The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-04
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[FRoM OUR own CORRESPONDENT
New YORK, November %, 1885,
Your correspondent is at his post once more.
"Moultrie" is back IN New York. Richards him
self again" and his board bill has begun anew. +
need not tell You that the good old Quaker City
brought me safely the bosom Of the deep blue,
or blue deep sea, for it is well known that whenever
travel by water fight it out on but one line, and
that is the LEARY Line There were but few lady
passengers on board, and~so good Captain WEs1s
occupation was almost gone; nevertheless to keep
his hand in, he treated your correspondent with
such poiteness-I might almost say. gallantry-
that said correspondent cannot but hers proclaim
publicly, that he owes one to the jolly old Captain.
ind New York as gay, as crowded, and as
noisy as ever It is rather lively than the old
City by the Sea, notwithstanding the fact that you
can now boast City Railroad almost complete. /
note also that there rather greater number of
theatres and places Of amusement here than there
were IN Charleston when I left. \. IA; ~:
The great sensation OF the moment is EDWIN
BOOTH, who opened on Tuesday night, at the Win
ter Garden, in Hamlet. Those Of your many read
ers who have enjoyed the pleasure Of witnessing
the performances of this great tragedian in the
days before the war, can, nevertheless, form no
adequate idea Sf the wonderful Improvement he
has made since that period Ihad heard SO much
OF bis masterly rendition Of the role Of Hamlet
that when attended the theatre on Tuesday
night my expectations we're raised to the highest
possible pitch. Iexpected to witness q great per-
tornance, but I did not expect such acting as
ecipses anything had ever seen on the boards Of
q theatre. did not expect to see RAcHEL's ssPhe-
Ore, R1sToR1s sElizabeth,' 2 CusHMANs ssMeg Mer-
r1les," MAcREADE's sHamlet,' 2 and FoRREsTs stMet-
amora," :" thrown entirely into the most obscure
Cha1n NF o1,4 4l1.@
BooTH's Hamlet" is the grandest piece Of acting
That can be conceived-the most perfect triumph
OF purely artistic genius. dare not attempt =
detailed criticism where the tout ensemble is il all
respects, as near an approach as possible to per-
tectlon as can be conceived. BOOTH does not pznu
'Hanlet'-he does not act the character We do
not see EDWIN BOOTH on the STAGE but Hamlet,
himself, the quintessence and personi6cation OF
melancholy.
have, in the course Of good many years. been
pretty regular theatre-goer and have seen good
acting IN my time; but the performance on last
Tuesday night was such as have never seen
equalled. BooTH's reception was most enthusiastic
When he first appeared before the audience, the
applause was deafening, andwas so prolonged that
1t seemed as though there would be no end thereto
meanwhile the great tragedian, clad in the custo-
mary suit Of solemn black stood with his eyes
Of the visage, as showed us Hamlet as SHAKESPEARE
drew him with his magic pen. At the fall of the
curtain at the close Of each act the applause was
most enthusiastic, and five times was this greatest
Of actors, living dead called out to receive the
homage due his transcendant genius.
The Fenians here have been worked up to the
highest pitch Of excitement by the news received
from the water, or rather by the cable under
the water, that the curtain has gone up on the
other side and that the Irish drama has begun in
good earnest. Sober Hishmen (and drunken ones
too) wink their eyes in mysterious and knowing
manner, as who should say we know thing or
two or q thing or three that we do not choose 10
tell; nevertheless from the nature Of the winking,
we can guess that the secret is, that New York city
intends to furnish host Of Fenian birds for the
Irish stew which is to be administered in hot haste
to John Bull. British spies ar said to be here
endeayoring to get their fingers into the stew, to
learn how it tastes or how hot lis, but the Fenians
keep winking with one eye at time, the other
being fixed upon the inquiring spies.
The RUssELL-W1aaM breach Of promise case was
decided yesterday In the Supreme Court WILLIAM
RUSSELL loved CoRNE1A WIaa1N, and she loved
him in return. They became engaged, and VII
LIAM promised to marry CoRNE11A. After being
very happy for some time, RUSSELL became exceed
ingiy unhappy, for friend had Informed him that
Mlss CoRNEIIA was not as pure as CEsAR's wife,
and in fact had been prosecutor in certain law
suit in which CEsAR's wife could not have been
engaged; in short, she had recovered six hundred
dollais damages from gentleman who had
Wronged her. The green-eyed monster called on
RUSSELL and advised him to break off the engage
nnent, He took the monsters advice, and CoRNE-.
LA sues for breach Of PROMISE laying the damages
done to her heart at ten thousand dollars. The
love letters produced in Court show that W1111A1z
loved strongly and that he liked CoRNE11A to call
him DOLLY" as q more poetic pet name than
WILLIAM. They also gave evidence Of the fact that
be was az fat in love correspondence. He men
tions in letter that he loves his dear dear Coz
KE11A very much, and wished to see ssthose dear
eyes looking 50 tremblingly and pleadingly into
mine' (not my eyesDo1LY's) Dear, dear Coz
NE1IA did not get enough money to repair the in
jury done to her tender heart. The Court was un-
der the impression that the premises could be re-
paired fer less, and SO awarded her but two hun
dred dollars.
To-day being Thanksgiving day, is generally OBJ
served throughout the city. One-fourth Of the
people attend Church, onefourth the matinee per-
ssformances at various places Of amusement, one
! fourth stroll about the streets, looking around
generally, and the balance remain at home to look
aftar their kso;ivino fnrlau d;nnar. =