The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-14

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tsrday. He 90 "a al . rdstdsacs. =
city Of New Yo1 1xnnl1 Sass ten o'elot gfrI
day morning ~ oary Nm, u dtseaseIef IN
heart, brceht 81 BY sxSesriye laboH h hi
profession. He bad been aislic,ed with 1t 10
several years, aud had been repeatedly adviser
oy his physicians to retire from the stage
Ebst tte rAiias pAssisa pkbvsd - STRONG viii
hin. q Il 4 70 Apt n do, espscially with ~maa
who haye made themsslves famous BY tA,
exsSestss q tAeff talenss. 1t was but = few
months ago that As was hsse, playing Il
csuwtlsd Aosses, and eliciting unbeunded sp
4 plause b his numerous and unrivalled per
sonations We saw htr1 for the frat time fol
many years, and were struck, 1t the nrs
j gIasce, with abe change that had taken plac.
AZ mis- sppsauacs. although we were NO,
aware that he was the subject Of any disease
| Always portly, he had grown enormously
asrgc, and, ~ our apprehension, his aceing
w1uied maeh Of the spirit and vivacity win
| which IL was wont 70 be distinguished. From
mis- city lac passed ON 10 New York, aud
thence to several provincial engagements in
me States and Canada. About the first OF
January he was ordered home by his pbysi-
We hsiieve, out VI his house until his death.
lie was undoubtedly one f the most eminent
comedians that ever stepped the b0arcs il
America. In has peculiar ilae Of character, he
probably never had An equal anywhere. His
cting was the perfection vi the hlstrionic wit.
de possessed IN high perfection that power
which - not less essentlal to good acting than
~ goed wriIing-the ''ass c.lare artsm"-naIne-
~. the power OF conceaiing the labor be.
slowed ON every repre.en alon 50 eiiectuaiiy
as to make it approach the most nearly POSI-
BILE TO nature. To those who saw him il the
characters Of ToODLEs aud Captain CuTTLk,
he appeared ~. act from the spontaneous
prompting OF nature, and none but actors
themselves, or those who have had occasion
ally u peep behind the scenes, suspec Ted the
immense labor which he must have bestowed
upon them, to have brought them TO what they
appeared in his hands. Nor was he at all un.
like all other great actors in this respect; for
ne who would excel upon the boards, must
give his days and nights to his profession, and
must make up his mind to pass life Of in
cessant and, frequently, ill-rewarded TOLL
Fortunately for Mr.. BURTON, he was, IN the
last.named respect, An exception to what may
be considered q general rule. No actor Of tn.
present century prObably-certafnly no actor
in this country-ever received such liberal
for his labors- being wor tn a,
his death near $30O, 900. We published yester.
day an interesting biography of the distin-
guished actor, and do not, therefore, again re-
Ter to the details Of his eventful life .
BURTON was not only great impersonator
IL characters drawn by other people, but he
was great original painter of character him.
self. Those who were acquainted with him
10 private life, say he was more entertaining
around the social board than ON the stage
He not only acted comedy, but he made com.
'dy. He made 1t out of everything, and he |
could make it at any time-fora parcel of boys |
n the street, or for grave seniors around the |
amlIy hearth. We have understood that,
ike many other eminent comedians, he was |
liable to fits of unaccountable despondency.
ma that on such occasions ne was apt to be
larsh and overbearing in his manner It has
lso been said that he was despotic in the
reen- room. the actors generally calling him
the Governor" To q certain extent, every
IAN VINO has the management of others-the
Aomirai OF fleet, the captain of a man.of-
'ar, the Commander Of an army, the Colonel
regiment, the master of a school, the fore.
ian OF printing ofiice-everybody, in fact,
mo Is responsible for othsrs, ought TO be DIES.
otto. 1t is probable that kURToN was SO 10
MS extent and no more
That the literary attachments of Mr.. BURTON
'ere of very respectable order is evident
ON his publications. even more than his con-
-tbutions to the dramatic literature of the |
ountry. He died possessed of noble library.
lie New York papers say the best in that i'm
'ense city. The dramatic collection of tina,
brary is unrivalled in America, aud the well
lumbed appearance which the volumes pre. l
mt afford an evidence of the wide range which |
re owner took in the study Of his art Above
!, his appreciation of SHAKsPxARK, aud his
lccessful efforts to restore many of his ne
ected dramas to the stage, are deserving OF |
lmiratiOn. 1t 10 not wonderful that a mind .
us endowed and thus cultivated should ena
e the possessor to keep the stage for twenty
'e pears, without q rival In the walk he Sc. '
tied.
llr A subscriber at Tazewell Oourt.House !
nlplains that the bundle of papers from this
ice for that place is always broken open be-
re it reaches there. This is taking liberty q
It authorized, and since it is cause Of com.
aint from persons who are incommoded by =
We AVkC suoec WIZ nave Mkeu tOlS liberty i
II not repeat it. When man subscribes to i,
newspaper, and pays for it--as every man
10 takes the Dispatch does-he certainly d.
5 right to get 1t as promptly as tn mail
partment can convey 1t to him. He i.
titled, further, to that delicious privilege OF
ening his own pap !, smooth and damp
It 10, and glancing along Its columns =
ors other eyes have peered into it aud
ter hands have roughly rumpled 1t and
en- TO 1t that uninviting appearance which
papers have that have passed from hand to !.
nd and had all the news read out of them | -
W, our friends at Taxswell Court-House
Q far away from us, yet they are very good
ends. and, we are gratified to say, like the o.
patcA; therefore. we beg all into whose ~
ads their bu ndles Of papers may fall not to ~
ylay them-not TO break their wrappersE se
to deface or crumple them--but to lie. | N
m have safe and undisturbed conveyance S,
hose to whom they belong. They win thus
he proper thing, and oblige us by 90 doing. b
!,s A@ Tho Legislature. tt
he report Of the joint committee on the ,
thorn Conference was returned to both
ases. laid on the table and ordered to be IL
it'd. The joint committee declare the an. !
ltment Of delegates inexpedient aud favor l.. /,
ct legislative action ON the part OF the %,
thern States 4 minority report will Be Or
mittud to-day. Tno election of eertain ~.