Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-12-03
Arrival and Departure Of Trains.

Arrival and Departure Of Trains.
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD.
New Orleans express. daily. s;45 AN. los AM.
| New Orleans mail daily..- s:45 AN. 600 Pm,
Freight daily, save Sunday. S;i5 pm. 4;4O An.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON. RAILROAD,
Through express, daily.""''lV;o9 Pm. e;i0 AN
Through mail, daily......... l:t0 pm. b;l0 PM
Sonervile &C. save Sunday s;lOA 3;4OP.M.
MEMPHIS AND OHIO RAILROAD.
Mail Express. 500 pm. ll;0g Pm.
Express" lOl5 AN. 400 PM.
New MEMPHIS THEATER-A large
assemblage greeted the first presentation,
last. night of Fulton & Maeder's five act
sensation drama, entitled Under the
Gaslight The scene is laid in New
Yerk City and Long Branch, and the
name itself suggests its character-sen-
sational. Like all sensational dramas
this contains numerous inconsistencies
which do not permit subsection of the
plot to a strict analysis. But all this is
lost in the exciting scenes which so
closely follow each other that one is
scarcely gone before another appears.
We have high and low life; every grade
from the aristocrats to the red handed
murderers who crouch behind the piers,
living, no one knows where, and preying
upon society at large. Nearly every
class is represented, and among the
numerous scenes not the least
striking is a mornings session
of police court in the Toombs, to
which the fair heroine of the play, who
but few minutes before shone as a
leader of fashion in the gay saloons of
the beau monde, is dragged, pale and
trembling The mechanical and scenic
effects of the piece are very fine, and the
representation of the, down express
train is the most thrilling scene we ever
witnessed on stage. The stage is
Swallowed into gloom the rails can be
dimly seen. Across them lies the form
of one.armed soldier, bound hand and
foot and placed there to be mangled by
the expected train. In moment the
rafting of the wheels, the tolling Of the
bell and the Kissing of the steam are
heard; the train thunders along
comes in view, and rattles over the
stage as naturally as though it were
veritable locomotive with passenger
cars attached. A moment before the
train reaches the poor fellow lying help
less on the track he is rescued, The
whole is the work of moment, and the
entire scene is so thrilling and lilelike
that for an instant one forgets everything
but the frightful anticipation of seeing a
human being crushed and mangled be-
meath the wheels The career of the
heroine, "Laura Cortland" miss Price,,
is sadly chequered, and the sympathy of
the audience early gained. The interest
of the piece does not center in the char
acter, and she is only here and there
given an opportunity to appear to much
advantage. 1t is Hercules toying with
baubles. Mrs. Allen was very graceful
and charming as Pearl Cortland, "
and Miss Fanny Pierson splendid as
Peachblossom, the girl who was never
brought up. Mr.. Anderson's "Byke"
villain of course--was "Quilp again,
with proper variations, being of the
same general cast 1t needs no other
praise. Mr.. Ferguson, as Ray Traf'
ford" was not in his line. He fell far
short of the mark, and would have
played anything else better. Mr.. France
was the Toombs lawyer to the life,
specimens If which genus can be found
in too great abundance nearer home.
Mr.. Ellerton, the signal at the bend,
appeared in only one scene, and did
we'll; and Mr.. Sloan, as Bermudas,"
acquitted himself creditably. Those
fond of the sensational should not forget
that Under the Gdsight is up for to-
night. Don't fail to see it.
The RADICAL NOMINATING CoNvEE-
TfoN.-We are on the eve of the grand
Radical convention scrimmage. Thurs
day night the pow-wow wherein are to
be nominated Mayor, Wharfmaster,
Tax Collector, Tax Collector on Privi.
leges and Street Commissioner, will be
held in the Scott cotton warehouse, on
Union street. The Shawites, Beecher-
Smithi,es aud Fitchites will be out in
full force. There will be cries of exulta-
ton from the upper dog in the fight, y
and wailiug aud gnashiug cf teeth among
the yanquished. Little Smiths friends
will touchingly sllude to his love for the
niger; little Beeeher will furiously beat
that drum and prove his devotion to
Africa; Shaw will illustrate his affection
for the colored man and brother; and
Fitch will prove that he founded Africa
and several other colored seaports. The
great fight will be upon Mayor, and when