Theatre--Fine Arts--Delicacy--Shaking Quakers-- Big-Bone Lick--Visit of the President The theatre at Cincinnati is small, and not very brilliant in decoration, but in the absence of every other amusement our young men frequently attended it, and in the bright clear nights of autumn and winter, the mile and a half of distance was not enough to prevent the less enterprising members of the family from sometimes accompanying them.

The great inducement to this was the excellent acting of Mr.and Mrs.Alexander Drake, the managers.

[Mr.Drake was an Englishman.] Nothing could be more distinct than their line of acting, but the great versatility of their powers enabled them often to appear together.

Her cast was the highest walk of tragedy, and his the broadest comedy; but yet, as Goldsmith says of his sister heroines, I have known them change characters for a whole evening together, and have wept with him and laughed with her, as it was their will and pleasure to ordain.

I think in his comedy he was superior to any actor I ever saw in the same parts, except Emery.