Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-01-29

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Miss Davenport, hast night, on the occasion Of
her benefit. The play was aThs Csarina, %
written expressly for Miss Davenport, and iilus-
trative Of manners and life In Russia. Miss
Davenport's personafion was In her usual good
taste-dignihed, vigorous, and Unaffected
But, one Of the richest dramatic treats ever
onered In mrs city, to our notion, is to come OF
tonight In the repetition Of the play Of sMasks
! and Faces" This play, carved by the cunning
hands of those celebrated workmen ,IsTom TAU
Tor and Charles Reade'' is replete with wit
and sparkling point as to require the most care.
full and delicate representation IL Is Int justice
to our company at the Washington Theatre IN
say, as was remarked on Thursday evening bv a
,sos gn,iaea eSnnoisseur In the stalls, that the
french theatre This especially holds good in
the case OF the two principal characters Triplet
ana reg Womngton, Personated by Mr. Pish. 7
| exquisite than the mixture of oajetv and &C.,
OF archness and amiability with which Miss
Davenport surrounded the pleasant orange o irI
VINO naa risen into the great actress. Mr. Fisher
merits, by personation which, for delicate per-
cepnon, sensibility, aud pathetic humor. has
b, en- rarely indeed surpassed He showed him
ser, also, 10 De gifted as an amateur votary of
tne violin. The whole piece was, indeed. adj
miraoly Representatives. much so as to rouse our
usually calm audience, who called the princi-
pals before the curtain and bestowed on them a
most cordial mark Of appreciation. We trust
our public. IL they desire to encourage art or ex-
| pect to have good performances, win bestow a
more liberal patronage than they have recently
accorded. Though the audiences have been
good In qualty-including on several occasions
the charming Miss Lane, and many of our fas h.
ionables-yet they have not been remar kable for
quantity. No one should fail to see the play of
Masks and Faces tonight.
The OLD SOLDIERS AT THE MILITARY Asy-
LUM-The Union Of this morning has a commu-
| nication from Major Alexander, Of the Soldiers
Home, In reply to a statement that complaints
rad been brought before the grand jury and the
secretary OF war by the proprietors of the lands
soJtccnt to the Military Asylum, near Washing
Ton, OF the depredaticns made upon their prop
erty by the soldiers resident In the Asylum Mai
A says II Is true there are some vicious and in
temperate men there, but that large proportion
| Of the inmates, in behavior would comoare IA.
| vorably with like number Of the Inhabitants of
tols or any other country and that he has vet to
receive the first complaint from any neig Dor con-
eefnlng the trespass or misconduct OF any of them
POLICE AFFAIRs-A NOVEL DEFENCE Before
Justice Williams, yesterday, Mr.. John Katzel, a
manufacturer Of lager beer, on street was tried
for selling lager by the glass in his establish
ment without first having obtained a license
therefor The defendant did not DENY that he
had sold beer on his premises by the small, but
COMMENDED that the article was small beer II not
having been manufactured sufficiently long 10
arrive at the point when the liquor is called
lager beer in the trade. This defence howeyer
eau NOT avail with the magistrate, who, upon
Nearing the evidence as TO the facts in the case
| nned Mr.. katzel $40 and 81 SO costs.
SubscRlBs FOR THE STAR.-The necessity for
conducting business like that Of the Star once
very closely, renders 1t necessary that we should
always print very few papers than suttic lent
! to supply its subscribers-the CONSEQUENCE i.
| that day rarely passes on which less Than one
II ~ nrlW- o. Il.
which we Unable to furnish them Yester.
| day, for instance, and to-day, an aggregate of
| more than two hundred such calls were made
| apon u.s. 10 which we could not respond. The
| disappointment, of the callers, we trust will
| teach them the folly of relying upon the preca
| rious supply o. the Star, obtainable after our
| regular subscribers have been duly served
FoRMEs. LABoRDK SAI1ER. IN CoxsIsA.
| rION.-The anxiety to hear Carl Formes is such
| In this city that singly he could attract an au-
dience larger than any hall in Washington can
accommodate; vet IL may not be amiss to know
that other performers, nearly as distinguished
IN their departments as Formes, are to appear
thoroughly satisfactory pianist, perhaps has no
superior. He will perform, we hear on Tues
Birds.n
WATCH RErURNs.-James Mcdonald, drunk,
disorderlv, and beating his wife; Jail for court
George Bell, attempting to shoot Mrs Mann; Jail
for court. Alkaline Webster colored DRINK:
workhouse 90 days. Beckey Carnes, colored;
do. 30 days. Twenty four dodgers Were accom-
modated.
MEssRs. MCGUIRE d Co., are selling at their
auction rooms, large and valuable collection of
books, consigned them by Willis & Sothoron, of
London. The sale will be closed TONIC bt NV
the sale OF about 300 sets Of the most valuable
BOOKS In the collection. Attend the sale, by all
means
ODD Fellows HALL.-The gigantic illustra.
tions of the Crimean War were agaIn presented
TO crowded house on last evening. To those
who wish to see this superb exhibition we com
mend an early visit tonight.
PErER E. HOFFMAN, Esq Of Alexandria, was
Yesterday elected cashier of the Bank of the
Old Dominion in place of James Mex enzie, re-
signed. w. N. McVeigh was unanimously re-
elected President.
ASSAULT AND BATTERY John W. PHILLIPS
was arrested yesterday by Officer Neal for assault
and battery on his wife. He was taken before
Justice ronn and committed to Jail.
PARDoSED.-Gov. Wise, OF Virginia, has. we
hear, Pardoned and discharged VIM Van Skiver,
of Georgetown, from the penitentiary at Rich
mond righteous and humane act
FINE SPECIMEN OF art in the confectionery
llne is the cake at the Ladies' Fair, in George
town, made by Schafie!d, $50 Sixth street
| ALL LOVERS OF good eating should read Ham.
nacks new advertisement In to-day's paper
RENENBsR the Russian Var at Odd Fellows
Hall every night.
Coon TIDrSes.-The MESSENGER of health has
brought TO the world no better tdinxs that we kno
Of than that Mrs, M n. Gardner's Indian Balsam
OF Liyeryort may be obtained at all the drufrIsts
e1eOtuai "a for h.
and assumption. /, a-Iv
WEEPING CAKES, very pretty and very cheap, at
the Phliad phla Confectionery, corner 18th and =
| streets. Ice Cream and Water Ices 81 cents per
suArt. /. I,I-s