Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-10-04


Louisiana, Captain Hill, On her downward
trip on Friday night, broke her shaft, about
City miles below Baltimore, and hid to be
towed back to that city; in consequence
we had no Northern mail here on Saturday
morning.
SKlFF & GAYLoRD's MISsTaELs.-W e
publish from the Wilmington (Del.) Times
the annexed account of the performances
of this celebrated troupe. They will ar
rive in the city to,day and will perform at
the Opera House tonight We advise our
readers, who desire to spend q pleasant
evening, to 60 and see them:
Institute Hall was well packed last
night with crowd who seemed to be ex-
ceedingly well pleased with the show. In
the first part sShou Fly comic ditty by
Low Gaylord was so well rendered that it
created a furore and an encore well meri-
ted; La Cantata Napolitaine sung by S,g,
nor Gustavo Bidaux, the popular Baritone
was loudly applauded, as was also Da Da's
Darling, by Harry Talbot. In The second
part Joe Mairs in lis Medley Dance show
ed to advantage with what style and grace
be is gifted; Signor Bidaux's Step Moth
err was executed in compl lance with the
demands of the audiences; We hope to hear
him tonight in the Marseillaise Hymn,
In the, character of French Zouave, and
in its original language, in which, it is
ha hoe Eaty alc ovid INV
the infant prodigy, by II. Talbot, was
excellent, also the triple clog dance by
Stiles, Phelps and Armstrong; the merri-
ment which was excited by their Italian
opera between Low Gay lord and Joe MARS
was unbounded Professor Schafsner's
Panithe Opticonica, with which the enter
talnment closed, was worth alone the price
of admission. At the request Of thousand
loyers of good music they will appear to-
night for the last time this season in new
programme, and will present several nov
elites. TO early in order TO get good
seat, they will commence ats o'clock pre-,
cisely. The company has enjoyed most
profitable season here. Low gaylord and
Harry Talbot have rendered themselves
especial favorites with the Wilmington peo-
Pile; we can confidently recommend them to
the press as worthy of commendation. The
entire freedom of the performance from
the stale and offensive political jokes once
so common and from aught that could shock
modesty, we wish especially to commend.
PRlza FIGHT.-We take not much note
OF duels, prize fights and other human brue
talties in these columns, and without ins
tending censure upon those newspapers
that do, we believe the less those things arc
noised abroad the less fashionable and freu
quent they will become: There is always
temptation to indulge in betting, in por-
ton of the community, and we think there
was not much mending the matter of public
morals when horse racing was frowned
down, for that gave vent hole for the
betting propensity to escape, and that being
abolished, it naturally seeks some other
channel of indulgence, and in consequence
prize fighting and dueling is encouraged
the lowest of the low brutalities.
However, this is not the purpose. A
Aprize fighter named Dougherty and one
named Sam Collyer, are to have fight, and
for this purpose they have been sometime
in training. The fight, we learn, is to
come off on the sixth, some where in this
State, and the steamers have already been
chartered to carry the parties to the
grounds. We state it as a part of the in
FORMATION we have picked up in regard to
the matter, that the steamers are to leave
this city tonight at twelve O'Clock, for
their place ofdestination, which is said tobe
Jamestown island, on Jamesriver. Ofcourse
there is no relying on this information
because it does not come from 'headquars
ters,' and the plaes can easily be changed
for some other, if it should be diyulged be-
forehand.