Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-01-09
Arrival and Departure Of Trains.


MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD.
New Orleans express. daily. 1925 Pm. 4l0 Pm.
Sards accom- n, OK. Sunday, 1000 AN. l:50 PM.
Freight. daily. save Sunday, S:15 pm. $40 AN.
MEMPHIS AND CHARLESTON RAILROAD.
Through express. daily......l0:55 pm. 6:l0 AM.
| Through mail, daily......... lao PM. Clio pm.
Somerville &C. save Sunday $40 Am. $40 Pm.
MEMPHIS AND LOUISVILLE RAILROAD.
| lay Express~......."..... 4;uV Pm. a:,s AN.
Brownsville Accom-.-...l0:00 AN. 400 Pm.
Ticket Offices No. 2371s Main street and at the
depot. head of Main street.
New MEMPHIS THEArER.-Mr. Booth s
Shylock" drew very large audience
to- the theater last night, who will not
soon forget the repast set for their enter
tainment. "Shylock" is character
both repulsive and endurable. We are
incensed at the usurer and malignant
who insists upon the full extent of his
bond yet his almost consuming love
1 for his daughter and wife, like charity,
covereth multitude of sins. Besides,
we remember what has stung him to
madness, and caused his eyes to sparkle
and his frame to culver with delight, in
anticipation of the devilish pleasure of
cutting from nearest 1" Antonio's" heart
the pound of flesh. He is Jew, has
been Knocked, reviled, spit upon.
Wherever he goes the finger of scorn
is pointed at him, and curses are min
gled with taunts. Trembling with pas
sion, he explains to one of " Antonio"
friends, supplicating. for mercy for the
unfortunate merchant, why the prayer
shall not be granted:
HE hath disgraced me, and hinder d
me of half a million, laughed at my
losses, mock at my gains, scorn'd my
nation, thwarted my bargains, coord my
friends, heated mine enemies and what
his reason2 / am Jew. Hath not a
Jew eyes; hath not Jew hands, organs,
fed with the same food, hurt with the
same weapons, subject to the same dis
eases, healed by the same means, warmed
and cooled by the same winter and sum-
mer that Christian is? If you prick
us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do
we not laugh2 If you poison us do we
not die? and if you wrong us shall we
not revenge2 If we are like you in the
rest we will resemble you in that. If a
Jew wrong q Christian, what is his hui
mility2 Revenge. If Christian wrong
Jew, what should HIS sufferance be by
Christian example Why, revenge. The
villainy you teach me | will execute, and
it shall go hard, but will better the in
struction."
| There is human nature in this-savage,
relentless though it be; and when we pit
his vengeance against his suferings the
balance seems nearly even. Mr.. Booths
Shylock" was masterpiece. IA CO.'S
tune he was the Jewish money pder
as interpreted by Kean, who was ffA TO
rescue the character from tottering u r
4 bling age. Shylock" has a daught&
grown, but there is nothing in Shak'
speare to indicate that be has attained
three score and ten, or that the intensity
and wildness of his passions are due
to age. Mr.. Booths control of the facial
muscles is remarkable and in nothingis
this great art more strongly illustrated
than in Shylock," which to great ex-
tent is but an exhibition of them. In the
scene with "Tubal," and before the
Court, where he clamors for the fulfill
mont of his bond, the acting reaches
point of greatness impossible to describe.
Theater, stage and foot-lights disappear |;
Shylock," Antonio" " Portia and
Venice shut them out, and we breath
lessly await the denouement which
thrills to the heart. Here we have Booth
in his grandeur, as personator Of a char
acter. He is "Shylock" nothing more,
nothing less--not a trace of Booth being
left. Miss McVicker appeared as Por
tia" rendering it as she did Juliet -
her reading being excellent and her fea-
lures rigid as marble. 1t seemed impos-
sible for her to procure the relaxation of q
muscle, no matter what the passion whose
portrayal she essayed. Mn. Anderson
made good Antonio" aud Mr.. Brown
displayed an astonishing versatility
This evening Mr.. Booth will appear in
another Of his most celebrated charac
ters-" Richelieu (which should at.
tract a crowded house. 1t is fully equal
: to his "Shylock" Miss McVicker will
represent "Julie, and Anderson Bara'
( das.'
;,,rrux MORE CONTEMPT
rests for contempt of court are becoming
almost as fashionable as taking Bourbon
with sugar. Yesterday Col Beaumont,
of the Metropolitan Police, was hauled
before the Municipal Court, charged with
disregarding writ Of hdbeGs eorpSs,
== t;;e!, I; Z. seems, deputy served 5y
pitching at a table near which the Pelice
Commissioner was sitting engaged in
conversation. Upon Col Beaumont s
statement that he was unconscious
of any process Of court having been
served, Judge Weldran declared him
purged Of contempt, and the Colonel
vent on his way rejoicing that he was
not a newspaper.
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