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WaiIack's Theatre "Wecds among she
Flowers"

The ubiquitous a American gentleman y who is con.
tinually turning up at theatres has written ave
act comedy for Waiack's. The comedy Is entitled
Weeds Among the Flowers and it has been played
three times 1t is said to be the first effort Cat dramatic
literature) OF young author Youth Is not plea in
extenuation tor be II remembered Congrcve and sher
both very young when they produced the finest
comedies in the language. Weeds Among the Flowers,
then, stands upon its inertia II the plot, such
it is deserved IT, should detail it, such however,
is not the case We introduced in the first act to
pleasant English country house e capital set scene
it is inhabited by its ancient proprietor, Mr.. Myr-
tie (Blake,) and his granddaughter, Caroline Miss
Bennett) and Maud {Mrs. Hoey) The frss namedof
these young women supposed to be gay and jovias
parsonage and the last philosopher in pettcoats-a
bore in private life and nuisance the stage. vi.
siters in the shape Of two gcntlemenMarsyn (Bandl
and Singleton stewart) at Myrtle Hail. and the
young people fall in love. Marstyn is serious, and
affects Maud; Singleton, gay and reckless individual
that makes bad jokes, gets up q Irritation with
Caroline. But as the dispositions Of the lovers
assimAte with each other they become bored, and
general exchange is made all around. In the last act
they duly married This is all the plot that be
discovered. Other characters and good Ones are intro
duced to I'LL up the remaining acts there Mr. Crswley
Webb ester who is continually called villain, for
possible reason that see. He Is attorney for
Myrtle and it ia supposed that he intends 10 ruin tho
old gentleman; but he makes attempt do Pipes,
Vincent,) an English tiger, makes himself busy in
eberybodys affairs in which he Is assisted by soubre
rs Brougham) supposed to have originated in la belle
France. Then there is Mr.. Smythe, (Brougham,) an
exquisite who is made the victim Of several practice
jokes got up by the tiger and the file De chapsbre
Margaret Rawney, (Mrs. Cramer) gin drinking house,
keeper, completes the list Of characters. We see
nothing original in either Of them and the plot is be.
meath criticism The language Is smooth and sometimes
brilliant The first act is good enough for to hope
that the author win try again. He has ideas enough to
make good play but fails in several essential points,
and his first effort has met with comparative failure
because it lacks sustained ability.
The acting was all good Mr.. Blake's Myrtle
another triumph to be added to his long list Mr. VIM
cent the beau ideal Of smart tiger and Mrs.
Brougham's Annette jolly and piqusnt as QUE
could wish Miss Bennett, Mrs Hoey, Mr.. Lester, Mr..
Bland and Mr.. Breugham, made everything tell in their
respective parts As we have said above the piece does
not contain the elements of vitality.
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Since Monday night "The syren" has been played 70
good houses and there is visible marked Improvement
in its rendition. The troubles Of FIRST night in
q new country, and before strange audience, ara
now over and the consequence is that both
principals and subordnates easier in the parts emf
trusted to them. Last night the performance in
many respects excellent. Everybody perfect in
the words, and the music was very wen given. Mile
Nau stirred the enthusiasm Of the house the capf
tai style in which she displayed her great wealth Of
voice. Her execution belongs to the modern French
school, and is ornate in the extreme We advise AL of
readers to the 'Syrsn" and at once, it viii
not be played after this week.
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me- r.esvts since our last have been FAIR
vith : rood demand manly for freight. Sales 4 o00
bushels At 60 a.7oc., mostly At the oatside hgures.
Oats-Oats are dhiet and nominal at Al 42c. Rye
RYE IL in good demand and held at 81 TO- whiskey--
Whisky is firm and at 3sc-retaiis At 40c Ca
nal freights dull 16 cents on corn to New YORK
barrels wheat s,426 bushels corn 1859 bushels;
rye IL SA9 bu shels.
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WATERFOWL, NOV 70, 1904.
Robert Wilson is the of the man who was
caught in the act Of firing unoccupied building in
this place. and who arrested few days since by f.
". Benedict He has confessed the act saying he set
fire to the building to prevent the occupation Of it by
Of bad character. His house wss searched and
large quantities Of stolen goods found in the pos
session Of his WIFE Himself, wife and son are now
under arrest.
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The De1Alcation by Ex-ColIeotor Russell.

The Defalcation by Ex-ColIcctor Russell.
CLEVELAND, Nov. %, 1854.
The investigation by the agent Of the Treasury Ne
partment, shows defalcation by Collector RUSSELL
Of this port to the extent Of 100000 in duties
counted for. Russell indicted for this embezxlement
last spring. and recently deposited with the United States
District Attorney securities to the extent Of about
Ge0 600
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jersey City News.

A PARK AND FoUxrAM.-It has bean determined 10.
form circular park Of the public grounds the
section Of Washington and Grand streets stakes
being driven to indicate the street which will sur
round II. The park win be fenced with neat iron
fence adorned with shrubbery, and fountain will 70
constructed In the centre Of It. This win add much TO-
the beauty of the lower part Of the city.
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T Ell E G HIC

TIE CELEBRATION IN PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. %, 1854
Thanksgiving Day Is being celebrated here with great
deal of rit Numerous volunteer companies out
on parade, making fne show. Business in generally
suspended The Board Of Brokers have adjourned over
until tom
THE DAY IN BALTIMORE.
BALnuoRE Nov. %, 1854
This being Thanksgiving Day here, AL business is sus.
pended, and the churches are we'll attended.
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IT'S OBSERVANCE IN JERSEY CITY.
Yesterday being Thanksgiving Day, business was to
considerable and the churches at which
services held were well attended. A large
proportion Of the population of Jersey City being
New Englandcrs in fact, in SPIRIT Thanksgiving Day
is observed in the usual style Family re-unions-
pleasing features Of the day-were by no means for
rotten
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A Railroad Conductor killed.

PHIiADf1PHIA, Nov. Is, iso4.
James Hail. conductor Of freight train the Penn
syvana Railroad had one Of his legs torn of yesterday
morning, near Lewistown, he in the act of lie.
tachng portion Of the train while II was in motion
He died last night. His remains viii be brought home
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Political intelligence,

There is talk Of running Banks for United States
Senator, in Massachusetts,, thus heading on WILSON,
There Is talk Of running c. c. Hasewen for Congress-
in Mr. Banks district
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great number O. oths- papers ware tcssd On, afsu
vh.sh IRE I'D 70 The ff.t w.
s61css-~ -.suay =
December
Tho ssquency Of esnplsgasa Of losss a letters h
The Kew 70 Pc Once mas ed the Pos'nAseeR
Genera, to nd No ructions Mr.. Hclbrook, the
special gen OF n De srtment, TO use svery enoFs
to discover tie eau e. Accordingly ha' ofncer pro
ceeded - execute his missia n, and on W. dncsdsy
night b. " tch d the wo.kil gs OF he ONCE, and
nom the manauvring he bseryed fet justified In
tasins night RI, named tzg bbon, into Gust !.
DIV, in whose pos esson several packages Of let ev~
were fourd se rotice by our eisgsphic a..
matches a. SINH ar arrest has been made /, o.,
timore.
The recent election Is rot yet over. 1t a. h.a,,,
. week ,ince We sscertained who "a. 1890
Governor. 1hs cho ce OF oficer ho-.r.-
was only enc # he results n n. ,o,
test. Libel ruis form smother re- nj, m. crs.a
Jury yesterday found bill Of n q man, .ra;r..
two individuals for hbel on JS M, W RarLsr ~.
Know Nothing candidate for MAYOR. nubHshad h
the Tribune the day bess the sieetiop. and !,
will be seen on referev ce to y letter from ~
Recorder ral'madge, CIV en- in another coxmn. tn,
he has commenced suiG ainst the prop ietorA q,
the Courier and Eng airU and I,4buxc for Nbe,.
published in those papers during the lat p.a,tic
canvass
The secretaryof the Board Of Public orks o.
the State Of Virginia ha. made an INTEREST," ar state
ment relative to the finances of that Sta ke which
will be found in the money article OF tod Ne paper
The JUNIORS tsst Rave been a1oit regar hnC the DO
siton Of the Ststes financial agents ca ea for thi
official explanation, aud it has been scmrtly fur
nished. II places the whole MISTER IN its prone
light sDd 10 well worth the attention ncndhol5er
and the public generally.
Among the passengers tina. sailed On the Amerio
from Boston on Wednesday last sse M. Mscrae
our Consul % Paris. L. viii be re eaSecssd that h
lately arrived "a special bearer of Gcspstcnes frcu
the Congress at Ostend, and Of the letter Of Nj
Bachsn an in regard to Cuba. u a nov returns L
Europe with answers from the administration I.
those des; atches.
! The vitriol man was caught ! ~ night by the no
lice. An account viii be fou nd of his arrest, i,
another column.
The Grand Jury hare found . bill Of indictmen
against Noses M,er, char gin; him With setting fir
to his grocery store, at sos Grand street, on To-
night Of the Sd instant.
A report of the doings Of tie Board. OF Alderme,
last evening, which ia gu lie nt.res ing, may b.
found on the first page.
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newspapers, we perceive, are beginning to dis
cuss the reported intentions of the President
touching the reconstruction Of his Cabinet
The press of all parties, and the mass of the
people, are unquestionably in favor Of q change
Things may, upon change of the Cabinet,
change for the better. They cannot be made
worse. Any thing for change.
One of our contemporaries argues that when
the elections in England 60 against the Minis
try, the ministry go out, considering the result
equivalent to their discharge; and that the
ministry Of General Pierce ought to follow this
practice upon the very broad hints they have
received in the round Of our State elections of
the last twelve months But, on the other
hand, it is argued that our own Cabinet and the
English ministry are two different things The
latter are the British executive government,
the Queen being practically cipher, though
the chief Of the State. Our Cabinet, on the
contrary, constitute the cipher, practically
speaking, the President being their absolute mas
ter. Achange Of our Cabinet, therefore, under he
same President, is but the appointment Of .
new set Of men to do the same work as the
old set. Our executive government can only
be changed in . change of the President. Bet If
the will of the people is regarded by Mr.. Pierce
as the supreme law, he ought to resign. En-
phaticslly condemned in all the late elections,
he ought to retire. He has been rather re-
markable for resigning and declining hereto
fore. He resigned his seat in the Senate; he
resigned his commi ssion in the MEXICAN war.
and now, after having had fair trial, aud
made dead failure, Why should he not bow to
the expressed will of the people, resign the
Presidency, ard let his constitutional substitute
try his band?
Bot II he is resolved to stick il ont to the end
Of bic term, we must be content with q change
Of the Cabinet, IL we can get it. A new Cabi-
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scores OF lives az the cost or one mans comfort
is the essence Of charity. Others have argued
that if railway directors were rendered pecso-
nally liable for accidents, no one would serve
as director. 1t would be doubtless serious
injury to Wall stfeet to lose the services Of
such men as Schuyler but less, we opine. than
the total destruction Of hundreds Of human
beings whose lives were endangered by their
management. Depend upon it, railways will
never lack managers. Men will be found to
accept the Office, though they know that an
accident will doom them to the State prison !:
the only difference will be that instead of en-
joying their ease, and specializing in stocks
they will be vigilant and active in the duties
Of their Office.
1t should be made penal offence on the part
of the directors, and superintendent of rail-
way and the conductor of the train, to suffer an
accident causing loss of life to occur on their
line. The burthen of disproving negligence
should rest upon them In ell cases Of accident,
the law should presume Encouragement. If
they failed to exculpate themselves, they should
all be sent together to the State prison for
term Of years This would put an end to rail-
way accidents
Analogous legislation is required for ships.
In the first place fresh attempts should be made
to enforce the navigation law which requires
that a majority Of the seamen on board Ameri-
can chips should be citizens We are only re-
peating what has been said at every street COR
ner when we express doubt whether the pas
sengers Of the Arctic would have been lost had
the fremen and crew been Americans, instead
of Irishmen. But ii it be impossible In practice
to carry out this law strictly, provision should
be made specially for the case of sailors desert
ing their ship The position of sailor at
shipwreck lie precisely analogous to that of
soldier on the battlefield. II the latter runs
away, he IL shot, by the rules OF war. 1t is no
excuse for him to say that life was as sweet to
him az to those who were sitting quietly at
home: be Is paid to fight, and forfeits bis life
If he breaks his bargain. We can see no differ
snce between the soldier and the sailor. OF
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