The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-09
From The Kruekabocka for October.

81 saw" writes Ballston correspondent, Gin an
old number of the Hnickrboeku which took up at
the United States Hotel in Saratoga, the other day.
alluson, in some theatrical notice Of you're, 10
'Shales as an eminent American N actor. Now will
you have the kindness TO inform me who the ID
Is Shales, Such Ignorance may be pardoned in a
person from the rural distrcts;' but in this city,
or in the Literary Emporium Of this kcd'ntry,
not 10 know Shalcs would be 10 argue ones solf
unknown Shales was a native genius His parts
were first exposed in Boston. He came hither
with the stamp, the legitimate inprindfur, of that
decided and decisive town He came with his
'blushing bonors thick upon him. Our friend,
Colonel Greene of the Boston Post, (although ours
arc the principles of ninety eight We wish well
10 that most pleasant sheet) had but recently pub
licly presented him with huge service of tin
plate, on big sslver. The plate was very bright
and luminous, and only somewhat too lar &c for or
dlnaIy 1sei but there were a. {sn,s IN those dsye
in the old continental uniform, in about tea
time in Boston, when the hour for tho prcscnta-
ton approached, laltercd; for the house was
crowded, and the beneficiary had lust been en-
cored for the fourth time in the death scene of
Richard the Third, 'thc bloody scoundrei' "a we
remember hearing Shalcs pronounce himself, while
personstng that remorseless character. We'll, the
Colonel, we have ssid, fstercd at the very ris-
ing of the curtain, which had at last fallen. The
fremont was a jam; the silence was awful the
Colonel stood at the wing, with his tin Service
ready for delivery, as was also the brief speech
which was TO accompany IL. Seeing his besitancy,
two anxious friends behind the scenes pushed the
Colonel onto the stage. The applause tre-
mendous. Shales, whose legs were thin and long,
and formed, when he stood erect, an irregular pa
rcnthesis, took the salver of tin plate, and the
Colonel, with very brief speech, retired. And
there stood sbales, with nothing TO cay, and no
body to say il to; his arms extended with the tray
which held the complimentary service His ap-
pesng look at the audience most pitful 20
sec hut what was he 10 do? lie was awaiting the
pleasure Of the audience; he had took roots, like
the lonely wall flower mentioned in our last num-
Der. While he thus quandarily m using, there
descended upon him from the gallery scveral
brown. paper bags filled with Hour; these, striking
his head and the service covered him and his
sheet iron tribute with cereal snow. The storm
continued but these pellets were finally interrupt
ed by wreath that would have been treasure tor
a green grocer. II aftcrward brought TO New
York from Boston. Our friend Stetson bad IL s,,s-
pended for some time in the office OF his incompa-
rable hotel the Astor House. The substratum was
a strong rope hay band, three feet In ercomier-
cnce An srtist made IL up. There were cab
bages, white and purple; persnips; turnips, long
and round; carrots; potatoes, OF largo Kidney
in short long and abort ssase, OF every description
II II had Mt the Poor-dcyil actor, IL would have