Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-01-13

THEATRE.-Miss DAVE morris fret appearance
was witnessed by large and fashiouat lie audience
who appeared to watch her psrsonstion of The
Counties with determination to discover and sp
DTecis,e its BEAUTIES and her pre- emincncs in IN
tarpreling them. She received from first to last
The wsrmeat tokens Of appreciation, predicting for
her bisf engagement unusutl brlliauce and profit
Mss D. is announced for Ter great character
of "AdyieHns he Actress" her performance Of
which (aer original character in this country is
said to be one Of the most touching and beautiful
ever witnessed on the American stage Tie Boston
Daily Courier, Ia q notice of Miss D, quotes the
following from a New Orleans paper, in reference
10 her Ad~isnne:
Her performances passed before our eyes like
the wonderful exhibitions Of East Indian msgi-
Glars completed ia a single hour, In which s9'seed
ia sown in The ground; the point appears; the
leaves spread, the stem buds; and at last the bud
ltsait blooms and blossoms to the perfect flower
A Philadelphia paper, ass, in notice of this
-cEaracter, sEeaks as follows:
NJ IS Davenport is, eDplatcaly, in Adrieune
the Actress, not Of a day, but of all time We
never saw HOman more strikIEgly portrayed than
- IN her bcgiug. Love- vivacity, jealousy, hatred
revenge, self sacrifice, with intense pt ysicsl sui
'eEiug wire never more beautifully portrayed in
our memory Of the stage"
We .,arn hist owing to tie bTeVity Of the en-.
gageneH', TO T'sy will be repeated, and seats may
be taken for ,hs three performances in advance.
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Ar ADyEETURE.-Oa Saturday last theler5as
considerable excitement and amusement created
3y one of Prof HAIEs experiments Friday
nigbt be perCrmei what was called the California
experiment, IN which be gives the tj9cts checks
tCr tie amount OF gold they ore caused to believe
they hsya oJt9ined in the western Eldorsdo.-
. These checks were nothing more than brown
paper. Saturday morning so sco1 as the Bank of
Nashville was opened, three Of the subjects were
promptly at tbe counter claiming pay ment of their
several checks The Teller, Lumoring the expert
ncut, tod the bearers that their checks we're
iorgsricr. Immediately they sat out in search of
Prot Hale. Coming ia sight Of him on Union
street, they threw aside such encumbrsnces as
,5a6s &c, a1d started FOX him full tilt The
Prot maize tracks for tle ST. Cloud. They gave
cbase under .njI sal. Reaching the hotel the
house was saschad, but rhs Prof could rot be
fou q. After tine lie appeared, when the Cali
fyrliaEg Immediately charged him with forgery
s1i demanded restitution Of their earnings, and
O. lis refl-al TO refund, they called IL sn officer
aud demanded his arrest. After the scene had
coud lued for some time, much to tie amusement
Of goody crowd tbst bai collected Prof HALE
by d few mari 1ustions removed them from un.
der the influence Of tie delusioD aud Immediately
they ran Of, slipping heels over head on the iced
pavement. making rapid time away from the ho-
Je' IN a few minutes afterwards nothing re-
maiued on Their memories bnt an iDdistnc. recol.
lection of having been TO tie Bank for some pur-
nose they could not recall
This Is d remarkable evidence Of the mysterious
power which mas be exertcd by the essence Ct
electricity. Although many strange experiments
have been given none have excited so great aston
lshment IS tbs one. Every effort was made by
the Fl ris Of the subjects to convince them that
they Lai not been to California, that they had no
hicks, aid tast it all deIusion; but in vain.
Tacy weie frmly convinced OF the reality Of their
x ngrieuce and ridicue was freely used, but 10 DO
,Eec. TIL subject is one worthy of the stter-
t.E Of the iuves eating mind; ayd if it can be-.
e.ue 7u agent for tie alienation Of disease, Gs
Prof Hale asserts it can, it is likely to prove, in
ss.I.ul hands, powerful and benefcent addition
ID lie besIugA't