The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-03-10
ANrEcEDENTs OF LEADING ACTORS


was an GRAND boy in Philadelphia gro.
Gerry store; Murdoch is the son of baker;
Rnd used to serve Ills fathers customers
from Il large basket which lie carried on
his head; Billy burton was once a prin-
tcr's "'evi' in a London printing office
Sol. Smith is also practical printer; Bar
ney Williams was, for many years, a regu.
lar New York "dock whallopcr;" j. r.:
Scott, when ''pecvislf boy" served as u
cabin Ilunky on an oyster vessel in the Phil.
adclphia trade Charlotte C,,slman, before
she turned actress, made 4 living for herself
AMI mother and sister by the needle (all'
honor and praise to her. Collins, the Irish
comedian, served an apprenticeship under:
Dublin barber, and is even unto this day
reckoned IN excellent SHAVER" Charles
Matthew'S WIS "gcntlcman born" but
was so unfortunate rs TO lose his title j.
u. Roberts is the "son Of gunsmith,,'
still living i'll Wilmington, Delaware J. E.
Mcd'nogh, was formerly Il butcher, and used
to kill for keyser," whose slaughter house
was in Spring Garden, Philadelphia one
Of the California stars" is a native Of
Newfoundland, and is the son of a mack
crel eatcher-Cwe wouldn't give his name,
for the world, he'd he the death of rs y
Ned Bingham was first gallant soldier.
next clever actor, and now q vender OF
ilrst rate cigars anil tobacco !; George Jor-
dan, the handsome and talented "fop" ac-
tor, served IN apprcnticcsl'irto the print
Ing trade, and is said to Le one of the most
rapid type.stickcrs ever ",urncd out" Of
Baltimore-Tn 7atssamt, we hear that
George has become disgusted with the
stage, and intends rcs,,ining his ''case" at
the stand y Pracidc commenced his public
career by playing second fiddle on Missis-
| sIppi ilat-boat; ;. f: johnson was once a
pl'l'maker in London, but finding lnirth to
bc tho better kind Of medicine, lie cast
aside his mortar and pestle, and turned lis
attention and talents to comic singing, a:
which he is " s,nhning;'' Garricli's father
kept tcnpin alley Laura Keenc was once
bar maid in London saloon, and could
mix a" gin-sling' ahd "brandy y-smach"
with the best Of them; OF Mexican Bucl-
anan's carly life we know nothing-lke'
"Topscy," we "guess lie wasn't born, but
growed," Bourcicault is the son of a Wor-'
cestershirc gardener, which pursuit he fSl.
lowed several years before going on tile
stage -(his will account for his "cabbag. "
ING" propensities;) John Brougham was
raised in charitable soup house, in Dub:
lin, hence lie is called broth" of a boy:
Chanfrau is carpenter by trade; Charles
Whcatlcigh served several years at the tail
oring business. A number Of Califoinih'
actors rose from obscurity. One of the
most "airy" Of them sold swill-milkr on
the Five Points, New York, several years
prior to bis debut on the stage. 1t will be
seen from the above that "poverty and low
birth, the twin jaiIers Of the daring he.r,''
are not barriers to the attainment Of fans
and position in the dramatic profess!on..'
Il Spiritualist on, .Spirituoiism.-Im most
solemnly affirm that I do not believe THAI
there has, during the past 500 years, arisen
any class of people who were guilty Of SO
great variety Of crimes and indecencieis>
as spritualists of America. For long
time, was swallowed up IN its whirlpool IF
excitement, and, comparatively, paid hut
little attention to its evils, believing thar
much good might result from the opeiiiH%
Of the avenues Of spiritual intercourse
but, during the past eight months, l have
devo'e my attention to a critical investi-
cation of its moral, social, and religious
bearing, and l stand APPALLED, before tho
revelations of it's awful and dam,niny reaI,-
ties and would flee from it's influence as
would from the miasma, which would do.
stroy both soul and body. .Spiritualism
and prostitution, with rejection of Chris
tianity, are twin sisters, which everywhere
go haud.in.hand Will, but little inqhiry,
I have been able to count up over seventy
mediums, most of whom have Wholly absn.
doned their conjugal relations, others hv-
ing With their irparamours, called afIipties,'
others in prorniscuous adultery, and still
others exchanged partners. Old men antt
women, who have passed tho meridian. Of
lif, are not unffe1ucntly the victims of
this hallucination. Many of tho MEDIUMS
lose all sense Of moral obligations. and
yield, for the Time, 10 whatever influence
may be brought upon them. Their pledges,
taeir integrity. or their ohtl,s, are no more
reliable than the shifting breeze Of tho
whirlwind, for they are made Ito yield to
the powers which for the time control them.
--Dr. B.. f.. Hatch.
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= .Ayoung man once fell in love will, IN
hefess, IND the passion being returned, it
only wanted: the parents Consent. to make
hiifhaDnv. Az lanoth,. rineefin6 ihe3ather