The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1854-01-25
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New ORLEANS. Jan. 23rd le54
Dear Camel After few das
Of warm. windy weather. We are sgai
shaking. and shivering with cold On
c'al has taken another rise in. price,
whilst wood is hardly TO- be GIT at an
price. There is ono way 'fnf poo
people to avoid the difficulties an
suffering caused BY the high price Q
fuei in the winter, and that is 70 bu,
during the Summer. sufficient coal 4
last through the colder part of. th
winter. In the summer time coal cal
be bought at q comparative low price
and two or three barrels would sufiic.
each family. for the extreme cold win
ter, thus rendering them Independent
ofthe extortiona'e disposition OF those
who have the heart to speculate gu,
Of poverty and suffering But focal
goes up, rum, gin, &c. still go doun,
and in about the usual quantity, and
at the same old price, viz; dime OF
pic, per glass. It is a little singular
that Notwithstanding the charges and
constant fluctuations, in almost every
other article Of marketable value, the
price Of brandy, rum, gin, etcetera
never varies.
Every day adds to the number Of
strangers in town, and if they contin-
ne to come on at the present rate,
there viii soon be as many people here
from other parts Of the country, as
there ever were ut this time Of wear.
And this i. a gladde"i"g sight, and
prospect for all classes Of our citizens,
including hotel-keepers sud boarding
keepers the latter have until very
lately, been rather sparingly PATRON
lzed. Miss Dean closed her lat. en-
gagement At the St. Charles, with
a benefit on Friday night, and
with ore # the best houses of the
season. have heretofore given my
views Of her as an actress. which [
can but repeat, aud they are tina; she
'as TO superior on the American stage,
either in abilities or beauty. aud the
lay | think is now gone by. when it
:an be said without contra LECTION,
hat America has no finished or great |
Logan and Miss Dean,
ne neither Of them the manish form |
,ait, voice nor gesture of Charlotte |
'ushman and hope they never will !
ave, but for correctness Of conception
of portrai,ure. as we'll
$ propriety Of tone, gesture, and de-
livery, Of their parts, they have no
uperior in Miss Cushman, nor any
Their foreig,. born actres in this coun-
~. Besides this, these two beautiful
'dies are no less prominent in the
urity IF their lives and characters,
IAN in their success upon the stage.
hey both commenced their profession
,gcther, and saw their first Efforts
J their future career, and | have sew
al anecdotes to tell upon them,
hich are too long for this letter, bat
hich | will give you one Of tn Sc
'ys. As these two, ,rueley Ameri-
III actresses have taken 50 high a
aud, and have successfully won the
st praise Of all vir:uous PERSONS |
, hope that those Of CT our countrywo J
en- who follow after them in their pro- |
'sion, will be equally successful, in :
e purity Of their conduct, and thus i.
!" back, or bring back if possible, by
e force Of example, the stage t, le
innate char"c err andparpose. Why ,
ou'd the drama BE- permitted to eA-
only in the hands Of those who are !,
tit TO enter society, or why should !
t society itself have the benefit OF !,
'se talents, which deveiope,! o.. the
sc, are too often Possessed by tho e
III whom society will now have moth II
. to do. What all irresistible pow n
for good. does not the stage p,>seS~, =.
how often are its representations h
ected to the very opposite Of good, Oh
tue, Of justice.
overnor Heber''s Message is spoken Il
by all parties here. as All able and Il,
y judicious document, and certai i, -
ditable to him as a scholar and K
teslnan. But think he is Oh the hi
ing scent though, in relati" To the ga
IRIS in Cuba. There is not now and
not been one particle of evidence
ng to show that Spain by the COAX VI