Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-11-12
COMMUNICATIONS.
From our Philadelphia respondent.

| Thouoh 7 do,'t contribute much towards the sup
mort of such places, am glad to see it, as it is
generally sign that money circuates freely
Talking about the LIKE went to Walnut street
Theatre tother night to see Forrest play OthelIo
It was the fifth time I had ever been to such
place, and am almost determined it shall be the
last. like to read good play-one of the inn
mortal Shakspcare's, for instance-to study it; to
dwell on a striking pa sage; to read and read a.
gain. one Of those exquisitely depicted that
SO much abound in the immortal delineator of ma
ture, but how a rational being can sit or stand
| cooped in house, the atmosphere OF which Is
made unhreathabIe by the play of some thousand
pairs of lungs, and listen to the monthings OF
what arc commonly called actors, can't conceive.
| Now, saw play having as fine wrought plot
as any in the language; one in which some of
the worst and best traits of character are done
quistely and it was well played too but can
didIy said TO myself, Oh leaving the house, it is
dear bought amusement. Forrest always draws
large audiences; and though got there shortly
after the doors opened and long before the rise of
the curtain, could only get one portion of my
body into the box door thus putting me in mind
of the story told Of the man who was travelling in
Vermont, on an extremely long bodied horse. He
put up for the night at a roadside inn After get
ting something to comfort the man. he bethought
him of the beast. He called the ostler, and asked
d; him if he had put his horse in the stable. The
, knight of the cuny-comb answered Yes, that is,
one end of him Is in the stable" And where.
l quoth the traveller, in some alarm, is the other
end Out in the orchard, answered curry comb,
the stable was not long CROUCH to hold him all at
e once. TO be the theatre was large enough
to hold ALL yet it was not large enough 10 hold
! all who wanted to get in A.; consequently some had
: to stay in the orchard--or the lobby. Well, there
4 | stood-for sitting down was out of the question
for five mortal hours in uncomfortable boots
: and this after being my feet, without interms-
Y sion, from in the morning. OlheIlo was well
d portrayed but thought, he tried the tender
with Desdemona, that he made his words too true,
where he says, Rude am in speech. and little
versed in the set phrase of peace" He is very
bulky mana perfect model of Hercules, with a
voice to correspond, and in your heroes can't be
beat; but in Ove-makiDg, or any of the tender
passions that agiate the human breast he is not at
home. James Walack played Iago; and he play
ed it as think Shakespeare intended it to have
o been played. His every look, gesture and tone,
- was the perfect embodiment of the arch tempter
- In short. he was The Iago of Shakespeare But
- with all this, thought with Franklin that it was
" paying too dear for my whistle to stand there all
J. evening looking at clever gentlemen. tricked out
in fancy trappings for the purpose of quilting we
the people, out of our money could not help say
ing to myself-I on make fine show, gentlemen
d with your paper helmets your tin swords, and
your red flannel for velvet but you can't fool me
again. A person has no need Of going to theatres
u to etl thrilling tragedy sdesPlitng COM
er edy. You have only to keep your eyes open
> and like the man who fed his horse OH shavings
| and put green spectacles over his eyes to make
s. him think it grass, look through any medium
= and you can sec what you please. One man may
ct travel over road and see nothing but long drea.
~ way ; another may travel the same road and
see it skirted with green meadows pleasant villa.
II ges, fragrant flowers, and lmpid springs and in
this gay and cheerful frame of mind, begui'e away
s. all sense of tcdiousness So it is in life while
N one man fumes, frets and grumbius at his lot
re seeing nothing in life but dull tedious, and irk
some state of existence, another will proceed Joy
ously on his way, and by his very Cheerfunes
- and good temper, thank God for the boon of cxis
;. tence. The poet painter, and novelist, please:
; US the more the nearer they copy nature now
- why can't take nature herself, instead of Co
8 py. Is she more homey or forbdding when we
y. look at her than when they! No; it is all owing
to the color of our spectacles.
VI love, of clear, beautiful afternoon to taxi
ie one of the numerous steam ferry boats that dr.,
IN constantly crossing the Delaware, and while sh,
a. bears me on its placid bosom, to ruminate o.
CT scenes and times long gone by. Methinks cal
n see the lonely Indian in his frail bark CANOE ra
pidly shoot along past that point, bearing TO hi
rs home ih the uncultvated woods what he ha(
IN snatched from nature. can see him, ere the AK
TX of the pale face cut down his sylvln shade TAX
I'd his bow and arrows, his battle axe of stone, an,
ar his scalping knife and sally FORTH or rather snea
T. along, to spread desoation some equally rud
m foe; or, perchance, himself succumb to that foe
he While all these scenes pass before the eye of m
ls imagination, how different are the scenes passn
r. before my natural eye. On the bosom of this riv
nd er, which was unrufled, save by The lash;ngs c
,s the tempest, the of the red man, or the lea
i'm of the sturgeon, row repose noble vessels tearin
,or the embems of almost all maritime nations. Sc
oh you yon two flags floating alongside of each 0the
~ YOU would think they trying for the ST
L premacy, the breeze catches first one and no,
the other, and be trs ii aot and in truth they ar,
They mother and daughter--the red cross {
old England and the stars and stripes of Americ;
Long may they both wave, as now, over stor
Is hearts and noble spirits; ana never may they hay
TIC any other trial for supremacy, that commo
- anu Kindred one composed OF industry, enterprIs
Is and that lndomitabe perseverance so characterize
no OF both. See where once the wigwam of the II
IN dian stood, now reared aloft yon tall church spr
Sc The busy mart now occupies the place once he
u in common between Wild men and wilder beast
ice See yon nobIs steamboat flying over the surfac
of of the water hear the hrob of her mighty hear
see her hot breath she seems to relieve herse
10y giving it vent, and see the liver Iashed in
foam by the stroke of her mighty paddles is 81
Ill not in keeping with the altered scenes around. ar
at different from the fragile bark canoe of the Il
vi dian, yonder smiling and cultivated fields fro
oV the rude and virgin wilderness. | thought thu.
10 and thought, it possible to visit this spot
lre 5 centuries from now. might not the change |
nld then as great. Who can tell -! As long back ;
we have history, everything has been changing
the everything is now changing and in all probab
on. ty will change to the end. Nations have rise
the up swallowing by their vastness and power &
IFS, around them. These have been overturned ar
Mr.. succeeded by Others The trampled under of t
the day may be The tramper under of tomorrow ar
IDS what nation, race, or generation of men, may no
his the supremacy FIVE hundred years hence The mo
acute astrolOger cannot tell Father Miller q
fooled in his con lectures about the end of Il
"' world, and therefore won't pretend to determn
lo' And this puts me in mind of the struggle goiI
'sl- on on this continent at the present moment. He
-. many manly pulses have ceased to vibrate sin
'n'- the struggle commenced! How many erpha
ole and widows have heen made Rnt there are (,