The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-11-27
THH srRAranR--seme over mod.

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1--WE suppose IT IL to be considered
an inevitable necessity sthat once d
least in every star engagement at ou1
theatres that inawkish play Of kotze
bue's. "The strangar.' : must be pre-
. sented We never see II that we dt
not defontly wish he stage copy ii
every theatre were by some casualty
lost, and all memory Of it cunlH be
bahished from The mind of every actor
And yet we believe there ia hardly i
play IN the dramatic library d oui
managers and STARS that ii, as a gaIieral
thing, more highly prized. and hone,
we are afraid, Is more popular with
The general mass of play -goers."
i The author Of The above, is afraid
that the play Of "The Stranger, il
popular with the general mass Of play
guers. He never sees ii, but what he
wishes is, that the mawhish thing we're
| lost.
| II is cause for marvel with us-.-thal
in an age like tlis---so spotless in its
strained morality and virtue that any
play should be ,alilable to the public
NAV, where The mirror Is held to ma.
ture. l. there anything unnatural Id
the Stranger Does Il not show lis,
the noble, generous, high minded
man. struggling in d position, llpwev-
er unnatural, yet true TO obliterate
She traces Of love and affection 7 And
dies IT not show us. the poor, penitent
frail woman, fallen: but not the less
beautiful, In her fallen condition !,
stung with The most poignant grief
for her mis- STEP Ay, it does this J,
and tho touching play, will never loose
It's position on the stage, on account
Of any strained morality that the times
puts on.
The critic may critieise the acting
Of Siddons, Fanny Kemble, Charlotte
Cushman. or Mrs Potter. in the char
actcr Of Mrs. Hallar and be may say
that the heart broken penitent Is too
faithfully given but kotsabua' 8 play
will stand and live and be perform
ed, when this age Of mawkish virtue
and sickly morality has passed away.
and Is, with its critics forgotten
TFfom the Niekshurg Wing oil
the 18th inst, we learn that the steam
er Volant, owned BY Capt. j. OIL
Brown, Mr. Dent and Messrs. Crutch.
er 4 Mclsaven, of Vicksburg, was en-
tirtly consumed BY fire on the 18th
inst, in Yazoo river, q short distance
from Cardiff. The fire took from the
leaking Of barrel of some con1bust
able fluid, on deck, Which ran down
tho heatod boilers, and soon evelpped
the beat in flames. The fire was so
fierce In i.s progress through the cabin. |
that the officers and passengers barely |
had time to escape with their lives, aud
lost their entire baggage. One pass
enger, named Potter. a raftsmap, was
missing. and as he was known to be
asleep and intoxicated a short time be-
fore, it is supposed he was burned.
What the liquid was that caused the
fire, is a matter Of doubt even with
the ofieers--some Of them supposed
it to be camphene, and others spirits
of turpentine or spirits Of wine.
The boat and cargo is in entire loss
mo insurance.
rOn the up trip of the ?. 7. |
Kemball, yesterday morning, deck
hand fell into the hold and was killed.
The Coroner held an inquest over the
body and gave verdict in accordance
with the facts.
The newly elected Governor Of
Vermont, says, in his inaugural ad-