St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1858-07-08

lis fancy bredn il sung, and Bassani0 b pom
slrTing Oh the obects olferei ~ his gaze are, U
in point Of fact, living pictures that might b
advantageorsly copied Cor the illustrations o
4 the play-lsook. Is Cor the ''Aveane to PufRia'
j hsaasc.f which occupies the stage during Fhs
fiih at. i is one sf the must bsantifui ,alon-
lie sccsssss. ever seen within the walls Of thea.
trs. Here nesin, the necessity uf ascending
and descending fight Of steps imposed 81
the zcharacfers imparts variety 20 the sctlon
and gives new lie 10 the business Of the sitlia-
fiolis hdeesi, Ill particulars being saksn int
2 considerations, we tnay venture tO ieeiarc that
the Merchant Of Venice is Mr.. kean's
crowniug achievement
The tine acting uf Nv. Kean as Shylsck, the
intensity Of l.is rage, the quickness Of his eye
the depth Of his pathss, and the conception
prevalent throughput that the jew Is . wrong
cd man, and. tlserefore entitled ~ spEne degree
of sympathy in sl.itc::Of his vindictiveness, Is
already known b" the public. We wOuM OBJ
serve. hOweyer, that ON Saturday, Ear FINN
being outshone by the bsilliancy Of the sur
rounding decorations, the jew remained rs
conspicuous - the most fastihiUus Shakcspcar-
I lin could desire. With re~sRet b the other
characters we may brify say, that Mr.. Rtes's
Bassanio, somewhat On a large SCALE is ,listin-
| guished by a frank, manly bearing that the
pathetic lines Of Antonio are spoken with gen
uine feeling BY Dir. Graham; that the ''iiUth-
inss" of Gratiano are uttered with pleasant
/ foppeFy by Mr.. W. Lacy; that the Nerissa of
I Miss Leclefcq Is spfightIy, though not alto
gether devoii OF afiecaafhn; and that the mild
ladylike Performance Of Jessica by Miss Chap
man promises q valuable addition to the Prin-
cezs' eufilpaay
As for the Launcelot Gobbo Of Mr. Harley,
and the old Gobbo Of Meadows, they are fine
relics Of the fnll-eclurei style of cosIic repre-
sentation that The '-laMdafaT tesT,oris -actf''-
in this particular not observation-disclosures
with other peculiarities Of those paluly days
of histnunic art, when even tie subordinate
Characters of long list, could be sufficiently
well acted "a merit al elaborate description.
For the manner in which every perS,nage,
from the hunblcst supernunlcrary upward,
is made conducive to the purpose Of the whole,
TIE manager camnut be tuO highly commended
In the art Of employing every available re-
source To work out q conception Mr. Kean
has perhaps never been cqualed
New voRx, JCNE Is, 1856.
To The E'itor Of he Gu<tlen Prize:
STA: During u tedious passage from Kings
ton, Jamaica. in the brigartiue Meteor, the
passengers, to while away the time agreed 10
publish manuscript newspaper, c.it!a. ,'c
Oceanic Gazette aud they did M Tic A1.l..
rs AN old member Of the press, t., i,A!n..t,. isc
as editor. We had our leading 1T rs. news
of the day, advertisements, &c. s>..t yuu n
rcbus of my own, which appeared in the
Gazette, which If you think worthy Of place
in your columns you may insert. IL is q
striking Instance of the number Of words that
can be formed out Of q wOrd of seven !e tcrs,
by transposition and combination None VI
the readers Of the Oceanic Gazette could solve
the rubus. Perhaps some Of your rcalcrs may
DC more siIcccssful.
am word of seven letters. My 4. S, 6.
and 3, is an article Of food: 8. 2, 5, 4, an Arab
chief; 2, !, 4, s., :, a woman's Name; 9, Z,
clild's fond name for mother 2, I, 4, 3, fe-
male of certain quadruped ; 2, I, &, to- spoil;
4. ], =, male of certain animals I, 4, 20, q
mans maine in Scripture; 2. /, 4, u, Scripture
term for bitter; z, s, 4, 3, dirt; q, I. 4. sort Of
vehicle; =, !, E, Scotch for SON 4, 3, !, 2 term
in statiunery; G., 4. J. 2, to stuff; 2, /, 8, 3, in
q, l, l. 3, SORROW; 5, 4, 3. anger 4, T. g, g. tria!
Of speSsiib dttss LAND q fbiFf 81 steam anRs.2
o 3, Is plentiful in the Arctic regions; !, 8,
?, design; Z, 6, 3, names of o card; I, Z. 81,
extent; I, 4. 2, a weapon; 3, 5, ., 3, cnntain
little animals; 8, 4, !, MAX of time; :, ., a
passive verb.
My whole is what we all arlently desire
l.. u. 5.
A lady frien,l has furnished us with the fol-
lowing answer to the above Rebus: Rice, Emir,
Maria, Ram, Aram, Mara, Mirc, Car, Mac, Ream,
Cram, Mace, Are. Care, Ire, Race, Acre, Cream,
Cam, Ice, Aim, Acs. Area, Arm. Mice. Ere,
Am.
My whole is America.
SINGULAR PHEHoMEHA.-A correspondent
of the jackson (Mich.) Patriot says On the
morning Ut 24lh May. singular phenomena
ap. feared near Tompkii,'s. After n heavy
rain the night previous the ground was covered
with small fish; they were found one mile
beyond Barry's gate, and extending about half
Il mile along tie plank road. There were two
kinds, one abUut three inches in length, and
appears to be ti.c sind known here a. the dog
! fish; the other kind are the most numeruus,
about two inches in length, and a species un-
known here. They number from twenty ~
forty to the square nd uf ground. They
were alive when they fell, though many were
killed in falling. Great number, however.
fell or were carried by the running wafer into
! the pools and puddles in the fields and woods,
where they may now be seen swimming about
lively and active.
NEGRO SrAMPEDE.-On Saturday night last,
the 18th, Of June, says the BoonSboro' Old
Fellow, gang Of some nine or twelve negroes
ran off from their owners, residing IN Loudon