New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-10
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LII POOR OF NEW YORK.

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sDe .-o,e,.ad The suecess Of the piece wAs
f..l..s Pvs,v one Of the five ac's, or ra'ner We
.,onh saw ,ix. received appau e. All toe 81
..,,r,,, and o,pios ly called before tae e"' "''
s,a q, times the cheers rose TO an upro". a.os
IT., n;a,e b,stIes with local hte, aHuS'oo' a'u '0.
,,.s.n0,. all in good taste, excep; IN Que p''0e ~
La. os toad, lam Of certain families l. Is "aiu'
..,,.yv 20 saw that The Poor Of her-loTF Is sh In
.Ss,. e -, poyy,es dc Paris. The incident OF the
a., a.. "a cloa " givep well a. the enaFcoai SUMO
.~.ion sc.ns of the fondhi but a. "hoe ]" u eA''"
s,y,I, al,e,ed. recsst and domesacated.
Ths manner 10 which is PIT upon the stage Is az
..,,.hs. and ,ueh scenes az Union square with tue
.,s,,, Of Washington and the Aca5emy Of MUSIC seen
., r,oht daring snow-storm; the Park Win we"
AZ TIE Tines office; the view Of NeT-fofx rom
p,sohfyp and 20 forth were warmly aPpauoeo' ihe
plsi may be given as follows; , ar.
The manic of 1887 finds Captain Falrweaher tmc'
Bhhs) on the point Of sailing from NeNi ork TOT tue
R,s, Indies in command Of the Paul ano Lacy crait
cs,istered after his two young Children Inc captain
has been prosperous old salt and his whole fortune IS
;.v.s,s5 in tbe stock of the United States Bsnk. lie
hnkv enough to learn the unsafe condition Of that
Ir.,,,r 10, and proftiDg by his knowledge to make
sale Of his stock without loss and al the open
-. 81 ,he drama he has just received the proceeds,
s,o0 oO6 IN bank notes, which he must rein
vast ssSsNy ard speedily, his vessel being ready
for se. He determines to place the amount as spe-
eisl DEPOSIT in the bands of noted rich banker, Gid
con Bloodgood Mr.. Norton and for tina. purpose seeks
him 81 his counting room after business hours, and
there fpds him closeed with Of his clerks Badger
Mr. Lester, all the other employees hsving left The
entrance Of the Captain interrupts en- exciting inter-
view between the banker and the clerk, in which the
tter isinformipg his employer that he has discovered
liz inyovency and his intent TO deraud creditors, and
sbseond to Europe the following day with the re-
naming funds in his possession The clerk is present
while the Captain makes the special deposit and writes
for hm the receipt which tue banker sgos Onthe Cap
ans the clerk demai ds his share of this
pu1der as hush money, and finally agrees to be close
Ioouthed and TO leave the country upon the payment
Of 50 OcO which is then made. At this point, Captain
Farves. her reeoters in great haste and violently as-
tated, and demands return of his special deposit
ssyirg he had heard Of the bankers insolvent
oOEdi ion. BloOdgoOd demurs, aud tells him to come
next Gay daring bank hours. The Captain charges
him with attempt to defraud, and becoming enraged
and excited is suddenly seized with spopexy and falls
desd. The receipt for the 100000 which be held is
taken hom the body AID ontesed by Badger, upper.
perceived by the banker The act closes here and it
epDfeQueLUy E6ltteU Dd15oE duu tuV uduhot
leave The dead body in the street.
Twenty years have elapsed, and the second and re-
msia,g acts portray our panic times of 1857, the
,ceae being still In New York. Paul and Lucy Fair
weather Mr. A. II. Davenport and Mrs. Allen and
their mother Mrs Fairweather Mrs. Blake are 10
poverty, through the loss Of Pauls clerkship he
being victim Of the bard times. Lucy finds tempo
nyy employment as a mantusmsker. i oodgood,
the banker has fattened on the fortune Of which ne
robbed the. father. Lucy has been beloved by
fashionable young man. Mark Livingstone ar sosn
erp) and ,upposes herself deserted by him becawe OF
m, p4nurv which has befalen her, Bot the true
cause Of yipgsiones neglect 1, tina. he, whom Lucy
suopossd rich has lost all in stock speculshons, and
become literally as poor besgar, being reduced 70
naxu his coat for dinner The daughter OF the bank
or. Aida Bloodgood Mrs Hoey), finding that her
hthers wealth has failed to purchase for her an en-
ussce into good society, sees means to eject that
object in az alliance with the poverty stricken Living
stone. Livingstone has sought the banker at his
pryste residence Bloodgood being his chief creditor;
and st the irstigation Of the daughter the banker
becomes Livingstone's benefactor, aud losns
hnn money to recommence business. A'lng
,tSse ia now about to propose TO marry
Luoy Fsirweather and make her family the sharer' OF
his rood fortune but shereduced to the position OF
DR.. A. maker to the bankers daughter-hss been ap-
p,sed by that young lady Of her own design 10 nave
Living tone for husband, and warned her 10 REJECT
his suit under threat that, should sue ACT other~e
Livingstone would ain be stripped OF al he possessed.
Lucy soyrouing submits and casts off Livingstone lie
falls iEto the snare laid by Aida, and is about to
ma1y her. Bloodgood has turned the Fair
weather family out of their home for nom
payment Of rent and they are in the direst
mi.e-y, occupying an attic in the Five Points An
a5iOiLDe attic is eranted BY Badger, the acsomphce
Of Blcodsood in the robbery of the Captain twenty
years before. Badger has Just returned from Cal'or-
MIA in destitute condition. He demands OF Blood
good $50 900 hush norey, under threat OF producing
TIE receipt given to the Captain, which ne holds con-
esaled IN his apartment aud Of bringing forward the
FairweLther family to claim their stolen fortune.
Il so5good commits for the purpose OF
DESTROYING the evidence, but does not sue
,eed. though he burns down the house as
Badger rEshes through the flames IN hms
I, ,eize fsom its place of oonoealmen' Inc oocu-
mept Blooogood now deeming h'nset SAFE, Is aoou'
10 narYy bis daughter to Livingstone, the "eod'ns
yue,ts bsiog az ssmbed whenfresh parties 49, oeng
livingstone, Badger and the Fairwesther family ihen
poetcal Justice is done. Badger produces his evi-
depce Of BlooS goods viainy and hands him oves 70
tas pohce. The Fair weather fouune rever's 70 tns
OWEN. The lovers Livingstone and Lucy are msae
happy aud Bloodgood is not sent to prison because
yous Fairxesther destroys the evidence o. ms guN
IL al extra ct Of generosity through pity OF AhdA'
Ansr the fall Of the curtain, the cries tor tee
sutboz" beips yoei,erous, hr. Bourcicsun a1Vauoea
ase slated that the play wss the joint production OF
kessrs. Seymour, Goodrich, Walden and himself-
that il was written aud studied ard prepared a. 70
,een.ry md tfeo!s, in a little over two wesks.