Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1856-09-20
Nem advertisements.
r. NJ. SMITHS.
GREAT AMERICAN CIRCUS!
Equipped and designed for the Lead.
ing Exhibition of 1856.

~ OhDCR 10 crafty the puoIlc taste IN t1ls
L elegants style OF amusement the Proprietor has
incurred great expenses, both in the performances
and IN the ~splendor of the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Most of the feats given by this troupe are entirely
new, a representation OF many of which may be
seen in the elegant wood-cut engravings with
which the pictorial bills are embelished. The
performances will be given with the utmost
grandeur and popularity of effect, embodying at
the same time, the most artistic scenes in the
circle, acrobatic exercises and Gymnastics OF
manly agility and skill, superb hOrsemanshIp,
comic burIettas, &c, accompanied with a superb
military BRASS AND STRING BAND.
THE GREAT AMERICAN CIRCUS will
exhibit at
PIaqUemnine, Sep. 26, g & P. WI.
Admission-50 cents; Children and Servants
half-price.
Doors open at 2 and o'clock, P. I. Performan-
ce to commence half an hour afterwards.
Two splendid performances! afternoon and
evening.
HORACE NJ. SMITH, Proprietor and Manager.
w. L. Freeman. Treasurer,
Gardner 4 Campbell, Clowns.
R. S. Kennedy, Master of the Circle.
ARCHER CAMPBELL, the great American
Clown and Jester, with a profusion of his original
and highly comic songs, humorous sayings. quaint
stories and practical jokes adapted to the present
era.
The performance to commence with a
Beautiful Pageant Emtree,
on ten horses, richly caprisoneG and superbly
mounted, performing splendid cavalry move
ments, evolutions, charges, &c, by the principal
horsemen OF the troupe.
Ground and Lofty Tsumblimg,
or Activity Contested, by the whole company.
Principal Act on a Single Horse, without sad
die or bride, by MIR. II. N, SMITH, in which he
will leap whips, garters, canyasscs, balloons, &c,
while the horse is at full speed.
Sports of the Atlas,
orthe Magic Globe, by that wonderful phenomena
George w. Archer.
A Fancy Dance.
by the beautiful and accomplished young DAN
seuse, MILE VICTORIA SMITH.
Grand Equestrian Act, by Mile Victoria
Smith.
Grand and interesting scence of nautical life,
by F. ROBINSON, entitled the
SElTpWrccked Mariner,
or a Voyage by Land and Sea.
BLACK DIAMOND AND C~TNCINNATUS.
Those wonderful trick Ponies, whose astonish-
ing performances in the ring surpass the imagi-
nation and elicit the applause aud establishment
of every beholder.
During the performance. Mile Victoria will
appear in Scottish costume and accomplish her
beautiful Scotch Dance,
The Highland Fling.
H. NJ. SMITH in his celebrated Shakspearean
Act, entitled FALSTAFF, SHYLARK AND
RICHARD Ill, in which he delineates the
character of those ancient personages, with the
utmost grandeur and effect, as taken from classic
studies.
Wonderful and astonishing performances on
The Duplicate Ladders,
L- ~ - - nv 800
titled new, being performed on two Ladders,
each twenty feet high, held by a single individu-
al, while three persons ascend TO the summit,
forming themselves into beautiful pictures classic
positions, etc, as taken from ancient statues,
filling the audience at once with the widest fear
and admiration.
Flying Indian, or Wild Forest Scene, by Mr..
1 Perche Equipoise, by Messrs, Smith and
Bailey.
Equestrian Feats,
by the dashing and daring young Trick Rider,
GEORGE BALTEY, on a single horse.
The whole to conclude with the very amusing
and laughable afterpiece, entitled
The ShOenaakers OF Bagded.
Old strapall, Mr.. Kennedy; Apprentice, Arm
strong; Cobbler's Daughter, Mile Victoria; Tom
Tape, lin love with daughter,l Mr.. Kenan; Bet
tie, the nurse, Archer; Dick Dashall, lin love
with NURSE Bailey WaSherWoman, buShueIS
Woodsawyer, Robinson.
P.S. The public may rest assured that every
thing advertised will be performed, and polite and
attentive officers to seat the audience and preserve
order. 80
IWill perform at Bayou Goula Saturday,
27th,-Iberville Post Office Sunday, 2sth. 2Ose
Special Notices.