Show A prima donna in prison allm A memorable and beautiful scene waa presented in auburn N Y state prison lie when baric rozo mapleson the wel known prima donns visited the aution and sang in the presence ol 01 nearly all of its inmate embracing upward of twelve hundred convicts an incident of this character has occurred there but once before the occasion of tho visit of jenny lind A letter from one ofilio gentlemen present depicts the scene as extremely touching on the arrival of marie roze she to know if all of the present and being answered in the negative by keeper wells she requested that even those who solitary confinement should as a special privilege be permitted to come into the chapel and join the other convicts in listening to tho music which she proposed to sing the request was granted and the poor fellows some of them for the first time in many years permitted to look once more on the face of a beautiful woman and hear again from an accomplished complis hed artiste alio sweet notes that reminded them of tho innocent days of youth the chief selections of madame alloza were sweet split hear my prayer and the sweet by and by the singer so readied lie bearta of her hearers that even the most hardened criminals were stirred to cars after this th e fair made a tour of tho institution the prisoners meanwhile being retained in tho chapel and on her return ilie san tha old familiar air comici thio tho lye meanwhile some of the boft intelligent among alie convicts prepared a of thanks which was july and presented to the lady alie writer of the letter adds there can be little doubt that every ono twelve hundred prisoners worked cu perier hearts all that da yand that the poor follows in confinement will for a long time recall and enjoy his fre ali ray of sunlight |