The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-23

and lying on the street. was commst,ed to
Jail for five days.
J James Hfadley (colored), charged with
being drunk aud disorderIy on the street,
was discharged.
! Armstead Jordan (colored), charged with
beating bis wife,. was discharged.
| Martha Hudson, Mary Hackett, aud Liz
Zie Campbell (all colored) were fined So
each for abusing and threatening to beat
Fanny Pegram.
Fanny Pegram (colored) was fined S5 for
assaulting and kicking Mary IIacke.t.
J Maggie Deer (colored) was fined $3.50 for
being dIsordery on the street.
Fletcher Brown and Agnes White (both
colored), arrested for fighting. The clse
was continued I'LL to- day.
G. T.. Foxwell, charged with beating his
wife and threatening her life, thereby
causing her TO fear bodily harm at his
hands. The prosecutor failing to appear,
the case was continued till to-day. A rule
was issued against her.
J. II. Wyatt tcolored). charged with steal.
ing five geese, valued ut SO, from Susan Al
len. The accused was found gnlty and
sentenced to receive twenty lashes. His
counsel moved for new trial and arrest OF
judgment, on The ground that the verdict
was contrary to law and the evidence. The
motion was continued till to-day.
Joseph Woodson (colored), trespassing
upon the premises OF Thalhimer Brothers
and stealing one lot OF lumber. jailed for
fort weight hours.
Mari n Sutton, charged wifi assaulting
and beating s. B. CHM IN the public streets,
and :. b. and Catherine CHM, assaultiDg
and beating Marion Sutton. The cases were
continued till Saturday.
George Lawson (coiored) assaultiug and
beating William Wood-Rn With rocks, was
| fined 81 for dsorderIy conduct.
BOCcSCCIO AT THE THEATRE LkTf NIGHT.
Won Suppe's recent and successful musical
work BocraeCiO was presente5 last e7eTlDg
for the first time in this cify by EahH's
Opera Company at The Richmond Theatre.
That there sbouid have been Onl3 fair aqr-
dience 10 witness q new opera tina, has been
all The rage at ne EOrib, some OF The nurse
OF which has ajready b. come popuiAr here
and given too, as IL was, by a strong c0Dpa>
ny, il something Beyond our comEvchen-
sion. That house; which we have seen
paeked at minstrel sb0v or a variety per-
tormsnce, was last niqls', with recently
composed operc, rihyed by one OF Sic
largest companies we hoae seen on orr
boards Tr-many a dap. not s@gf filed.
AS % musical compositions, our expectsa1
tons wt7e more than erattfe1 With Boc.1
cacoiO. swppe, always a bright, pleasing
conpose'- has surpassed his bFmer efforts
in This wpk Many of the numbers are
lglN and sparkling, but as whole it is
rathsr move ambitious NanI '"FSfinltZ1."
The finale &c the seca nd ax is'a well-made
and telling composition while Che letter
Il n
pleasing: born OF which revived eplhusi-
astic ereOreS hst evening for the tine man
ner in which ihey were .pfltlerei. With
the plot and lhgetlo we we 4 disappointed,
for while we mast confess sat the stS5eet
taken from The pages Of DccaIseronisS Gan-
gerous and delicate one 10 haSClte, attlimDst
give to the author credit for ,he ma spor ne
has accomplished difficult and d'thaukle.s
task, we were led TO expect 30 1ethins snmo1e
clever than we Gather ed from its >tirSb pre-
sentation here. The plot, in Our Opb3iG5,
is yery light, and has nothing fsit, GerTing
only TO give one an exaggerated idea o.lthc
CAV Florentine lie. There is,- moreover,
little that IS brgh! and clever which Night
atone in comic. opera for such fault. We,
however. rest the snccess Of Boo pceio wit b
the great merit os the score, whieh, .1vGi'e
II is so good as to garry successfully through
. poor librett0, strTes TO furnish detighS-
ful evenings entertainment.
The company which gave Boccaocio 'lass
evening il, as we said above, veryYtroDG-
While there are 10 leading artists of re-
nplrkabe force, the cast is good aDdiwell
balanced, the choTus very large aad'cnne~
fully drilled, and the whole company In
every respect eqaaI to satisfactory ana
sueces sful presentdOn OF the opera.
To Miss Jennie Winston Is entru>tedithe
til te.Iole; and although we are unwilling to
eonaede that the practice now so muoh' IN
ye,sueiof a woman PLAYING the pariOi q
mna Is under aBy circumstance In keeping
with natural reI ra-entaiions, or that IL does
not detract from the effectiveness OF apart,
we must complmeat this lady upon beR:ine
PORTRAYAL OF so difficult task. The efot aS
properly and inteaigenty apprecatlng- the
loys-making OF these men-wOmen is llketbat
of tbe photographer when he looks through
the camera, and seeing his subject standing
on 10, head. he must force his inauguration
10 see il otherwise BY turning himself topSy-
| tuyyy. Miss Winston sang and acted her
mart with fiue effeut and to The satisfaction
| OF her audience. Miss Fracesa Guthrie ha,
a pretty, well-clliyated soprano voice, and
while she gave the part OF Fiametta :" ae-
ceptably, her very perceptible lisp detraTts
somewhat from. her other merits. AS
mPeronela Mass Rose Leighton de-
serves commen 1ation for her care
ful and spirited acting and ohasse
yocalization. Miss Janet Edmondson has
3ne soprano, and Miss Marie Someryiiie was
pleasing az "Isasella." Mr.. Ellis R"Sa l.
a good comedian and possesses po~erini
voice. His impeYsonation OF Lottenn@hi
was capital, and lie created much merriment
in his drunken saene. Mr.. Harry Allen Is
an old Richmond favorite, and maGaan ae-
ceptable Prince Petro. Mr.. A. Fl. Bf'ps
"Grocerv was clever impersosa.ion, ~
was also the C0oTer's Apprentice afssoe OF
Mr.. Harry Doll
The company deserves better support
from the Richmond theatre.goerS,.and IL
will be only according them justice to give
them full houses during the ihea- ramon
ing nights OF their engagement here. 10
MIC hit, Boaaaaeio; tomorrow: night, fati'
niIza; Thursday matinee, Cblmes OF NOT
mandy, and Thursday night BooeaeeiG.
| Nn EIlINEfT.