, 1861-04-03

deserves no less. IN nlS WHOLESALE depart
ment he offers to the trade q 1arge variety Of
goods at such rates and Of such quality that
faw If any country buyers could do better in
New York, and none, indeed, if they fairly cal
cu1ate the saving in outlay OF time and money.
CURRY1Aa 4 WEE.-James Curry, brute
Of fellow who keeps saloon near the Ar
mory on Adams street, was held to bail by
Justice Davis yesterday In $500 for an outrage
committed upon his wife while he was intoxi-
Gated Becoming enragged at her On some tri-
fling pretext he dealt her terrible blow On
the head with tin vessel, inhictiDg q frightfnl
cash and endangeripg her life. She is well
rid Of the fellow for time ut least, but 1t will
be true to Woman's nature for her to begin to
work vigorously for bis release, as soon as she
RECEIVERS. The head wound will scarcely be
healed, when the heart Of the wife will have
lovingly forgotten it's scars Such is life, and
woman.
HONE FOR THE FREND1Ess-Them monthly
meeting Of the Board will be held at the Home
this (Wednesday) afternoon, at O'Clock.
The Drama.
1t Ia retire shing to turn from the spectacular the
burlesque, the fantastic the bombastic and the &c.
centric oddities the stnge, which have held IN
disputed sway at McVicker's for the past few
ling Representative Of the legitimate. Such man
Is Jas. 3. Murdoch, who, opened to crowded
eomea M 26y N tse od
/ 'tLalla Rookh,'' with its mermaids. beautiful
sesneTy and alpsE ana the ets o
and delight two-thirds Of all who attend the theatre
! for few nights, but the real lovers Of Thespis
and Melpomene are not always to be fed on such
shaEspess asy sna ths es
sothcrn. who was as q *eccentrfc'' as be was
upon the public TASTE before lie closed his engage
ment. He failed In fmpersonating serious charac-
ters, for instance, the hero Of the Fsenchy " Ro-
lad 50 identified hi,nself vIth Iord bandrsa,y
and Sam that the foreign accent and the peculiar
Nsping articulation which Eaye character to bis
II the sb gstees et tie eaeataa q o.
taye Fnelliett. Hence Dunatesry sothern had not
left bad opening for Murdoch. Il was change
wearies; from silly humors and bros Jokes live.
gs,RqtIns: gs,snIne: polite comedy murdoch as the
We d not wonder that London audience could
be found to I'll the Haymarket Theater, for seven
successive weeks to behold this gentleman's rep
Place tie psy itaef is e one Of s those Old Eng @
lish comedies which neyer die: It ID replete with
exeeencfes in its Dialogue and action, chaete Id
fni and running oyeF With aneedofe and IN of The
boards and the green room, and The plot IS worked
up ln mastery , ma nnsE t. denoa@ent; mI1th'
again, has just the agure and "look" for Tie he
part. He acts the Stroling Gentleman, the actor
Of the Princes, aud at the same time presents such
OF manner, that It must be q cold and phlegmatlc
andience Indeed that shonld not be raplurous over
him.
4.lss P1unkett az Lady 1nadrunth could have
improved with little more attention to continui-
ty Q. character but personated tho tenure but not
passiouless Friend, very well. Her masculine MD,
IS sSp ts aRoasa %ole Rsia
ford made capital Sir George Thunder, and We
doubt much whether the part waa ever better done
Prior's nautical qualities In John Dory. As sore
whersoF saass IT, e. gsbasfsS gbefS ssy kE
dctently fos the successful Representation Of any
thing Ike what JofH Dory shonld be. He tried
hard to do it, however, and deserves praise fol
Tar passIbly, but here the similitude ended Prio1
Is gentleman and good fellow and studies well
and In time will do better and his forte is evident
has the genius Of intellect, to make a irstclass
tFegedian Of the heavy school aome Of these days
36 RsR R Aas fea :qs e SsHs Ety. ssssng
daunt did Twlseh, liz baiif, With goos , grace
III. and Mrs; Myers, the first IS Harry Thunder
a..s a.k RaEka. ana the latter az Juvenile wait
ing maid, Jams, acquitted themselves very well
AFs. Myers has improved much, in her palticula
line, daripg the l last TIP ysafs: f. Kellogg. ~
to third.rate cid man parts, and dappeared on Mon
day night in one Of his first atsempts 'as Cannon
the gra=ping and avaricious farmer Of the play
wanted oiling sadly, and Lack OF yi7acity In ceg
tain forctble positions, he Superseded passihlJ. IL