Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-06-29
THEATRICAL.

Most of our readers, who pay any attention
to such matters, have heard of Mss Louisa
Lans, whose astonishing powers of imitation
have drawn crowded audiences in all the At.
lantic cities, Itappears by the following e,.
tract OF letter to one OF the Editors, that she
has wended her way westw ard. where she ap.
pears TO be as popular as she was in the East
ST. Louis, 2nd June, 1929.
Lille Mss Louisa Lane, (nIne years old y
The light of love, the purity Of Grueo,
The mlnd-the music breathing from her face"
Made her appearance this evening 1.-THE 2nd
of June) in DR.. Pangioss, and save the impossi.
lily OF giving an inch TO her Arellke form.
the spirit, manner, and action of he character,
was beautifully enacted-the literary fop az
l.. D. A. 5, was completely hetor. you.
But N the si1 other characters which she
&C ed the magical influence OF her genius was
more fully felt the rapidlty with which
she transports herself from character to chnr.
acter now playing the fool with character.
isic smile aud litter, so we'll, that you would
think that motley was her only wear' TIL
presto and she appears again, in all the
pride and insolence OF the fine London Actress,
and pourtraying this so well, ms TO create the
deluslon, that she must needs be distinct and
different indiv ldual from her, that but "A mo-
ment ago, personated the good aud soft natur
I'd Mss 'Gawkey.'-But, forsoDtb, while you
are thinking that nature formed her alone for
the last assumed part, she pops 10 again, as an
old woman, with her voice cracked To draw
ling tone, aud almost withou, sight and hear
ing, and sans every thing but an old woman.
AM hmm fab nf
Proieus. she changes, Instantly, from charae-
ter TO character, to the end OF the volume, as
she wills
To form, however, an adequate idea of the
capacities Of Miss Lane, she must be seen and
heard. An attempt TO give an idea of her per.
sunal beauty and talents, by fixing on any par
tcuar grace or attraction, would be as rdi
culous TO present 10 the sculptor lock of
hair, in order 10 give him an idea Of the glow
Jag symmetry and be auy Of Venus de Medicis.
Thus time ways, IN this place with, ! sus-
pect, as many prodleies as would be found
elsewhere. Little Miss Philipson is another
beautiful being, only seven years old and
plays on the piano the most difficult pieces oil
music, and wall sing you song, es sweet as
'lwere any nightingale ) Cher father intends TO
carry her about as a remarkable probably,
you NAV see her i'll Lynchburg ;)--and there
are mechanical geniuses, projecting plans for
cutting, under watc,, the snags and sawyers
in the Mississippi &c. and clerk makers OF
the latest pattern, publishing that they will
make rapid accountants, and accurate book
keepers, ut the shortest possible notice
and an entirely new assortment, but differ
ent kind Of
PuIs. powders, patches Bibles, biIle-doux."
Master Brooke-what dye think OF that %
To a delicate aunger al rs nearly every
one you meet with here, might be hero. in
point Of the difficulties aud hardships endured,
either nj Galena, another Botany bay, where
bread and bacon. no doubt, are often feloni-
ously taken and carried away'-or among the
Indians, or at the Rocky mountains, where the
spending of each particular day might be con
sidered, as equal to, as many several deaths,
and not such, AS sweet JACK FaIstaH endured
when he was empted with the foul linen, - his.
sing hot into the Thames, &c.
The report OF the Sioux Indians intending TO
descend the Mississippi on account Of some
difference between them aud the whites, / am
told, is all fudge.