Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-11-09

retaining fee Of counsel in that case; passed
Mr.. Orme moved TO take up the bill to clean
ssis, , u. and suss,; ana shat the Board
Of confsIencr, passed; and Messrs. Orme, Wal
lace and Lloyd were appointed. :
"a Mr.. Powell moved 70 take up the bin to estab-
lice committee. And the Board adjourned. =
FESTIVITIES OF THE wKEK-Last evening.
the Liberty Club made merry at Temperance
Hall. The dancing commenced at an early hour,
and all parties enjoyed themselves until the dawn
OF day reminded them II was time to separate
Other clubs were represented, and the occasion
Is one which will lfnger long In the memories Of
the participants
NJ. Pinkus gave, on the same evening, grand
private ball at California Hall, No Dol Four-and-
a-half street, between + and + streets, Nsland, y
and we doubt not merTment was at its height
the entire night.
Tonight, our Navy Yard friends will be stir
ring to the sound OF melodious music All day
long the ladies have been anticipating the pleas
uIes OF the evening, and the gas lights of Odd
Fellows Hall NAVY lard) will shine, before
many hours, upon the brilliant assemblage that
gathers at the invitation of the Ugly Club to pass
the night away In merry cotiIlon, waltz and reel.
Such OF our friends wish to spend a pleasant
evening, need only get hack, or take the Navy
Yard omnibus, and visit The Ugiy Club The
time s'o0
Tomorrow evening, our young friends of the
metropolitan Eagle Assembly "keep the ball
moving" by another assembly at Temperance
Hall. Esputa has been engaged, and those WHO
participated In the former festivities Of the Me-
tropottans know them for the best ball -givers in
Washington
The THEATRE We regretted to notice So
slim attendance last night, at the first perform
ance oil Mr. DonOho's new play "The Goldsmith
of Padua," 1t augurs but poorly for the epcour.
agement Of our native talent; and trite "a the
phrase may appear, we do possess native talent
which sadly needs enconragement-when the
realized effort Of one of the most accomplished
OF our young writers Is met with such apparent
indifference Though tie play passed cH pleas
antly, II nevertheless fell short or success, The
language is beautiful, mounting at times 10 posi-.
| tive eloquence, and the plot one of ,nucb nrivi
/ nality; but the characters lacked force. and The
play was wholly deficient In incident, and in
that active opposition to its virtuous sentiment,
winch Is necessary to rouse the sympathies of an
audience Mr. Donoho has, however, shown
| himself possessed OF power which he should
/ Dy all means cultivate. The actors ACQUITTED
themselves with powerful effect. To a perfect
| knowledge OF the text they added an evident de-
/ sire for the success Of the play which won the
| attention and ELECTED the frequent applause of
| the audience Al the close Of The piece, the au-
thor was called for and appearing in one of the
| p lVate boxes, briefly returned thanks for the
| compliment '-N
Tonight, one Of the abIest and most popular
artists OF the day, James " Wallack, Jr, the
trdSedian, commeEcesan engagement Of but ave
| nights, as Hamlet. A.
RE-AREEsrED Saturday night. a Young man
named J. w. Bentley was arrested by Oaicers
Norwood and Handy for very indecent behavior
at the restaurant Of Mr.. Charles Werner, on the
avenue, near sixth street, and for assault and
battery on Mrs. Werner, by kicking her in the
sde Upon hearing before Justice Donn Mrs
w appeared as a witness, not very seriousIv hurt
apparently, by the attack The Justice in vieu;
OF the circumstances then known med Bentley
In the corporation case, and held him to bail for
n T IN me assault case. Yesterday morning,
MIS-. w VINO was enc ante, was taken suddenly
III, ana Dr Lee pronoun, ed her in d very dam
gerouS condition. The information was sent 10
SuStce D1nn' who instantly issued warrant for
BentleY,s arrest Officers Handy and Norwood
with Ohcer featman, proceeded to the NAVY
ard. and arrested Bentley. He was taken he
Iore Justice Dom. and committed to Jail for
further hearing-when the result OF Mrs Wer-
neT's injuries shall be ascertained This morn
| Ing, we were informed, that she was much worse
than Yesterday Bentley, we are informed is a
BaItlmorean, and sea fa!ing man. recently re-
turned from trip, ard was about TO start nnon
another; but falling in with some Of bis Balti-
more friends in this city, he got on a spree and
committed this act, the consequences of which
cannot now be predicted.
RuFFIASIsN. Hearing that :. W. X Handy,
Esq with whom we are intimately ACQUAINTED
had been assassinaed and seriously wounded
we went to ind out the truth of the matter, and
obtained the following account from himself:
Last night he left his home, in the Seventh
ward, to attend meeting OF TIE Grand Lodge
U o. +. At the corner Of Tenth street and
virginia avenue, he was attack pd by a young
men, who seized him by the collar and struck
MN on the face, badly bruisin2 his ewes
scuffe enSUed, and two others near assisted he
assailant They tore his clothing and with a
portion OF his shirt bosom, carried of his breast
PIN, Inc parties are known but they probably
| are not aware that, in addition 10 the unproyoked
assault and battery, they will have TO answer TO
more serious charge growing out OF the loss Of
,he Dfesst pm SEVERAL persons were attacked
last night, and they charge the same party with
all the diso7derly conduct. We are more partic-
ularly sympathetic with our friend HANDY since
we are aware that, on Wednesday evening. he is
10 De married, and the dreadful black eve will
De sorry ornament with which to appear
though II is certain the circumstances under
which 1t was obtained will fully excuse it,
ANOTHER OUTRAGE At WERNER's RE.rAu-
RAM Yesterday evening, a crowd of LA d
cases, who, some reports say, came from tie
Navy Yard, and others, from the steamboat
wharf, went into the restaurant Of Mr. Charlie,
Werner, corner OF sixth street aud Pennsylvauia
avenue, aud created 4 disturbance which rem
dered II necessary to call in the police 10 queIl
After doing all the damage they could before M.
arrival OF the police. they left and proceeded up
town, aug mehtlng in numbers they passed
along, and shouting the Tallying cries of % Won
New Market ~ O YOU states Hose - &c o.
performing some ldwless pioits in front of Will
ldrds' Hotel, they went into the First Ward, and
ehtsIihg the restaurant OF Mr.. Boulan2er, had
three drinks each and cigars, which il was their
Intention not to pay for; but the otce by
this Time having been put on their track they
fund IL necessary TO decamp without effrctinp
lntlT purpose. i hey then proceeded up the Ay
enue towards Georgetown, where tEey wsre los,
s2 ht Of not returning by the same route il at all
Lieut.. McHvnry, being made aware Of Their
movements, STATED alter them, backed by a
strong police foIce, whom he dis posed AT yariou.
points with view 10 interce ptng them on their
return, hut the Tdscals were probably duly mott
Fed Of the TACT by some one Of heir pals and
50 escaped being arrested.
The PRESIDENTS MorNTED GUaBD-This
popular company, in response to the unanimous
request OF their friends, the public, have deter
mined to give grand ball, to take place at Odd
Fellows Hall, On Monday, tue ED inst Their
precious success Ia this respect warrants the AZ.
seLtlnn that Ibis A.Lil Lo oun ...Li-l