The semi-weekly mountain Democrat., 1860-12-29
Democrat.
CITY SOTTINOs.

YuDlIC 6CuUUk E1AAAAaNA0Ns- og I49AAltu4~
,,ou Of the City Public School, held On Thurs.
a.v and Friday Of last week, was 10 most Fs.
-rse,s hiGhly creditabls n The school. In Mics
Irvius's dspaFtmeat The little ones bad made
,srv commendable progress. Some Of them
showed that thsy had learned The entire alpha.
- in a few weeks, and were already o. cling
uuI.. I.sRthy words. Others during the term
r.d advanced from the A b CS 70 Tie First
R.aAsr. while others, still, had attained 10 the
.hs,rucs end diGicult department IT Mathemat.
I... known - the Multiplication table. Aiss
hrvlus had 10 her term roll the names Of bo.
lveen 90 and % pupils, the average daily st-
tendance having been between 81 "Ud 50. In
III, RarsIett's department the examination was
iii susssined. On bis rOll there we're 90 and
rv.r. The aVsEage attendance having been
.hou, AO The elasses 10 Arithmetic, Algebra
..AOeoxraphy ere especially to be commended.
Ths moss dilleult qucstions and problems In
oreesIesT's National Arithmetic were readily
.n.vsred and solved, and there seemed N be
-u,ir, familiarity wiIh COrneIl's new system VI
outline Msps. The Examining Committee
,,,u,IAersLly paSIled the trSt class in Gram.
mar bv oue " two Of the hardest SentsBees 10
NiI,oe's Puradiss I.Ost The class was placed
,,u the pla.lorm GAeiag The visitOrN which no
d,.,h, added 10 thsis embarrassment The ex.
-re,s.s IN decIsmatIos, were ton IOoG. and not
oui,s ROOd enough. The paper. made up Of
,r,,,psl,ions BY the scholars, and edited BY
N.,iie Dean and CUruelis DE- 0rOot was really
.dmirabls. The examination showed that the
~,e.,est dsAcieacy 10 bolh departments of the
schOOl. is in Ihe Reading and Spelling, especially
In the latter; and that particularly ia full
pronunciation of The wUrd. Il 10 70 be hoped
shs, the teachers will give more care TO this IN
1u,vve. The exercises we're eO0cluded with
.;o0;ur hV the scholars and v iIh sOme interest.
;uv yemarks from NJ. Warwick On ElOcuiion.
The a,seadance Of visitors Was large aud graft.
GyinR. We would sugges', that there 10 great
need OG asOther Department in The ScHOOl, 90
that the scholars cOuid be graded to better nd.
vantage. We trust thst by another year our
City School may be pa, fully ON the graded
SlsteID.
O'DJxxuL's TnEtrxR-Tlis fAF0'ite place
Of amusement has been. for the past week,
cr"wdrd nightly By discriminating audiences.
~ witness the excellent performance Of MrH.
JWilA Dean Huyue and the efficient iT'"Fe that
surr0rta her. AlibOugl tho weather has been
unGavorsble and the times dull, yet the attrac.
tions at the Theatcr have been such as t0 draw
cruwJed hoUses. The manager has presented
aone bui plays Of sterling merit. and they have
Oeen represented in . manner 30 a. 10 elicit the
unqualified Appruba,iun Of ,huse tho witnessed
Nhem. Mrs. Hayes deiiue~ti"u Of the chsrac-
scrs she plays is Alm"ss faultlesa, her elOcu'iOO
Snel,,dious and distinct, and her depOrtmeut
graceful and digni6se aud fascinating h tAe
e1treme. We are at loss 70 deter@ine IN
ssl,at particular mrIit the fascination Of this
gifted Iady eonsisis. Thst ahe dOcs taaciUate
her audience is evidenced by the brealiIess al
srnticn tley rsy Ia bcr acting. By The applause
zhAt Rreeia keV appearance. by the smiles az
4rara she AFuws GFOm iheH'. ~hen abe is merry
an imaginary hapPiueAa. m sad and dcjected ia
aicti,iouA misIortuHe. The great secret Il Asr
remarkable p"wcT probably Ia. that sAs thor'
s,nKhly identifies bersrlG With the character aAs
Seprrsenis. RIAki"G the 6eiiti"s real Having
. e,~rre, conception h the character sAs &C.
sumeA, shv ferls, kr'ks end personaies u. Az
a~~n, t0 ahare the esn"tWns Ohat animate heV
heart. and her rmulions are alw sy . striking saa
naturas They givc tone to her voice. f"Fcs 70
her gestures, play to her expressive eos0ts-
nance. aad grace aud dignity to her move@sstS.
"a 4. - - tHaanAaN.
aGle. II 10 rare treat 70 witness her aetinH-
acting so natural, ~ graceful. ~ Winning. She
is en- aeirsaA Of superior merit, and has attained
. high pNsiliOa in her pFofr asion. and the Sse-
~ess she has met Niih ahc most richly deservcs.
Th'uos Who hare met yet Sren her should nat
fail Ia d. so IO.uiSbt. When she will appear iu
ast great character II Mrs. HalleV. in the play
"G TIE SGasesr. She 10 suPP"rted BY an
%@eIeat e0mPaHy-ons II the best, IN taei, that
hes ever visited oar city. Warwick has Won
fresh IaurSla, aud well sustAins the positiO0 he
has scquired ~ . dcserving and accomplished
act,r. NJ. r. ThAycr apparently Usderstasds
and aPPrecsates every part be acts. as6 10 rare
Iy at FAULT Niss COeawell. Mrs.. I.enaaFd. Mss.
BurviIl, Mesars. Allrn, RichArda. Cranshaw, Z.
TAayer, Ruby sHd every nIenlber Of the eO@Ps-
ny appeaFed 70 be determined To pleasc, aud
they sueeseded admirably. On Thursday night
Mrs. HayHs generously gave benefit for the
Charitable Husd OT the PlaceFville Fire De-
rArtmeui. Aad last Hght the Firemr" returned
tbO eOmpli@eut. On both oeeasioLs the house
Was crowded " SIeess. Al exeellest bill is
presented GOe tonight which will doubtless
draw another crow ded house.
Nor roo Lars YFr.-AlthOugh Christmas
10 gnne BY. SiiIl Holiday Present 10 jet 10 or
der. C. J. AFvidsson I Co. have In their show
case en- eHdleas voEiety Of magnificent Jewelry.
Watches. etc, from which 10 select; and We
kHow Of q" house wheFe purchaser will be
more liberally dealt With. Remember. that
Tuesday uext will be New Years Day, ct which
time present may be given or reserved With
abe stEiesest pF"Pris'y.
DR. J. J. LAwVER. 0f American Flat. has Our
unqualified thanks EM New Ysars's PFeseHt.
10 the shape Oe mammoth taFkey gObbIer.
Well think It y"u, Doctor. while "stOwinS''
him away. fheagrst Of.hs 0eosget"wu Stage
Lilac L sla0 eatielsd v oar thanks E,r kindly
"ehAlkiuE" The Ssa'Isaaa tAFOsgh.
Nuw YaARS BALL-TAs ball 10 be given BY
Messsa eAlaea aud Collins. ~ the Nevada HO-
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