Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-11-03
LETTER FROM NAV MORE.

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NV YORK, October, ls67.-Learning
that Rist0ri would appear for the last time
in her great character, Marie Antoinette,
] we rushed to the French Theatre and Sc
cured seats. This drama was written ex-
pressly for her by Paolo Giacometti, and
| he presents the Young and beautiful but
unfortunate Queen of France in the most
eventual moments of her life. First,
| amidst the splendours of the fetes OF her
court given TO pleasures which are inno-
cent, vet envy and revolutionary spirit
strive 10 present under vile eoIors. Fore
most are the Count de Provence and Due
d Orleans, who, followed by others, pub.
lish Infamous libels, which incite appre-
tensions in the bosom Of the King, that
requires all the soothing love Of her wo-
mans nature 10 allay. Hardly has she
succeeded in calming him when murmnrs
from an infaEiaied pOPnlaoe reach her
care Tte nightened little Dsuphin, led
by Cleny, runs from the terrace into the
saloon and is clasped to her bosom, for she
is all anxiety for his safety and that of the
King. Nearer and nearer come those
terrible voices demanding bread, bread"
and louder still, " the Austrian" How the
mothers love speaks from every linament
Of her face, for she fears they will tear her
from her child. A sudden thought strikes
her. Lifting the Dauphin in her arms,
she rushes out on the terrace, followed by
the King and Others and from the court
ward rose plaudits and the cry, Long live
the Queen" Long live the Dauphin."
At this moment she looks the proud and
happy mother, and yet You would know
her the courageous Queen, daughter of the
| illustrious Maria Theresa. To us this was
most thrilling scene. Marie Antoi-
nette's attempts for the salvation OF the
monarchy, advising the irresolute Louis,
her spouse, and soliciting him TO fly TO
| Narennes TO avoid the oath TO the Assem-
blee Rationale, all give fine scope for the
powers of this most wonderful actress, and
| to know what she is, you must see her.
| Afterwards a prisoner in her own palace,
| and a prey to the most cruel apprehensions
on account Of the capture of the King and
family during their fight. She is assaulted
/ in her own chambers by a mob led by
Santerre. but her majestic mien and her
| tears check their fury, and they retire hu-
inflated. The parting between the King
| and his family. after his sentence TO death,
1
we see the poor Queen in narrow cell of
the Conciergerie, prey to anguish for the
| death of her husband, insulted by her
| taller, Simon, who tears her children from
| her bosom. The last tableau presents her
with whitened hair, face telling of
heart that can suffer no more, yet holy
calm seems to have settled there, which
/ religion alone gives. They come to lead
her to be executed, cut away her long, beau
| tiful white hair, bind her hands behind.
This seems to pain her terribly; for a mo-
ment she sinks down Robespierre comes
! forward to assist her; she recovers herself
Immediately, and casting upon him
whitening look of scorn, she walks alone
with the proud bearing Of the Queen she Is,
and passes from the stage. We find tears
| falling from many eyes, for everv one feels
like they had lived, for the time being, at
the Court Of France.
| REV. DIR. CHAPIN-THE BLACK CROOK AND
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
Being a mere looker-on in New York,
we obeyed the summons of the hundred
church bells on Sabbath morning and con.
cluded we would 20 to church. As we have
the pleasure in Nashville of hearing the
pure gospel preached every Sabbath by the
real ambassadors of Christ we concluded
to go and hear the Rev. DR.. Chaplin, the
great Universalist. The morning was
bright, and the vast city seemed to be en-
ioying its Sabbath morning dreams, while
the soft haze of Indian summer hung like
summers last prayer over the bier of the
flowers Dr. Chaplin has magnificent
church, on the corner of Forty-fifth street
and Fifth avenue. His congregation was
large and elegant. His personal appearance
is attractive and his manner is as graceful as
the most finished actor His discourse was
on the "transitoriness of human life" The
discourse was written out in the most
scholarly style and his elocution was fault
less. In portraying the frailty of life, he
drew picture of an autumn forest when
the October frost has smitten il into gold,
which was as beautiful as any panorama
which nature ever spread before her ad
, miring children. The subject was one
which admitted of the most elaborate word
painting, and in this field of art DIR. Cha
pin has no superior in the American pulpit
DR.. Chaplin is scertainly a consummate word
: painter. While he has not the analytica
power of the late lamented DIR. Davis, mol
the spiritual force and sententious grandeur
of Spurgeon, he has all the classic eleganc,
Of Bsacom and the honied accents of /;
Summertield.
We were agreeably disappointed in the
discourse Of DIR. Chspin. Weexpected to Sc,
purgatory abolished and the gates of HEAVIER
opened TO all the world, irrespective o
| color or condition, but his sermon was Jus
7. | such a one as would have graced the pulpit
I 1 r Il oh, g,f
: vile.
BEECHER AND THE BLACK CROOK.
= While in New York, we thought it du
s to our investigating disposition to see al
! the vices 1--WE mean fashionable ones) c
II the great metropolis. So went to sc
! Beecher and the Black Crook. The Blac
s Crook attracts large crowds, sodoes Beechel
!. The Black Crook calls forth cheers frOu
y the audience, Beecher does the same. TIL
: Black Crook shocks the moral sense {
Il mankind, Beecher does thesame, with thos
q who do not belong TO the Plymouth Church
The Black Crook mingIes the gorgeou
with the ludicrous, the sublime with tn
ridiculous, 40 does Beecher The Blac
If Crookhires it, devils, Beecher calls ther
d up from his own heart. The Black Croo
y entrances the audience with a vision of th
n. shower pearls, Beecher scatters the gems
r the beautiful over his audience as thoug
D. his mine was exhaustless. Without run
rs ming the parallel further we will say tbs
E barring his puritanical fanaticism, Beeche
Ell is a wonderful man. He has great origina
IL itv, and by the force Of his genius, con
D. mands the attention of the largest churc
i. audience in the United States. He is III
nc autocrat of Plymouth Church. He is il
Of master, and weilds it to suit his imperii
or will.
be THE RETURN HOME VIA. ATLANTIC AN
be GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD.
y Stepping into the cars at Jersey Cit
e opposite the city of New York, you take
n superb sleeping coach, and in thirty-fv
. hours you are in Cincinnati, without ev
l. changing cars. Railroad travel, whic
til used 10 be tiresome, is positive luxury {
ire this road. The track is twenty inch
RS wider than any other road, and the flrn
ms lure Of the sleeping coaches is as elegant
he q private parior. The cars are heated wi
hot air, and there is register in ca,
ost state-room or section by which the tempe
fai ature can be adjusted to suit the wishes
- tho nqcunant The aaffna arro rr-o,, s..,t,