Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-06-06

at the CoIumbia engine house, Capitol Hill, |
for the benefit Of the Capitol Hill M E.
church, has been most handsomely and taste.
fully arranged by the ladies of the congrega-
ton, and an abundant supply of the finest
Strawberries, Ice cream, lemonade, cake, &c,
provided-also coffee and other substantials,
fancy articles, DC, DO The ladies with their
strawberry colored cheeks and smiling faces
are there In full force, attractive and atten-
tive to customers. The room is airy and plea
SAINT. An evening cannot be more pleasantly
spent, and while indulging in the good things
80 profusely provided, it will be consoling to
remember that the amount of money spent
will be appropriated to most Praisewortby
and benevolent enterprise 1t is expected
that it will be continued through this week.
Go and see the ladies of Capitol Hill.
NATIONAL THEATRE.-An excellent bill is
offered for to-niaht - The Serious Family, in
Guiding the pol&t and Quaker dance, and the
nautical drama of The Ocean Child, so sue.
cessful on the occasion of Mr.. jefferson bene-
fit. To morrow evening is set apart for the
benefit of Mr. G.. c. BoDiface, who has made
80 favorable an impression upon the public.
He is good actor and deserves q fine house
The bill is rich in variety and amusement
the first time Of the new drama Of The Bear
Hunters, in which Mr. Boniface, Mr.. Jeffer-
son, Mr. Burnett, Mr.. Adams, Miss Devlin,
Mrs. Jefferson, and the entire company ap-
pear, then the great ice scene from the spec
tacular drams of The Sea of Ice and the
great extravaganza of the Glance at New
York, Mr.. Doniface as Nose, and Mr.. Jefferson
as Dutchy.
PUBLIC CALAMITY.-Duringt the storm yes
| terday the noble and venerable oak which
for many years, has shaded the spring at Ar
lington, was Frustrated by the wind This
will cause many sigh among the young and
gay who were accustomed to enjoy the sum-
mer days, protected from the scorching rays
Of the sun by this monarch of the forest, and,
seated beneath its wide spreading branches,
have listened with delight to tales of by gone
days from the lips of the venerable and be-
loved proprietor of Arlington He will re.
ceive the warm sympathy Of the community
in his loss, which, indeed, may well be con-
sidered public calamity.
The FIFTEENTH STREET PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH are now holding a Fair in the Hall
corner of Ninth and d streets This church
mas peculiar claims upon the sympathies of
the christian public. About year ago their
believed Pastor was removed from them by
death, since which time they have been sup
piled stately by kind friends. The object of
this effort is to extinguiSh debt still remain
ing upon the church edifce They appeal to
the generous public to patronize them in their
laudable undertaking. Their advertisement
will be found in another column.
ILLEGAL VoTING David Y. Moore was
| brought up on Wednesday before Justice
Clark for further hearing on the charge of
| voting at the second precinct Of the Second
| Ward, VIII re he swore he was a native born
| citizen; at the second precieRct of the Fourth
Ward, whore be swore he resided three doors
from the City Hall, on Four and a-half street
| at the first precinct of the Fourth Ward, and
als) in the Fifth Ward The witnesses stated
that he voted for Mr.. Hill The charges being
proved to the satisfaction of the Justice, he
was committed to Jail for trial at court in every
case.
Mr.. W. HENRY PALMER's first half-yearly
examination of piano forte classes took place
Wednesday night at Carusi's Saloon, and was
eminently successful. Too muah praise can
hardly be awarded to Mr.. Palmer for his
novel and effective mode of instruction. We
must not particularize individual performan-
ces Of the yOuag ladies, where all was done so
| well; We may say generally, however, that
the accuracy and precision with which their
parts were given by the performers was most
| gratifying to their friends and satisfactory to
| the audience at large.
RowDYIsM Yesterday morning, about one
| or two o'clock, party of rowdies attacked the
| house of Mr.. Charles Magee, corner of Sixth
street east and Maryland avenue Bricks and
stones were used by the assailants and the
| lives of the inmates placed in jeopardy A
| child Of Mrs. Magee was near losing its life
by brick thrown in the window Not salts
| fed with this. we are informed that the row.
dies broke down the doors and shutters. The
| family, with the exception of Mrs. Magee,
| were all asleep when the attack was made.
CoURr OF CLAIMS YESTERDAY, Judge Black
4 ford deiiverai his disSentInO oDipiopS ,I,o
cases Of Thomas III. Baird Us. the United
| States, and o. ii. Bergman and others rs the
| United States.
The case of Richard r. Ward and others,
| assignees of Jacob Bacher, claiming the differ
| encs between the price Of stock isssed to him
and that of subsequent stock issued by the
government in 1914 was opened by C +.
Sherman, Esq, for the claimants, who con-
| tinued his argument until the court adjourned
| OUTRAGEOUS AsSAULT.-Thos. Butler, COL
Ored, was arrested by Officer Wilson for an
| assault and battery, and was taken to the
guard house. When arrested he had large
| crowd Of men and boys after him, who were
throwing stones and other missiles at him in a
house, where he had taken refuge. Yester-
day morning he appeared to be cut about the
| face and head, and his clothing much spotted
with blood from the wounds He was held to
bail for court by Captain Birch
AssAULr.-On Wednesday night three men
went to the Union House, on street, near
Seventh, and assaulted the barkeeper.
scuffie ensued, when Mr. Wilson, one of the
proprietOrs, interfered, and two Of the assail-
ants were knocked down and put out of the
house. A row out of doors occurred but the
arrival of officers put an end to it, and two of
the party, Martin Kelly and Jas Connor were
taken to the guard-house, and held to bail for
peace.
The LAST SALE of fine paintings in the
rooms, corner Of Pennsylvania avenue and
Eleventh street, will commence this friday
evening at 1t o'clock. Gallery open to the
public until the hour Of sale.
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