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ST-oung man, very poor, very modest, and
giaatly beloved by his comrades This
youDg man, in order to assist his old mo
ther, united the functions of chorister to
the more lucrative employment of jour
neyman tailor. One day when he had
■taken to Noaari’s house a pair of panta
loons, that illustrious singer, after looking
at him earnestly, said to him kindly’:
“It appears to me my good fellow, that
I have seen you somewhere-'’
“ Quite likely, sir ; you may have
seen me at Theatre, where I take a patt
in the choruses.”
“ Have you a go>d voice?”
” Not remarkably, sir. I can, with
great difficulty, reach Sol.”
41 Lat me see,” said Nozari, going to
the Piano; ‘ begin the gamut.”
Our chorister obeyed, but when he
reached Sol he stopped short, out of
breath. *
“Sound La—come, try,” said Nozari.
“ Sir, I cannot.”
“ Sound La, you lool.”
” La, La, La.”
41 Sound Si.”
“ My d*>ar sir, I cannot.”
“Sound Si, I tell you, or I’ll—”
“ Don’t get angrv, sir, I’ll try. La, Si,
La, Si, Do.” ‘ f
“I told von so,” said Nozari, with a
voice of triumph. “And now, my good
fellow, I will say only one word to you.
If you will only study and practice yon
will become the first Tenor in Italy.”
Nozari was right. The poor chorister,
who, to gain his bread, had to mend
breeches, possesses now a fortune of two
millions, and is called Rublni.
We have before remarked that there
are systems which run into extremes,
both of technicality and simplicity. The
following is an instance of the latter: A
Highland piper having a scholar to teach,
•thus initiated him into a knowledge of
semibreves, minims, crotchets, and qua
vers—“here, Donald,” said he, “take
your pipes, my lad, and give us a blast.
So, very well, indeed ; but what is sound,
Donald, without sense? You may blow
on to all eternity without making a tune
of it, if I do not tell you how the queer
things on that paper must help. You
see that fellow with the white, round,
open face, (pointing to a semibreve be
tween two lines of a bar) he moves slow
ly from that line to this, while you beat
one with your foot, and take a long blast.
If now, you put a leg to him, you make
two of him, and he’ll move twice as fast;
if you blacken his lace thus, he’ll run
four, times faster than the fellow wiih the
white face; and what, think ye, after
blacj ieninjj-his face thus, if you bend- his
w iiqrfhis leg, he will bojryou stilt
■ffghl'times \faster than the wh
Mellow I showed*fou first ? Now when
ever you blow your pipes Donald, re
member this, the tighter those fellows
legs are tied, the faster they will run, and
the quicker they are sure to dance.”
There is a great evil (if not an evil, at
least a great drawback to the advance
ment of Church music) which predomi
nates throughout the South, especially in
the country. We allude to the practice
of reading a line or a couplet nt a time
■while singing a hymn. This practice
first arose from the scarcity ol Hymn
books, and why it is kept up at this’ en
lightened day is rather a matter of won
der. The old excuse will not do, for
there are plenty of Hymn books to be
had, and so very cheap that every one
can buy them. This practice ought to be
abolished, for it not only ruins the music
but in some instances completely destroys
the sense of the words. When line by
line was sung in olden times, in the
meeting houses, sad work was often made
with the meaning of the Psalmist. For
instance—
“ The Lord will come find ho will not,”
After that line, the next is,
“ Keep silenco but speak out.”
Each line is a contradiction of itself
separately, but by a proper union becomes
a truthful expression.
Some may think that this is bringing
forward an extreme case. Even admit”
ting that it is, every one will admit that
the music sounds better without the con
tinual interruptions that must occur
where the practice is followed. Every
one that is accustomed to singing much
in Church, knows that they can sing bet
ter when they have a book and can see
the words for themselves. If the old
custom was abandoned, those who could
sing and would sing, would provide them
selves with Hymn books—the music
would not only be improved, but very
many ludicrous mistakes would be avoid
ed, such as singing the text, &c.
While on this subject, we beg leave to
introduce a little anecdote that occurs to
our mind.Jwhich is rather in point. In
olden times, when it was the custom in
many parts. of New England (and is still
the custom all over Georgia) to sing the
Psalms and Hymns by “deaconing”
them, as it is called—that is, by the dea
cons reading each line previous to its be
ing sung. One of these Church dignita
ries after working at his book some time,
and making several aitenr.pts to spell the
words, apologized for the difficulty he
experienced in reading, by observing,
** My eyes, indjod, are very blind.”
The chorister, who had been impatiently
waiting for a whole line, thinking this to
be the first of a common metre hymn,
immediately sang it, accompanied by the
whole congregation, who were without
books. The good deacon exclaimed with
emphasis—
I cannot sen at all.”
This, of course, they all snng, when
the astonished deacon cried out in a
mazement—
“ T really believe yon are bewitched,”
which was also sung bv the congregation,
when the deacon thinking they were ma
king fun of him, added,
“ The mischief’s in von all.”
The congregation finished the verse by
echoing the last line, and the deacon sat
down in despair.
Again. There are some who are
fond of music, but owing to their entire
ignorance ol the science are continually
producing discords in Church, which has
a very unpleasant effect. To such we
would say, either learn how to singfor do
not try in Church so long as you know
nothing about it. Others, again, who
really knotf"fffiw losing, and have very
harsh voices, have taken up the mis
taken idea that to sing well they must
sing loud. To such we would say. curb
your voices so that they may blend with
others who are singing with you ; if you
cannot do this, do not sing at all.
A young man at a social party was ve
hemently urged to sing a song. He re
plied that he would first tell a story, and
then if they still persisted in their de
mand he would endeavor to execute a
song.
When a boy, he said, he took lessons
in singing, and one Sunday morning he
went up into his father’s garret to prac
tice alone.
While in full cry he was suddenly sent
for by the old gentleman. “This is pret
ty conduct, said the father, pretty em
ployment for the son of pious parents to
be sawing boards in the garret on a Sun
day morning loud enough to be heard by
all the neighbors; set down and take
your book.”
The young man was unanimously ex
cused from singing the proposed song.
Again, there are many churches that
feel greatly the need of a good chorister;
if every member of the church under
stood music, this would not be the case,
and church members would not be so of
ten mortified at the bungling manner in
which tunes are raised, and the frequent
mistakes of one metre lor another; to say
nothing of the unsuitableness of tunes to
the words to which they are applied.—
We are taught iu all works on sacred mu
oic, pieces of music.fiji the minqf
modo'are generally best adopted to words
of sadness and supplication, affliction ;
while the major mode is most appropriate
to words of praise, joy, thanksgiving, &c.
Unless the chorister understands music,
it is obvious that it is a mere chance
whether he select a suitable tune to the
words to be sung. All who have ever
tried to raise a tune in church know how
very mortifying it is to make a failure,
that is, to get about half through the line
and find out you have selected the wiong
metre.
For instance: At the meeting of a
church the Paster gave out the hymn—
“ I lovo to stoal awhile away,”
when the chorister commenced singing,
but owing to some difficulty in selecting
the right metre, could proceed no farther
than—
“ I love to steal,”
which he did three or lour times succes
sively ; when the clergyman, in order to
relieve him from his dilemma, waggishly
remarkd that, “ it was very much to be
regretted, ’* and added, let us pray.
As to the value of a musical education,
apart Irom the pecuniary benifits to be
derived from it, we will merely quote the
language of Horace Walpole, addressed
to the Countess of Ossery, he says : “Had
I children, mj utmost endeavors would
be to breed them musicians; considering
I have no ear nor yet thought of music,
the preference seems odd, and yet it is
embraced on frequent reflection ; in short
madam, as my aim would be to make
them happy, 1 think it the most probable
method. It is a resource which will last
their lives, unless they grow deaf; it de
pends on themselves, not on others, al
ways amuses and soothes, if not consoles;
and of all fashionable pleasures it is the
cheapest.’’
The imaginary music of the spheres is
a doctrine of gieat antiguity ; since we
find allusion to it in the Holy Scriptures.
Job, chapter 38, speaks of the creation
“VVhen the morning stars sang togeth*
er and all the sons ol God shouted for
j°y-”
Among the ancient writers, this wa3 a
subject ot philosopical enquiry. Pythag
oras and Piato were ot the opinion that
the muses constituted the soul of the
planets in our system, and the desciples
ot both these celebrated Philosophers of
Harmony. The Pythagoriaus maintained
an opinion which many ol the poets have
adopted, that music is produced by the
motion of the spheres m their several or
bits, that the names ot sounds in all prob
ability, were derived from the seven stars.
Pythoguras says that the whole world is
formed according to musical proportion.
Plato asserts that the soul of the world is
conjoined with musical proportion.
Sir Isaac Newton was of the opinion
that the principles of harmony pervaded
the universe, and gives a proof of the
general principle from the analogy be
tween colors and sounds.
From a number of experiments made
on a ray of light with the prism, he found
that the primary colors occupied spaces
exactly corresponding with those inter
vals which constitute the octave in the
provision of a musical chord ; and hence
he has obviously shown the affinity be
tween the Harmony of colors and musi
cal sounds,
Shakepeare, Milton, Dryden, Mason
and other eminent poets, all seem to fa
vor the Pythagorean system The first
of these, whose vast mind grasped the
whole creation, with its internal mechan
ism at once, thus happily alludes to the
subject in his play of the Merchant of
Venice—
“ There is not the smallest orb which thou
Bvholdest, but in his motion like an angel sings,
Still choiring to tho young-eyed Ghdrubims.
Such harmony is in immortal souls |
But whilst this muddy vesture of decay
Doth grossly close it in, wo cannot hoar it.”
Fresh fuss with Spain —The Phil
adelphia Bulletin notices a rumor that a
fleet hai been ordered immediately to
Havana, though it does not trace the ru
mor to any relitble source. The ‘dif
ficulty’ appears to be as follows :
An American citicen died in Mantan
zas, and the consul took charge of his ef
fects, sealing them ip with the seal of
the cousulate. The Alcalde requested
that the seal might lie opened, so that,
in accordance with t well known law,
an inventory of the effects of the deceas
ed might be taken. The consul refused
to allow this, the Alcalde reported the
refusal to the Captain General, and the
Captain General ordsred that the law
should be Hereupon Dr
Worrell feels himself* and through him,
his republic, insulted, and packs up his
carpet bag for home. By tfiis time the
carpet bag and overburdened feelings
are unpacked and theitory of his wrongs
is probably laid before the powers nt
Washington we await with intense anx
iety the proceedings on the Worrell case.
The amoui of indemnity claimed is not
yet announced.
Kossuth on the fall of Sebasto
pol.—The New York Time publishes a
letter from Kossuth in relation to the fall
of Sebastopol the leading idea of which
seems to b$ that the allies are very much
inThe orlfie won an
elephant in a raffle—they will not know
what to do with tho fortress now that
they have got it. He gives it as his ‘de
cided opinion that the prospects of peace
are rather lessened than otherwise by the
fall of the south of the town,’ and still
insists upon the belief that it ‘was a great
mistake that the allies chose that point
for an attack on Russia.’ After alluding
to the fall of Sebastopol, he says:
‘What, then, is next to come? In my
opinion, for the next winter, the cam
paign will probably be restricted to the
Crimea, and next year it wilt still con
tinue there; while, on the other hand,
the naval operations in the Baltic will
be resumed with augmented forces, and
on a more effective scale.’
What will Austria Do.—The most
conclusive answer to this vexata questio
was lately given as follows, by T hiers
when the question was put to him :
‘lf we beat the Russians on the Tcher
naya, the Court of Vienna will offer its
congratulations to our Ambassador—if
we take the Malakoff an express Envoy
will be sent to us—should Sebastopol fall
into our hands, the Austrian ammunition
wagons will be dispatched towards Gal-
I'.cia to take cartridges to the armv—
should we become absolute masters of
the Crimea, the entire army will be put
on a footing—and if we sign a treaty of
peace, Austria will then be ready to open
the campaign.’
Suicide in the Bridal Chamber
M iss Clara Haskins was found dead in
her bridal dress and chamber near Natch -
ez, Mississippi, on the 2d ult., After be
ing dressed by her bridesmaids, she re*
quested them to retire for a short time,
and when they returned they found her
lying lifeless upon her couch, with an
emtpy vial which had contained prussic
acid still clasped in her hand. She had
adopted the desperate alternative of self
destruction rather than marry a man she
could not love in obedience to parental
authority.
It is stated that the war has already
imposed upon Turkey expenses to the
amount of over 500,000,000 frances, of
which 220,000 000 had been met from its
own resources, and 80 000,000 would be
provided lor by the new loan, guaranteed
by the Western Powers.
A Drawing Room Test—You gen
erally tell how popular vou are with a
lady by the length ot time she keeps you
waiting whilst dressing to receive you.
©iir ©a?®# *
Is published by authority of the
Southern Musical Convention.
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Hamilton, Oct 17. 1855.
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until they have settled the bills and ordered
theirs discontinued.
4. If Subscribers remove to other places
without informing the publishers, and the
newspapers are sent to the former direction,
they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decided that refus
ing to take newspapers from the office, or
removing and leaving them uncalled for.
is prima facie evidence of intentional fraud.
6. The United States Courts have also
repeatedly decided, that a Postmaster who
neglects to perform his duty of giving rea
sonable notice, as required by the Post Of
fice Department, of the neglect of a person
to take from the office newspapers addres
sed to him, readers the Postmaster liable
to the publisher for the subscription price.
(ET Our Correspondents will confer a
special fivoi if they will use but one side
of a page of paper when writiugfor the Or
gan. Also, number the pages at the top.
To tho citizens of Harris County
who aro in any way connected with the
Party known as tho American Party, it is
respectfully suggested that they meet at
their several Court Grounds on Saturday,
the 3d day of November, and select, in any
way they think best, five Delegates, to meet
in Hamilton on Tuesday. Gth day of the
same month, for the purpose of nominating
candidates to fill your County offices.
All the friends are respec:fully Invited to
participate equally.
FTRE!
On Sunday evening last our citizens
were aroused by the cry of fire, which was
discovered to proceed from the kitchen of
Mr. Richard Ragland. When first discov*
ered the entire roof wasenvelnppfi in flames.
The dwelling house took fire in several pla
ces. and seemed doomed To destruction, Gut
the almost super-human eff rts of our citi
zens finally conquered the destroying ele
ment. The men were stimulated to their
duty by the uoble example of the ladies,
who'were out in force, and lent material
aid in subduing the flames. One, we learn,
mutilated her hands in her praiseworthy
efforts.
The origin of tho fire is not well ascei*
tained. It is believed, however, to have
been the work of an incendiary. No per
son was on the premises atMie time. Mr.
Ragland sustained a small loss in die break
age of furniture, &c.
The Georgia Platform —The above is
the title of a Newspaper recently establish
ed at Calhoun, Ga., and edited by G. J
Fair. Terms, $2 in advance.
Said paper is devote I to politics, civil and
religious liberty, leaning quite heavily ou
ihe side of Democracy—whether it io the
Hard 9 or the Softs, we are unable to say,
We suppose, however, from the title, that
it tolerably Hard Shell.
We somewhat regret that we cannot res
pond on the same subject, (politics) as ours
is a Musical sheet, and dabbles uot in po
litical things; yet we would have been
pleased to have sung a song for the express
benefit of those who are about to launch
the Boat described in his issue of No. 6;
and more especially to stimulate the passen
gers up Salt River. We would like, also,
to blow the trumpet of alarm, to notify al
the people that the Boat is on her passage,
and destined to her port of fame, but out
neutrality forbids, and we must forbear,
otherwise we would prepare the music for
the strings of the Editor that would sounc
in tones equal to old Yankee Doodle or the
American Star.
(t/ 5 * A letter at Washington from Grey
town states that Col. Kinney’s election is
uot recognized by the property holders of
Sau Juan ; that the Spanish residents have
sent in a protest against it; and the British
Consul and the commandei of the British
man of war Eurydice, have refused to re
cognize the new Government.
05 s * It is stated that a messenger has
been sent to Copenhagen with dispatches
! to our Minister, which will prevent any
trouble with Deumark.
03” It is rumored that Santa Anna has
been iu the city of Washington several days,
privately quartered iu the house of Geu’l.
Almonte.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.
New York, Oct. 10th.
The Royal Mail Steamship Canada
has arrived at Halifax, bringing Europe
an advices to the 29th ult,, one week la
ter. The news is interesting, as showing
that the Russians have made a vigorous
stand on the north side of Sebastopol, but
the Allies are acting with promptness and
determination.
the seat o¥ war.
The Allies have landed 30 000 men at
Eupatoria to act against the flank of the
Russians, who are strongly fortifying the
north side of Sebastopol. There has been
a heavy storm in the Crimea. The AN
lies will raze the fortifications of Sebasto
pol.
MOVEMENTS IN THE CRIMEA.
The Allies attacked the Russian infan
try on the 22d. The latter retreated on
the 25th. An army of 33,000 Allies had
debouched from Eupatoria and occupied
the neighboring villages on the left flank
of the Russians.
L- The following was dispatched from Se
oastopol lhe 17th t
The All •es are concentrating troops be
tween the Tchernaya and Balaklava and
constantly reconnoitering the left wing of
the Russians. 400 deserters, mostly
Poles, had arrived at the Allies’ camp.— ■
They report that after the capture of Se
vastopol. the demoralization of the Rus
sian army was complete. Such was the
confusion after the evacuation of the
south side that the soldiers exhausted bv
fatigue, lay 24 hours without food.
The Russian loss is estimated nt 18, ■
000 men The Russians ate firing shells
into the city from the north side.
There is a report at Berlin that Gorts
chakwff will shortly evacuate the north
torts But the Russians are making ex
tensive arrangements for a winter cam
paign.
The Turks at Kars are short o! provis*.
ions and eating their lioises.
Austria still desires to mediate between
the beligerents.
Late from Salt Lake—The Salt.
Lake mail, which left there on the Ist,
arrived at VVestpoit, Missouri, on the
23th ult. The mail train met Gen. Har
nev 20 miles this side of Fort Laramip. i
Lieut. Heath was killed in the battle*.*
at Ash Hollow. He fought bravely, and
killed sif*lndians a* five shots.
The Indians met a small body of whites
between Ash Hollow and Laramie, and
after shaking hands in the mu,l friendly
manner they began to wound
* ~ne ma ". 4-lulbw^
I roops ail well and in fine spirits.
Virginians from Kansas.— A party
of a bout filly emigrants from* Rippahaq
onck and Culpepper couiU.es, Virginia,
left Washington, in the former countv
fast Monday, bound for Kansas temtoEfilf
1 hey are .-aid to embrace a numb&f*crt
families, but it is n ..t staled Whether
they were accompany by slaves, or
whether the fifty were all whiles.
An interesting discovery his been
made in France with regard’ to
nig fruits trees. Instead of making use
nt a graft a slip i s taken from an anp'e
tree, lor example, and planted in a no
tatoe, so that a couple of inches of the
sip remains visible, It soon takes root
tWmps itself, and finally Decomesa
handsome tree, bearing fi, ie fru t. This
method is due to a Bohemian gardener.
Reading in the Cars— Several in
stances are lately recorded where per
sons who were in the habit of reading
much in railway cars had become nearlj
blind and an express agent near Boston
had totally lost his sight, it being imput
ed to that cause. It appears the joltin*
motion causes the eye to strain in catch”
ing the separate letters, and makes their
effect on the retina very injurious.
Railroad Accident— We unders
stand from a passenger that the Augusta
nain on its way down last night, ruiTinlo
a lumber train going up, near station No.
17. lhe engineer was very badly hurt,
and one of the firemen slightly.
Also, last night two freight trains for
Macon run offthe track near station No.
13. No one hurt— Sav. Geor. ISM.
A Venerable Couple. —Mr. John
Burrows .of Noith Billerica. Mass., is 98
years old, and his wife Bridget 100.—
I hey have lived together 79 years. They
aie natives of Ireland, and reside with
their son, Valentine Burrows, at North
Billerica. It is doubtful whether there is
another couple in America who has been
married so lono'.
O
English papers express the opinion,
founded on careful examination, that
Great Britain will only require an impor*
tation ot 30,000,000 bushels to supply
every possible deficiency.
The Land Office at Batesville, Ark.,
las been closed. The Standard says that
no explanation accompanied the order
for closing, and the cause is unknown*