Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-09-10
rHE ATHEN EUNI.

Its npr INST tsv1 wesSs siIec TINS place OF
anus s1,ant -Fa. o5e,sl = thf pu6iis BY Messrs-
Henchett & DaAi.!d. aud We have forl'oFne
rs.nlfi:ias upon .ie flc,, until opportunity en-
ailed u 70 speak Of the merits Of the company.
The company consists Of W. Benz, Duttis'd as
business man and treasurer, and We arc sure
better one could not easily DC found, and Mr..
Hme5st as STAGE mln1gss, and Messrs Don
nely, H.a-tyssll. II .ary, Williams, Watson,
Pisk, Porter Lewis Oalily, Grrham and other
and Mrs DaEsld, Mrs Hanchett Mrs Henry.
Mrs Williams, Ma Lewis and Miss Fanny
Prise, and we b.!isve, so:ns other, whose nauea
We have not yet seen announced In the bills =
Ths company have mat with Z fair, though not
libssai pltroaag., since their opening, but July
asE9oi as wss u be snucipsted from the early
tin. OF oyenins, and l9r stAge Of oarriges and
consequent dd1 tirnss and scarcely OF money.
ina Company IS nov established in public
opinion as an excellent onc, in point Of aetias,
and what Is better, in our opinion, 50 lar as We
have been able to judge, they appear to be the
right kind Of men and women, persons Of repu.
taiioD having characters. to snslain in life, IS
we'll rs their assumed ones on'ttr stage Bnt
l.gs companies can boast Of 4 leading woman,
81 ttlented as Mrz Dafis,a Thislady shnuld
i, proud OF the place She occupies in tbs rinds
sn,l hearts Of oar citizens as an actsess and asa
woman Coming Among at Grst unheralded,
and; 81 f.r as this cit WIS concerned, unknown,
ss,e has been the architect OF her own success,
and the newer Of her own path TO the favor and
admiration Of Que people. Her name undonbt-
.qIly Is /, he written among those of the ilrst
actresses on the American stage
Mr. Hsaeh=tt i alnthar hyorite with the
p.ay-go.rs of this city. ami lie certainly merits
u be firoTita in Wheeling, or wherever else
he NAY be. OF large form, aud fine talent for
'.malss up" he looks his characters TO the life.
aud besides, he has good action and is an excel.
lsat reader
The ether members Of the company sustain
these leading characters well, and it is source
OF pleasure to many to feel that when the sea-
SIN 81 the stars" commences, the beauty Of
their aetiug will not be married 6y the incapaci-
u Of the home eompAny.
Fhe present company is worthy of being
sustained People will have arnusements, and
If Is the duty of phiantITopists 70 furnish tiiem
with tbs higher and more ennobliag kinds. Cir
cnsss, negro shows Sr., are corruPtins in their
Tendencies aud incapable of Improvement Not
80 NTH tie theatre. As people MAKE it.so il is.
Taen lei that encouragement be given to the
present compsny. as will prolcns their stay
among n. mud thus shnt sae door etfectnnily
upon. ti,at class of performers and ainnseu,ents
tolerated in city ike this, only i'll the absence
Of Tie better class.
+ 'rs-aisht the play Of '.lYillism qcll,' will be
presented, and Oh tomorrow night those who
ehe9se % "a. Sill haze tic pleasure % seeing
: Bulwer's greatcomedy of "Honcy" This piece
.Kiil be put on tho stage il good style, and viii
bring oct thc ,siens OF the whole company