Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-06-15
THE EVENING NEWS.
Monday Erenlns,--"-.-June is, Uses.

PrrERs' OPERA HOUSE," RICHARD
III."-on Saturday evening Mr.. Bar
re,t played Macbeth " to crowded
house, with Mrs. Stewar. as "Lady Mac
BETH" and Beatty as Macduff.' AL
though not sui,ing quite 5 well as
I" Hamlet" in many particulars, yet the
general spirit Of real dramatic forvor
infused by Mr.. Barrett's rendition
throughout the piece evinced the pres
ence Of the master mind, yet his very
aaturalncss perhaps but served to rem
der more prominent by contrast the ap-
parent defects and sehoolboy e%locution
Of some Of the minor parts. Caldwell
has evidently not improved at all since
he was here last year Buckley has,
however, and is certainly an actor OF
goodly future promise, as well rs pres
emit effectiveness. Richard Ill., was
PLAYED las. evening, and to another full
house. Very few ladies, however, were
preseut, owing to its being Sunday
NIGHT. A circumstance which also super
vened to prevent tho attendance OF a
great many gentlemen who would 9TH
erwise have been present yet, as we
said before, the theater was well hlled.
Macbeth should have been repeated
last evening, aud Richard III. reserved
for tonight, thus giving all an equal
chance of seeing that great masterpiece.
Richard must be one OF Barrett's best
characters. His p~ersouatiou of the viii
famous dissembler, tho ambitious, de-
ceitful monster Of Shakespeare's brain
creation, was certainly rs nearly unex-
c~eptiouable as anyone could wish,
unless one might fancy that he did
not look quite ~misshapen n
ugly enough TO truthfully represent
the ideal Of the text. His interview
with "Lady Anne" at the funeral of
her husband, slain by his W foul hand,
vas II mastery piece Of acting. What
brain but that of Shakespeare would
ever have devised n courtship under
such circumstances? The sword COM
bat, too, ut the conclusion, was u very
energetic and exciting arrangement, and
executed amid the continuous cheers
and applause OF the audience. Beatty's
Richmond" was good, and ably rem
dersd. With the exception OF poor
Judgment at times in the meditation
and regulation Of his voice during ex-
cited passages of words, giving forth
~intonatious Of a rather ridiculous and
distressing order, Mr.. Beatty is a really
good actor. Miss Sue Robinson per-
soua,ed "Queen Anne excellently
we'll, exhibiting a very correct conccp-
ton Of the character. Mrs. Stewart as
Queen Elizabeth, Buckley as the Duke
Of Buckingham, Woodland rs the Lord
Mayor, aud Robinson as Catesby, all did
we'll. Miss Amanda Lee made quite n
hit as the Duchess Of York, personating
the character in a very acceptable man.
ner. The Rand sisters, too, were very
pleasing in the parts which they as
sumed. The audience followed the play
throughout with intense interest, and
we predict another good house in case
Richard III is repeated. Bulwer's
beautiful fve-act drama Of Money
will be enacted tonight, with Mr.. Bar
rett as Alfred Evelyn, and Miss Sue
Robinson as Clara Douglass. Secure
your seats early.
ABOUT SwEErwArER.-W. II. Began
of this town has favored US with the
p~erusal Of a letter recently received by
him from Hon. c. W. Tozer, e~x-Speaker
Of the Nevada Assembly, now residing
at South Pass City, Dakota. The letter
bears date Of May 2sth, and in 1t Mr..
Tozer thus sums up his judgment Of the
Sweetwater region: The country has
been very much over estimated, and
many exaggerated accounts Of its rich
ness have been circulated through the
newspapers and otherwise, yet there is
nothing here to go crazy over, or even
get excited about. There certainly is
a very large amount Of quartz here,
which will so far as developed compare
favorably with the collaborating quartz
Of California, and which will some day
be worked with profit, making this in
due time a prosperous mining region.
OF the placer mines nothing positive
q be said as yet. The Spring, here,
must come in Autumn if ever, for 1t is
Winter yet, although work has been
commenced on the creeks and gulches,
to open and develope them. No definite
.esoiss' however, nave Us y Sesa NJ,
for good average paving diggings: say
from 81 10 So per day' and this to a
considerable extent. I have become
actively engaged 10 both quartz and
placer mining, and am opening claims
on Rock Greek, bringing in water to
what is called Oregon Gulch' by
means of a ditch four and a half miles
long. | am sinking on a quartz lead
known as the 'Coriso' and putting up
four arastras, to be run by water power.
am bound to win or lose, and don't
care much which. Lem Goliath arrived
here a day or two ago, right side up
Mr.. Tozer's letter certainly does no,
give any special encouragement to US o.
ms. ,S;,Sa, w;,h the hone Of better.
ing themselves, the more especially
VIXEN the high ruling rate Of provisions
and everything else there is taken into
consideration. Sweetwater is q pretty
name, but il has proven rather of a bit.
ter draupht to numerous Washoeites.
SPEcrActEs AND EIE-etAssks.-Ar'