Southern pioneer, and Carroll, Choctaw and Tallahatchie Counties advertiser. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-04-10

IA lump of death-a chaos of hard claws
. Without mounting the ira nscendental b..
ever, we mean To give our old hack of q Nv,
f asus the reign and dash in along with our p ps
tlcal contemporaries who are riding so fIrinrSs
ly in the train of .'the divine"
In the Tarantula English orthograubv ma.
perhaps, be understood) Fanny won our a %r;'
ration far more by the simple act of se.,;n~
herself IN chair than by clapping the soles e
her feet together or any other of the reallv a.
tonlShng featS which she is in the habit Of No,
forming. The movement was like that of.
tired gossamer alighting upon rose leaf
WIN the very highest excellence in her arr
amy unIfes fascination in which we %,
NINA, and II IS this, pervading all she does. thai
has obtained for her the sobriquet of the sd
vine"
''She speaks, yet she says nothing; what of thar
Her eye discOurses,"
and her feet; and even her fingers ends o..
eloquent with gesture; and though we do M,
hear her voice, we know that il must be mn,
lcal! We do not wish 10 hear her sbeak i.
cause every thing is fully explained in actio.
yet we feel vague curiosity 20 know VIII.
arrangement OF words would be meIod;."'
enough TO express so much poetry. We desir.
10 have il set down, so that it NAV no, n.,.
away from before us. Her most distinonSL
ed grace is the exquisite ease with which che
accomplIShes the most difficult paris of bsr
performance. We may detect that il ;s a..
sumed, yet we cannot but admire the inimi,a.
ble indifference which she ex hibts in expcp.
ting feats that startle and aSlonish U.s. She
fits before Us an instant like spirit of mist
or any thing else enchanting and beautiful,
and next moment you perceive in her nous
hold ease OF manner, such as she might wear
In her drawing room alone. She combines
delightfully."- in her bearing the highest polish
OF refined society with an unsophiSticated, rus.
tic, glrllsh niiDete (no other wo d can posi-
bly, do) that is absolutely bewitching She is
either queen or a flower girl, as You would
fancy her, and you cannot frame the conccp.
ton that she is one before you find that she is
changed into the other.
In the Courier of last evening we found the
name OF our paper mentioned, and upon EXAM
lining the editorial column, discovered that
there was an attempt to fix upon Us a charge
OF standardization in regard to ElSslerS per.
Torrance. Two of our usual brief theatrical
notices were quoted in juxtapo>ition, but the \
editor can see more meaning in words than 4
we do if he means 10 imply any inconsistency
on our part. We said the new ballet was well L
received, and so it was. We said Elssler was
warmly applauded, and SO she was. There
was diSapProbation expressed during the eve.
ming, bat it was shared among actors and mu.
sicians, and not intenden for EIssier. We
never knew of her indispositton until the next
day when the second paragraph was written,
and certainly we should never have suspected
her illness from her performance on that eve.
nlng. This, however, is very fiImsy ACCUSE.
llon' though 1t has induced US to step forward
~ favor OF the talr ddnSeuSe more pointedy
than heretofore. We are not her champion,
nor does she need any. We win neither
Ugh nor die for her, but we will admire her 81
'eremlnent abilities and pay homage TO them,
CO. whether their possessor be angel, syph
airy, peri or divinity, or a common "surs
nough," mortal woman like our aun,s and