Music and the Orphean Family.
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MESSRS, EDITORS,-


Will you allow me, through the columns OF your
paper, to call the attention OF the public to those
v0caists, whose unrivalled songs stirred the feel
ings and awakened the heartfelt admiration OF
those assembled at the New England dinner, In the
AsrorIfouse on Monday evening ! mean the Orphe.
an Family. This family ofnative songsfers are from
Maine, from the banks of the Kennebec, aye, from
veritabe Yankee land, the words OF one OF their
songs last night Informed US 1t consists of two bro
theirs and two sisters, from when came strains OF
harmony, such as never heard ere this We have
had, nay, have now, many, very many singers,
who charm the ear with their dulcet notes. But
from these children of song, we hear our own fa-
miliar melodies, the spiritstirrng native" strains
Of our " native land, }" echoed forth from the soft
ripplngs of their own dancing brooks to the deep
rolling grandeur Of the "ocean's roar"


At all public dinner parties, and especially at
one consisting of whole souled Yanke ees, assembled
to commemorate the acts of their Pilgrim Fathers,
thelc is much joyous tumult and jovial confusion.
So i was on Monday, evening; bat amid the clang
and noise, the President OF the Society arose. and
called the attention Of its members 10 glee from
the Orphean Family. Instantly every eye was
turned to them, and breathless was the silence,
while each ear was bent eager to catch their swell
ling chords, which now rolled in perfect harmony,
echoing and re-echoiDg through the festive hall.
The applause that followed, told the tale at once;
told that the chord Of the heart had been touched
thrilled Song after song followed, and the
breaihess attention. the excited look, the deafen.
ing applause. showed the deep influence that these
sons and daughters OF song can exert over the hu.
man soul. The Orphean Family are to give their
first concert in this city in few days. In their
tour through the western part OF this State, and
wherever they have been, they have created SEN
salons, and left Impressions highly favorable to
~ u those who love most delicious harmony,
IND would patronize native talent" and" native
WORTH" attend their concerts


ONE OF THE New ENGLAND SOCIETY.