Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-11-21

! HoRskwHPrIxG AfFAIR.-We copy from the New
York Evening Mirror the following of the re-
cent afflir in which the manager of the theatre in
Piitsburg and Miss Clarendon. If the actresses
figured consp.cuousy.
! H0rseuhipping by LIdy-A private letter gives
us tie scene Of Miss Carendon's castgation Of S!mp
son, the wealthy of the Ptisburg Theatre. 1t
the closing night Of the season during which she
had been ManageresS. The curtain had Just fallen,
tie audience we're departing and the gas- ghts
sill burning brilliantly, when Mss Clarendon came
from behind the into the lobby with a candle
In hand and ridingwhip IN the other. The pro-
prietor of the theatre stood smoking cigar with his
back 10 one Of the box doors. The lady gcreSs
approached him, told him that she wished 10 give HIM
cause TO remember that there was one yirtuous wo-
man upon the Stage and in deflult Of brother to re-
the insult ne had offered her, she should take his
pun .shment upon herself She projected accordingly
administer her whip with ali the force her slen-
der the result said 10 looA very Little like
ladies' falors.
An interesting story came with this but
fully avoid g.vlng than Is In 10 the public
IN littsburg presum ng that there v Il be rejo nder
IN type from the gentleman provoker. PlttsbuTq
paper announcing the occurrence our letter sales
on II, way to u,.*
To those who have seen Miss Clarendon of the
stage. this incident VIII seem less surprs NJ than
those who have only seen her roae She is Of the
most fragile frame poss bic for beauty and the lines
OF her face arc 80 delicate lose Their effect, a
great measure. stage distance; bat by, her
no,rils have war horSc-y lntll1n. and her mouths
cockd pistol resolution that I'VE have always thought)
were given her by nature with the destiny they
needed to protect. Wlhal, she IS exceeding beaut
ful and Winning. and if she had been born a Princes
she would have been the idol If court. As IL is
She excltes interest and sympathy wherever she goes
and. though wholly untitled TO contend with the toll
and crosses Of her profession. She Is full of natural
reniu> highly educated, excellent writer, and OF
lndomitable ambition, resolution and courage. We
have long thought that this slight gil, with her ire
proaclable character under temptation. her
iil.a tenderness her occasional flashes of genius.
and her clequcred career of the most >ingu-
lar instances Of dramatic real life have ever seen
We trust that the good and kind VIII cluster around
her, wherever she goes hereafter and aid her pro-
tectng herself from the rough world size chooses TO
walk alone
! Miss Clarendon goes to Fhiladeipla next week.
"p SWe wrote the above paragraph last night, but
observe by the ming pa Of Tins city, thai
If the AFT AZ COPIED iIun the Ptbu payer stating that
the insult oifcIed 1, Miss Ciaend ~ by Mr. Simpson
ago. his and the name berg pint, have
reason i1 Withholding another dIa Tic aItcuar
two, gwen letter oH Ptstu The Cha
sud-, impulse of the lovely nauagcrcss The IN
suit had been red tie previous season. but the OPP ui
" had ted heI fOi public realization Very mach
ard returned 10 Pitt>buig
Cincinnati and a. IN engaged the theatre deIe mined that
she ud finally the place without both satisfying
public Nh Simpson had faei IN purpo-c,
sIg sense of inny She nLTScd up his prc-
Ject though the No hum III benz OF her
pun pse the whip de>ccI ded upon offender The
business seem 10 make Of il altogether vey chivalic sto-