Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-12-30
Rachel.

| Rachel.
Z, The fact that this great tragedienne ha
defnitiyely settled to come here and delight tht
people of the Western, as she has those of til,
Eastern hemisphere, gives interest to everything
new that is written Of her. We have therefore
| thought cur readers might like to peruse tht
following paragraphs which we clip from latt
! letter from Paris to the New York Tribune:
Is Rachel going to America? Europe ex.
claims at the bridge Of gold built for her acres
the Atiantic-but there is but one Rachel-the
hand-pald Of Taima-the apex of Melpomene'
croWn-the elimination of dramatic art-tne
full bloom Of q blossom that buds but once in a
cycle. She is the presence Of truth in tragedy
of nature in art-the revelator Of passion
the translation of the human heart-Prome-
theuss perfected statue, enkindled into action
by the celestial fame, of genius-Ractel is the
supreme eulogy that her fame bears to posterity
But Rachel is only Rachel in her classic
roles. Il success fails her in those glorious
tragedies, she can come down to lower compre-
hens!on in her weaker modern characters. But
you, lovers of the glistening peaks of Mont
Blanc, adorers Of beauty. enthusiasts Of the
passion and power of Phedre, Atlale, Her
ntionc, Eriphile Roxane. Camille, welcome the
artist with your power to comprehend.
Already feel your energies in palpitaton
| fancy your Winter-reading circles ard repeat
ing classes occupied with Phedre Andromaque,
Clnna Horace and Polyeucte. see Racine
and Corneiiie pecping out from your muffs and
overcoats, or lying thunbed and dog cared
under your pillows, in your boudoirs, on your
ONCE bureaus. and beside the nursery cradles.
Jenny Lind is forgotten-your babies are being
bern ltachels, Esthers, Iphigenies and Her
mlones. Waves Of p0r}ez rous roll from New
Drleans to Cuebec-from Boston to Sacramento
Eer voice is true and sure as an organ, The
accents OF despair, entreaty. love, remorse hope,
hate, rage, penitence, prayer, revery, anathema;
death, succeed each other like thunder, light
nlng, drops OF rain. raving tempest, blue sky
spots, and chilling mist.
ilfun11ned by the tragic muse, Rachel is re-
sPiendent. All nerve, all palpitation, her fra
giie from Is the tittest setting for her diamond
soul. Radent and precious she submits TO
atla!ys and suffers comprehension of component
parts. but she hides in herself the secret of
their reunion, and defes reproduction of their
unity
She has grace, which is more beautiful than
beauty, and distinction, which adorns still more
than grace
Admiration Of her genius destroys all incli-
natien to reiterate the haekneyed history of
her faults
Rachel is as human In nature as divine in
art. She was born in 1920, of Jewish parents,
and has risen from q vagabond. Bohemian.
street-singing life to the throne of the tragic.
She is twice a millionaire. and among her
children one is titled Viscount. Two Of her
sons are being educated at the College Of Sainte
Baroe.
The CohD IN NEW YoRK.-The following
notice of the weather they are enjoying in New
York just ROW. is from the Herald Of the 21st
instant:
Yesterday was bitterly cold. Words fail in
an idea Of its intensity, so we give
The hgures. The following is a record of the
temperature, as exhibited by the thermometer
1t the Herald office: At A. NJ. 10: A. NJ.
9; II NJ, lSo; ?. IT., ZOE; Top. NJ, 1so.
This is by far the coolest December weather we |
rave had since the year 1919. On the 18th Of /
December Of that year, the thermometer was
Town to - at I A. IT, The coolest day last |
winter was January 27, when the thermometer
vas at 12o at Z 4. NJ. The average tennera-
ure. for the first twenty days in December, /
SOB, was 32o. For the same period this year. /
~, and should it remain as cold as at present,
he average will be still less. Never did our
lty present more wintry aspect. The streets
we're filled With shiTering mortals. who looked
$ though they never experienced any warmth
. their lives. Grave citizens whose usual
ace IS solemn and slow, manifested a disposi-
ION TO degenerate into a most nndjgnihed run
he drivers Of cars left their pest to compete
nth the horses they drove. All appeared to be
minated by the one desire-to keep themselves
arm. The water froze ia the pipes, and
ariously incommoded housekeepers and others
Tho depended on the supply; and many a poor
light left his home for his place OF business
lirsty and coffeeless. The gas lights, toe.
Uttered, the intense cold chilling pipes. and
laking the light dim and Pickering. There is
singular coincidence between the present cold
srrn, accompanied by the fire at which we refer
t length in another column, and the great fire
1885, when the weather also was intensely
ald- On each occasion it Was the coolest night
the season.
ARRIVAL OF A SHIP-LoAp OF BELGIAN Con-
let's AND PAUpERs,-The ship Rochambeau. {
apt. Stackpole, from Antwerp, arrived at New
ork on the 18th inst, having On board twelve ,
eiglan convlcts and about one hundred and /
fly paupers, which had been sent over by the !
1torites for Dur benefit. Sergeant Bell, of the 4
Migrant squad, attached to the Mayors effiee /
'ceived Information respecting the character of
re vessesss cargo, and, before the passengers {
nd time TO land. went on board the vessel. ! /
it'll several OF his officers and secured the !
'nvicts. who were temporarily committed to the I
ombs BY order of Judge Beebe The officer. f
e Tribune states, also intercepted some t
intended only for the Belgian t
onsul, showing by whom. and forwhat purpose {
IS ship-load or crime and poverty had been 0
mt to our shores. Two of the convicts shipped a
ed on the passage and the names of the >
naming twelve are jacques ellis, j. Baptiste !
ace Joseph Vera, Gullum Boionger, Joseph I q
'isons, Felix Bagle. John Wagerman, John D. d
ague. Charles Won Hack, Lambert Jouyerid. =
w. Schmidt and Pierre Mack FL
CURIOUS srRpnrsE,-A Seen Fears .szep. p
letter from San Francisco relates curious II
,ident that occurred there recently. Her :
itannic Majesty's exploring ship PIover ar q
ed at San Francisco short time since from
) Polar Sea, where she had been icebound
ice 1847: !
When she left San Francisco some years ago. tt
was mere trading station r-sorted to hy d | d.