^''^''!''''-7^ 1^^ (of I'almer he It is asserted H at ^i^»^' ™/.,,i'- The first two w,ll rihnan for next w Miter, as also Ristmi. ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ wotsi>i:it iti hUEiis. 147 r my joiiruoy I slllti'l't^'toUrt ,1(1, fiilliiiu' t" odiuvd tlicin- IllT'' '' 1 ,s ot'chiinniMiT :, of in iH-iiu-m- Hn'nTrt whuh ort tVoiu Wrtnh- ^ till' roinitry. ho chupc'l tlii-y llVSC'lltltl to till' inti llu' t'ity ^v*• o wairous tilli'ti it r)i"\(tlnntt'iTf< 'Pliis rf;j:'uiH'iit ul hiis iiiiswi'ivd, , althongli they \A\ iiiiijXlor, pi't'«- Hi'rt lessons not uoso jtrestidiiiitii- are enibellished he name ho lias n (of l*almer lie ■st, many persons Cliasse,' while he idin. i are ensjaged in The tirst two will •onjr donhts ah»»nt phia, and r>oston, n is uniiitelliu;il)lo, q\\ as the tragedies ot Ahieri (,r ol |',.|li,.., inp „„ andieii.,. ,,f l,o,i..s» V„n- k.rs. hop,. IJistnri niiiy not 1... disippuint..!. The .iie- eesH ..f Karhrl m (he TniLd States must nnt h,. cnnsj.hTe.l as ev,.U.,„v ot the taste of tlie AnierL^ans lor foiviirn a.tors. Ivaelul had a nanie eonseerated hy a seri.s of tiiuniphH w.thoiit exampl.. for tn-eMty-liv, yrars. Ih,. nan,.. L\ l.ienrd thee-ivHopeot in.liti;.r,M.e t,. foreiirn art \vlii,h is peei.liar to Amenrans Upsides, overyhodv iindi'rstands, or ougl.t to uh.h rstaiMl, Fn.n.h, whilst the Italian, whi.h is not a .ommer.ial lan,Lriia-e,-- and for manv An.eri.ans it is ot no use except as it serves to sean the nulodhs in the o|.erasot Mellmi and V..rdi, - is only n h.nirnaire ,1. hnr an( IS , lot spoken. Kx.vpt ' lo tamo/ whi.h is proxvrl.ial 1 douht It anionir <.ne Innidred thousand persons out of iNew ^ork one hundred i,,v to he found who can lui.ler- Htand one phrase of what Madame Kistori is prei^ared to givo tlieni. ' ' E.V lidl-TK Flill rilll,Alil:i.riMA. Midni.irht ^rav m. The hattalion of a r,.uiment whi.-l, was 111 the last hattle is just enterintr the station, covered witli dust; some wounded otiicersare supported. Wc have Jiist taken up at a station manv wounded and sick Tliev are generallv young otlhvrs l)elon^n„sr to ri<-h .Northern tamilies. I have never in my life seen a more lieart-rend- nig siiTJit than the spectacle of these heroic victims of oi.r monstrous war. A y,.un,t; otti.-er whose features, naturally liandsome, are disutfured hy wastinj;, enters t)io car, sui.- porte( hy two soldiers, sweafiuij from fever and shiverin-r not\yitlistandinjr the temperature of dune; he is carried to Ins car. lie is a livin- skeleton. I have since learned that the Imrstiuirot a ]»om]) shattered liis thh^h. A convoy ot wounded went thron,u-h the town vesterday. The hos- I'ltals hemg full they were sent to the naval aiWnal. Tliev were so teehle that many of them hat c fantasia, in winch fwas to play th« Union a laa^^^^^^ .^^.^.^^ .^i,, ^lea I have i'^torcalated the Amencai 1 ^^^^^^ entlemen hy oanic into my mind to ahite eacu ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^.^ j^, laying to him the •^a^^iona ^ir oi . ^,^ „f , p^ece, .ev.resented. Tins f^^^f ^^JI V)dn^ as I have told you cn\ar.in. the f ^ f^h %1 ^"'^^^^^^^^^^ ' The Union.' I hii'l the P'^' J "^^ ^. ^^ -^^g appeared ' Par- comitenances ^l^^n^^^rSai^l M ' Garibaldi's Hymn, taut ponr la Sync, La Ma^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^.^..^m Hymn, 'God save the Czar. _ ^/^J^^'^TtU^^^^ I was satisfied by playtn.J, ^^n hG mon lloi.' Mr. Blon- la Syrie,' ^^^^^'^l,^^:^ about saying the mm- del, the mmister f^V^'^'^^J,^^ ,,,1^, i^i, mansion the rendez- ,trel-whose taste ^9^ ^^t i^ndcj^ ^^ .^^^, fon.u my vous of all the art^^s ^ ^AoA me with some beau- SrS,wSn^-atosettomusic. LINCOLN. • rresident Lincoln is the ^^^ ^^^^^ West. lliB character answers l^tlitto^ta ^^.^ they have in Eu^ '^^ f^wld/arms excessively long, back l^o"^^ 1^^%^^'^\ f i^'^^^^^^^^^^ that long frame his crane-hke K^«' ^^'-^^XX h^"^ ^^^^ ^PP'^''^"^' whose •lH^^'^l^^^^;;^'^^i{re£^^^^^^ of him something a grapevine covered ^y^l^S ^ould .strike us in a dis- g,fotesciue and stra,_ige -■ ^^ .^^^^.^^^^^ ,] expres- ^.reeable "^'^f ^f^.^^om 5uig of honesty in his counte- sion of goodness and somcuiui-, i: LIXCOLX. 149 rod persons, j-A Favorita,' i)ristcvs, aiul (jiveu. Tho ,tion I I corps at my he first rows linister; Hw )oet, Spanish Mr. Blondel, II Minister, isia, in which ,rs. The idea gentlemen hy itry which he n of my piece, lave told yovi, 11 these official iippeared ' Par- ihaldi's Hymn, Jclijian Hymn, )'rartant pour oi.' Mr. Blon- ^aying the min- ion tiie rendez- rton, foimd my v'ith some beau- imerican of the , the idea which Tall, thin, his xcessively long, iiat long frame le appearance ol [■ him something tke us in a dis- head, the cxpros- ty in his counte- nance, did not attract, and cause Ins exterior to be tor- gotten. Lincoln is eloquent in his own way. He can speak a long time and utter no idle words. How many great pub- lic Orators would be embarrassed to do as nuicli ! Ho pos- sesses the three qualities which arc required in our jioindar government — an •'i{tfi:cil)lc'Jirnuic.',:% an hicorrn/itih/f hnntsfi/^ and ^(w(/ m*.sr, which make him find the natural lolution of (questions tlie most difficult in ajipearance. Ib-illiant eloquence, without good sense and honesty, is not only dangi-rous, but also of pernicious infiuence. Lincoln is essentially good and benevolent. Ho loves to tell jokes, and does it with a humour which is always very comical, but the salt is not always the pnirst Affir, if all the stories are authentic which are attributed to him. Jnn.} 3. Gave a concert alone at Worcester (Massachusetts). Ih-ig- noli, Amodio, and Madam do Lussan are at Boston ; they gave a concert there last eveiung; the whole weiglit of the concert fell thus on my shoulders. I'layed the 'prrhitlc. ui Dflai of Chopin, under the name of ' Met to coraimmusc Im ,«olt '>,•", ".el IwcatTilotfuo ^^rTiX^ Richmond, Vnoh com,nonc«l .ho carnod up ^y"l „lV' .i,,.,! to the nuarters of General y"s movements. s:tvSK:g&»r;rKrY„*vo.„„.c.«,tho A THEATRICAL MOXOMAXIAC. 151 incapable of never judge [liose tasters ?eu the seal, u inipertau'b- [ is served to Tartuttes of is the Eiig- inditferent ; le takes eare tu judgment, [lis catalogue ts go in all . He thinks, re, because it idgnient. lenient, so in- ncc, laborious in, they must ■h they like iti : for oratorios, in this music, they listen to itter drops, of ;ively bitter to • the stomach." le of his uiiig- uem, which he who visit Bos- d stalls. It is white. Carya- , It is adniira- 3omtncnced the aining his posi- ction. He had apparatus, the •ters of General ^ were instantly Volunteers, the most aristocratic corps of the Uiiiti'd States, sint-e it is com- posed cMtiri'Iy of the sons of wealtliv iiiinilics, have taken with tliem, tor a service of three months, their l)and ,<< took place at the Acaduiny of Music. The eccentricity of the thin"- hatl drawn an immense crowd; all the ral)bit-skiu mer- cliaiits strutted there. Tliey applauded Mr. B., whose nuniio was adorable, and all obtained a success in bursts ot laughter. They were recalled. Miss 13. managed to api)ear the same evening in four marvellous toilets, which cost, It IS said, five thousand dollai-s. The lather ^^—^ "^vas dressed absurdly. In the first act lie was niufHed up m a troubadour s cloak, and funnel-shaped boots which reached to his waist, and gave liim the appearance of a mock scavenger. Besides, he had not been willin i^V:/">y;:^KZ^Sa;ne Hermann (the Julien'r^ m London. .Mi^>* xf. .,'7^; HoreharcUand^ladanio d'Angri, pnina donna, aie e gaj^ul a^ ' , -i,,tAVcen the Amodio, Imritone; fep"'\ f ^^^,! "^^ l;\\ ternunate acts two or tlrreo rV"r'^ na^S with a. seance of "^^'^^^ ^]-^'*; \" .J [ ^^^^^^^ proportions, in Spain, ten years ago, '^J;* "\';'^^^^^^ he is very adroit, and, aDcnc an, ^^ ^ _ artof attn^ct^p th^I^v^l- J ^ ^^.^ fe chieagdst. E::S;^d 'S:itL:;^,^-y g-e ^ith sou. success the ' Noces de Jeanuette. Portsmouth, June o. A ctavmin, little ^■-^^--^fi^ ^J^ Z houso- ..r» of Y™:; i,C; VhoS. mC meeting .tt the Btivcts arc liiiM jwtli "'^V*' JV',., tliem-look lilco an alley ,„,„ sift, ^^^^^^^^i^tm^i^n in iVont, a>al a in a park. L\ei\ nouscua & Q^J^, kitcllen garden with ^-S^^^^-^^ J^/^^^^^^^^^^^ arrival was an event ^ J^""^"^"; .^|^,,t intention of seeing passed before the hotel ^'^t^^^"^ f ^i*^"^^^^^^ pretty, though a lis and of being adinired TJfJ^^'-^^t ^he station we met little provincial in ^\^^"^,.f^ f;^.Lre\vere numberless om- ;!J^:^ t: Ktif St^e^^^t married and gone ^^^:;/^^Ung:1^^^at Po^outh^^^tn^i^u.^ enthusiasm. All the PJ^f^^^J!;^;^^ ^i^^^^^^^ S^'^S^^t li;:;^r^tmar^^onths takes pCe at the Museum. The public crowd theie. Portland, Maine, June 6. _j. +v,n mrmt beautiful I have had for many y«>»: V '•" fivi huiulml peraoiis, and ia one ^s-i'^vfi^^^i '■■ MADAMINA OF DON JUAN. ' 153 or one week, ike tliosc (^f lormann (the ,aiulMiulanie ig-noli, tenor ; ,' loetween the •ill terniinute whose siu'cess i prop, •in theAVet^t; 4 the (litHcult r at hid repre- t Chicago, St. 10 success the SMOUTH, June 5. loan. All the hiteness. The meeting at the >k like an alley in front, anil a the rear. Our iiig young girls entiou of seeing >retty, though a ! station we met numberless em- larried and gone Extraordinary e hall is used on •e. The " hahy" my months takes there. ND, Maine, June 6. tiful I have had ncored ; recalled. ;rsons, and is one properties. The pul)lic are desirous tliat I slionld votnrn and ffive another concert. Extraordinary enthusiasm. Salkm. smal Concert, Saturday, .Tune 7. Afudi success. A .,„<,,, town. IJdoro the (omniercial devi'loj.mont of iJoston it had a large trade with India; now it is toi-pid. The old and rich merchants of Boston retire liore. \Ve remarked on our way to tlie hall a great number of vf)uiio; r*;^ J^^;^ ^ j^^,,! attracted mountains which ^'"'^''^^.t/ll wUb oo^^ from 8t. Al- many. Two steamers i^^fX\ a 4 am ^^^o^'^y ^^^ bans and a train ^'""^ J™^ ^'^^\^^ Episcopal Church, iug ibool, aud a chapol iu Gotlnc .tylc Es ROUTE FOR Montreal, July 4. I ain haivpy to escape th^ricnse^ of the 4^ of^^ ^ smell Canada, or g^^/^^^^re r.^ W^^ to l>e Canadians the station P^^^^^^^^XX & ^^^''^'^^ '''^'''^' hy their aPP-«J 'mix^re of old Norman with the ex- ;!;SsKof MolSr^ ^e Canadians are behind the age aiiTignorant. inie 28, 186S. lijiMt! to the vi\ rifl'-'^ ill'*-' vorkinon are ARK, June 30. , remarkably . of llollainl, troken. The rollri itself in mi.i:;ht think id among the ermont, July 3. I have never :it'ul than the hatl attracted e fr(»m St. Al- d expressly for scopal Church, le of Chopin's. take tea with Iso an excellent )f ' La Vierge k iidsons are good tr his house, on It a large hoard- MoNTBEAt, July 4. 4th of July. T AV^e take up at to l)e Canadians le French which nan with the ex- behind the age RAFTS ON ST. LA WRESCE. 155 10 o'clock. Arrived at xAfontreal. Tlie train stoi)i.ed at the station opposite Montreal, which, as well as the lake opened niagniticently on the sight. In the distance arc' splendid huildings, among which we nuist mention Xctre l>ame, a beautitul cathedral, with very tine steeples. We cross tiie lake on a steamboat. AVe are hardly ten hours m Canada, yet we have already met some specin'iens of that surly, conceited, egotistic type, of which the English only Jias (and it is tortuiiate) the secret. From Montkkal to La Chink, July 5. On the road I saw a tailor's sign, 'Hardes tonte faites.' 1 isoldtivnch. Arrived at La Chine. Opposite, on the other shore, we see the church of a villaoe entirelv inhabited l)y Li( bans c-j^nverted to Catholicism. ^It is call'-l Coylm- awaggher. 1 he church, whose small cupola is covorcl with coi.per, glistens 111 the sun like a minaret. The St. Law- rence IS magniticent. We see some rafts desceiidii,.^ the current, it is trightful to behold. They cut timber np the bt. J.awrence and, to avoid the expense of transi.ortation, they attach the trunks of the trees together and thus let them Hoat to Ab>ntreal. Two or three men, with 'onir l-oles, direct this sumular raft. It would make your hair staiul on end to see these men guide them over the rapids of the river; the ratt glances, rebounds, disappears ami.l the toani, and passes the rapi.ls like an arrow. At the invita- tion ot t iree oflicers of the Scotch Guards, we went in a canoe as far as Alyarge Island ; two soldiers followed us in a boat with provisions. The daughter of Trobriant, Aladam Stevens, ot J3oston, Colonel Reid, and two Misses Reid ac- companied us. We san- in chorus the quartette of ' Rigo- etto. Ihe large wild Lirds flew away frightened by our harmonious accents. Kam is the life of the company, as u .V r L V'^' • " J"'^^' r'^ ^^^'•l Dmimore. The peasants w ear buckles in tlieir shoes. July 6. Arrived at Quebec. Citadel on -he top of a cliff four or hve hu.alred feet high, that comman7f *' \l^[,'i „,e. I can cast S^Xr;:'^0n%n^4J afternoon it is the general ber, the forests ^-^^^S^^..^^ I'C said, are very two t1.oasand m^i. Tl^ ^^^l' ^'^^^^t au^^^^^^ Thus they numerous, and exeitise a ^ tiy -, ,,^ circuses, puppet- i^jfLirsrikSrtr:"",! «> ,^^,^ o. ..,0 nances, sallow complexions "^^^ f^^ J'^^^^eets (luite a num- Et;«l>i*aif Json>i'LS:'i the cut of tUe .u. CANADIAN riiONUNCtA TION. 157 iviilior is tViO ,ulalo vFiviu'h) {\A (the Cuna- •^ list of tlu-m ,n. Lonl i'iXi- it tlie coiioort. i are translatod cts are orowdod uiul, tlierc are 0, Sirtterrt of tlio 1, etc. The old v'ed the luiine of of the Eiiglisli ces? "concert, on the vhistUng in the Despised hy the lusy. lid red feet above rcti-hed ont, pro- ve the steeple oi me. I('i»» ^^f and look into all X is the general d, consists in tim- irrison consists ot uive said, are very ority. Thus they g circuses, puppet- a to judge of the el)ec— dull counte- nien. The streets, treets (^uite a nuni- coats, Avith yellow their waist. They L the cut of the sur- tout, which is too largo for tlicni, and the had sloovos recall the cassock. Tliesi- are pujiils of the cojli'ii'i'. Tile |tn>nunciation of the Canadians is ridiculous and ]ire- tentious, the more so as thev think they spt'ak so well. Mr. Caiichon was the Ministi'r of tiie Interior for some years. Those are called demagogues here who have not contril»uteronunciation of the I'arisians, " Ra- chail surt(»ut exagerait leu fran(;ais et lui ]!(i!i-A regretta leu Canatla." " Ses louais" (laws) are local; England has nothing to <>• with them. Jul- Saw the interment of a sergeant of artillery, who ww. killed hy a soldier. A detachment of the 17th Rif s ot the artillery gunners, and one hundred sergeants, wi h< start' orticers, acciniipanied the body, which was ])la<'e>i (>ii a gun carriage. The music was lingular. The dnunmers beat a roll which lasted one bar; then a rest for one bar, and a blow of the bass drum on the weak ])art of the bar; then a harmony of eight bars in the minor naxle, played by tlutos in minor thirds. It was melancholy and mournful, and tilled you with profomid emotion. I followed them for a quarter of an hour, not being ahle to tear myself away from the melancholy charm of this strange niusic. The sound of the bass drum in counter-time, the rests alternating with this luguhrious roll, the i)laintive melody of the ilutes, and the slow rhythm marked by the tread of the soldiers, pro- duced an ett'ect which I had never before imagined. Quebec, July 9. Review on the Esplanade. The troops are superb, and of tine appearance. The Governor-general walked in citi- zen's dress. The band of music is large, and has played ' Dixii',' which is very popular here, not only on account of its melody , Avhich is very original, but because, being the air adopted by the Confederates, they are delighted in being able by this means of proving their sympathyfor the Soutli. m 158 NOTES OF A /V.»>7.^r. Af„. .1,0 -"■"\;.^:;.;':; J :r; 1 1™ ui;;:.,! ..i- 1'., ■ ,„„1 „U .:,c..lH-.-.-, '' ;'^, ': 't, w l\,.Uam,i.,' m,uvlK.,l tl,» AftiTllOOH, 4 OC.Mvk. lOOlv Montrciil. , Lwliert- irmitly applnudctl. A ,,;i'l;i,!f':,l- ;;'„!;:;;\",:u!'a ;i:^'«,u a,>i.J „. .- AV urec-or" (Hi o'clock). Loavo Montreal hy the tnvin for Ottawa. July 11. CANADIAN NAMKS OF PERSONS. Aliraliaiu I'epine Drol.'t. Poulain. L'lwit'V. L(> hnnli- Cansi' urnln. (ii-.-.iiiT. I'ns mill. Ciiiiou (jngi') Boauiiri'' , , La fontahiP. Lnjiin. |,.^j„ ,luiiul(ctor)- K!M>n'"(:'rainu...r.-1.ant).UM,u...au. i.;/;;;;:".hu.ntagn«. J-achauc... Boxi.T, J ,^ vigu.'ur (vi<.li"i''t). La v(m!. jji^ chaiin.^ ((.iauist). I'oiner. J j^ I,,.,,,, (organist). J'-- '■"^V- L'arrivee. I'diniiiiiT. Lu meinour. tenant of tl.e ^'-^^ti^e X tv^ o of 'rebel notoriety, u^ ,nonth .go, on ^'^^'^^-'V ^Vl^T e\i^ . very near at first ben vg vvvi,.gtornntUeblcH-kaae. liONa j ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ taken by the Yankee.;, ^^^ j ^^ ,, ^^Jj Imnself. f:^;;^Sn^:x:o-Si^--^ cer in the Sootcli FusiWeK. ,„,y u. „.„t hero wl.Hlu --■:^;:? ;,;',^;V[' 'C;.;..,„hva .o aooom- and canoe. A>* i»i ^^ ashnigtc Arrived at Ottawa. \''V^ ^'^'^^^n.^^ of the town, ent here which, ^''^"^^^'^S'-"'?/ ^^'uVrr uired to accom- :.l the nmnber of ^V-^^^^^^ ffin-n Crusoe;. "F' st.\(;i-i..M{ Tvr/: or n{/:\rn.]t.i\'. i:)0 tho Quoon' nl of honour ours, iitfoiii- munla-d tlio itr i\nn?>, iiiitl t'siglit. I'l"^ to R'turu to iiilaiuU'tl. A A mo "ouit- July !!• aiiiP. iiiiitl (doctor)- ati. lice. t. uiHir (violinist), iiniu^ (l.iauist). 1,. (organist). VL'U. Mity years, lie«- lusod liirusolf a (..\ notoriety, iu ■iir at tirstbeinji; irt Bto[»l>e> waves of the sea.' The'Uallad to tho Moon,' by Alfred Musset, was recalK'd to my n^uul on seeing tho sun go down. His deep red disk drowned in the violet mist, appeared to hamr balanced on tho lop of a church steeple, of which Iliad' a glimpse on the Canadian shore. The night drew on, the air had a delightful freshness, and tho streets wer.' o'ershadowed bv large trees whoso thhk foliage im])arted an air of mvsterv to all tho dwellings. A I'rotestant church concealed be- hind a cluster of trees attracted my attention. The sound of tho organ ami a liymu sung by female voices rose above the silence and calm of tho night. Xotiiintr .(.nld be more beautiful than this hymn; in spito of myself I was melted to tears. It was Sunday's e\ening ser\ico. En noi'TK FOR AVatku town, .July 13. In tho cars was a crowd of soldiers and some Irishmen (/ans Irfi rinir (drunk). ])ecidedly 1 do not liko tho Irish; t|iey aro a rudo, ignorant, 8ii]ierstitious race. AVatortown is a pretty spot. My concert has taken place —a great success — received some l)ouqnets. There are many French people living here, so many that a French paper, "Lo jthare des lacs," is published here. At Watertown I found a singular type of Frenchman, lie gives lessons in dancing, in FreMc'h, singing, and fcn- emg, and now and then is an impressario and aii agent for ;;;;r;mu. ' -v. ,!»-;;;:;;::,:';;;;:;':n':';'li ..'' > -i-" •:!';; TouoNTO, July 18- M,«„, .■...■or. unaor 'l^M^'^ri;;'-.''-- V-^^^^^^^^ Alllii'tl'™"",,'.' •,"> ,1,,,,' lli.m liomi.iinll, ll»-> Wiae his own workH. ^^^^^^^^ j^^^^ 32. Clmrimnp; Vittle town. bocuf.btf.«, July 22. , . n The mmimns of the military baud ^^''l'^''^ =' Ai-m-UN, July 23. piS:,L. Magnmcont concert. ^^^^^^^,„^, ,,„,^ ,^. I„ ,hc car. tVrcc rc™on» « J "f'U'u.g it- J?'"'"- w ,, Ih. .jjivi'H t'oi" veiling, July 15- , to U'uvo at 11 (I my I'iaiio. TouoNTO, July 1*- ,f Major (U-ncnil iris woiv pivsi'Ut. ,,lavi"'»t- urultfratiourf they Batavu, July 22. BocuESTRR, July 22. the military baiul itinsjr for inc. Aunnis, July 23. \m eight huiulred [jANASPAiorA, July 24. r, 'lefl Miserahlos' in roading it. C»nan- l,.rs of Lake Canau- utifal green laAm iu 77// I 'I r SIC 161 whos.' .viitiva laruf frc- covers witli its dark sIukIowk u roiiuli >toiu' iimli'r which an Intlian, one of tlic last «tccii- jiants (.f the country lut'orc the arrival of llic whiles, is niternd. Ih- was an imlian Chief. Mr. Wood, who lirst settled at Canandaijjjna, was his friend. He was an oM man who died many viars agnilicr 2.'?. It snows, it blows, the lake is furious; Avaves of muddv watcr rise no like mountains, and roll and sj.read themselves in_ sheets of loam on tlie shore, on which they first l)reak \yith a crash. I hear their roarimrs in mv chamber. Xo- thjng can give you an idea of the gloom with which it in- spires me. Sunday is always a sjylenetic davin all I'rotestai-t comitries but in Cleveland it is enough to make von com- mit suicide. Lake Erie is dani.-erous at this season; like alj the great lakes of America, it is a sea, plus tornadnes of wind and the dangers of the coast, whic'i arc multiplied in consequence of the proximity of the shore. Novomlier 2!. In going from Cleveland to Detroit Ave mot in tin. car Madam Stej)hen T) , the wife of the famous Senator who contested the presidency with Lincoln, and made him- selt the leader of a groat party. The bi.autv and elctrance ot Uadain I) ha\e jiassed info a proverb, and are as celebrated as the eloquence of the Senator, who has been dead tor nearly a year. She still possesses great beautv, appears to be about twenty-five yeai-s of ace, although \\vy intimate frien.ls (alasl Avho has them mit?) i.retend that she IS past thirty. IFer sti-ictly black costume; her botmef, trom rt-hich poops out the widow's cap of while tulle, li.ar- velously sets off the beauty of her complexion and the regularity of lier fc^atures. She is a woman such as doubt- less the Greeks imagined when they consecrated a A\-orshi]i to beauty, and, after having once seen her, it is more ditH- c'ult to forget her than to have her alwavs present to the imagination. Toledo, November 20, 18t!2. INothhig intorosting. Audience stiqud. In tlu" Artist's Room there was a bill attached to the wall: "If, before commencing the concert, the i)oi-forniers do not pav the rout of the hall, the porter has orders from the i)ropi-f( toiv !'.^ I'f r? ^g^ NOTES OF A PIAMST. fn turn off the "-as." Tluit does net give u,-* ii very jiigh Llo • the 1 onosly of the artists Vho have i..rtbnued he- foie ?l.o T<1 'liau\.ul,lic, or of the liherality ot the ama- teurs of the town. Nov««il)or 27. Goino- fnnnT..le(lo to Erie (Penn«ylvama), on a^w't "jar ,ne h he smokin-c-ar, some fanner, without douht, pluNe.l t eife ITestnaie.lc(mscieutiously. Ilisstoc^kot luusirwas nhe;i to some Seot<-h and Irish airs. Only he I'lay- ej^ry- t i - in F. I slioukl have seen nothu^j; aniiss in it if he W not invariahly taken it hito his he.d t<. l'l=>y >- j-; instead of B flat. At tiie heginmng I was ^^f 1;^ ; 1^; leno-th I was suiumlarly pleased with it Ihe ^'J li^^;"^; not^ nee intro.luee.l there was a fight hetween tl>e C ,im F wli -li hy turns, seeming to dispute the possession ot the ' ii^nk ;a,ui mehu;eholy lmrniony,phinged me n>to^^^ reverie I sa^^' unfolcUnl hefore my eyes all sorts ot eli. nn n" hVmrs, without douht, since they ravished ^ne as lo.ig as inv rA-erie laste natural hocked, but at 'he oVilitt'i-ated 'WW the C and ^ssession of the ne into a sloojiy sorts of charm- ed me as long •wards to recall r to my mind, 's, in truth, the legends. Idis- •acter, mystical, and wihl. Its )loyment of the ,l)sence of accen- rjive them their ilight looesy. lia, Noveinbcir 27. nd at the hotel ir-house in the low and saw at , to -whom I had pecthig this sub- ; l)een the theme L!ek past a ghost I even into the en it. The story c's. Xevertheless T read ma ( Icyr and pai^T tliis eveniiio- tlie followin-^ article: 'Last night two J rish servants met tlic gliost (Pf the ..omctery u, Knc Street. The fright Mj.ieh th'se poor girls received has been such that one of them fainted, and the other has l.ad a nervous attack, which still conthiues, and places her lite iii daiiirer. Saxpi-sky, Oliio, Dccciiili(.r 4. Small town and very strange audience. The ai.i.lause nmch'''*'''''^'' "*' '''^'^'^^"'^"' ''■^''^•'^ frighteucl Patti \ery • i'; ^^''\ ;*''■ 1'"^"'"' ^ ^'"V^ ^^'^"^ ^" ^ni^J<^S I fiiHl myself m the midst of a mountam of trunks. I end by s,|uafti„.r down among them, from whence I hear the conductor h ir on.l .-• One of tlie rnitcl States ^^'^^ -^^S'^'^,^;! ^V^^,^^^^ gave a soldiers hought hyo cents ^^^^^ * ^"J,,.^,,,! it wifh t'.vo l,n,aful to one of the 1>V^7^ ';; ^^^"Ju-e om something, '•vluM- companions. V'"^;:*^." n - ^^"^ ^^vseli' These l.at was atVaul rom i^cc^ t^ P-- J clear and practical judgmen; » * f ";^\; '\,, . , ,,. ent^r power 'or understandmg r[nK-iples, as soon as v into the donuun of the j^^^^^^' j;' ^«t^.^,^;. ; ' , ..ood sense go astray, and repeat «i>-"-'}^^^ [^j^^ ^ u' h. -crretlections should make them reject? ^ '/^^,,;',''\,, ,,, magazine re- on readwig an article o'^l'^^^^V V/^"' ;" ,,,, the •'•eneral Suu-kable tor the talent of ff^^l^^^l^l M<^dhly.' tone of its articles. I refer ^^ /I''; .;^,;''^^^,,^,, ,, talented The author of this ^rtic eJmnselt av -^ a^-^t do ^^ ^^^^^^ writer, Judging ^--^-^^tltir ^mi^Si^ Ibr those oomimts so many 1-. n.acis tiul u ,^ ^i,^^jmee of ,ompetent in th- ^'^^^;\P^™^1,*^'% V, , ,^erity, as a the ie^.l.rity of . l^Unu . mi, whoM^ nt k to ^ y, musician, is, I tea., a« ^^^J^'VV,; ^^^ ;:^ „ ,,,e. And,'lirst, of IJarnum to have hecn Wa^hmgo s n ^^^^^ what would you say ot an «'^ T^^^^ ^^Ji^ory, of five exact a repetition, ma.le 1^' ;^ f ^ \ ^1^ /i^ once? You or -xt1.ousa.u words whch^-;l- ^^ ^^^^^^^ cert^nnly would say, that an .m k altogether as fnmi memory such a long 'li^^''^^"^;, , ."^'V ^vertlK'lcss my phenomenal as the pl^^'-^^^f ^';^ ;^ ;,t U^i^i words famt hypothesis is hased upon ^^^Vfl'*^;;^; J,,^' ^ ,vinc. relati.Mi id even to the ears o a e uh on - j^^,,^^^^ ^^,, i, ,, to human passion, to it^ inTtic u BUM) TOM, 167 iidscnie iMl^w 1, lie bill! an KMilder. 'Hil^ J iVoiii liiri I't?" ilis Iteluivionr Tln'V won- all soldiers of the ■. One of the i-n, anA irave a .(\ it with two em somothiuir, myself. Thise renee Unil ^toi- •ar have unhap- ;em to posses;^ a ;,u ait ;n'(linary u a*4^- '^^y enter ,1- the lao.^t part heir good sen^e tho-e retieetions a vuag-azine re- iin fall uito an interregnum, that is to say, soK.ething T I ^^.g NOTES OF A PfAMST. „1,H, U not -an4,y,.™t,-<™-!'|;;'X Jl^tt g„anl in tW 1«-'P; J"';^ i! t, Xa ' .t,"mi,ml.C list N,.v..,-tla.lc.s. w.. final Iv ..l.tau, ; fV/,,;'' .,,,,, t not :v,;!a't b-vl' :;li"l'-cl. ^venturing u . ival mnark, we arc insulted. MvnisoN, Wisconsin, December, 18G2. olic-) and the marble capitol are superb. December 12, 1862. Mon.c.i,no„r ti.e A,-.,i.w,o,, of c''n™:-;;,„f,v?';i:;!;;j: produces upon the masses, i^^ J ^^ ^"\^ ^.^, ,,,.,.,., hi,vu.? .icn to tl.e discussion ^^ /^^^^^^^^^^^^^ heard that Itali.m --^^V„i^\;:;r; 1^ ^^^illsllop in a theatric.! an actor wh.. *^"^'^\//'',^, V''*^ „the ri<.ht arm during tlie play was struck with I '""'^^/^fV/nd "lie ad.led, r>ehold toin-es.>tation-''a pid^nt of <^^^^;^^ ^, u.Ued -;-;StLM££^^^ tiers ot ignorant L Itramontanes. Bosidos, the liotol wo are intervals un-ration increased in a ratio tliat threatens to overrun the whole L'nited States; it is the saddest of all on account of the ignorance, tho brutal in- stincts, and the blind and ferocious superstition of all the Irish. I however do not know whieh I should fear the more, the fanatics of tho liible or the fanatics of Rome. The i'uri- taiis are as ral)id as the monks of the tifteenth century. They think only of proseljy-tism, and of the propagation", in sjiite of everything, of their iiiitli. Like all other fanatical sects, they have forgotten the; spirit to attach themselves to the mere letter. In 18.')fi, in the State of Xew York, individual suliscribers had furnished more than onelunidred thousand dollars for tho purpose of printing Bibles ! It is impossiblo to be serious in thinking on the" results obtained bv these immense efforts! Fifty tliousand Mibles sent to "(Miina, six thousand liibles to ChancU'rnagore, tivt' thousand little books to the coast of Africa— and in Eiii^lish. Is it not a monomaiua, and ought not this wav of untierstanding religion to be cured by cold-water batlis? Indianapolis, I)ecoml)€)r If). Alongside of my own chamber I have that of a major, who has been sit-k for two months. He is under an indict- ment for disobeying the orders of liis superior. Ff)ur soldiera are on guard in tho corridor, and two sentinels gnard_ his door. Tho State of Indiana has a formidable 1 larty in favour of the rebellion. One of the soldiers couijhed horribly. I offered him a lozenge, which has cured mcTof a cold ihmi which I was suffering greatly for some da vs. He accepted it with thanks. At tho moment of swallowiu"- it. one of his comrades said to me, distrustfully, " Ah, li; a I are you not a secessionist! We shall die soon enous^h without your coming to poison us." Poor unfortunates'! The snow has been let loose over the whok' countrv that I have travelled through for the List two days (IVoni Ken- tucky to Indiana). I "think with heart-breaking of the wretched men in the iield ; of thousands of men'without shelter, sleeping on the snow, and not ha\ing even a blanket. 15 5!jf 170 NOTKS OF A iV-lAVSr. ! ; . .um.vnt^. Uur aVtilUTy al.. h nmn.nsc, and I do not Uovc- that finer i-oxM he louiul in iMjrope. F r t' ur lay« the tolof^Taph ha. hcen gnu.g us eventful now ot "re t^natlo uhtd> i. h.ing lonj;'ht at 1^ rc-.lenek - ,^. Tin' whole tWrc-e of two great armies are engj.ge • 'n^resi 1 i-^ still un.Uri.le.1. Thr earnag. will he trightiul. ^'^-^S' ing>.hu- audien,.. I n.et with! ^__. on .an unagjue .-1 yi I'p^U u din o iuti;^.. nn.st he, whi.h, i^.un.led m f^^n m' e ght years a^o, nevertheless give receipt. <>f ?1 v( oi four Imndred dollars, and sometimes inore. 1 he ^ Ui ^en^ an honest former asked me, helore the ec^nec.^ Pnling to my piano, what t^uit M.ig ^--J^-- ^ ^^^^^ ^ da.H-iug whieh, lor two hours and a M^^^tf ^ f^^ou h^ un inexhaustible mireo of amusement. Ihey weie on front henches, and greatly auiK)yed uie. \Vhnt witl diilieulty T become accustomed to aie the ;r„:^'h^;. .bo" S L ..ot .W,,,,.! o„ly in .1,0 oonoo.t , me olv siwik of tliom by way of Im-monab tbo ba-aat'O oav »"by»lol<.gloul oon- U^ctl. eSeuds a. lar a. piuidst.) I ought to have the gait oi mi old lionton- ly inspL'otcMl in t'tc'on now ivgi- ago he told 1110 oiisc, and 1 do [)po. iiig us eventful t lit Fredericks- j8 are eutjiiged. nil 1)0 tVigh'tVul. ■()\i can iniagino which, founded give receipts of IK'S more. The sfore the concert, rdeou was." Ho the tail hothercd 'ille, a charining_ ssed the whole of lid not know the outs only a kind unitary stops in or, afforded them riiey wero on the omed to are the f is heri' aii[ilauso mus and the voice rse to whistling, in-ive late at the nruUUe of a piece, for a hattalion of 1 talk during the lily ill the concert memorial, iincwhere l)et\veen liii. Certain natu- physiological con- \vgotation upon this peculiarity of to have the gait of If GOTTSCIIM.K AUOVT TO MA/my. jy| n locomotive and the intelliu-onco cf i, hand-hex \II notions ..t tune and sjiace arc etl'acod fn.m my mind, .hist Ike tJio drunkanl, cf wlu.iu seme one asked tlio distance Ijotween tlic Chaussee d'Antiii and the I'orte .St. Jknis W.O replied, -ten small ^lassc^." If vou ask mo wha^ tunc It 18, 1 will reply, "It is time to shut up mv trunk " or ; is time to play the banjo," or "It is time t. put ..'.i my Mack coat." Those throe events arc vei-v noarlv the most mon,..,a ,lo of my daily existence. I <.„,.s„le niyself by thinking that I am not the only one of my spcries. CmcAoo, December 20. L>i?.ll':!.yi''i''^ '"av-,!" ^^^i')^-""'^'^'^^ P'M't-'- (^^'is<•onsi„) that Auii.iKl htorr W illis, m his magazine of '(Jikv a Month ' ai'noM,ic,.s that "(jottschalk is, it is said, about to marry u young lady-a millionaire-of Xew York." JVrmit mo to assort that the news is not true, h'eci.iv,. the assurance of It, n mv Inonds, with all the affliction winch I have in pving It t(. you. No, alas! \ have not this moment the least hope of ever attaining that oasis in life which is called mai'riage. I have not yet arrived at tiiat blest haven, where after so many storms and t-mposts I might cast anchor, and my ,P>;>H-ceo/>,da>tciH a myth, uhich, as I advance along tlie iirul path of celibacy, becomes more and more faI)ulous. is It not sad.^ and are we not worthy of j.itj-— we old bachelors who, ike stray travellers, see the fatal time draw near wlioii we sjiall remain alone on the road of life ? ^Vo must travel the desolate way whi.ai still separates us f.'om the sovoroigi, goal, without a holy love to partake our joys and our griefs, or a friendly arm to sustain us in our last ilOU''S. Xot being al)le to do better, I console myself by tliinkine on the muse, the eternal bri.lc .Iways young, always con- stant for those who lovo her,and whose .'baste caresses defy the outrages of time. For her, there are no old bachelors, no wrinkles, no white hairs, no winter ..f life, but the per- petual sprniir-time of ilh.sions. 8ho .weetly shigs in my heart lUiirve lous things which ravish, console, and sootho niy griot, and her seductions are „^ powerful at the close as at tlie dawn. ■Hut I i.orcei\-e that T liavo become pathetic, and after r .-2 SOTHS or A riAMST. invih t.) whom I am .uiiajiv.!. j 'iWtwoeu S.)iith Am.Ti.-aan.l tlu" I nitul ^^-y*^ " ' , mwM was iiiv ti-a to (hue 'e/'w^/e/r \n Uli an (> huuu ■ '■■■"'■' 'rr ''X:" '"t,>, ' Un.S '"wX ;';'; anxi,., he J. f < /IKWaO A.\/> MII.WM Kit:. 17;3 .liislu's,M'fniiii!i; VI' ju.*t wrilli'H, lias litrii ail "lil ciiniiici- iK'ri'>il'i- ilio initial (.t'tlio States it lias so a.l, tiiat if "MJy •Vi'iits, (•!' wliifh I, I should liii\«-' o\vs, ami shtiiiM to Utah to avoid lo;:;islatioii. le till- poor devil ij»ty stoiiiai'h and III oimli'iit iiohk- rdad. The tal)U' (I vossols of jrold astor of the house hnis de tiiisan is fasto of this wine lascus are divine," jsentud the plates , and wine from rd of Hajrdad pre- , foi-tuiiate follow! and, ahovc all, do iroeeed. 1 i!^ suffering the ties and deeaiiters t ]ireveiit the host i-olish the empti- s witli anxiety the lore fortunate, hut list of all the usual hadow of any food he- tahle, his spirit i of this iuiagiimry inorc liiniiri'v than repast, hilt with iiiipty slonmch an' t'Vt'l'. I am the dervish and the newspapers wlii.h niairv ine to tiiiK'iful youiig heiiv-ses are so many opulent iiuhli'meh of iiagdad, and yoii will discover llie moral to my eost without my assistance, and as I slmll lie accused of writing williout any reason what possesses as little siihstance as the repast oH'cred to the dervish, I hasten to speak ahoiit my eonrerls at Chieago, which have heeii very suhstaiitial as t'> liie ■• • I have given tlu'n four concerts, and must retiir. le ( Hiiorrow to give the tinii and last. Chicau'o, of all ihe Western cities, is the one which most resemliles New York. It is animated and tlourisliing, one feels tli.il it is young, full of sap, and asks nothing hetter than to enjoy life. It possesst's (aste and enthusiasin, I think of a hiu'lier standard than all the other cities in this section of conntrv. What I also prefer \\\ it is that it is exempt from that pro- vincialism which oiu' leels the more in proportion as one leaves the intellectual focus of tlie I'nited States. The ludies wear licre heautiful furs. The commerce in furs is eonsiderahle. They come hy land from the IJussian possessions iii^\merica. The ladies who always possess u fertile inventive genius when it concerns then- clothing, have foiind means to render their enormous t'lir lioniieTs ^U-racenil, in which they miitHo themselves this winter. These hats remind me of the skin cap of the drum-major, hut Hatt.'r and terminating in a kind of fox's tail wliich hangs over the neck. The stores are immense. In one hlock alone I eounted live tiishionahlc warehouses which are each five stories hiirh and employ from eighty to one hundred clerks. The sin'rill merchants from the interior of the ti-rritories among the iSrornions como here at the hegiiming of winter to inaki- their [airehases. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has 00,000 inhahitants, splendid residences, ])arks, marhle fountains, etc. A female furrier j.aid me a visit. She is the daughter of the Comtesse de ~- 9" learning that I knew the Grande Duchesse Anne de Kussio she however hecame more reserved, and I thoutrht she was afraid that I might discover that her title,"" of which she makes here a great display, is uot as legitiuiate 15* 'f: i . 1 1 174 SOTKS OF A I'LWfST. ns luT Alsatinn iw.vnt which hIh- it. vain nought to .■...ktuI. It is .vi.mrkal.l.. that >,h..o.t nil the K.issuu.s u h<. ...v ... A.n.ri.-.. nn ('......ts, just as ah..ost all th. '''''^l!'''';; ^^^ '"I Miiitlt'lsrtohii. CllAPTKH VTT. Nrw York, Duc«m1)«T, 1802. I „ \v..; iust tiiiisht..! (it is hnnlly two hou.-s suu. _1 have a.-.MVi'.l ill' Now Vo.-k) .ny last to...- ot (•....(■(«.-ts loi' this >i-a- so uv. uivc... c.iohty-tivc. .-...■o.-ts ... to...- ..,o„ths a.. I alf. I hau. t.-avc.iK.rtiftcr., tho..sa.>.l .....Ics o. ho ....1- ...a.l At St. Louis r travo sc-vcii (-....(v.-ts ui six te ti..isl[e;i, .-..Sh quiekly to." ...V l"^'^f ^N/ . rn ro„te ..ntil next . thiuL'l I hav. l.eeo..,e st,.i.i• AuLule.- i)„nias .///>•, eo...len...ea tor o.ie n.ou 1. t.,,at uothii,.^ l.nt ,.i..eo,.._ The si^ht ot ^^-^^^^'^ hail- on e.i.l like the viet.ni u. •l..vsenee ol the ^^ heel ( • U-h he is ahout to he to.-ture.l. Wh.lst my h.,,irers are t s .n<.vin,% my thought is elsewhere. Ilai.l..er ha, V pool- nu,el,i,.s it ti-avei-ses the tieal, a-id .ees again t We clJa.' Antilles, where I -a^•e t.-an-imlly a lit le ..mee.-t eNe j two or three nonths eomfortahly, without tat.o-u...g iny-^^'^n where I slept for weeks the sleep of the spirit, so aelie.ous ^ pootieal in .he n.i.lst of the volnptu.nu. a..d enerva n.j^ atmosphere of those happy lan.ls of the vl). .lee tar niente " juwe la/.v hree/es m..r.iu..-ing softly hear o.. the..- wn.gs the lunguid and di.ta.it harmonies of the eouutiy, and whose Itjllt to COlHTlll. iiiis u lio iirt' ill iiiiisiriaiis wild < of S|iolir ami , nt'CciiilxT, 1B«52. )iirs mwv I liiivc •crts t'o!' this M'li- foiir iiioiitlis au«l iiik's oil tlu- niil- iii t*ix of tho whool on 1st my lintroi's are liai>l>ier than 1(1 sees as. tor some time I had wished to give three *'oncerts in one day (F had already done it at 8t. Louis, and T claim, in detault of other merit, to bo the first ].ianist wlio has ac- oomi)lished this tnar deforce m America), but the (piesHon was of three concerts echelor.ned over a'route of one hun- drc;(l miles. Leaving Xew York in the morniiii-- I arrived at Aewark, a matinee aimounced at noon ; haiPthere com- plete success; at one and a half o'clock I took the train tor Albany M-liere a second concert was to take place at half i)ast four o'clock; the third was to be at Trov, and Ava.s not to commence until eiirht o'clock in the evening. So far everything went well, "but man projioses and (icMl disposes!" I had hi tlie car for neiiibbours a charmiiif-- young gnd and her mother, both hanii)ered with boxe^, umbrellas, and other movable utensils, embarrassinii', invad- ing, calamitous, without whicli no female havTuir any respect tor herself could ornament the interior ofn i-ar. ihey stopped at Fishkill. On seeing them i-vt up I did us much under the influence which two prettv eyes always exercise, and rushed out, my heart in mv mouth*, my ri'du arm gracefully bent (the left carried a c-age and a J-aiun-y another feminine article which I liad fortrotten to mention iiithe inventory of tliese ladies an..rn,tnl ..onycrsatun; wl.u i o^^c.a to u;hhni>r that _ . . a hoiuititul smtcl to Strakosch oommomling to lum luB doav ^Jrs/c, A FAsmoxAnLE lualhy. 177 y stow is lii>t . WiUttlu'Ul vo (litl not do. Ilir collllliUlioilS hull 1 owotl to •(■ (hit . . • r pri'tty tiling's luoc't hi'iuitiful iictor had fried ) onn u '''^^ ■ illimitable in order of things, to t lie ''^'"^''^J^Zm. innate, un.le- that of the iinairmation. It ""^^^^^J;; ),;, ri,„f Litoni- Ilnable ieeUng ^]nA. ^-VJ^;;-!^^:::^; aeS.;ndin,,ancl tnreisalwaj;s ^'^'-l^^^'^'^ ' t Hi hannlv with the limited a.toi-mines i.j us '"n'^^^^^ons haim j^ ^^^ .^ ^^^.^._ souse whieh it exi.ressea. ^y l" livo deDending on our haps by turns objective «^^< ^ n ' f U is S^^^^ S te ot- mind at the time ^^■e hear it l^^J J\,., i^.ten under the wholly V^^y^f^'^.^L^A warlike passively, ami it ^uo-ests ^ ^.^^^^ I'^J^^ nightingale, the Inaveh, a waU/. !^ ^^''}'\%^^^!^^^^^^^ eau-oniatic scales imitating the mil mun^ ,ul)ieetivo 'pastoral symphony,' are f ^'"^,1 .^^^ ^,;,^ Jon we .1 seover when, under the intluence ot a ««^^^" '\^^ ^ " ,r psychical in its general ^-f^ ^ ^^'S^,;^ror\^v^^^ state and assimdate it. it ^'^ "/,^;' "t.^^^ we see reflected the ^n^^tions vh eh agUate^^^ ^^^.^^^ so much the more «^f J^ ^J. ,];," ^i ".'^rc.vhich is unfblde(l aware of it are the r^"l^«^f 9* ' i will explain myself: before the eyes o our i«i«f ""\ ""• i^^^ tldnking on his dis- I'lay a melancholy passage *« ' ^^^^J^^^'^'dh^er mourning iant country, to an ^^l»'^"^^«":^;^]*:^;'^r ^^^^^^ assured that for her child, to a ^'«'n"'^^^^\.^.?^\!^ii t ppi^pviate to itself each one of. these various f ;^^;.|\^ ^,,2!^^^ in them the these plaintive harmonies, and will reco„u voice of its own suttering. ^^.^ ^^,y that it is Music in itse t is still a mj^tery , a • ^,^,i composed of three P"'^^;^ 1!^" '..f 'bS under the .x- vhythmical symmetry. . ,^;^;^,^_^ .^r^^^^^^^^^ because .1 /7/l\v/r.lZ: AGEST. 171) It pufficos, not porcc'ivt! imisic. to Us ititlnoiuv, >tt'(l iiu'iiniuu; <>t" the soul, m|isic Olio can asshui- ) tlie sontiiiioiitri 1 the intollectual irt iHiinitublo in lat innate, undo- ,(; Idc(d. Litera- (lcrKtaii(Vni!i, and with the limited contrary, i^* l"-'i'- ependini!; on our s ohjeotivo when, sound, we listen ions. A warlike iua;htii)2;ale, the of the wind in the It is sul)iective ssion, wo discover ith our psychical i mirror in which 3 us with a fidelity 'cs without lieing which is unfolded ill explain myself: inking on his dis- mother mourning (1 he assured that ipropriate to itself Tuize in them the e know that it is .ir, vihration, and act under the ex- ,s no sound, hecause 5 glass—it hecomes 1 vibration. Take c by changing the duration of eacli of the notes which compose it— v.m will render if uiuvcogMizable and obscure, because vl.ii have destroyeil its symmetry. JUit wliv,tlieii,d() \\i\t several liammorsHtrikiiitr in cadenco make music V They nevertheless possess air, vii.rati,,,,, and ' I'i ,^Ml-^A *'"■'" I'"' '"■''"'■•^ "*■" y its riiifX before one l)ii Tlinmniioi.ir V...:.. x .. , . att; \ The mercenary Swiss troops formerly in France nn.1 Yn uni s Li^l ed tl.V^?'^''' "''^''''' '■'"'■^^ ''""^ mscordan't ^-u.uKis lunamea these brave mountaineers \vUh u-..,.liL-. -lo|;^by recalling to them their count^ ^^it^t^ Xapoleon III finds liimself obliged to allow the Arabs a nu^'^ ■ "k^ r""'"''''^'^*^"^ ^'^ ^^ incor,.orate wUl 1 i^' ann^ , their barbarous music of fiutes and tanvtnn s , cler the pe.jalty of seeing them revolt. Th^t^^:^^: these soldiers to make marches under whicS w ho.t s 1 laj^^o a Creole ox the Antilles one of his dunces, with II ! i li 182 NOTICS OF A I'lAMST. • f ..i.vtl.in it-* i.liiintivo iin.l .Ircnmy nu'l^dy, and its (IlliUllt rllUllin, us lUiinni I „.;, I, ,,,,,»,„< ..sill. vutoru-s nf 1T'.':5 n^n.t the mvmlcr. ot l.unc. us uvnius of Duiuourioz. -x;:s ::3; w^^^^ 1,0011 Ki'oii not to loino a ti idl . i ,,^.|, ,,f l.enls I'an- t(. tlHMKrk ot then c^^^^^^^^^^ p ^ ^^^ .vh-u-h tlu.y arc so l-ro^^uMh^^^ i;*^, I <> l.ar it ; thoy the (ln>ve an long 'i'\. ^^ ">," / /^ ' ," .,,,a to .Vu' after it haveheen soon to ivtnso ho .a>tu c ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^,^ .nst..ino,l to lK> mlornoa f^'-^J ^^^ ,u 1 he Cks i-asturo ruountains of Pcotlanjl '\"<\^^\1':^ ;,•;;" j/'o Uhorlan.l, the o^vinir to a softening ot the ^im alinai m ^^^^^^ oureA by every ^^^^Z^^T^ ^^^^' ^"^ ^^ so vigorous. All ot the ''" ' ,|. and tli s was on l-"''!rLl .?' ^Mt^ti;;'; ••h»cLla\n,oa, "«■/»,< opera. If !-''"•'• ,J ' ',.. ,„„i , 1,1, ,vas all. ■ " C 4 i'ie. irhon-ibie ...tttU, of tljo taurtee^>", ,vw'l, la„i ,na,lo of I""™,;';-, ^//Jl'^^f^ut'^ t th'i.on^e l,aste„«l toen.K-ea ™?™ > '.XJ / ..fhtnii^^^ i»'ane of.a.e«fiii.vtnena»who«iil.e.iato, itK ^ ^^^^^1 „,vl,n„ at Olen.-ottt-™™- - - - „,..„^ , „ ,, :;;;tr of^Jri^ a,Hu\™T.:.w of t..e „.o.t aoeno v^^^> o. V iiu'lody, antl Iwisiiisiii. llic rc'|iiiMifim t'nuH'c us Uk' the panic time \ ha^ a i-syt-lio- y whistling to vcH to bo t-'ijl"- l)ourrf; caiiarii'rt illcs ami Smtli L' ; t*iii(U'rs have i-latiA till' rhi'V- a larui' bi-U, <'{ at till' lii'atl of wear it ; tlioy 1 to ilii' aftiT it ilusia the inuli'S K'o if their iinni- aniinals are ai'- ' thi'in. In thi! ho tloi'ks ]iasturc :hoOhorlan(l,tlH' opor at the sound beconio iniboi'ilo, r. Thoy oixU'av- :hat intolli'<'t oni-e l)iittio(l. Once ho ., and this was on le soptiior of his oxolaiuiod, " fltxt all. tho Insurrection, fiold of oarnaire, I sgust at the house le immense insane I small organ, and d we invited a few t docile patients of Mi's/r Ay/> Till- issAsr. j^g ....■,,,,,,, ..x,..,„i ,i„. „i„., ,„'„:,. 'i',;;'; , ' ,'"1.;,?,; r.si..,! s ,.,„.i„, ,' t ' , ',':',""i'" ""•"'"! '"""i- :■'«! mm., „„.i I,.. „|,|„„ 1 ;„ ' i i',"" r " I'';; "'■ Ihe truth is now so recoo-nizod in Finv.,. . +i *. . H.,.o ,i.e orni,&.,„. „,, ,„,,„„: ;r.i' 1 »s, ;;',.,:;:";: 4i# 1^4 yoTi:s i>r a r/ASisT. .tun.r, of (irniu.nv, wLuv all >i..jr. mnl wl.'- ""l"- ,•„,,., .'i...n.l nmsi.. will, its lal.o.irs ainl it. tos ivaU It I will n.oiv pani-Mlarly iiunti.m 1' ran.v, uhwli .-la l.an inoiv ll.at. vlM l">i..lml ( M-pl.. '•.... s nn.MH-M n| workin-- inon. How inauv ..f Wiv^v latter, wlu. imssixl at tlu- .•ahai.t tlu'ir .nni.unts ,.!• U'ismv in .Irii.kii.K. ncxv tnul a i.l.;asant, ivrivatioM in those, iv-.iiiions wh.^iv tl.. npint -.1 ass. ..Mat. nil an.l of tVatc.n.ity is o..!rnMU-.v.l an. .lc;v..l..i...l- an. , .1 c ,„„,,, .,,,, , ,.,n. .amtiu. slatisti.- of .•i-Murs, wit ho.U .l...il.t i, w.nl.l 1.0 .lis....v..v.l that tlK.y l.uv. .hnmns hr. ni i.n>- ,,„rti..n as n.nsi-al s.H-ictirrt huvo in.Mvasc.l. >"*"'•'•."; u,vlK.tt»T; v..nf heart is in s.uni' way punticl whyn it is stn.n-lv in.iirc-nat..l with tlu' n.-hh" hanu-.nu.s .. a tmo •horns-, un.l it honnnrs .lilli.M.lt ..ot to tn.st as a hrother him whose voi.-o is hlen.lr.l with yoi.r ..wn, an.l w.a.se lu,,rt is nnite.1 with yonrs in u cominumty ot pniv and iovinl t'lnotions. . . ■ i i " 'If ()rphe..ns are ever estahlishcl m America, he assmv.l that the 'ha r-r.. on is' -the Hc.urjre of tho eomitry— an.l re- volvers will eeu«c to he imtioniil iiirttitiitions. January, 1803. I Imve heon (•onfincd to my 1)0.1 for f.Mir .hi.ys hy a sc-vero attack of ncural.iriii in <>'>^' ^'Ve aiul <.ne side ot my lioa.l. i have Hutiere.1 very much, hut, thanks to 'V^f'^tl'*';^. ; Dr. Smith, the most amiahle eompaiuon that u sick man couM desire, an.l to the attentions ot all connecte.l with the Tremont Ihmse, the hest hotel I know ot (with the H ou- tinental' at Phihulelphia), I am greatly hetter, and hope ui u lew davs from this to recommence my 'eoneerti/.mg i,ere.n-inutioiis. I was alono in my room when a m.mient Im a friend brought me a. journal ot last month c-ontaiiimg a^^letter from u lady in Indianapolis on my concert m that eitv It is 7 o'clock. New- Year's Day 1 Magical epo<-h, Avllich, when we are children, excites in us a glmv ot mde- Hcrihahle felicity, and which, as we hecomo old, brings with it onlv the remembrance of lost happiness. I was re(-allmg to mVself family joys, and was measuring the extent ot what we all lose as we advuuee in lite. Each ot these /^.t iii:nvEusE. peak, for in- wlmst' nidiis- nl\\iiv> iisHit- ■stivulr'. Uiit ich to-dnv Imrt il of worUinir- iit till' ciilmivt iii*l a jiK'ti^iint •d; ami, it' we vitlioiit (loiiltt iiislicd ill in'o- Iii iai.ed! wi,a( ineMdsii,:.;.i.ti; ,;:•••':'••''''* iMiisical jil.stra,.iin„ not t , • • V ''*'." '"''.^^ ""I.v n f ti.esyM.,athi;s'r;.d : ,;;.:;^';'''''ir'\^^ to he iii..I<.sed witliin fl.e w 1 1 , • V '" ""' ""''^'"'"i'l, ^•'M"-erora<.; ' 1" ,";•,;, ':;''''^^ •M-•ri.•ular^^;il::;;l;H:.^r,;;:•;?^:^^ life (and wli(» hnn not' J\.,y t\V Vr l'-""^^ '" "'.^ ai'nst Htood that I an nr/uMvi, . I ;r 'rS'^ "my l,e ander- bnt I donottlilMl fl,. ^''-"^ ' ^"^'■^' merited it), - .i^iightniny ;:; t :r, :";£7':;; "i'^-^'-'^ ''"y i- (.roLation of -tlds mother [ si U I il';'!; Z' r^i ^'^ "''■ lost my t nie in writin.r ' .. F', .. .'"'^ "^^ ^ '"'d n(.t tlmngli I have no m^Jivc/rtn^^ ^-'''-^'^ •^""-'')- ^'^^^ my love f„r chil Iren n.'.ll ., V'*" '''-"'^>' '•^' "'<"Tii,iro, ^irain I reiie-.t .> ,"f,^ { "' !'^ .^^ '"^'1' HUrronnd.s the cradle composition, hn y H t i a r"tir;^ ''^ !'V l'"'' "'^'^ for her little intl nt wh. n ' r^^''"^"'".'^^ l'^''' affection called to heriJf : IJ , , '';"'T"f T'V^^ ''''""« •^''^' '•^'- niy concert. ''"'' ''^"^'^^ «^'^' ^'^^l j'"«t I^ciird at 16* Q NOTES OF A PIANIST. . The omaic .ong-^i. » ;|ot i^^;^f:^::,:^:: :zi Bo„mn. o«.r,,,^- ;;-;., 1.^ M.«lt, J..U know, »'"'■'■' 'l,eta,U\vliul. ogago us it hal. tho advantage ov« «" ™ j ^I'.^,/ ' ,„i,lg inftnite boun,la.-k.» upou tl.o l,«uvr8 t ug it , < 1 .-_.^_^,^, ,„j. nlothor^vho has lost her ^"^J^ s Ju" mt -^c uul, to c.u-h of t.e.., an exile who ^-^J-jf^^ ^^ > S"of its 'own proper the'«e sorvowing; hearts ^\ Hi appeai ii ^ grief, and the vetieetiou ^'^j;':^^^ i,y mon^orieB of a yonno-ersi.lei of nunc, ^^^'^^^^^"j^^/Vi fancy throug^^ a ace an,^or ?s fc^imply only a professor of physiolop- at the L ni- vei-ity. lie has remarked, he sai.l, that I played more quieklv than any other, and as he has seen that one ot his eonfrateri.itv, in a book just published has athrmed that the nund.er''of pereussions given by tlie human nerves eouU not transeend more than twenty-five in a sceond he should he happy to prove the falsity of his rivals assertion. Ue dared to hope that I would eontirin liis observa ions, lie gave mo a long dissertation, and repeated to me that he was liappv to have known the pianist who could make more tliau'twentv-tive j*('?v'*/*.*.sv'o/*s in a second. O Art ! where art thou 'i I took enormous proportions in his eves bv telling him that I play the 'mouvement perpetuel of Weber in less than two minutes. What would you wish me to have said to this ignoramus ? Couhl I resolve to descend from the pedestal on which he had p aeed me .' Here I am then definitely classed scientifically by this scpiint- eyed gentleman among the most powerful known motors.^ Thu-d concert to-morrow, the 8th March. Second, this eveniiur, the 7th. To-morrow I shall go to General W ads- worth's camp. Two young cavalry majors avetoscMid us horses, the roads being so broken that t will be difhcii t, even with our hackneys, to got to the camp, which is on tlie other side of the Potomac. The government has done us the favour of sending us a safe-conduct. Mr. beward, the Secret:.. -v of State, desires to see me, not as an artist only, but as a'Louisianian remaining faithful to tbe Constitution. The dav before yesterday the house ot Baron .MeiTier, the French Minister, was burnt. All the furniture and tlie wardrobe of Mr. and ^ladam were lost to that extent ti ait Madam, the Baroness, had to borrow stockmp from Madam Ritro. Interesting details! li.c city 1';'.^ the appearance t)f having been just taken by assault. Military everywhere. Soldiers on every side. An immense crowd. I have solemn! V taken the oath of allegi-ince to tlie government at Washington. My borror of slavery matle =rn nORROR OF SLAVKRY. accnstomed to of oi'iiliaurt of t is invarialtly >iu'ort, and my [uiiit-oyi'd I'l'*^ p- at till! Uni- I played more that one of his 5 atlirnic'il that lan nerves could cond he shoidd , assertion. He nervations, lie me that he was lid make more IS proportions in .■ment perpetuel' would you wish luld I resolve to had plaecd me ? lyhy thisscp;int- known motors, h. Second, this ) General AVads- •s are to send us will be difficult, ), which is on the lent has done us Mr. Seward, the as an artist oidy, the Constitution. Baron Mercier, furniture and tlie that extent that stockiiijis from iic city has the asa\dt. Military L immense crowd, alk'giraice to the of slavery made 189 tlio (iitlmlic ken-the general movem> k/. , . "mfication. ^ o one fraction of the pcoi.le has he r ht reclaim its autonomy, if it does not\-a Ty w th it -nx t -r g«aranteesof,a-ogressand civilisation tluui^tl^^^ ity who IS enslaving it. TnM the South in wishing, o • W v t mo fl o T"' -^'""I^".' l^^"*^^''''' "^omniients" n n f « . ." putiye upon lil^rty. I do noU^a -J^a^- m, W iS^^d i.;g n.e iiegro. I believe him veiy inferil>; mo ^ f ^ « A^h to ^o race so maltreated as this has been bv ch-n, o could have remained as - /'rL • • ^ ^ "'>"^'c found.) • (Kemaming part not J , Alexa.vhria, i\pril 27. i have for a long time desired to see this little citv on 1- i„ ,ho wj,^^ j;si^ ;-i''i;pt s,"E^^ 190 yOTES OF A PIANIST. t,o Con^aeratos, anA finally b^-;. the ^-ral ^-J^^ of the tirst-that I. ^S^P^^^'^^^^ ' V^i^;e^u8 w we find that iudetinable >^«!' "f \\V 'ttlc amMn our thoughts ourselves on a.i oM ^f^^^*^^.^: f !^;n*y oi which itMms ^^'^?r^rV at the'Mar.hall no;^^^^^^ '"Vr"^^V^^ho Arnivof the Potomac has heen estah- ral hospital ot the A^^^^J/^; .' ^-^^^^ invalids at every lished at AlexaiKhna, thereto eANemcc^^^^ ^^^^^ step. The sight of a »;"^ '^^^.^Jst allthoL whoiu spectacle ; bore it is l^^a^t- endu^ , a most ^^ ^j^^ I meet being yp}"V^ /r^TrrthfaSs of actual war. ^Marshall ll7^^,«\^%^'^^^^^? ^iVc^ith a y^ i^^^ -^ "i"-" It was here that ^<^^o»^l ^Vf^^'"^i^l^if Kufwortl^ a new \T r^'^ ri>tt LalilS iuly of w.rs .uul ^l'^^^;^H^;;.eTis as erted,had never knocked at his Si ;;d^^eii^i. again asserted, a virgin. CHAPTER IX. As in the past J ec^itinuc^o^ whWed i|^^-. ^ Thi. agitated life is a ^^f f J^^^S^^^rSiable and of more themselves have not a '"1<^ mm« ""/. ^ j^stiny sub- unchangeable vigidity than hat to aUuci^^^^^ J everythhi is "^^^J^^ :/;;\ * e^i^^^^^^^^ my agent I peregrinations. /^^^Xi a few amount of the know m advance, ^^^thin a ic^^ nmnhev of inhabitants. I receipts in a town ot a g^v e^^ "^^^^^^^^J ,^^^ inextricable know, with my eyes shut, e^ fiJ <>"*^ ^. ^^^^ ,.ailroads with o-oncral qv.irtcrs there a little of 8 wlieu we iind n our thoughts ,f which it"" has rirginiau soil is the tbot8te\>s of [otcl,' almo;*t on- 11 of Alexandria men. The gene- 3 has l)een estah- tuvaliils at every is always a sad t all those whom ,t children. The ids of actual war. ling hero of nine- r:ilriWorth, a new )nly of wars and r knocked at his virgin. THE PL7JLIC. 191 led in space. This The Chartreux tiahle and of mo re L-h my destiny suh- y-thing is foreseen, regulated in my mce of my agent, I the amount of the • of itdmhitants. I of the incxtricahle ■ the railroads with railroad conductors siiliite me familiarly as one of tlie omi.Iov)^.^. The vonu"- girls at the refrcshmont-room of the station, whcri- tivo minutes are givi-n, select for me the hcst cut of ham and sugar my tea witli the ohHijhig smile that all well-tan-ht tradespeople owe to their customers. At H oVIo-k T sihite in my l)lack suit my audience, and yive them 'II Trovatore ' A t 'rVr ""^'^^'' ^'.' "'"^ tliey encore the 'Alurnunvs Koliens'' At halt-past nme they call again for ' La liercense,' in the midst ot tlio enthusiasm of some yountr romantic vir-nns, and some papas slightly inclined in a semi-conscious state to sleep, wlio find the piece ful 1 of asrreeahle effects. A t ten o clock 1 carry off my patriotic audience to tlie In^lliocrent accents of 1 he Union' fantasia ; and at lialf-past ten T 'throw myself, exhausted and depoetized, into the prosaic arms of the blessed Morpheus, whom 1 should he tempted to caiu.ni/e It 1 were J ope, and if the good man (I speak of Morpheus) liad not chosen to live hefore the invention of canonization. 1 his morning hreakfasted hi a hurry, and, alas! five six seven, eight, or ten hours of railroad, and always the same' flung— the crowd, and to he isolated! Isolation is cer- tainly sometimes a sad thing; hut to he alone and find yourself surrounded-or he Jostled hy the multitiale and feel that, outside of the indirect relations of the ' ticket ofhce,_no other tie attaches you to those who surround 3-ou— IS it not worse than ostracism or the desert'' I in- demnify myself- hy making physiognomical observations on those whom I meet. I classify individuals A hook written hy a talented observer on the phvsio..- nomy of tlie public would he very interesting. La vater, Tf he liad liad tlio great misfortune of bcin, other who beiruiied the monotony of his time by hunting in the dark^for a pin 192 yOTES OF A PIAyiST. Uonnan or DuU-h (I call ^'^»" ' ^ , ; '^ .^;,a Dutc-li those Goetho, Mon.lelssolnj a.ul ^.^f '^^ \,*;'tl>or-cM.untrv are love of beer, a eonluil ^^'f,^, ^ •"* ^^ j^. M us hands, and has his hair ^^f^^^y^^'X^l^^^^^^^^ ^'"^ tlio unpardonable ^\eaKnt.sf» uui. i 2;:ianot^>nstotheKhjr.c.l)anuM^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^ ^ l\.ould, if ^^^'^^r^y^ Ibsoribers in n.^' C^'^; the'lionle Journal,' are in the B.ajor.ty-by theVarmth or coldness of the ^^^'^^^ ^^^^.^ewas only I ao not ^o^y^^^orr^^^^;^^ •„ ^.^ one lantasia or the Vf^' ^,"'\\\"V-'..,,,,,, all the lucubrations able eticct of the tei, id-water npc - l^^^^^^, ,f i>,,,. .rudently «^')fi'l^ ^ ^^ „l. .V h .n.ldv whirl of the con- imY>i'' ...iprudently conii.led to tne T^?-^^^^;;: ,• ^f the con- i have come in the "^«V^^\\^^F ks t the invariuble cert in which I hud "^^'f^^' "^"^J.^v ^-^ ine "I>ou the stage perio.licity winch ^!'"f ^^^P^*;;^, S/li fhefe is only one ieforc the same piano, ^^J^'^^l^;,^'^^^ ;,, ^s humour, but ,„„i, „t; tl,o «">>'™--. ""* t; a .1 '....Vila; tl.^. «.-f . THE CREAT DEAD. 103 kcthom. The ic reiK'tition <>t' caiv, isoliitioii ig of all), toivo lu'insolvi'M. i()iiiu'>*, l»vit tlie jiinj jtroMciiif*: I t() the sku's? ; liave ijot into uiulorstand by town a professor .(luirod, toll you lu'ct^ if tlioy are nnenofScliilU'i', 1(1 Dnti'li tlioj*c •tlior-c'ountry are i-son wlio fonibrt hands, and has nseribe his goo- such or Bucli a ihsorihers in ni^' I,' or 'Dwitrhts ;hc majority— hy at there was only ess to the intoler- 1 the lucubrations istrument of I'au. whirl of the con- to the invariable ng ui>ou the stage : there is only one in its humour, hut and eharaoteristie [linc-schcwl (may I lost'iuteresting ele- •hich my attention •astorella,' the first, iut of its title, the second, thanks to tlio small talk hetm-en the malicious and awkward young girl, and the am.M-ous chevalier, ha\e .rnie- rally tlie privilege ot awakening in an uiuMinivocal niiriuier the notice ot tile pretty battalion on the left or rii^ht win.' A\ one or the other extremity, like the cnanlian of the tlo.'l"c charged wi h the care of keeping on tlu- road the refractorv siieep, IS generally found the local J5eethove!i, wiio is xwt celebrated, and whose immaculate and delicate taste can not be pleasei with the plain water-gniel serve.l up to the barlnirous vulgar, and who feeds oulv on the divjuo am- l)r()sia enianating from the masters (dead— this is imi.ortant and puntied m the crucible consecrated by opiuiori and bv time); this is of the best tone, seeing that aristocracv fs always conservative. The great dead! liow mauv little erimes are committed in their name! It is sweet to be able to crush a living youth who incommodes you (and what way IS more commodious and less compromisiujr than to throw an old name at his licad!). Chopin's genius has developed itself within the fifteen >ears since he has rid his contemporaries of its iierishable envelope. One could scarcely believe how much his com- positions have improved. Thirty years ago lie travelled in Germanv, when his comimsuions only obtained the disdainful criticisms of the worshippers of suns that had set. The form! O pagans of art! The form! When then will the time come, routine fetish worshii.pers, when you will Jiave the courage or the talent to avow tha^ there is more genius 111 the pretty waltzes of Strauss than in five hundred pages ot school-work; in eight notes of genius, whollv without ornament, ignorant of their nakedness, but iK-auti- tul in their ignorance, than in a loijarithmical problem? Ihere was a period in France, in Italy, and in Spain when the cuncdti wcrethe rage. The poetical mania in its licen- tiousness, deceiving Itself ill its devouring fervour, chuK'- to a worship ot material tours deforce. T^he idea! Wha't is It then { It matters not what sensualists, ondovx ed bv God lyitli the power ot creation, can ima<.ine it! 15ut the" form difficuir"^'''"'''""*' *^''' '"'"'''"*'"" ^^'*' '"'''^''''' "' *^''' ^^''' ^^'^' Already under the lever empire the rhetoricians of Bv- 17 ■■:;. -.i_^^ji','!„u^^,„J4Jv^ u»wi.» J. p » 194 KOTES OF A PI A MS T. loMuths' should,!., t ho.r '■r''wt:/Hti«m-'uH. above all Un.l. tho U-ttor A '^»'<^"\\\, *;,(^^\C x'stouisluHl reader ^^'t;^!:S;ula::AVistarein.,c^^al^^ (vho -si;eet theu..jAvc«^ a^t ^. ^£^ ,,,iu.U..j? other c-steem tor beer, aiul hu ks ^" \\\m. ^Jj^, taneiful, has .tin...la..t.) l.is "»^l'^'-"//'V tvoe f t ie inimoleratc t.so of oontributea i\^V"^f truWwcthlp a r\vbo does not tVibuted to the advent of long hair. There is^Uhin - a want of,o,^nUbrto ^^ aspirations and nwr^^^^^^^^ ,,,,1 the wards regions ot \"^ " . 'nths of reality, fettering m latter ten^ ICJ^,,,, thing iro, were led s lost for so hotter. Had it tlieinselvos , of liiu's (the nose (litfeivut . oye the ap- in(l above all lilt ions of the •ite ii i> sand onf'onrnironieiils ((. r,,ll,,\v if w;,i, ,,.„, ;. i , r . t;.giveaii.nntVan..linn.y;nvnwonstJ :.^^^ "M.tlMt til, bclatnl U-nxvWvv pursues, it vani-lirs into tl .. .h..;!<.H.s at the. n..n.oMt wlu.. 1 think'l ha "! J , : ' iN.r tiftivM months n.y cxlston.v has lurn \\nC\ .V- XL^ >ag; 1 should ..c-rtainly hcvon.e brntali.c.d h • 1 * ^ ,^ "n>in [() «cirk tl) (iiici some p(,««i . >■ w.iv (o <,,i,,l,.,f tl... li a the Arab of the de,.c-rt, to appease his thirst, . n ehhles into lus nK.uth-the sali'varv t^^lan.ls, i • ,,, ! IK ii.ul (Hunk (a Cien-ian would not fail to rail it -x vuu\u 1 »> ot Jigiit. A\ hy not, said I to mv.sc.lf, should 1 not trv IS means; and by transferring the 'indn-lifhie' pr „ J Jf otnf /'"''' ^'t' ^^"'^ ^ conmieneed writing mV notes of travel. Sueh is the monotony of my ti-avel."t •,•? I soon understood that what I wrote\vas mu 'ss 1 efleetion ol my surroun.lirgs than the exju-essio, of vh' t took place withm myself. But as that notion no st(^nc tli V'-^""' j'«"^^»'^^ly "H'naeed with petrifaction, I d , | U T ^nnVi'^ ^ ^''''i^''\^ «^'i^- salutary illus:., by 1 ch I could traverse, without succumbinir, the 'ts^hara' of ' , ceits^ through which I have wlurled' for mole Ihan two nobir. ^T^ ""^ "'^' pocket-books (I was about to sav my pebbles;, they never leave me. They are like an intinvite compamon lor me, a mute confidant Vho has th i^ime o advantage over all the railroad friends I have evei iie of bearing me without my being obliged to stm n n,; o'fce 1 •mhhwWjW^w,- 196 NOTES OF A /'/.LV/.^T. to .... m.a >'^'V^'V''<^'':7v\ r ; t c X It, tha luM von un.lor coMl.l a. n.iu-h Ik. huuI ' , .j^^^. Us that I Lav.. lUl.cl V,.,n tlu. M\.s,s.n.l.; ;; ; '^ ; 'tvouM tako ..ma care to Yt.i-k to tlu. >1*"'"'"\ .Vn nnvthii..' i-l-^o than nnacii- l.n.vout von from .hscovonn;^ ".■. oir im-cs looks liko .l.val.1 A;u.ro,l y,^u-H ; ^^f ^ ^'j!;^;; J.i,^.al tl.. haste the- sale ot at. oIkIi^^K. _ / '^Z ' ^..^rvollouslv ui inakiu,;:; ^vith whu-h 1 WHO, assist, i u , a ^^ ^.^^^,^^,^^ _what should 1 say ^ hjv^ o ^^^^ ^,,,„,.^, ,u,,,a hy ^^"^^^r'^n"S<'r ^TSas l^^a^'i^ a house, or iv man on I'^'irl^J^'^,; ^^ j'^,. poekot-hooks would greatly Deealeaiy I 1""\, f •' , ]X-M' lant.n,a.iie. Iiuaguui- jj,-,,. by heing '""'Y^"^' V . \ u thin-s, Avhieh some read- tiou might see m tlj^^m^lu mn ^ '^ ;^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^., i ers, alas, will. Be^uvh mm wm^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ Amenoan, ^l;^!^^ mr^m i'i^pr^ t.fhe vardouea ibr my bung- U,vi style and awkward language. Euniu, New York, Sunday, Juno, 1803. ■;„o will cJc- mak»n;e ^-ovo, o • -^--; ^.^ „„„, a„,, Elnnra is composed ot twci\c »in-ii^ of the week. _ Wikfast, I took a nap. Then I This monung, after ,»^^»'\1^5, ' ,,^.„i .vhereltmmd two .vent down hUo ^^V^^^:ZC^ looking as dis- ladies with their ^""^^>.^,^^ ^%i ,re a large Bible. Every mal as possible. I '^ ;%* T. ^ i, observe(f in all puritanica %!:7TS {^^.nrof' «a,oo. It i» .0 cuo o.- ti,o ^r^^'"'"- 1 ;f rJn.l in his croodncsa ever thinks of us; buti'aiZo/S,g'l.U.5o. o„ a Sunday, u,.ou h. liiiii.i: soriETir.s. VM noo il listons what rrifiiilf* 1(1 yon hikU'I' 1 iiavc lill»'cl 1(1 from Nt-'W jrroiit ('inv to than nntU'ii- rort lookn like and the haste As ill makinjj; L'tiiri'**, rockotrt \)iu' HOI'S in idrt rhased hy Hoori a house, lins, would greatly tro. Inuigina- ic'h tjouie reud- of my pen. I an Ameriean, I for my bung- day, Juno, 1803. le day discover raotrt aeeordii^g nos]»heres. Xo tiiat Sunday at i the other days a nap. Then I lerc I found t^yo ., looking as dis- e Bible. Every in all puritanical is a day devoted lich God has in- is to die of the ver thinks of us; 5unday, upon his creation in Anicnca, it is very donbtlhl wluihcr he re- joi.vs m I'ls work, on siving so many dishcartt'n.d fn.vs. As to the lhl)l.' (hke that I HmukI in (h,- parlonn, I should not have lymarUl it cxc.pt for its colossal pro,,ortions. ill., zeal ot the Mil.Ie societies is sm-li that you cannot find a hotel -what do I Hay?~a chamber in a hotel or steamer witiiontone or more IMbles. The number of ( )|,1 Toti- men^rt which the iJihle societies gratuitously disi,. • of amounts aumially to two millions; two-thirds of the books are sent to the -Nhdays, Chinese, Hindoos, ('atljis, .Mah-aclies and ^lamese, wlio doubth'ss mciye tlu'in joyfullv, ami hcII theni to their urocers by weight ; the ivmaiiKh'r are dis- ril.uteTI-:s nr A I'L\MST. 1 Ts f it luMl iKvn vi.it..l l.y tlu. plau-.n; or .l.oK.n, W lan. Vham .1 ... 1 aviuL' 1k'<'.. |..vs.Mt at ...,0 or two ,„«..m'.vs -visr;::;::.:%t;::;;\*'T!;;'';:ia.o. -sr:i;a;r'V/Vt^^^i;;r;^-;.!t-^^ a i.V. is ,.c-.-n.itt..l (l.y p.in.u to tl.. l.ar t ..•ou. h tho .'""•'"V , , ,r. .li.r-.iKlK tlic Rinii ii zi'il i<.iiiil.iKn»i'' ..I ;t":"'::;i1; ,;.;;'>" tLr-uo .,. «„.„■. „gai., o,, «,, .uu V i^ I i \n the phu-e of ^;o,.rs i^ invar.al/b' a'' lo May, I f*at —the "^'Foivst ist \\A I t'om- lu' liotcl, and, iiiitl a rlrrsjiy- i^'ii of Divine lie t(» stop my n\islc. 1 now lunti-nanci'rt of in ou any such er of the Sal)- fv)nii'l)otly had ,ly, as 1 found iich cases, hy a q)lain, the hat l»ly an old one. (I'tod with the atroniplishod though jieoi'lc I account of her qiok'on) was in rely u delicious 't '• |T<;..turc, (nil of wif, wl... was trvint; hor wi„,.s i,, c iv T?"'; •' '""' "i'".'" ^"'i''"' '•''•"■'•■'^ ••'•♦■"-'■'" •" :.:':- i.lLff';:^n;:^;::;:!i:r;^!;::-;^',::i^;;::i;:;: IJa.lcn-IJadcn was at tliis epoch only tlie irmh./voiH ..f '•;r"' ^;''''''-:^'^''''fllV'l''-noll.in.s,a.u|.a,nh!' I "^ "ilu' I. ":"!;''' ;-"''"'^'"^ Lis <.p<'n.H there, nor i ..l v < l.t Ins concdies, ,„„•, „, |i„c., Mn.o. ,!,, S..In. I.er >"^"'l.s, towlM,l,an.ll,erlK,n.tif,,leves,Kl,ewasiMd.I. Vl ot Ifalv. At He penr a husl „ l\l ^ H eur .1. .sohu, whom s„ci,.ty, with that instinctive .kt • L on, winch IS he infallihlo characteristic of t ^ al s J^oiiu. iio IS dead, now, poor man! and witln.iit ev..|. i';?;."!'- ,Tr" ' !•" '^^''r^''' '^''^"^=^i' ''■'^ BucccHHo link lua. hol.llyathrm that she has lost .u.thin^ hy the c 1, ... rsiu il'''- VT f *''^; ''•"•^" ^'^^ ^''^' ^Jarchic;nc:ss of s !; o Mo ,s aid o have heen a partic-ular friend of Fer. n , time' t(uu '^V'"">^^''!'. ^^"^ "'"^'^ visited frequently at 1 ' time hy Mlk. ,le Mo„t, , o, ,unv Empress) I fo.m.Mn lo place ot iny hut which was new, o,/o ko ,>l,l an of «, h Hn,s;ular shape, that despite my goo.eli. WituA».po«T, r»., Monday, Jmie 15, wra. Left Elmira this mcn.i.is at 4 o'clock. Amve.l at \W - •;^--:^i;^;orcoi^i^:!^ S;.VSra™rcCfi;,\erat"i the ^laee that ..nthtds mc of the Swiss villages. 4 V. M. The town is all in commotion A dospatch has lecu received auuouuciug the mvasion of the btatc by I reniisylvania. ays iirteu dit- the Rev. Mr. told be irt but if bis brotbor, isidorod to bo S"e\v York or are nunisterB, ration roi'kons iidam Beecber- i Cabin.' The great notoriety le impassioned He is the idol hey bavc lately iitbs' voyage to \s accepted the before going to imself. y, June 15, 1863. Arrived at Wil- W ilbanisport is housand inbabi- lIs 'Ice Creain.' ,e Inland of St. ende' (a Danisb ■tubs, and where cines. The mil- the roar of her he probably tries e makes one sus- In the window hats, the formed ce baskets cmpt>/. i is an air of ease, ace that reminds ion. A despatch a of the State by /-AA- ,1A7; M-CLELLAX. 201 three columns of Uol,,].., nmn-binir on tbo ,..,mt.l Tl. , despHtrlMsp]a.,,i-dnlonu]ltlu. st.vc-t ,•<> ,■ ^ ^ V ;. ^'"' ragiT to ],„„„.„„,,„„ if, ■'""•> ■''"■0« m„ly „„.l < htatnig espionage at tlio same tim. nonfali/o lo s ^ \ ims tboy miglit otherwise renn^.ts to-niglit, Unionists to-,^oX, ^^r^.' threatening Washington .L fbrnlidZ;' fir twV"^ and with the- ,nost darimrri im HI l^^. ''' ''r"";'™""' '■*' '''« l'''^'^^'^. to be cuuceived of by any one of orl^ai; hiil^lS^^C^"'' '^ ^'"*- rTv-*"--iw'-^''' 202 SOTES OF A riANIST. ^,1 u . lint the ('onfcdorate concral and arram^t y monaoc 1 it Init the i ^^^^^^^ ^^ hauvr 's wore clays Into the ^•^^t:;;^;;^;:;'i^,^taino«B conntvy, covered Besides, 1 ^'•"J^y^^:'"''^ 5ntlnscc ed by rivers and brooks, ^vith iniponetrable ^^'^'f ;^;;"Vt^Xl J^^^ i^ ^o say, ,vith ^"^"^^^"^^^l^^^^'rVttod to «,nn^ or render inettt- ,vith all the ^^"^«^" .*^4\'^^,;" ,'T^^ ynmlly, cient the vigilanec ot ^".f^ ;^,. J' f..^^ the .estiniony ot Lee is a gr^^^S^''^"^^^" V^^JS S^^ General Scc>tt,_who '^^^'j^ it must not be forgotten l,ost strategist "^^^^^^tul to t ack the Confederates on that the 1"^'<^-''«1^//X^^tt^u themselves; and us an their own ground ;thejUt erne ^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^,^^ g,, .; V \( Another rtcsiiatfli from the Governor of ronn- d„,te.lemtos, my> tl.o ''«1« !'■ 'fiY,,^,™! ,. Thi. last town IS only loitj-n\e muc^ crowds multiply and I go out mto '^'\f'fX^,lf„^i\o^ovo the shop of increase everv ";«^{;;^-i^^l,l^^^ ot strawberries and her ;!::i£:ed llSs^^Je^Su'Lre, but the poor woman appears terribly frightened. . ^^niams- port) draws up m ^^^ttlc ar aj ^'\^' 1 ^ ^f Germans It nicessary for me to «£*^^^^^,f ^s are Germans)? (all the musieians m ^\\!'^^^l ^l^^^n ^xx^ There are five of them : ^^^X insKent), a cavernous down eo.istUution I ^P^f^^J |^^^ f e larronet too high, a 7K i;;;i rris; vi«o=y':o -t sa- u, ,oue. i II derate ctneral iind, tbimks to ananivi -s were Altered lor two onntry, covered era luul brooks, I, that is to sa.y, or render inetti- iitiou. yinally,^ le testui'.ony ot he ri-i»ellioii the not he forgotten (jontbderates on lives; and us an wi hoinlre m sit tan ci'diro j>ara honso that, even lim out"). overnor of Pcnn- to arms. The zed ^Iartinsl)urg, stown. Tliis last te capital, ■ds multiply and icforc the shop of wherries and her the poor woman one in Williama- i-incipal square ; is posed of Germans es are Germans)? ton with a hroken- ment), a cavernous irionet too high, a ilent and irascible rough their hatred ist otf its yoke. I FAMILY OF THE PATHS. 203 of .l.isVoXmins ;.c.h;,'rt''''' '"""^ ""'">■ "'"" l'an>„.m„„i of M urioo*Sn£tllWr'" "' ^^''f ■■'''"'":..•. wife groat tri,„„|,|,s l's,ii,i tlmt SAn, , fi '"•'"ov"! ««iio «o ho., la,,., uaok v-^;Xi;Ai'ii;r,a'r;,,t:H;:r """ 204 yOTESOFA PiAMsr. Is fivov.arsa-o)xvasornu.en ly^uuc-^'^"^^^^^^^ ] lor sons, httmv l?a ih . ■ tu.^ diantaute-, bravely buss.> i.rofuiulu, au.l >1V>1^' :^;X i uilv. The clnl.hr.i ot ^hiurice Htrakosc-h, a ^ ' > ;;'rv"^e better kiunvn -, C'ar- charnnn- compositions * r'!'\,^uul narvellous a-ility lotta, ^vhose -■^'l^''}}''^.^'^'^,^^ j J n<.w exeit-mg in have set wiUl the L VA^'' ,^ J^^^' '^^ { ^',i ni which Adclina London a second -^l^tf/!.,.i'^\,,e Carlo and Adelina; has gained there. ^ ^^''1' n. d\vith ; as to Carlo, thcTast Europe is already "X^V ,f ^^^ ,' ^iventurous tempor has led him to <-a>i^'''"'VX nnimerV, to New i vod the violin in a veiy.renu ku k^ 1^^^^^^^^ ^^^^,,^ Vok, ^vhere he sung, ^"^/^■^^;|\" I ^^vhelv, utter haviiig seventeen years ^^J^^l^}^^ i^i^ar led, it is said been the hero c.t ^f^''\'-^'^''^^^^^^^ be<-ame nnis cal enlisted as pnvato m ^^J^^^^IJ,^ battle bulletins, leader, ^va8 killed and i'^^"; ^^^^ ^vho to so many and is us well to-day "? f \. 1"^/,;^^^^^^ l^, 'what u iamilv 1 rnvilogcs add Jlud o tn n e ban, ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^,, ,,,,th i^Si^:^.:eSlCe3U.t enumerated. WiLL.,M8P0KT, Midnight, June 15, 1863. I .i,.ested to Strakosch that tH^^n<^rt muunmced^ to-mon-ow at Hamsburg ^-^^'^f^^^S^ to be bom- evident that people ^vho oxpec e try n^on\ ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ ; barded are not in the ^^a « ot "^M^.Ke risk we might 'Eolian Murmurs,' '^tCMto ^^ay no "V ,,,ospect v.f a run by rushing into tl^e lion den- l^^t t^ 1 ^^^^1^^^. .^^,,,. good house, and the i;'^^'"\^ \ „f ^^^^^^ . ,af ear to me. lion were exaggerated, ^.^'V^^^j^i^^^^^^.^^Vra vonng man, who At the concert this eve^ni g, 1 ^''"^[^ {• ,_^,J „ot seem- IXTEMPERANCE OF WOMAN. 20;- ;c(l tionie ft)uv or .\v Y» rkinulaU San FraiK'iseo. [Olio, Antonio, a intante-, bravely The tliiltlrfn ot iitti, niai-rifd to liianist, wlioso or kntn\ n ; Car- irvollous aiiility tiiowoxoitingin 11 whicli Ailolina rloand AdoVma; itli ; as to Carlo, lu8 udvonturous lexu'o (whoro he iimnnor) ; to ^\•^v •ood (ho was then lero, after haviiii? luarrk'd, it is said, ^•, bocamo nnisioal ly battle bullotins, ,t*, who to 80 many AVhat a t'annly '. ,.ot-arnis are worth rated? night, June 15, 1863. cert announced tor )0 given up. It is noinent to be boni- lear 'Cradle Songs, f the risk we might lit the iirositeet_i)t a le rumoui-s ot" mva- u deaf ear to me. 1 a voung man, who on til-toe, not seein- thk c.untry that m •h noise as vossible. ■ot not being able to iiisoribe thy nanio on my tablets, or have it oiK'-ravod in letters of gold, in ordor that it may l)o liandod d.iwn to the adiniratioii of posterity ! I leave to-iuorrow morning \.\v Tlarrisbnrir. Making all allowance for oxaggeration, tlu'iv is nolonrror any doubt that the ivbols are advancing towards tlie cimi- tal, and 1 begin to tiiink that unless it be a jiart of tiie i.lan of Strakosch to make me ].lay In-foro (Joneral .Jenkins and his staff, our concert to-morrow will hardly oome off. Another division, or rather army .orps, of which the ooniniand of Jenkins is only the advance, is alroadv at Car- hsl. , in the valley of the Cumborland. Jt is ooinnianded by Ewell, the general thatStoiu-wall Jackson recommendod on his death-bed, and designated as worth v of succeeding- him ui the command of the famous Stonowail briirade. 'i'his General Ewell has become famous for his rare i'ntrei.iditv. lie has a wooden leg, which helms fiistened to his sadd'le on the day of battle. Stuart, the general of cavalry of Lee's armv, is youu"-, handsome, brave, and generous. The last "in format ic'lii havmo; been given me by a lialtimore belle, stroiiirly at- tached to the Secessionists, as are almost all the laflios of Maryland, I cannot guarantee its exactitude. A woman's imagination is a deceitful prism through which she sees everytliiiig rose colour (^r everything lilack, accordiiK-- as she loves or hates the object which is reflected. This wou!d furnish, if I knew how to write, matter for a very lono- chapter, in which, acknowledging tliat it is the privilo w.^, i --- , ^^ , toroc-ious .irnpVu-ity tho nuvssacre ot a 1 c-lasses in tlu. ^.^"t .nul the 'strmiiC-iiH"(lo(l women' ot Isow Knglan 1, an h( llllmalla the aimilmation of tlu. MoClellan P^;^'!^:^: Tmhnoa with rrojn.lleoH, thoy oxeerato or ndore n j '^nc\- T.k" a law, a race, as their raiuour or their i.er: onal attc.- &wl;.em in this or that .liivetion; --^ ""^ \\l: table they hecome heroie, without susveetinsr it lil^^ '^ '; Jounlain? wh.) wrote prose without knowing it V^-V;^^ nn.l uiH-etlectintr, they commit with innocent tranknos n^nstrous crueiTies, ai which their ton.lei' natures wm^^^^^ revolt if the hlin.hiess of their passion . ul not a n >t alwavs prevent them from seeing rationally ami soheil^ -nV^ i^ou .nvinir entire faith to the stories ot .lewels inade f o lon^s cra-rhercl on the hanle-fiehls I will cite that v,>man of the South, who burst into laughter <'" ^_;;;:"g/[« funeral procession pass by of a young K.lera ^ J ,^' ' V "Y, noar Uaton-Koiige ; and that young mad woman ot the ^ oi tli, A_- ])— 1, untbrtunately endowe.l with eloquence, who, tor some time has gone about '1^;:^'!^"^' F^^-J;;;;!^;!!! rtho uisc H 'S";oo'mX;;;;e";;;;;;;iB'vi;e'rebeis-and ti^ ..>.»«. What do I say? The ladies of BaltinK>re o > ashvi k^ and St. Louis, crying as loud as they can baxl, llunali J^^ Jetferfon Davil'^ in the presence of woundeimi attW'- crvoas nii; with ■ses in the 8outh ; V England, who in party, heeausc and the women, re, of Nashville, II hawl, "Hurrah ounded Federals, Hags, and making ited States passes osc of drawing on lent, or of render- jmies of the latter and my beautiful •ovoking the offi- 'neahle the regrct- ht it liis duty to_ ■nt on account of re is what a young this subject : "On f that I was above my mind to con- ?oon, I admit, the the women that I placed their hand- ne, or wiped their dross if they had touclu.d mo in ,,assinir, tlio affectation th winch tlu.y walkod in the n.ud in iho nudX , f . 3 1*"::': ':;; :;; ^^^it ^^^ i-— t wia-re i v:' ;: • vol i;,7 1 r ''f^'^.l'>"i'"i>'t annoyan.vs, i., a i|.;rection, and to .sp.. hk; t;^-;,;; ;:;;:;; ;;i:;;,i:r iinmiliiition that von I'liy, and eausc-d me u sort of ],ainful liumiiii.Tion tint von r^i"""t irnagme; and neverthdc.ss these insn Iv ' h , .M ^r ' „"o^^'<^ver, witliont m.11 ;„ su t an ofheor or soldier in the streets will be c . i, L* 1 .'," m,t con.-ern me. Is it diffienlt to Jndire by this a .^•.. t 0:^:^7^^' a-1 eonsecfuently h!ul noticing to li;^ J « I do not like war, and military glory affects me but shditly when it is not jnstiti..lI>y^iV.at pri Sn .! I almn war and that of the war of Llepe Lie ee in Hdi^l^l;:] ^;\r"j''^- .^^-"^--i-i womJ^ « ct^ es t bo V^^^V r^^^ odious as soon as their nussion 'Ladv do For i- V'^^^^'-'T'. V^ ^-''""ty, and devotion. SMy do lorli, of wliom Mach ave speaks, was -m nn natural mother, an in.leeent v,raffo ; C'la riot e C oril v ^" tJieboutl and North, who phu-e themselves in their b-d i with . ,l/H.+i, 1 !>', . """. '""n iiisuu, Tiie august m horror! ^ '^''^'^''^'''8 ndieulous emblems, till me It is one o'cloc\- in the morning. Thev beat the 'to ear't^me" "° "'^' '''"^"■^'' ^^mkoseh turns u .leaf 208 ,\OTES OF A riAMST. CIIArTEE X. T....O IP, 4 o'clock in tlio morning. Wiu.iA.MflPOUT, June It*. * " '^'"'^"- i- ,., ^^\^(^ novcrnor onU'rs all tuo c leaves for •>"'"*'"t:V,l's; ,,K Army. Sad war! SSli;S;;r£to teU\\,a„.» in „.ir ,.,„., I,TI.ECAR9ONT«BB0AD.0llAKn.SDUno. BecMly, Hagorstown ;. jn l^-^t^i^^tiSi^'S rates. The Govem()r enjoins the iun|<^ 1 ,^^ ^^ ^ij^. a '--oine of u, u. all this 1P.M. A mile tlus side of Ilarrlshurir the road ^^ • ",!""- ,'•>,"" ^li« l«ime'"^e muHH of mereliandi^i. eh- iuh for the last twelve hourn has been c..nec' tte^^^^^ e town to avoid capture o- burniuir by the v Is The ui; natl-hv-^ Th ^^'''^'S' }'^^ '"-'K^over 'Ihe 5„4 ^ iian .1— w |,j .^ j|,e anxiety niereasfs. ('an voii .Mm... Un urn; hm^ mo.v temhl. than the expe..tatio^ ,/ ,.e^^ u" ;; .K .fly-n.fbrted, and the i.lia Jt^iZ t he S "; ^ at thiH tune is not at all encoura-inj;. JJut the U . st . . iHK ...the middle of the bri-l.^efthS sile,^ , I'Sn 1^ the so htude whieh surrounds us, the river whoLTo a I tremuloiLs waves murmur beneath our feetTaud abmx. our iKnoranee of what is taking? plaee in from an \vl I w aJk ot U\ enty minutes. Wc fine at the enti-ance of tbo depot pik.s, nay mountains of trunk., encunibe • h he w pneot the mountains has been tunnell... v n.; V -^i* locomotive. . l>ise.nbowelledV.-mS^^ ..o^, i ! J; ! "Ii:^ iS-;n^^^^^ ni.„ o. f " ^ ^"^ J"*^' ^^"^'^'^ « ^^'m^'^ of my two pianos-the cowardly mastodons—TChi .kerinir fom-iZ „, u snu-ly lying m a corner and in i^foc-t healt b ^^ '^ 'f "^ mas^Klons .vhidi Chickering nl.ul^^ pj ' ^ ^'^Z Hi ou mo m all my i.eregri nations. The tail if the e Vnon- ster pianos measures three feet in width. Their S.Zis 210 NOTES OF A PIAMST. ton fcot- tlH'V liuvo Hov.'n nn.l a l.alf o.H4ivc«, nn«l wUli tlu' . ::l:/tl.l lonni.h.l.U; aPP— - '''TVn: 'n;"'^ ,,„.l olK..ru«nt .Iccilitv to tl..- least Miowmfnt ot i .> ln.^,.1^. r l'l«Tn« So,.H (Ol.i.k.nnK, flu; fatlu-r, the «;""<;' •h- la our an.r.onstrurtiv. talent, .mven tor none t urn. nVt a mu'nse in,,.nlsi..u to the n.anutaetnre ot jnanos. Ci n a.-t<.rie. at UoHton tun. out tortv-two |.,an.H a !v ' ^/ K V ' hun.lre.l worknu., ..re eonstantiy euM-loved n. them The later instrunu'nts, eonHtruete.l on new no.lels oi Their ou'l Invention, rival, if they do not .my..^ the hnest ^'ySowtlS "^V l>-a'-t l-"t at the hlea of leaving, these t. > ; "e";:,n^aniis of n.y lite ex,<.se.l to t k- c .n,ars ot a hoinhanhnont or an attack hy assau t. ';,'•; I'erh-iiH to-mon-ow you will have lived ! ^ «>u w dl pioD- ihwXr^o kd the tine hivouae.iire -^ ^^!l^ ^^^T'Z (' nfederate soldier, who will sec with an m.litlerent e>o ^; Mlirmonious howels consumed -itho.d any jvganl h. the three hundred concerts which you luixe sunnul a. tile ti. Wity with which you have L.llowed mo in my "^¥;;"Sy^S^;S to he attacked every moment Thivo thou and i.ers,U arc at work throw n|i up ^'''trcnehmo , .. The clerjxy (many hundred persons), m a meet ng wh h took V lace on this Kuhject, have placed themselves at the Vspommi of the Goveinor, to he employed jor 1k> de encc of the city. TriestH, pastors, rcctoi-s, ministers ot all aen^ii:^fcnB,are at't4 monvent -J^ged "i wd.ecding h-irrowa full of earth and in digging P^« Vf, • -K Daiiowa i"'' *'; » ,. ^ y j^ to send this evening twoTthre S^^^^ ^'-- X-k f^ 'ir ^.c^'lT eont^i^ont. The ^vc.ith Ke^mei. ot J^ X-itional Guards s already on the wa\. llns "^^-gi"^^"}' wh we fine .liscipline Prince Napoleon so mtua. admired s romv>ose of yo ing men of the aristocracy ot the nuprad city Many other rogimentB of volunteers aye soon o follow Evcryhody here exce).t women ami children ap- peal disnoe-V to ifght. The llishanded otiicers and men S the last nine months' levies have met and re-tormod their old regimentis. sh\sAT/<>\.t/. \/:\is. •Jll inl iu-s>) l.av«', l»y r Homo timo I IV of itiinios. -two iiianos a ■ fiii|iloyt'tl ill \c\v iimdi'lrt of (iisH till' tinrHt loaviiig those lie cliaiKTrt of I'oor iiiatios! 'on will proVt- H)iiu' ohsfuro iiditl'i'ivnt «'yo my rt'gard for Hurvivi'd aiul d me ill my omeiit. Three ,'ntreiulimeiit<*. neotiiig which mselves at tlie for the defence init«ters of all 'i\ in wheeling lor the shari»- ud this eveinng York also fur- ttiment of the I'his regiment, nch admired, is of the imperial rs are soon to lid children ap- fticerrt and men and re-formod p. P. "SI. A halt. TV nf lu-lilicry parses :it full trailM|,. AVe arc crushed in tin- iiiid>t tif tlic crowd, .loins's ilniil is u ([iiarter of n mile oil". XnnicroiH groups Ktand iM-fore tli(» telegra|ili otiii'c. Tlie l-i'liels, file dcs|iiili lies jiuiioMiiee, are ciglilecu miles oil". All llie sliops are closed, juid most of the liouscs from the garret to the ct-lliir. " Decidedly our coiKcrt is done fori" exclnims iim jiiteous voice my poor Stiakosch, A\lin has just returned froui u voyug*' of discovery. The retlcction is u rather late oii", and nroves that my excellent I'rienil and agent is n hopetul yoiitli, and trusts to the last, like Micauher, that sonu-- thiiig w ill ' turn up.' The hotel is ovi'rruii hy a noisy crowd, in which [ recognize manv Xew York rcjiortcrs, sent in haste hv tlu' great journals ui the hope f)f furnishing their reailcrs'with sensational news. Sensational news is a new svnoiivme for 'u canard.' The three preti'iidcd captures ot' Charleston, and that of \'ickshurir, a yi'ar ago, tlu,' death of .Icffcrsoii |)avis, anf iii;/(ir. ":^/ M Jain unni Th. (w.v.n...-, i.y u i"--!;;'";';;:;;;' 1 Ua ., tlu. Htatc" ill which tho city i- at |.ivKcnt, it t U! ;;^l!i:kV^:LncinK they will take tw ,,■„,.. ahlc to luako the leant resistance.. It '^^Z";; ' ho ci ti/.cnH aro u.hUt anus or working uj.on J';, '^■ ai.is- hnt these fortitications,thr..wn np ni a tew houi-s, ^e i cJ, III or sustaining an attack |. r!jf., a.nK .n -my ea'o will n..t l.o of any use unless the Cunledorutes guo tiiuJ lor the ilefence to ho organize.l. I see -ill alon" the river great clou.ls, of diiHt; it is tioni thJ iKTels o c Ttlo whic-h the iVightenc;! fanners arc . riv- ig tow mis the mountains, in hopes of hahng tl.en. im tlu; rehels The ivport spreads that a spy has )Ust beeti n Uel A vcmng inanwh..Nvasw(.rking on the tort.ti- eato was k'ille.l^ moment ago hy falling from an em- ha knu^ twenty-four feet high. (!reat ^'onstenmio ! Gtneml Miln.y, a>mman.li.g the avant-guardof the K lo- rd A n v hastn defeated • Visossness of ckildhood, whu-li tof- L'ets the tr()nl)k"s of the evening, and eonceak with a golden veil tlic darkness of tlie morrow. lie accompanied me tor ci<'hteen months through all my travels in Spam. Kamoii soon became cckhratetl. His ' (iracia,' his ' Sal Andaluza, the history of his ad')ptioii, and his embroidered leggings, maf fear, » Sefior, I know the bouses ; it is here where mv > padre' beat me so much." ^ l.e croNvd, dmwii by this touclin- scene, commenced with ;hat kindness for strangei.-, which diaracteri.es the people of Andalusia to ninrninr loudlv against 'My Lord' (everything in Andalusia A\hK i is not Spanish is 1^:nLrlish or French) who wished to sepa- rate a child from its lawful guardians. ,T „ t, Thev made Ramon understand that he had nothing to fear, tliat he was at home, that I had no more right over him ; but the poor little fellow, little reassured by the idea lankatoaoom- n, and thanks i()(l, which for- with a f>j()l(leu panied nic for pain. Kaniou iako me.) Iliat did not ai.pear to be the wish of the crowd ; as the ones, "Lot us rail the alcalde; to prison with the kidnapi)er ot children! made themselves heard. I endeavoured to make an explanation. "Xo a la careel." I must refe; "t to the decision ot t^eiior Corregidor, and here we are on the Auiy, i at tiio lu'ad, IJanion hanging on to mv greatcoat, and the crowd pressmg on my heels. The Corregidor was fortu- JS, •^;.'P!./'""''f^ ^"^"'- ^I« li'-^'l lic'ard ine in Madrid. Ala toi, J.e said to me, "I can do nothing in this matter; the child has a iather, it is for him to decide." His father alter having boen a horse dealer at fairs, some years since joined con amore the armed contrabandists. Having, at the moment when he had brouglit one of his commercial operations to a haj^py conclusion, met a refrac- tory custom-house officer, he had very gently dispatched hull with a blow of a 'Xavaja.' -^ » ^ i The knite was found near the corpse, Father Ramon was arrested, confessed, and had just been condemned to l)e garroted, that is to say strangled (the punishment still used m t^pain). He was in a cell on the erround tloor of the Careel publica. Without taking the trouble of enterin.r the prison, the Corregidor, who had wished me well, took charge ot the negotiation, and as Ramon, myself, and the crowd (now the entire town) had followed, explained to Jiiin the state of affairs— the windows of the cell walled up to the hei^ght of six feet terminated by an iron gratini whuh, while It permitted the light to enter, prevented tlTc' prisoner trom seeing out or being seen. " A rich English- man (. ? ) shouted the Corregidor to him, » has adopted your son Ramon AV ill you authorize him to take him with him into his own country?" Soon a doleful voice was heard! -My son Ramon, the child of my bowels, Jesus Maria A irgin del Carmen ! Abandon him to an English- man ; \ on cannot think of it, Senor CoriViridor !" "lie is right," said the crowd ; and I avow I did hut "know well 21G NOTES OF A PIAMST. xvlnt to answer. I lookcl at Ramon ; ho had such a i.itifnl :!untonanr Uslook was so elo,nent, that 1 felt wilhn. to luakc. a last atten.i.t. I .losiml the (V.rrc-ulor to dnve awa the erowd and i-ennit me to sneak privately if^^^^^ walled wuxlow hetween ns) .vith father Kan.on. In .ho. t the result of the eonsultation was that at he end ot nxe mimites, the softened erowd could see two hands issue he- tween the Lars of the window (ahsolutely as in the tine pie- tuieof Panl Delaroche representing Lord Mattord when he receives tlic henedictiou of m which we perceive only the hands). I pot upon a stone, I |.lace< «;";'<; r/,^. three dollars into one of the extended ha.us, and led a n a the son of Mr. Ramon, who his lather decla.r.l he alan- oned to mc as my entire y-roperty. The people apphu.lj U felicitated Ramon, still hlue from fright, cne< out A n. el inSesl" reconducted me as far as the vesse , an.l woulu have carried me in triumph if my natural modes y an.l m^ imi'.tiint desire to ho rid of my new friends had not heen opposed to it. Haurisdcro, Juno 16, 4 P. M. The tocsin sounds, the drums heat a call t<. arms. ^Mili- tary hands parade the streets, playing national a'rs t c national flag is home amid acclamations, and produces an Sesl^Jihahi; enthusiasm. i^^test.^r,hivt at tlj. mm^^^ I feel as if I should love to he a soldier, ^o?'/ /^^^'l • ^^ ^''^^ doe. military enthusiasm. amount to? A little musu a ™t deal c/ noise, arms which glitter in the sun and the y-o vd who look on! Admirahle Bimphcit^' <.t means, vhila would appear providential^ to me it 1 '^^^:^J^ member that hoth siitiful Ic'lt willing: to r to drive mvay tely (save the ioi\. In ^■llOl•t, the end of rive hands issne lie- in the rine j>i(- aftord when he I'h we iiereeivo [U-ed eantionsly ,and I led away flared he ahan- [>l)le ayiphmded, •ied out, "Viva ssel, and wonld nodesty and my la had not been Juno 10, 4 P. M. to arms. !Mili- tional airs ; the md ]>ro(Uu'es an t at this moment Stood God! \vhat L little ninsie, a the snn, and the iieity of means, if I did not re- ements of enthii- uently the same ire the martyrs? n Davis decrees mifest protection ; Lincoln orders I of his favour to 5 and of civiliza- that the Govern- iudcpeudenco of FLIGHT AT llARRISnCRG. 217 the South, and inflames the ardour of its troops in the name of the same lilierty whi«h at Wnshiiiirton I'k'ctritii-s the jiopulation of the Xorth, and puts on toot an army of a million men to repulso the pretensions of the South. "jJoth, iKMU'trated by the sanctity of their cause, cut each otlier's throats in emulation of one another, and dn- like hi-roes! Moral: nian is a machine more lu'rvous than thouirlitinl, a voltaic jdle clothed with Hesh, which jrives sj)iirks and shocks when we know how to heat it. It does not l>cIoni^ to me to touch here these great questions, in order to resohe them, or to mix myself in the troubles that disturb my iinhapjiy country. I have my opinions, but they matter little. What was I thinking of, to "o and throw myself among the briers of ].olitics 'i When I give my \)v\\ license it runs at random and does a thousand foolisir things, like a female iiarrot let loose in a guava tree. One train leaves at rive o'clock, another left at two o'clock. I doubt if the one which is promised us can ac- commodate the constantly increasing crowd of four or five thousand pei-sons which presses into and around tlie station. ]-,itters are ]irovided for the sick, many arc occupied by wounded soldiers, who will not be left here. Immense trains of merchandise continue to ai/ive. The jianic in- creases. It is no longer a fiight, it is a flood,- -a general suij^ .iii-oadv made to-day a tolerable. Remember tl^t I !»• ^f ' ^f ,4^, from here to journey of .even hours ad a J^ »y»'^^ ander- i'hila.lelphia th.'re is as \"^/;^/X^^^ just knl mc to stand how I curse }^yjf^^ eiovoranei and audacity give my seat, which h> /^; \;^^\ J'^^ ,,,,^ lady. She (the Shad succeeded m capturing, to a )om g; ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ young lady) did not ';y^'";.';^^/sX' among the ladies vide.*H>reud error m ^>^. f " {^'\,^^^ been willing to (not olie of my tcinalc i"^"^^^;^J^ believing themselves Unowlc^gc it), -l';;^^-;f^^,n;i^;^ons Wards the exempted from all "">' '^^^ ^ ^^^ ,,>gards as an impre- lu-rson "-^^"I'tlnMak ralt.>g^^^ only the resiilt seriptible right ^^\vA, taku a « ^^ ^.^^y^^., to whom m of voluntary homage. Ut t^^"; \;\-^,^. ^r for whom I have xny travels I have S^'^^^'^^.u^v, or ottered my lowered a window or P^i^k^ ^^V ;,,i,^ hand to get down, I Im »^ ^ .f ^Xlly abstahied from sevcn-eigliths « . t\-" ^^J^^ ,^ K I reld TroUope on the thanking mc. t P J*' ,y;.f, "J"^ ^his reserve to an exception rnited States,! had a inhuted^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^,^.^,^^ j ^ made in my i'^^'^l^^'v "^.'V^.^^S^ of the charming smile wHUi ni^-SMHMHM LAST VESTIGE OF CHIVALRY. 219 the liVmaing l)U>aiir' (Do ill ' Ma taiite iiness had you •ountcd. thirty arouml them, kiiii,' and bel- ri-ibic troop ot al flood. iisists of eight thousand per- 'he women arc ding, and the room ^vhich_l3 the heat is in- made to-day a it from here to •on may under- jnst led me to ce and audacity lady. She (the jejing in this a uong the ladies heeu willing to i-ing themselves m "towards the ds as an impre- only the result idie.H to whom in jY whom I liavo ,r, or ottered my pocket-l)ook that abstained from ;l TroUope on the to an exception 1 star which had e charming smile ■r sex pays to trie of which I ba^'tJ TroUope, are the same prerogatives that all my brothers of the ruder sex enjoy. Gallantry', the ladies should not forgot, no longer grows on oarth as in the days of chivalry; it is the last vestige of an epoeli when many things were believed in wliicli are since (lead ; it is to-day a delicate flower, a hot-house plant wliich would die if it was refused the fecundating ravs of their smiles. Ihit it is two o'clock in the morning.' AVV are at riiiladelphia. Fifteen liours and a half of railroad in one day, without con. Mng our emotions! The devil take the poets who dare to sing the pleasures of au artist's life. .Tuno 17, 180... Left rhiladelphia at C P. :M. for Xew Brunswick. ^Yc are stopped on the road for three hours ; it is eleven and a-half o'clock. We are stationaiy. The road having only one line, we arc obliged to wait on a turn-out for a convoy of soldiers who left New York at six o'clock and are to ])ass us at this station. It is probable that an accident lias happened to it. In the mean time it looks as if we arc to jiass the night here. Our locomotive has left us on a voyage of discovery. July 13. Concert at Xcw London to-day. The drawing for re- cruits has begun. That which was feared is now being realized: the lower class — the Irish — resist. The tele- grajih has just announced to us that they have set Are to the buildings where tlie drawings take place. They are armed. The authorities have ordered out the re,u--rt) a .Inr basket of tt..mMV. Al.nost all my l-uro. uove ; re " After the last i-l-re, an oM gentleman eaiue f an