Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-06
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

admiration and enjoyment. The assemblage
on Monday night will, We conjecture, exceed
in numbers and imposing display of intelli-
gence and fashion, any that has graced our
theatre in the fourth of a century. The open
ing piece of " Camille" will prove delightful
medium for the introduction to our play-goers
of the talented artistes the managers enter
prise has gathered. In New York, where it
was originally produced under Miss Keene's
management, it enjoyed in technical phrase,
ga run" of upwards of fifty nights, and we
recall to memory the very general and enthu-
siastic Iraisc which the newspaper press of
that city Law ished upon the play itself, and its
rendering In Its representation at the Ma
tioDal Theatre nearly all the members of its
original cast participate, the machinery,
etc, being also the same employed in its first
production in New York. 1t may be neces-
ssry to say that Miss Keene's version of Ca
mile" was written for, and is played only by
herself. The concluding playa merry Pssce
D'Oceasion-is a happy and "telting fit
upon the public craving for " Novelty" LIS
popularity and merit may be inferred from the
unprecedented run it enjoyed Of upwards Of
one hundred nights.
The Baltimore Dispatch says:
owe have a small sheet which is flying
about town, entitled Lauras Gossip'-pur-
porting to be published enthusiastically,
and edited by the Poet Laura ate'-which
contains good deal of theatrical gossip, but is
devoted more especially to information con-
corning the arrangements made by Mr.. Ford
for the appearance Of Laura Keene and her
company Of talented artistes,. As already an
nounced by US, they will appear at the Ma
tional Theatre, Washington, on Monday eve.
ming next, in a new version of Camille
written expressly for Miss Keene, and totally
unlike that hitherto performed here, which
will be produced in elegant style A new
piece called Novelty which was performed
for upwards of one hundred nights in New
York, will also be brought out During the
engagement of Miss Keene, the Marble
Heart Pauline Still Waters Run Deep
and other attractive pieces will be played. We
envy our Washington friends the rich feast
prepared for their entertainment; but console
ourselves with the reflection, that our turn
will soon come. -
PRICES IN WASHINGTON The list of prices
below was obtained from the dealers in the
market and stores Prices have been very
high for all sorts Of provisions, and though
many consider them exorbitant at this time
thew are moderate when compared with those
Of few weeks past Flour. family, per Dbl
So, extra super. do, $3.50; per ID. cts;
meal per bushel, IS cts sugar, brown, per 10
gallo cts crushed 13al4 cts; rice do OF cts
coffee do. I2aiS cts teas, green SHE. aS1;
molasses per gal. 50a62i cts syrup do. IS.
bacon, hams per Id. IL cts sides IL cts;
shoulders III cts beef, fresh per Id 8al2 cts
salt do SaIO cts dried Halls cts veal 10a12
cts mutton do 1Oal2 cts lamb, per quarter
75c asI; pork, fresh and salt, IL cts; lard la
IA cts butter, 25a3l cts cheese, I4a16 cts
eggs. per dozen, 16als cts chickens. per pair,
A0a50 cts ducks, each, 70 cts; Irish potatoes
per peek, so cts; sweet do. do. so cts soma-
toes do % cts turnips do. 40 cts beans do.
81 cts peaches do 75c aS1; apples do 25a
37+ cts pears do. 81! cts onions do. 37i cts
Il
beets per bunch, 3ao cts ; corn per dozen, l2t
cts; watermelOns, 12ia25 cts; cantelupes Ga
5 cts.
The INPAYrRY's ExCURsIoS.-The commit
tee appointed by the Old Dominion Guards of
Portsmouth, Va have recently addressed
letter to Captain j Y. Davis, the commander
Of the Washington Light Infantry, enclosing
the following preamble and resolutions passed
at a regular meeting Of the Guards, on the
evening Of the I'd instant:
Whereas having learned that the Washing
ton Light Infantry Corps, of Washington city,
intend visiting our town on the 18th instant,
therefore be il
]. ResoIrsd, That the Old Dominion G yards
tender TO that Corps the military Inequalities
Ct their company
2. ResOiu,ed, That q committee of two CON-
missioned officers, two sergeants, two corporals,
and two privates, be appointed to invite them
70 partake Of the sane.
3 Rssoicsd, That gaid committee proceed
10 Old Point Comfort, Oh the morning Of the
18Th. in full uniform, to receive them and to
escort them 10 our town.
Signed by the Committee
Thar KsIEE-One of our citizens was, this
morning, presented with knife, which was
intended as q compliment to his personal ap-
pearance. 1t is not as valueless as that Of
which we once heard, 40 without blade back,
OF handle, but in these respects is complete.
Open, It Is span in length, would weigh at
least pound, and, in a museum, with an ap-
propriate label, might be regarded as an ex-
cavatiOn from some subterranean city. The
rivets are loose, and there is thick accumu-
latiHn Of rust. 1t bears the stamp "The Sail
Ors Friend ;" but if Jack had DO truer one
than this, he would be poor, indeed. The
gift was accompanied by the following letter ::
"WAsHISGros, Sept. 6, 1856.
Mr.. --, Esq Sir i send you a
knife, for being putty then am my self want
you to be at the ugly men ball on the ~ Of this
month with that knife
GONE OF THE UGLY MEN"
1t IL said that the right Of our friend to the
knife Is disputed by several gentlemen whose
beGHty has not yet been sung by the poet.
A SILVER Cup, manufactured by Mr. Sam1
Ac"ls, was recently presented 10 the w ash
ington Light Infantry by one who was, for a
number Of years, n member Of that sterling
corps, and for large portion Of the time its
commanding officer, and who never hest tate
ed to exert his utmost energies to advance its
interests and discipline. 1t bears the inscrip-
ton September IL, 1856" the twentieth
anniversary Of the Company but as arrange
nents had been made for an excursion on that
approaching day, it will be shot for on the
nineteenth Of October. The winner, Of course,
will treat to lemonade, TO be drank from the
polished and handsomely constructed cup.
BRILLIANT CONCERT IN PRosPEcr.-M'lle
PaIodi, under the direction Of NJ Strakosch,
and assisted by Signor Tiberini, Signor Ber-
nardi, the famous baritone, and the ever well
come and. wonderful yiOlinist, Paul Julien,
will, in the course of a few days, give a con-
cert in Washington of Parodi's merits as a
vocalist, 1t Is not necessary to speak particu-
larry, as she has repeatedly been heard in
this metropolis with delight Signor Tibernf