The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-10-24
NEW eSLEANS G0RRESP0 NDENCI.
4 New ORLEANS, October Is, 1866.

NEW ORLEANS, october IL, 1866.
Friend Democrat The new steam
boat Robert E. Lee built for Vicksburg
and Bends trade, has made her appear
ance at our levee, and well deserves all
the praise that has been given her,
This trade has always been famous for
the splendid boats engaged in it-but
the Lee is superior to any Of her prede-
decessors. Her commander, Captain
John w. Cannon has been for many
years known in this trade and enjoys a
popularity equal to that of any man on
the river, he always gives his patrons
the best accommodations both for
freight and passage.
The season at the St. Charles Theatre
may now be considered regularly OPEN
ed-and Mr.. Eddy, who is manager, is
doing a star engagement" there
Monday evening visited that place for
the first time in ten years, and found
thatsit looked as itused to Tin the days
when we went gipsying," when Eliza
Logan was in her prime, and Julia
Dean reared q young flower garden
nightly during her engagements. am
sorry to add that the play revealed an
other strong resemblance to 'sthe days
Of yore" in tile fact that the Stock COM
paDy had not been improved in mate
rial, but is composed of the same class
of clumsey players. 1thas always been
fault at the St. Charles that the inter-
est of the performance depended on
one or two of the leading characters,
the rest of the cast not seeming to know
what to say or how to say it. The
play on Monday was Hamlet, shaks-
peare's masterpiece, and Of course Mr..
Eddy was the Hamlet part that he
sustained indifferently well, because it
is out Of his line Of acting. He has a
superior voice, good pronunciation, q
handsome form and fine movement, but
he is too noisy and boisterous, too vio-
lent for the sorrow-s stricken Prince. He
made some fine points, as might be ex-
pected, but he would give, a much more
favorable impression as Jack Cade,
Macbeth or Richard the Third. Miss
Alice Placide as Ophelia was very good,
especially in the last act, where bereft
of reason, by. her fathers death, she dis
tributes her garlands offlowers amongst
her friends singing and talking all the
time in her mad way-that shows how
sudden and complete has been the
overthrow of her mind. The King and
Queen, and Horatio were fairly done,
for the rest, their parts would have
sounded better read by a good prompt
er. There was a very good audience
in point,of numbers gay and fashiona-
bic in appearance, making a very pleas
ant scene that reminded one Of the
palmy daysof "old king cotton"
/ While our city is improving in all
directions, no part of it is doing SO in q
greater degree than Canal street.
Dwelling houses are beino co,,yerted
INTO stores as far hack % claiborne
street and each now com az tr;os 70 snr
, n,ass Il .fe,ytn,es and stool III n,aaa,onas.
s sors 5'. Elegant ., residences aro no;nn =,
hevona the Ga,veu cana,.and I1,h.+ :
short time ago was considered 20 NAV
ont Of Town ), i NOW onlr III. = -
distance from y tho noise, and hust1a 81
business But me Of the institutions
Of orr oreat street il the beocars thai
dailv throno 81 ;rnortunino eacb nas.
ser by fol. a. little helm for Gods sake
And in this conrect;on 7 don't rofar r.
tbe ,nfortnnata nersons who ooca ~.
allv annlv fnr holm and ara real,r do
sor1.;nn yrhoso a;f;aont n,anao,, 4ous !,
onoo tbo+ tho oa1linn !. ,on ~ !,
them Wa b,ve > eet or ,on,,,or h,ar.
oars - who l ~ aL.a l;r;n = !, he . do,.,4
exnect to ao anvtb;nc olso ond 4don,,
want 70 Thew aon,t no, am, ;noo,ae
tax to Uncle Sam nor anr Gconsa 4
the citv VET there AFRO arc savar.1 80 tha,r
who make q. very handsome tb;n ! of =
One strong and healthy fellow s;ts
doubled m on the hannnatta i ~ a,
middle Of the Touro Row With his hal,
combed back and his ewes, rolled nm in
a most implorinp manner. noddine his
head cyery now and then and mntter
ing benedictions ON The charitable who
nav trihnto 70 L;no nix,