Amador weekly ledger., 1857-10-31
Mile Marie Duret.

dramatic representations we have seen 10
California With good form aud an excel
lent voice and thorough appreciation of the
characters she portrays, she never fails to
please her audience Her talents are as ver-
satile as any actress we have ever seen-per-
forming as well in tragedy as in comedy-in
male as well as female characters As "Mi-
ami" in the play of "Green Bushes" La
Tisbe" in the "Actress of Padua;" Fran
cine" in the "Grist to the Mill;' "Jane Lo-
max" in the Forged Will" and as Jack
Sheppard she was equally successful. She
was supported by as good company as ever
visited the mountain towns, consisting Of Mrs
Woodward, Mrs Hunt, Mrs. Booth Miss
Paullin and Messrs. Glover, j b Booth,
Paullin, De Forrest and others, the most of
whom are well known as favorites on the
stage Mr.. Glover is decidedly good com
edan and received applause in all the char
acters he personated. This troupe is under
the management of Jno s. Potter They
played here five nights. From here Mile
Duret goes TO Mokelamne Hill where she
will doubtless meet with a kind reception.
The company deserves success wherever they
go, not only for their talents but also for
their presenting nelc first class plays to the
public.
Too TRUE.-An eloquent writer to the
Sacramento Age dating his letter from Shas-
Ia, in relation to the subject of divorces says:
How solemn the vow ! Pledged to each
other ut the hymenial altar, before high
Heaven, that they will be true, faithful and
aifectionate to each other, till death sepa-
rates their life union of interests. But how
have these VOWS and pledges been broken in
California Divorce sits like Satan in Par
adise and converts this Eden of home into
a perfect hell and degradation. Two-thirds
of all the applications to the District Courts
for bills of divorce are made by wives, show
ing most conclusiyely that something is
wrong in California association. Believe me,
this is brought about in most cases by third
party who has become too intimate, inter
fered in the family relations and either held
out TO the wife the inducement OF better
support and maintenance, or else she has
been ea:ed with hattery under the false pre-
tense of greater profession of Affection
o how many cases are there recorded,
where this friend has either married her or
caused her ruin and destruction !"
Yes, Something is wrong in California as
sociation,p or you would not find two-thirds
of the applications for divorce made by wives.
That wrong we believe TO be on the part of
the husbands. There is no portion of the
civilized world where the men spend so much
OF their time away from their wives. Bar
rooms, billiard saloons, gambling houses, aud
other places OF resort are trequented ill late
hours in the night by men who leave loving
wives at home. AT these places they form
acquaintance that are not to be thrown off
at will, aud who often use their power, ac-
quired over the husband, to force an intro
ducton to his family for anything but prop
er motives The results of such associations
can ouly be evil
Wives left neglected, as stated, are mar
ked by designing men, their society sought
and every blandishment used to aid in es-
trangng them from their husbands; and
they are too often successful.
If husbands were more attentive to their
wives we should hear less of applications for
divorce Women are as forbearing here as
they are elsewhere and suffer as uncomplala-
ingly, while the baser passions of men are
given full away
PRErrY Coop have received the fol-
lowing anecdote from correspondent, which
although not of recent occurrence is worth
telling;
While the San Francisco Sun was being
published the father Of bride who had been
but few days married called on his son-in-
law who lived in an out of the way village
in one of our valleys. After passing few
words the father cnquired if he had any
thing late referring to the news les, .
said the sou-in-law, " I've late sun " A
late son." exclaimed the father, II should
call it a rather soon one for a couple only a
week married"
The bride was missing about that time
BoLD CAMPAIGNER -Senator Pugh the
! u Of ha ma aln