New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-02

,n,-. 4, ,,nxs-Nlss CsARLorTE CUsBAAS-
90. D., ,,o O, three Years Il Mics CaehmsO's life (
..,al.,n 20 her a seAsoa Of rest from ardaous 70
g., 81 dates and of oo1ssni commoDiOu av art
.,5 ar,i.s IN the boms city of art RIne Sar onnd.d
n, she mott ts.ptd Of thcee who s,rivi a. 90 cot
s,y forh on II marble, their G aims 1, the
world boboT she 10 coostabt rp. with the
u,o.t brilliant and enthusas 10 stadr ats Of Paiuiug
Sculpture and Music, thar the age 40 show, and
herself the center and life Of the rel. Leaving tsese
for short sconn IN America, ssaoug earlier friends
abe has 5onDd those fn'Dds - importunate To- an
other exhibition oi her "op <gous drams, powers, to
b. easily denied ana So Fn,t fHmerly expressed
ss's'miDst'r she sho 8 rlsying an engagement, Of
which last night was ~ 6stpsriornanes.
0siDg to eircnH s;-aces over Shich nObodY is sup
zoe 70 have any control the company at the Winter
GsIdn is 81 pr tsept 10 cOBdiion 70 represent Zoe
bJsDgtr Wit less feebleHess than any othsr pai In
when Mics eastman woud care 10 act - The
sIapger . probably the worst play ever wit en-
Nat bias I,hi we'd and retained hold the public
Though 20 say The truh it has no hold on the puoh'
after AL Is people, now-s-dsys. Who have sense
sn0u' to 20 10 tbestsrs smile contemPtuOusly az the
w.Ae ed poverty OF It's plot, and laugh unreservedy
a. DE s.itsd psendo sen,n entail bosb that lie the staple
sf he language. Il long since ousted from th'
elsO. I, csimeo by virus of being dom Cdram',
by the adeept Of plays in which the true domestic
.hnent Is OIL ionaby present For instances Every
ss.pe Of "Sun Waters Run Deep" is true and nata
raj wi lie In DO line or word Of the Stranger car
any shadow Of butn or nature be detected Oy a mar
Someaic eyeu TO benEeckedne's there IS nothing on
asD, rant, and bonbast Toe Pliyis only oceasoDsIJ
ps,urrseted by some theatrical LADY, AMBITIOUS 10 pay
tbs tame round Of characters 10 when MIS- oidaoh
Won leDown, or by some eminent actress cast a.
IN hiss Cuhman DOw, upon the m-rcles Oh an ln
sfieitrt company, when the very Wosshees oi tpH
.lay b-eomes ice strength, and 10 can % ''eraoiy
preseutsd OILY becauss the mu0r cnsFscVeTs are
not characters az all, bls n0oOdles, REQUIRING
nm, bt,Ie CT no ar,isic power in those who
nrsopate them. The attraction is with the actress,
not ih tie plsy; the people 90 to see Miss eastman
not "Mrs Heller" aud woold 90 ten times more
cheerful wers she I, appear in any other play what
ever We are glad to know, however, that the m an
Ayers have nade engagements with other actors OF re
,p+e,d meIi., and shat soon they will be enabled to
pre.ent lropey those aler plays whose heroines hav
found IN Mhs eastman noble representative W.
have not 10 com lain 30 much of special shortcomug
oftle actors IN the Of the Stranger, as OF ID
fact thai it was found Necessary to select play re
curing bat two CT three actors Dove Commonplace
ability.
OF the character Ct Mrs Heller, Miss Cushmgt
makes al that can be made bat it IS 20 utterly no
worthy her ge,ias that 10 judge her powers by
staI dsrd &c low would be 70 do her gross ioIdst
The .xg.pces Of the play admit Of lte nataranes
In TIE trsls Suffice 10 say that Miss eastman il th
least unua ursl of 81 Mrs Hallers il bas been on
fac TO see. Until sbe undertakes some worthieF par
we cannot even Judge whether zine has weakened, o
eIly nptred her many e1cellencies
Mr.. Dyort, the Stranger was conventional!
neloo Ta1a.c. Mr. Davidse, Peter, was exceed
ipsly god, and BIZ efforts appreciated by tn
audience, who liked him rather bet er than a1y on
else. There is o occasion 70 make special mention o
any Of the ether characters