The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-19
ADJUSTMENTS.

Tough appeared for the last time during the pres
ent engagement, In the ''Corsican Brothers". II
was the stamping climax. Of the generally cen.
ceived opinion, OF his excellence genius Of rare
merit, and a gentleman of fine points. excellent
taste and honorable motives. At the close of the
| performance Mr.. Mccullough was loudly called
for. and that gentleman very pleasantly responded
Having spoken on the previous evening, and hav.
ing been called before the curtain nightly, he felt
himself bound to say something in aoknOwlodg-
ment, and he delivered himself as follows:
Again, ladies and gentlemen, / thank you for
your most cordial greeting. You do me honor over
ful, now, am that these most kindly evidences of
your favor prove that have not tried in vain AN
bilious am, indeed 70 excel In the higher and
| bier walks of that profession 10 which ain deyo
TED and proud and happy would be ifin humility,
| to the measure of my ability from an odium and
| reproach, in the minds of some, which know, and
you you KNOW, 70 be most 9niounded and unjust. Par
dOn me, but u Is noble art. To exalt virtue to
depress vice, To reward integrity, to punish crime
| 70 illustrate and portray all the multitudinous
| Of the human heart and thus e. hold the mirror
up to nature'-this is the province of the Dra-
matte poet and IL Is the high vocation of the actor
who would be worthy ofhis calling, to ATTY exhitt
upon the stage, In voice and manner. surrounded
Dy appropriate scenery, clad In becoming costume
and with all the fit aocomp paniments not only the
ianguage, but the inmost deepest, intensest mein-
ing OF the poet Is holy sacrifice, and by tting
priests, and in fitting temple like this the honor
ana glory OF Dayton, should its incense he offered
| up Here indeed, oanopied by these elegant and
most tasteful Adornments over head and all around
| US and under the pIoptious smiles Of the Tragic
Muse, and all the other sacred nine. whose ''coun-
worthy ars iooR down now u sr %oPhp
pers and ID presence Of this most intelligent and
| lppreciatve audience here especially, ought and
| may, those grand, sublime yea almost Rodlike
conceptions and creations Of the greatest Of all po
out sacrilege, be reproduced. And most fervently
JON now IN the earnest ejaculation ofmy illustrl-
gus u predecessor LEG who first Of all men, trod these
know as the great American tragedlan. Edwin
Forrest let no word ever be uttered, no gesture
ever be made no scene ever exhibited In this pres.
enee, which shall, in any degree impugn ligion
offend morals, eNtenuate wrong palliate vice or
again cordially, {Adhk you, and bid you, one and
all, good nigh" with rosy dreams, and slumbers
Tonight, Miss Emile Melville win make her
first appearance in FaHcAoH, ns Cricket The
press speak well OF her, and we have assurances
of her bewitchng style in the parts peculiarly
| adapted to her line. We hope she may have fair
trial aud if she deserves II, be fully appreciated
and acknowledged us an artiste
sunday Night.-Deeidedly the most inteli-
gent and appreciatiye audience of the season was
present at the Opera House on Sunday evening, to
hear Mr., John Mccullough in some select readings
| from the poets We never saw an audience more
li-bound, or one VINO seemed TO drink in the
ih ehc Ncry esScnce OF neaft-Dreath1ngp poetry.
Mr. Mccullough. with his handsome face and form.
| and in the handsomest style imaginable COM
menced with Poe's Raven" Then followed Ten
| nlson's "Enoch Arden;" The Bridge of Signs ~ by
| Hood; 1rhe Idiot Boy" II am Dying, Egypt,
dying" by the brilliant, but lamented Lytle; and
last of all the Lords Prayer 1t was all done in
the highest style of the art, and in his efforts to
please every one thought and breathcd If they did
not utter-"Amen," as the artist closed his words
The congregation retired quietly and pleasantly,
each and every one vowing TO each other that they
never were so delighted before There were about
| six hundred people present and when we think of
the laudabie object of contributing to the suffering
wants Of widows andorphans made so by the war,
we feel the object as more than ever commendable.
WHILE the war was going on the loyal
and religious ladies of our city worked
hard throughout the Sabbath-Day to make
up shirts and socks for the absent boys In
the field. Now that the war is over, and
the niger has got his rights, they refuse to
contribute one cent to allay the wants and
suffering of the widows and orphans made
| desolate by the war. They broke the
| Sabbath to bring on the desolation, but
treat with contempt Sabbath entertain
failed to survive the contest.
The alarm of fire this afternoon, was CO.
casioned by the burning of the dry-house of
the peg factory, ofCrawford & Stilwell. in
| Oregon. Little damage was done, the fire
being extinguished before the arrival ofthe
Engines.
THE WEHLI TROUPE IN XENIA.-Messrs.
Wehli and Campbell and Mademoiselle De
Gebele gave the Xenia folks taste of their
quality, and our clever contemporary, the
70reh-Light of that city, hits them off in
the following style
The Wehli concert at McMillan's Hall last
week was dazzling. Herr Wehll astounds
piano almost to death. The way he jerked
Sweet Home" out of 1t with his left hand
was just This side of miraculous. In short
he plays thunder with that Instrument.
Mr.. Campbell is singer of stupendously
imposing style, throwing the italian lau-
guage into operate fits -
| Mademoiselle De Gebele Is charming in
the chest register-cOming down almost 10
bass.
CHRONIC Perulent discharges from the ear
permanently cured at the Dayton Medical
Dispensary. 2td
THE Journal treats the Sunday reading
at the Opera-HOuse, with contempt, by not
noticing IL. Wonder ifthe editor was away.
People who believe that our friends over
the way, have such horror OF Sabbath