Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-03-14
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The Paris correspondent of the Courier DIES Etats
Unis speaks of an actress who met with great sue
cess month since at Amsterdam Her latest ex-
hibition was in piece entitled Life in Bohemia
she playing the part of Mimi the most prominent
character.
The piece was very much applauded at Amster-
DAM as it had been at Paris but one thing had Sc
riousy troubled the too sensitive Dutchmen. This
was the death of Mimi. All Amsterdam was drying
its eye at the end of the representation The next
day when the bill announced the second representa-
ton of Life in Bohemia, deputation of subscribers
to the theatre, called on Mademoiselle Grave.
Mademoiselie," said the head of the delegation
AN old burgomaster. perhaps we have been des-
patched by the stockholders of the theatre
to you a request to which earnestly beg you to
accede." /" II 1t is in my power, gentlemen, the
thing is settled" replied Mademoiselle gravely.
Mademoiselle, you die, at the end of the new
play you performed yesterday, in the midst of the
applauses of the ravished crowd. This death, Ma
demoiselle, has broken our hearts-pray, Mademo-
isele, do not suffer Mimi to die at the denouement'
But reflect gentlemen the authors of g Life in
Bohemia, wished to have Mimi die"
| "Oh, Mademosee, have pity on Mimi"
e But what can | do?
ado what you will. but we beg you to spare her
| lifen
80: But yeti
"Do not refuse all Amsterdam begs of you the
life of MIMI
! "Well, gentlemen, since Amsterdam insists upon
| it, Mimi shall live, promise you'
| The time came, the hall was full-Mademoiselle
Grave kept her promise. By prodigy, unknown in
science at the moment when her death had filled all
eyes with tears Mimi suddenly got up and cried out
in the midst of the general sorrow, Happiness has
restored me to life ! | revive for my beloved"
Amsterdam that night slept quietly.
SWIFT STEAMER.-The steamship Prometheus,
thus far the fastest vessel built in the United States
on her recent trip from New York to Chagres and
back, via New Orleans at sea but eighteen days,
during which time she distance of nearly six
thousand miles. In running this distance she con-
sumed three hundred tons of Lackawanna and one
hundred and fifty tons Pittsburg coal in all four
hundred and fifty tons of fuel This is said to be at
least 33I per cent less fuel than any steamer of the
same capacity used in the same time and dis
tance-Baltimore american.
A PROPHETIC Cow-A mich cow, belonging tc
Col Philip Ruhl. of Buffalo Township, Union County
has become marvellously gifted with the powers Of
speech. and has, according to common report, latey
made several confidential communications, in very
fair English to of her particular friends. One
of these is to the effect that the world will to
an end on the 10th day of June next. Probably she
is herself destined to the hands of the butcher about
that time. At all events this oracular COW has
created sensation up in Union County quite as
great as did the Rochester Fishes and Foxes in New
York. She is visited by numerous curious specula
tors and her mode of utterng prophecies is called
acknowledgements vaticinaton. A scientific and clair
voyant committee. consisting Of Andrew Jackson
Davis, Horace Greedy and others, are going on fol-
the purpose of consulting and Investigating this new
oracle.