Daily national Democrat., 1859-06-02
Opening of the New Theater at Timbuc-
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TIMRucroo. Nav 30th.


TIMBuoToo, May SOth.
EDIroR NATIONAL DEMOCRAT This graft
flying event came off on the evenings of the
2Sth and goth inst, and was complete sue
cess. The building is 66xS4 feet, and seats
about 400 persons The scenery is by Hires,
and is very satisfactory. Our enterprising
citizens, Van Vactan and Ditmore, must be
highly pleased at the evidence of apprecia-
ton of their enterprise furnished by their nu-
merous friends in the full and crowded atten-
dance upon their opening nights One
thing is demonstrated: the audience is here
and for all ,corthy troupes will come down
with the almighty-or, rather, one dollar.
The dress circle was illuminated with the
bright eyes and fashionale attire of many
lovely women and they appreciate good
acting, to Judge by their approval of Miss
Jones' "Sybil" The caste of this play was
most excellent and cannot but think that
each one of those actors on that Sabbath eve
was preaching a noble sermon upon the
true morality of man. Not Eve, driven
from Paradise and beholding at its shut gate
the impossible sentinel Angel, could more
mournfully or hopelessly deplore her fall,
than did the lovely Sybil the ruin Of her
youths bright budding ihnocence-the loss
of her life's great honor. And the character
of the noble and digniied lawyer-his con-
sciousness of power-his burning words-his
deep toned voice of resistless might, of terri
ble force, sounding like the ominous thun-
ders from Heaven to which men are looking
for judgment and an unoppealable decision
the worth and weight of a manly character
were ali most admirably depicted and sus-
tanned by young Acton. But where all were
good | will not discriminate. One other
point l would notice as a mark of the age.
1t is we'll known that Mr. Savage changed
the denouement of the dark and terrible
Kentucky tragedy and acquitted the ayeng-
ing Clifden. Was it prophecy of the fu-
ture? The verdict of the acquittal of Daniel
E. Sickles answers it. But the sentiment of
the Roman matron has not changed and Lu-
cretia still dies Her broken heart cannot
beat in dishonor amongst the honorable men
who have avenged her deadly wrong.
1t way we'll be asked why, if the loss of
female innocence and honor is so irrepaira-
ble, and can only be atoned for by her death,
that the crime of her destroyer should so
long have been left unpunishable by law?
Why, it has been left for juries of husbands,
fathers and brothers, to disregard the musty
forms and preeedents of darker ages, and
despite of precedents and instructions, to
strike blow by verdcts of justification as
fatal to the murderer of domestic peace as
could be positive law with death penalty,
for the honorable acquittal of the avenger
places the seduces outside of the pale of the
protection of law for his life Indeed, it
must be dreadful wrong which public SEN
timent so condemns, that its perpetrator may
be shot down like dog and spurned into an
unhonored and hated grave, and fewer
beasts-miscaled men-will be apt to brave
it.
The age of the Collatimes and the Brutus
is returning, and may we not anticipate that
hallowed Roman era, when, for five hundred
years, adultery within the wall of Rome was
an unknown crime. JEFF.