Arizona citizen., 1874-12-12
The Minstrels.

''Peace hath her victories
 No less renowned than war"
 For the peaceful ApacheS no more in- | festIng the fields and hIlls, the soldiers | have turned to enliVen the mOnOtOny of camp lie by the formation Of minstrel ! and as d result, the people Of Tucson have been entertained this Fall by | the performances of the Camp Grant and { the II Co.,, Fllth Cavalry mInstrelS. The ! latter company gave two performances here OH Monday and Tuesday evenings of fast week. We were not present on the | first evening, which Is SaIu tO have been l the much better performance oi the two, ! but We attended on the second evening, i ;tIiu when we say We were surprised at the ] real excellence Of the entertainment, we : draw IL mildly. Oi course, there are d great many uIgnined PodSnapS in this | world, incapable of amusing themselves ! or any one else, who put every thing ill the l shape of a negro minstrel performance lar behind them, and retire on their ear in disgust at the mere mentiOn Of the subject. And now as we look back through the ." smiles and tears Ol other yearh," and average the thing, We amt sure but our hours with the mlnStrelS were well spent, and the money it cost us, better disposed Of than if IL had gone into Sunday school cOtferS for tine benefit of veritable Africans No town ever amounted to any thing which did not have public amuselnenis Of some kind. And as bull fights even OH
 
 are pleased with the innovation of lnIn- strel performances on week days. Al though we own the latter labor under the disadvantage Of breaking no known cOm-
 nandment nor Of doing any physical
 harm tU the participants.
 1He performance or Tuesday evening, We have intimated was very good. It had
 it's defects but they can be easily remedieu,
 and as we certainly hope to see the boys
 here again, we shall undoubtedly have d
 better performance the next tune. We
 dislike to single out any Oi the performers
 to make 1aVOrabl comment, but in doing
 so, the others must recUllect il is the Way
 Of the world to praise the most worthy ana the rest must compete.
 One of the audience i'll our vicinity dur ing the performance, suddenly exclaimed, {,
 "BoyIe is bully" This had been our opinion for some time, and Boyle seemed generally to be more applauded than the others. Go on Boyle: and you may yet
 rival d Wam bold, q Backus or cen q Billy Burch. He is perfectly at home in the minstrel business anu takes to his parts naturally and without apparent effort. There is one good voice ill the company
 and that belongs to Moore. Full, clear,
 and strong, it is everything desirable in an ordinary way, but he sometimes de- tracts from it by his manner of singing. We would just like t0 hear Moore sing, if he was alone by himself and didn't make any effort. Don't introduce that whip next time, Moore, "an' you love us," or if the habit has become so confirmed that
 you can't stop using the whip all at once, hire al small boy 10 crack iL and station him two miles out Of town. We WiSE to hear you sing. Jones was excellent ill his several characters: ill his song Have you
 seen my Daughter,n he brought down the house. DeVlue. ill his stump speech car ried us back to the days of Deinosthenes and Cicero. We have heard worse stump speeches in much older companies. Fitz- gerald performed well, d part which seems easy enough but Is often the most difficult. SwantOn and hlliSlAaE acted well their parts. Ot course there Nas evidence Of lack of practice bat this will be overcome. In closing with g hope of a return of this meritOriOus cOInpany, let us suggest to them that respectable minstrel perform ance is an entirely different thin from a concert saloon or free and easy perform ance. Ladies frequently attend the form CT but never the latter. There should therefore be the greatest care uSed that nothing low or vulgar, either iG look or
 word, gets into tie bill of fare.
 DISTRICT CoUIrT continues in trials for murdP". On Monday the Territory Vs. Jo- Seph '. Holmes was resumed, concluded and the case given to tie jury. The jury retired in the evening ard were out all night. Tuesday morning, they brought Ill a verdict of voluntary manSlaughter-the penalty Of which is net less than three nor more than ten years in the peniten- tiary. It is understood that this and the case of IleiGgiO Rivera Convicted and sen- fenced for murder in the first degree), will be appealed 10 the supreme court which c0nveneS next mOnth; in fact notice of appeal in the latter case was given some days ago. On Tuesday, the court cOntin-
 ued by calling the case of the Territory vs. C. V. Moore and w. r. Hall-both under
 indictment for murder. Hall claimed a separate trial and that of MoOre alone was proceeded with. A Venlre Ot sixty was eX-
 hausted and ten jurors obtained, and a new venire for twenty was issued returna- ble next morning, and court accordingly
 adjourned. Wednesday the panel was completed as follows: James Hart, T. G. Rusk, x. Van AlStine, James Canill. John Cady, Jerry Kinney, H. H. H. Holt, Will liam Winlund, T. Belknap, J. McQuinn,
 A. G. Elliott and Charles Owings. The prosecution got in their evidence on Thurs day. Yesterday the evidence for the de- fenSe began and was continued all day. THE meeting of the MeXicans last
 Saturday evening, as noticed in THE CITI-
 ZEN, was to effect an organization for be- nevolent purposes. A commIttee was ap- pointed to prepare and report rules to govern the sOcIety, and another meeting
 will be held on the goth Instant in Fully, Ochoa & Co., hall. It sis in contempla-
 ton to have the society incorporated by
 an act of the legislature
 THEo. WELIsCH has fhe thanks of our
 family down to the cook, for fine, plump
 young turkey. OfrIfiends have remem-
 coming holiday seaspn.< MT. Welisch has ( 1or@ # .lo