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Show Anujrmfiils. "AlaUma" waa greeted last night At the Halt Lako Theatre Jby large and delighted audience. It was given by tho 1'almcir Company, And Ha present Alton Added Another laurel to the fame of that distinguished troupe. In fact. It Is moruto tho Ability And Artistic, ex cellencs) ot tho srforiners, than to Any Intrinsic merit In tho piece Itiolf, that Its success la to tw Attributed. It Is a slinplo production, but It Is full of joctryAtboBAud aom roinnncn. In tho hands ot ordinary players It would fall to tho meruit commonplace , However, It marks a hopeful transition period In th American drams. It cleala entirely with native characters, AhjWit!i scenes familiar to tho averag-i American. It la a long step In advance of th old coarso carle alures of Amerl can lir and inAiiners, IntersjierseHl with grottwiue type from l.uropean countries. Col. Preston, tb agod Southern, la a lyialhatls not uufamlllar. Aud as delineated last night by Mr. Htoddart It was simply sublime. Harrymoro as Da vemiOrt portrayed n feature of Amerl tun Hlo, lb ruault of the ell II war, nud eutlrrly realistic. There I itrlot lam, education and above all truthful. fulneas In thl. All tho Houtbern men wero not opjioied to the Union, nor are. they At present dliiwsed to perpetuAt Hie lsuis of tbat atrifci. .Mr. Armstrong, Iho Yankee, has romance enough In lilm lo mako htm Intoreellng and manhood man-hood enough to maku lilm admirable. On the whole this play la one that when presented as It was last night luuat delight and (leas vvery right minded American. In Intellectuality It Is elevating aud ennobling, and In education It has a tendency to obliterate obliter-ate ecllotmlism and iiarrowmlnded uess. It will bo glieu again tonight. |