Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-09-27
p DEmOcRATaC BARRECIE.


Preme Count Desision.
FbtkqR PAsF-Terlible SuiTsrires on the Plsins
DEMOcRATsc BARBECUE.
on the ISt October.
The Committee Of Arrangements request all The
Denoeratie families ia Nashville AID Davidson
county to bring vita them good supply Of cooked
provisions Of every kind TO help 10 feed the thou
sands cf people who wsll be present, Be certain
to bring good supply Sd.
GATtrr THrAras--Ma. KErpLE's lIsnrbEr Mr.
krLnLts previous efforts, though highly creditate
ior young actor did prspsre'us for his dis
ungaissea success in impsrs0nstng What is, per
hsrs acmOst difficult Of all sHaKrsrr,Egs crea-
lions, the philosoihic Prince Of Denmark
Not oaly in face aud figure is he wen adsPiedlO
represent the accomplished and brilliant Prince,
"tho gassof fashion and tse mould ffor. " but TIRE
scholar Ike precision o. his Language and tbe con
teDplaiive lasIsneholy expressedia sis continuance
we'll delineatsd the student and the philosopher,
while The varied phases Of passion and sentiment
were given WITH an ever varying expression, such as
readeIed has acting -aigh complete. We we're
especially struck with the refined Judgment mani
= tested in IKE scene with 0Phe,ia where BE temper
ed sth sort Of regclfal tenderness the appare Mt
hsTsansss with watch he ies-s from bis heart the
most dearly cherished e these trivial fond re-
cords" whose memory he abjured when be devoted
himself - the stern mission Of avengng his fathers
- death.
Il We desired to paint cut a defect in the cOaeep-
toe Of che part it would be one which is peca-
liar 10 Mr. KsEsLg bat which we hare observed in
all the representatives. OF Hamlet whom we have
soen and We have seen The best Of their day it is
sort Of dubious, compromising msuner Of speak
ing the witty. baatering passages. Actors deliver
these not Is Il they came from the mouth of Mer-
cat.O. or BeaeJek but with Sort of reserve and
gravity as they nsciSusly doubted their rels
vaucy sud fitness else them out as if g stem
toran utieraaos could render tragic that which
whsH uaIsguisei Looks 100 much ike comedy for The
= trsgslisn II know what to do With it According
u our view, they ought to be rendered uneompro
missing comedy, Il as not peculiar to this charae-
tar, bat frequently observable in actual life that
81 men u exquisiely sensitive organization have
morbid repugaanso to their deeper emotous
being observed ani commented upon suel
always acquire habual manner under
which their feelings are concealed VITA some
1t viii be q ahi inpenstrabis gravity. wi
ness LoUs NAP0LEoy) with some mOc5ng sar-
casm, and With Others a Wild and reckless pefsihage
Oas IN Hamlet All the profound The emotion
thsmore extrayagant will be the counter current Of
a~sumsd evity Il is an instructive circumstances for
those who desire 10 understand, this subtle
deltaealiau CT SHAK EAREs pea ha. the occasions
OF which he manners are most ountably marked
VITA leTity those where his spirit has been most
81 terribly moved ~itness his strangely misplaced jesa
ia his conversation with Horao, Maresllrs aud
Bernardo, sfer seeing his fathers spirit, and the
fArrago of nonsense. mixed up with fsg ends of old
songs he pours nto the of Horatio Immediate
~ after Le hes convinced himself ofths King s guilt
blythe eEperim, Of the play. The real intention |
Of these strokes Of character VIII eh only, supel
hcially sIelkIg, Inconsistencies, would thnk be
better appreciated if the contradictory states Of |
feeling which follow che another were given with IN
compromising energy and reality: il the humor
made manifestly humorous, and the repartee de!is-
cred with the reckless rapidity which is seen TO De |
appropriate when similar passages come from tie
lips Of an avoWelIy brilliant wit Ike Mercutio
We have a similar compromising reserve in |
sectors when representing the ovial scenes OF Iago
They maize Iago seem more inlont upon convincing |
the audience that he is william, than Otbelo and /
Cassie that he is a clever fellow. Il We might be
allowed tae suggestion, should like 10 Isgo |
made Mr.. HuUBLEs next Shakespearian effort, eS-
pecally it would sc well matched by the Othel-
10 Of Dir. HESDErsoy. This gentleman has been
kept most unscc0uhtlbly ia the back grO md.
Mrs. WARD, while she was speaking. did justice
to the character ofthe Queen, but during the inter
walls her action vas singulary inappropriate She
seemed the greater par OF the time to have a broad
laugh on her face. We trust we shall not see a
Nashville audience 80 treated again.
Mrs HENnEEso.. usual, was irresistible in
Ophslia
Bot Why was Mr.. OGDEN cast in such an imIor-
taBt part as Laeres. lie is a useful farce actor,
we cimt brt it TO be a signal Injustice both
10 him and 10 the audience, TO place him before |
them il a character for which he is Sc utterly ia
oomPaient The sane may be said Of his appearance
Buckingham 10 Richard 81. This is the more |
uuaceouhtabe the company is quite a full one, |
and there vas u SOFT Of necessity for this arrange
m5nL
We glad 20 see that the success Of Beauty and |
the Beast has encouraged The manager to prepare Il
few more bur}etls Of similar cast among th,u |
PLANCws exquisite piece Of fun and fancy the |
IRyIsIBIE PEIygE.
The entertainments for tonight are the hi torigal
meloirams OF MassauellO with a repetition Of the
excellent farce OF simpson Co.
ATrEnrr TO BUEN PErSgNG OfFIcG.-Tha
Patriot says young connected with that
Office, on their retu7n from the theatre little be-
fore Il O'Clock Saturday night, found that al
job room the third story, they discovered
quantity CT pitch just beginning to blaze up near q
pile of printing paper. This they instantly ex
tingaishel ami looking about the room found
that some scraps Of paper had been placed in IN
empty dry goods box and ignited. The legendary
had not been gone probably than FIVE miuutes
when the Young entered the room, and had
their coming been delayed i've minutes longer,
there would have been work for ihe hrem0n.
The Patriot adds: I've unconscious OF hay
ing given oHence to any and cannot conceive
what motive could have actustsd the perpetrator Of
this attemp; to iIjure ~ The 7roPrietOrs Of The
Pcriot ynS>a reward Of one hundred dollars for tie
discovery Of the lncaudiary. and sincerely trust
he will be fsrre.ed oat 0ld severely dealt with.
FREwosKs-Wc learn that the committee Of ar
raugcmsnts for the Democratic Jubilee to take place
next Saturday, have ua lie arrrugamcnts with Mr.
LUCK grand display Of fireworks on the CaPiio
Hill Mr.. Lrcg it viii be remembered is the gen
teman who jazzl5d The optics of young Nashville
on tae 81 Of July with his c5ruscatious. In pre-
paripg his pyroteohnic splenlor for the Jubilee we
are informed be has msje arrang eneots which vii!
far surPass his former Efforts. We shall certainly
be there see and hope that the orators will be pre-
pared with efforts unusually Brilliant lest their fash
es of wat and blazes cf el0Qqence be eciPscd BY ho
cssts ami crackers.
SUDDEN DEArg.-The Gallatin Fzanias, says on
Thursday morning, the pa inst, L. &. EDwAErs
Esq o. Sumner county was stricken with spOPleyy
while setting couyErsiog in the County Court
Clerks office, in Gaatin. Medical aid imme
disely called, but in little hslf hour, the
vital spark had fed One of his sons who was sent