The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-21
G. Washington Brick. a. a rh...r,e..
NFITlcs
To the Editors of the Union aud American.

a, GENTLEMEN:- We have lust had ne
play at the Theatre here, and when vc
learn that it is a pretty good thing, yc
viii naturally desire to know all about
n Just now the legitimate diana is banisl
e ed from the stage, aud we have in j
II stead carnival" or, as it is STYLED IN tn
d bills, "comblnation," of coIored mi,
d strelsy. cheap pantomime, and what on
{ Galllc population call the "balIay." Th
!. after, which to poetic mind is the 70
e nance of the combination, consists excl
j sively of ankles and soforth. At Ieas
, you don't remember while it is going o.
e that 1T consists much of the dancing
The Highland fling and other sorts O
r exaggerated Ring by nine or ten prett-
girls, one half the length of whose skirt
is to be found on Abstract L." have bee,
known to inveigle older men than | an
into the front seats of the parouette be
fore now.
But about that new play. 1t is dra
matlzation of Miss Braddon's story O
Only Clod," and is entitled Hes got
Loney." The title, you see, is bad. II i
the worst part of the play. | suggested
10 the author that "He had the Spizzer
lnctum," would be far more attractive
one; but he didn't seem to think so, ar d
let 1T stand. With that name it ran a
week. With miEe, it would have been
running now. Indeed, there would
have been no such thing as stopping it.
When the curtain rises on the premon-
tory symptoms of the play, you suddenly
| ind yourself in Van Deiman's Land and.
one OF the Deimans, with his servant is
before you. He wears an enormously red
coat, and represents himself as an officer
OF the British army AS the army regis
ter is not where you can conveniently Law
your hand on It, you take it for granted
that ne IL one, and say nothing about it
This officers name is Ii. Lowther-
That of his servant-whom he has had
detailed from one of the Alabama regi
ments-is Francis Fredethlvn-a nama
you pronounce on the deth. While mas.
ter and man are tooling away YOUR time
by talking about their personal affairs.
some young gentlemen drop in to drink |
glass of Lowther's wine, which seems to |
be scarce with him, as when they have
thrown themselves on the outside ofWhat |
they find IN the tumblers, he dosen't ask |
them to take any more.
Having swallowed the wine and sWan.
ped few Jokes, the young gentlemen 90
away but not until it has leaked ont
that LoWther is much in love with a ssverv
wealthy heiress" in England, Miss Maud
III larry, whom he had long been in the
habit, before leaving home, of inviting
nto the garden whenever the bulI-bats
we're abroad, and the Watchdog seemed
disposed to be unfriendly.
The mail bag is then brought in. and ;
Ehen the letters are turned out. one of |
hem is found to be for FredethIvn :
whose correspondence is evidently lmi- |
ed, as the reception of this letter aston /
shes him trightfully. He seizes it eagerly, 5
ears 1t open trantlcally, holds it at arms
7ngth, ana reads three lines of it with
rotrudlng eye balls, hands it hastily to t
Is MASTER falls INTO chair, and leaning a
Is mead on table, exclaims in the most "
eart-rendering accents, Pm urr-rich n
I'm ur,r rich !'-from which Won at Il
nee infer that his father has struck oil p
Is In Mississippi or Alabama stealin~ e.
)tton. :"
But the truth of the business is, the "
tier Is from lawyer in London, telling pt
IN that MS uncle has just gone up the &C
Ia "a spout, leaving him legacy OF f3O =
y year III postal currency, which he Tia
ght TO have left to his only daughter eli
Il oId Mt because she had run Oft with = th
ung lelioW who didn't exactly come IN tie
MS ideas. Fredethlyn immediately be
rows up his situation, buys himself nol
ne good clothes, and the curtain tails lyI
" me they are making preparations to 10y
hg III the next act, you 90 ont and gat | of
llhh, Whlch costs you a quarter, buG if cir
we're the meaner the whisky the higher sue
price, you would lack dollar End sue
a. al VI haVIng enough money to pay wa
~ ~ apl
hen the curtain rises again we find cen
onr Ian Dlemanders have arrived in I
sland, and that Freuethlyn is now see
wing In the first circles of societv sior
ing been presented with a seas1n he
et In consequence of his abundance ot beft
u.s. Here we hrst meet Maud Hillary bee
are sruck with her tine personal an MAJ
rance. We are told contidentiaiIv exc
she and LoWther were formerly on, coll
"a TO go halves in an entry for tho goir
rlmonIal stakes, but ARA cement was Ate
neo by the latter on account of the all t
city OF green backs be a
lthout the least intention of lavinc up
0ll haoie to an action for fraud. Miss shoV
ary swIndles Fredethlyn out of b,e been
/ ana declines to give him a cores bly,
ing sectlon OF her own irdiyiduaI sevel
omy 10 snow Tor it. But, suddenly IN w
lay hef papa comes into her room ashal
ng ds pIue as brigade of colored good
Try On oress parade, by the most af- unns
'nate appeals, the cause of his dis the c
Wlplng an imaginary tear from her itself
ye with lace handkerchief. and some
''Oh, papa ho! hop when he hes On
TO teal her, a servant comes in with enter
rgeon,s instrument case of pistols and
eupon, Maud thinks suicide, 81 time
and the sly attempt papa makes to
e the servant to conceal the how
his coat tail. confirms her anne
ons. She therefore throws an adj. 'A1
quantity OF ars and tenderness and
er appeals, and the old gentIen,a1 lookir
g himself concerned comes ont fat. ladies
ana acknowledges the homipv- enade
is her he Is broke all to smash admir-
consequence he had intended to a won'
uce an aged funeral into the fan,i0 comes
the help of the pistols, and that money
ne can raise 100000, (which he With
know where it is to come from y he to out:
INKS 1t would be a satisfaction 10 mania.
blow out his brains. " who fu
tells him to let his brains et clear Il
they are, as blowing them ont lsfed.
10" the money in, and she'll MAKE puts IN
ght. Papa consents to do So ond for fine
is ammunition. She then goes - certain
ALVIN and asks him to lend her tho damon
ptabie sum of 100000, to keen many Y
ernor from going to the dogs. admire
hen women suo dy who
use goes mated "
.thy In offers to land - cc saor / :,