The Sierra citizen. [volume] (Downieville, Calif.) 1854-185?, 1854-12-09
MarYsyille.


Marysville; not that we had any business
there, but because there are in that goodly
city number of friends whom we would
60 much farther to see. The elegant Ian
guage, professional, for such occasions
made and provided, to wit :-"made fly
ing visit will not apply to our exodus,
or return-we didn't fly. A very sedate,
welLbehaved mule, generously offered us
by the Langton Brothers, carried us to
Fosters Bar in excellent time, where we
were very Hospitality entertained at Whit
combs and the Ell Dorado Hotels. The
road from Fosters Bar to Marysville does
credit to the enterprise of the Turnpike
company. Of this road and its continu
alton to Downieville, we will have some
thing to say at another time.
Arrived at the Western house, we found
not the same weather-bo boarded crib, where
Murray was popular enough, but mag
nifcent brick building, three stories high,
spacious enough to accommodate two hun
dred persons, but not large enough TO ac-
commodate all Murray friends and guests.
Even the parlor floor was covered with
hombres done up in blankets, who prefer
ed to sleep there rather than go elsewhere.
Murray is certainly very bad account
ant, judging from his failure to make out
our bill-he invariably had pressing en-
gagement elsewhere, when we requested to
know the amount of our indebtedness to
the Western House, tut when anything
else was wanted Murray had nothing else
to do but attend to the request. The
Marysville papers say that it is way of
his own. The Marysville people seem to
be very proud of the Western House, and
well they may be, for it is monument of
energy and an unconquerable will. Hav-
ing roof and walls and the savings of years
Of honorable industry, swept away-noth-
ing left but the foundation to build on,
with nothing to build with, was enough to
discourage any one less hopeful. But
Marysville is not without citizens who
appreciate an honorable man struggling
with misfortune-the result is the Western
House is rebuilt in style that Murray
never dreamed of when he first settled in
Marysville Mr.. Nj. and his estimable
lady will accept our Acknowledgements for
their kind attentions, with our earnest
prayer that another shadow may not fall
on their hearth
The new Theatre seems to have taken
the Marysville people by storm. We
hardly know who deserves the most credit,
Mr.. Eddy, the proprietor Of the stately
edifce-a credit to the city by the way
or Messrs. King, Ryer, Kent and the COM
pany under their management. We of
course cannot attempt a criticism out of
our own territory; we must however en-
dorse the opinion of the Herald in relation
to the WILLOW Copse, and Ingomar. In
the former, we question whether Luke
Fielding was ever SO well represented on
the California stage, as was he by Mr..
King, on Thursday evening. The dead
silence, and sudden outbreaks of applause
must have rewarded Mr. King for many
an hour of painful study and anxiety. In
gomar, the barbarian, was the great at
traction while we were there. The impe-
rious, bearded chieftain, whose haunting
laugh seemed to freeze the life blood of the
slave, subdued by the gentle Parthenia,
was enough to justify the most extravagant
compliment ever paid to Mr.. Ryer and
Miss Chapman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kent appear to be even
more popular in Marysville than they were
here. Kent's reputation is already made.
Warwick, Hamilton, Collins, POLAND,
Dumphries, Miss Gould and Mrs. Hamil-
ton, all deserve more attention than we
have space to give. We were much graft
fed to observe that Miss Graves, one of
the Fairy Minstrels, and danseuse of no
ordinary merit, is q very marked favorite
in Marysville. Independent of her pre-
fessional claims, her modest dignifed de-
pertinent wins the friendship and admira-
ton of the Marysvillians, who are disposed
to look kindly on the first efforts Of a child
of genius, who is just beginning to hope.
The most bigoted religionist can take no
exception to the conduct of this little girl,
who will at no distant day be as distin-
guished for professional excellence, as she
now is for childish simplicity and lady like
department.
The venerable Editors, and gentlemanly
proprietors of the Herald and Express will
accept our acknowledgements for their
kind and friendly attentions to us-ward,
while in Marysville. We say venerable
because they have each rendered to the
other that antique adjective, which both