The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-17

NV THEsIEE.-RE- ENGAGEMENT o. Ms
FASy7 B. PnlcE And Dawn HAscHLrr.-W
congratulate orr citizens on the fact tina
ths-e really fine Artists have been prevail
ed upon % remain with as one Week Longer
prior engagements pre- luding 8 possibility
Tor q longer ttay. Their engagement, Il
lar, has been unprecedented in the annals o
So-hyine theatricslz. Miss Price hiss grown
IA favor aud popularity nightly. Her abili-
ysnd power a. e reader, is Of that charac-
ter, wherein no plagiarism OF style cen be
detected. Her conceptions have originality
stamped upon them. She is a perfect
mistress OF the passions. Grief, anger, des
poudeucy and tenderness, flesh one after
she other, scross her flexible and expressi, e,
features with correctness that bewilders
the beholler til he wonders if ell the ele-
nenis 1--we 10 one soul. To Nr. Hsnchett,
her most worthy co-sdiutor, We cannot
sws-d zoo much praise. The msjestic man
usr ia which he has appeared, are the eYi-
dsnoes Of his Populari,y which Cresis him
everywhere. lie impresaes one a. once, with
the fact, tha. he is Tot "a wondering fool
who knows not his trade" but rather az
artist who undsrstanis 70 the fullest his
art.
We we're fortunate in beng present FRI
day night, on the occasion OF the Benefit Of
Mics Price, when was produced her original
prize plsy, entitled Vesta. In her persona-
tioBs Of the faithful daughter, wife, and
mother, she has done her author Justice.
The character Of Vesla, as portrayed by her,
can b. clsssed e. one Of her greatest and
IhastErlistic ohJTts, and we were never
more impressed with this fact, then when
in the scene with her husband she launches
on him the curse of al injured wife and
heart broken inolhcr, and man, as we were,
We felt The eye grow dim, and the hand in
voluntary clench, 20 ayengc tho great
wrong done BY g hoariless monster The
play was an immense success, and can be
classed a. one Of the great spectacles Of the
drama
Tomorrow evening, Monday this beau
timlplsy viii DO repeated.
uu-erHrISo ~ CrBERLAND.-Tho Louis-
vile Journal Of yesterday says-"We have
ju-i seen letter from re liable source, Civ
ing some iRc,s as 20 the great oil well re-
recently bored in Cumberland county, Ken
lucky. The well IS on Croeus creek. which
lows into the Cumberland river shout ten
miles above Burk7v.lle. Crocus is a large
creek. heading ia Adair and Russell
cpuuti-T, and flowing sOuthwestardly
course SOME twenty or thirty miles through
Cumberland county into De river. The in
dicatious now are that the creek travorscs
the GnGst oilreCion in the State, iinot in the
world. This well commenced to low at 10 |
o'clock am. on the sth instant, and has
been steadily pouring out its wealth Of oil |
ever since. The stream comes up through |
a. inch bore. and Is thrown mp this size |
i've or Elk feet aboyc the mouth Of the wei. |
Do, .aow is estimated bv some o. high a.
a.VOo barrels per dsy. and By none at less |
shan .nt0, but Of course the quantity is
guess works and will Doe 20 until il is re-
ducsi e. absoIut mea suremeut. The Cum
bgrlaud river Is covered with oil from
Crocus crsel- 10 Bu.ksyille, and fsr bsloR,
suj looks like river Of oil instead Of water
Our merchants and business men will find
the Huntsville iAia.) Advocate an excellent
advertising medium. i is one Of the eblest
newspapers in the State, earnest aud ardent
90 he support Of the General Government
The Adams Express Company viii accept
cur thank. ior late New York papers.