Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-01-27
our own Correspondent.
New YoRK Jan. %. 1876

UiUe ObSerUer-1he little cloud
of the size of mans hand. which
some of the sharper political eyes
saw in the horizon months ago
begins to be discernible TO ordina-
iry vision. The logic Of events IN
the Cuban matter brings convic-
ton that something is in the wind,
| but Just what it IL, or whether
the gathering storm will burst or
pass us by, none but few sensa-
tion-journalists venture to assert.
A private, or | might almost say
secret, letter, sent out by our
Government to feel the pulse Of
Europe on the subject of inter
vention, together with the sud-
den overhaul;ng of the Navy and
the sending of coal and stores to
Southern ports, can hardly be
without meaning. though the
probabilities would seem to be
gainst SPANS taking up a third
war. and that with a power like
our own. Still, it is not impossi
Die that the crafty Spainiards,
feeling their inability TO suhju-
gate their distant and determined
province, yet unwilling to &C
knowledge the fact, now seek a
more honorable egress from their
dilemma, by precipitating a con-
flict so maniiestly unequal that
they can gracefully yield to over,
towering force. Should that pro
gramme be carried out. it requires
20 prophet 10 foretell the destiny
Of Cuba. A carpet bag Governor,
half dozen carpet bag Congress
men, one or two hundred patriotic
PustmastCrs, lew municipal
rings for Havana, with . good con
scieutious New York Boss &c
encourage the religious element il
ward primaries, and personally de-
lend the purity OF ballot and
bench, and, presto! the thing l.
accomplished; cur glorious repub
llcan institutions are firmly root
ed in their prirst,ridden, blood
drenched sol; import duties drop
II your best cigar; the immoral
and degrading ball fight disap-
pears before the refining iufluerce
of dog and prjzs-Gghts, and the
Americ an Etgle stretches his pro
tecting wing over the island gen
orally.
1t is certainly an enchanting
prospect. buI nevertheless let us
hope that II is distant on,; that
the war talk is all ii scare, and
that the opening year of our see
Ond century may show no stain Of
blood that is not shed j. defense
of orr nights, our liberties, Or our
national existence.
tx Mayer 0lkey Hall proved 70
ba Hot a star, but a meteor in
the dramatic SKY. After three
brief weeks o. struitiug upan the
mimic stage, he has hidden hual
l,rewell to the Iao;lights and re.
turns to bis br.eis "A slddrr and
w.sar man. Unexpected as was
! this retreat, and inglorious as it
may seem, it shows both courag.
and common sense. Finding by
lc;ull experience that he could
not make successful actor. he
has preferred retracing The false
step at once, to persiStinG in n
cours, which could only result in
bitterness and disappointment =
The press. which is little inc in
ed usually to "ki0k a man when
he's down" has. to DO it justice,
treated Mr. Halt very well, com
mendiag his change of purpose
and welcoming him hack to bis
profession. With the With draw
al of The Crucible," the Park
Theatre, which was the scene Of
this histri0nic experiment, has
changed its character somewhat,
the management announcing for
I the future a "Palais Royal en-
tertainmer t q. e. comedy, vaude-
vile, and farce) The new re-
gime was inaugurated with Ma.
jor Wellington de Boots" by Mr..
John Dillon, an irresistible come.
dian, for years the favorite actor
of Chicago, that wicked town
whose public men are just now
writhing in the iron coils OF the
sworn Of the still"
For the rest, amusements re-
main in statu quo, the successful
PLAYS heretofore mentioned still
holding the boards, and nightly
filling the different houses
The next best thing to witne S,
ing these actual stage Performance,
es, is to behold and admire the
elegant and wonderfully accurate
reproductions Of the principal