Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-11-27

ulu 10 q IeEllaIe receive
the polish of civilization.
THEATRICAL Law SUIT.-A case involving i'm
portant principles of copyright law is likely to
come before the United States Court for Penn
sylvania. The points are af follows:
When, about four years ago. Mr.. Silsbce, an
American comedian, recently deceased, was play
ing at the Adelphi Theatre, London, Mr.. Tom
Taylor, an English author, wrote a play called
"Our American Cousin" with view, as it is
said, to suit Mr. Ssbees speciality, which was
the acting of Yankee characters. Mr.. Silsbec
had copy of it, and that copy passed into the
hands of his widow. During the last summer,
an American gentleman undertook to sell for
Mr.. Taylor the sole right to play the piece, and
it was offered to Mr.. Wallack for the sum of
| 81, 500, but declined 1t was subsequently sold
to Miss Laura Keene for $1,000 aud has been
acted at her theatre for the past five weeks, to
large audiences In the meantime, Mrs. Sisbee
has sold her copy of "Our American Cousin" to
the manager of the Arch Street Theatre, at
Philadelphia, Mr.. W. Wheatley, where it is
shortly TO be produced. Miss Kcene, claiming
proprietary right, has entered the play for
copyright, and intends to commence a suit for
damages against Mr.. Wheatley. The law pro-
vides that any actor or manager who presents a
copyrighted play shall be mulctcd in penalty
of 500 for the first and $50 for each subsequent
representation.
DWARF named Richebourg who was only
twenty-three and half inches high, has just
died in the Rue du Four ST. German, Paris
aged ninety. He was, when young, in the ser
vice of the Duchess d'Orleans, mother of King
Louis Philippe, with the title of 'buttler" but
he performed none of the duties of the office.
After the first revolution broke out, he was en-
ployed to convey dispatches abroad, and for
that purpose was dressed as baby, the dcs-
patches being concealed in his cap, and nurse
being made to carry him.
AN insane woman named Pratt, in Hancock
county, Ohio, started out from home few days
since, and stopping first at her brother-in-law's,
fired his barn, then proceeding on to the two
next neighbors, set fire to their barns, and was
detected in the act of firing smoke house be-
longing to another neighbor. When arrested,
she said that the "spirits" had instructed her
to burn every barn along the road, and then to
burn her fathers house. Mrs P. is the mother
of an interesting family and until afflicted with
the terrible brain malady by the s'spirits, was
on exemplary and highly respected woman.
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FEGHTING and walking and drinking and run
ming, have successfully been made matters of
distinguished contest, and we believe in each
department there has been founda champion
A contest Tor the championship of America in
the matter of eating, is announced at Cleveland |
According to the prelimlnaries, the contestants
are to go outside of the city limits, and there
eat mush and milk until one of them cxplodes-
the one who does not explode to be declared the
victor.
TnE Union does not meet Senator Douglass
recent rather concilatory speech at Chicago,
half way +" while the Republican presses
severely criticise it and think it looks as if the
Senator were DESTROYS of getting back into the
regular ranks! So the Senator remains, in the
opinion of his Administration opponents and his
Republican opponents, still suspended, like Ma
hornets coffin, in state of "betweenity.''
a disso1ute white man was recently sold in
Louisville, in front of tue Court House. under