Newbern weekly progress., 1858-10-28

sStorm- ilmingtoa Light
- - WILndINGToN; - .EC Oct ", 1858. s
Dear Progress Now, as I sit preparatory to-
writing you, hear in the distance, the roaring of
the enraged surf, which sounds as the rushing of
:. mighty wind" and according to the opinions
Of those who. profess to know, betokens the ap-
proach g an eastwardly gale; whether or not
their prophecies will be verified remains yetto be
seen; at any rate, the appearance of the weather
at present seems to Justify them S.,
On Tuesday evening last, the 10Th inst, one oil
our military companies, the |. Wilmington Light
Infantry" Capt Hall, was out on parade, andl
their ranks presented quite formidable appear
sance. who after having paraded our. most princi-
pal Streets Ito the intense delight 6f num-
Der of boyssand men who aresever eage to fol-
low the "musters, brought up in front of
the '' Carolina Hotel = and went through various
difficult manouvers, with that ease and precision
that elected general admiration, and that showed
they had attained to high degree in the Tactics.
This company neverswas in more thriving cone
dtion than at presents they have procured large
room in the basement of the new Town Hall
ap'aiag e fsls sa, g,sid s e g
woalds adorn any city, long may It be the
pride of Wilmington.
Mr.. MarehantSs Troupe continue to entertain
some of citizens. but do not think they are
as well patronized now, at first Our citizens
are tired OF PROMISES and our papers, it will be
seen, have ceased to "puff." And l begin to
think that we are all sucked in !" those Stars ~
that were reported to haveb been engaged for the
here, have failed to make their appearance.
Booth, Burton, Julia Dean Hayne nor the Ravell's
all of whom were ADVERTISED as engaged" " for
here, have not made their debut, neither will they.
They all are engaged. and are now filing their
engagement, but not at Wilmington. The con- |
pany that is here are performing old and worn
out,pieces, such as Lady of Lsoais, oshello, Hon
ey Moon &c, and frequently by sper.n} request
sare repeating even those. is no mere than JUS |
tice that should say, that some of the charac- |
ters are seeH sustained, but as general thing
they ts are e not. Their plays as have said be
and, therefore the cha nge of the acts are always
anticipated by the audience, md if they do not
equal or even excel their imagination, as matter
of course, the whole thing is considered failure.
w hen IT they would put something neao, on the |
bill, their visitors would not -.
ed to- crtiese. It is our opinion that the Stars
now boards, are OF about the three-t third
magnitude and some give evidence of this being
their first appearance The appearance OF
the promised :" Lights have thrown decided
damper on our going public A.ithhough
the press. it is opinion that it was all done on
the strength of those promises; for here within
day two past their notices have grown Z" small
by degrees, and beautifully less.''
In my last, informed you of the i'll luck of
one of your craft and now will relate to you a
case where whole office, with the exception of
two three, were most especially sold A gem
tIeman having recently>opened a Refreshment Sa-
loon, walked into of printing Offices
and with all the ponlp and Importance, that is
characteristic of snch Lords, invited the whole
establishment down: to partake of lunch; and
as printers are very polite, fearing that they
might Insult the kind donor should they refuse,
they all with accord accepted the sane, and
that evening, after they had finished their days
toll, set alhrt for the visit; the topic of
fha hot fho1c chol1
we be filed" some said coots, some oysters, and
ious than the rest, bespoke q nice $. puff y from
the Editor and said that did not feel like eat
Hefef0fe he was no " a1s choice but
1 what he could not eat he would carry home in
a.paper. The evening at length came, and they
| all struck bee line for the saloon, when they
neared the door they all put on their best smiles,
and walked in, the first man to greet them was
the noble proprietor, W ho after the usual comph-
| ments asked the gentlemen what they would have
to-dTank !--andsnever time mentioned word
about the substantials that the devil Uniforms
US he got squint at in an anti-room The aalx-
lous one above alluded to, belonging to an or
der that prohibited the Of the ardent ~ Of
course could not partake, and he comforted him
but in this he mistaken, for after those that
could sip had done SO, the generouss host, re-
tired, and the Typoes also, fully convinced that
actions speak louder than words" The feelings
of the invited guests are more readily imagined
than described. We shall be greatly surprised to
hear of their accepting another invitation SOON
And all that you have to say to *dispers6 that
crowded. Printers is how about that lunch q"
Yours, NEWBERNIAN.