New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-30
THE LATE OVATION At WASHINGTON

10 tle Editor Of ThS.E y. Tribune.
SIR: Tie grand dramatic melange which hss been
going on the last three weeks in the Court at Wash
iugton was fttingly terminated Tuesday in
plqysd tteQtri Court il not, indeed, the
usual place of such a performance, but
far in advance of all who have preceded W.,
and even OF contemporaries, in the disregard
Of oil restraint heretofore imposed by preoe-
dent either in Judicial forms or ethical principles
Although to the Athenians il might have seemed odd
to have had play of Arstophanes performed in the
temple of Minerva, where tribunals of justice
accustomed to pit yet We, with more than Attic in
ycutiun Of entertainment, can convert the Judicial
tribunal Itself into semdramatc form, exhibiting by
gr0soJ0pqo the comic and pathetic phases Of human
life.
Such if do not misjudge, has been the late trial
to which I have referred. The actors, it was sup
pose at one time too for the occasion
but bv good management, part wa found for each.
Frrt the rectatiors from Shakespeare with an in
ternixure Of quotations from the Scriptures corrected
by reference to the original, md ncrlcated hya
new cxegesis showing that all former commentators
have been mistaken in the meaning, formed an appro-
pirate Apologize which was deiveredby John Graham,
rsu. Tie versatile gits Of this gentleman seem 10
coed even those Of the learned seden, who only
lawyer and .heoogian, but was not vered in dramatic
performance 80 .,
executed by the principal performer, Mr. Sickes. For
the lorI ton of thor who do not read Greek, it may
De proper say that the tragedy above referred to is
II aly taken up with the groans and lamentations Of
PLiloctete> who lad received u wound while he was
ON lii WAY 10 Troy. This pant somewhat familiar
to Nj. = He had previously performed il, according
to the Hon H. j. Walker, in a very mastery manner
quite exceeding nature itself
An rterludo representing fierce quarrel Ike that Of
4 4 nv
ard STATION. II little too much in the style in
which Bottom proposed to play the part Of lion
who ia uideg not Brighten the Indies undertook 10
-ogr he Ror like am sucking TORE Some expressions
were indeed Al fir, used IN the trre atirtc mode OF
helgererts-the ore utterly dsay0wing his knowledge
of The existence 81 such person az the otherbut TINS
truculent inception suddenly transmitted into the
ner-s every day compliments, or rather INTO com
pluisaucc altogether exceeding the ordinary Pfoe'-
siOua civilty.
P,,l Uiuitry wa, al,o introduced, not exactly
rt,riCcutor il his own Ptrson but a. a learned anti
auaiau skilled ludicn researches his office being
10 furnish illustrations Of American laws by rerreuc"
to the u.Gges OF the Tartars, New-ZeGanders, aud
ancient Gohs and Vaudrls. The Catires were not r.
ferred 10 because the black not deemed by
the Irish Democrecy Of this country a. having any
right To usage. Of their own bat being only III 20 BIZ
made # by O,h-rs-tHe men to perform forced
labor the women 20 be- prosctuied 10 Understanding
scnsu8iiy. Therefore il not proper TO quote them
a. authority il case in which the Democracy e!ure
said were concerned. am not aware to what psrti-
cuar department VI literature the erude professor has
chiefly deS oted bunse!t-prObaDy 10 HHm0aHy IN
general be exhibits extraordinary Familiarity with
the pm cipeH Oi That iruce, exhibited IN savage
M and proved 10 the satisfaction Of all present, the
superiority q private vengeance TO any legal remedy
iUf wrongs.
should have mentioned, among other incidents al
experiment Which, perhaps, belongs properly 20 the
scene arrangemeIs-viz an imitation Of the famous
coLriyauce called the ear VI DionysUs. Evidence oi
the adultery If the prisoners wife NY her own conf
sIop showing in detail the cOHcuJs place, length of
time occupied with each interview, aud other interest
ing particulars, offered and suppressed by the
Court, but forthwith spread throughout the country.
appeared IL ell the spGpers, and became topic oi
coLversat;ou in every private family; the jury, how
| ever, remaining in entire Ignorance 81 Gil THAI had
been going on, II NOT being deemed prldent to IN
trust them with these matters Of SCANDAL But after,
ward. K being proposed 10 show that the prisoner had
also been entertaining himself with practices oi tie
| same mature, il thought the echo would b. too
luud Il 4 wGs mentioned even IN ordinary tone O'
| voice therefore, II Wa merely Whispered to the
Court. Nor ha. tie slightest fragment .Tanspred Of
| eli the gossip r0rhd~ To The Judge. winch might, II
disclosed, have Contributed much the CTathcafion
o PrlreIt curiosity. Il SHOWS that there is valve
iy which al sound D.. shut off from The greOt pub
| lic listening gallery when i il desired.
The pathetic was chiefly reserved for Mr.. heagher,
the hberaor % Ireland he i justly called; tor a.
though he did not iberae Ireland, but, the con-
tiary cent to Australia yet he liberated himself
| by running away and Is now ready to ln$tIuc' Tue
people Of this country in respect 10 the hxher pn
cpies Of chic aud, particularly obligations To society.
II seemed, however, not entirely appropriate 20 w
sutl.nliy of sentiment which this gentleman was caed
TO sus,aip when NJ the conclusion OF the performance,
by the verdict Of the jury be entertained the sSe
with display Of grand and lofty tumbhg anu Isn'I
| oucres IL il evident tha, be must have supposed
that ireland was liberated in the form o' M. n:cH
Then followed the individual confessions OF TIE JuT'