Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-14


was neid last evening In the Thirteenth street
Baptist Church, (Rev. DR.. Hill,s) Altbouoh ~.
a"enaance on this was not 80 large an on n,evior.
OCCASIONS, owing to the Indictment state ~ th
srralnel, the meeting lacked nothing in Interest
theme of ths . Sna Inc singing Of hymn the
hlea prayer for the conversion of cities ,,
Rev MIR. Noble, who first addressed M. 90,
Sregauon said as cities were the centres OF civil
lzatlon, influence and power and a, thaso S III
ent elements would either be used 70, uller-
evi ana nave mighty effect either in ad yancin,,
or retaIdlng Christs Kingdom. how i-nnn.. ins
in behalf the prayers should ascend that night
n oendi OF these powerful auxiliaries Tbensnai
concomitants Of wealth were passions ,,.t. ISL
envy, ambition and worldliness: while n6pve-t,,,
rngenoefea feelings, sentiments and passions Thy
reverse Of these. P"'Siohs, Inc
sev. Or Sunderland referred to the nron,;..r
ana necessity of setting apart this evening" iffW c
PrGeI IN oenai1 OF cities. Such Were the hands
VI zoos power on earth. He Concluded hD ar
ton ~, ~ oh that God would give us Washing
nev. Dr Morsell said that liouor was the cr,,.
VI our cities He deprecated the attendance Of The
yIs ana others at the theatre, balls. and All
b VI similar character. Let no Christian
however novel. entertaining or attractive rib;
De the play or the dance, give announcement To
suS1 0y his or her presence Mrs Mowatt bsd
profsssiou oook endeavoring to show that her
t esSon DIS an actress was not INCOMPATIBLE with
nei iengion but he was gratified TO know that an
iai DIS ne was aware, this was the only attemnt
and II was failure NP''
rev. DIR. Nadal said that so much had been
dIu IN reference to cities, that the subject had
illus become exhausted. Missionary enterprises
nave ther origin there, and such It is that frnisb
IT, ..arGa win what are termed ''missonaries"
ne sdcflnces made by the missionary are not tn
oe compared to those made by others though en-
SaSeu In the same glorious cause For while the
one may give bountifuly, according to his means.
In money, the other gives himself
Hon. w. A. Howard of Mich. said that a.
Du.iiierce brought those engaged i'm it in contact
VIZ. W. tne whole world, how important it was tina.
,rey should be men Of God In cities religion
was apt 10 degenerate into mere ceremony i'm nro
Poruoh 10 the manner in which the Gospel was
preached. 1t was philosophical saving THAT
G cue same things are like each other" and if the
gospel be preached with sincerity. purity. and
simplicity, this effect will be produced ~
, Rev Mr.. Parker had thought at each meet,rg
mat had been held. that the subject apnounod
n ~. inas ineetng was more important than the
previous one, though he at the inc tbouolt there
cohld be no one more important, and this was the
important of them all ~ '"o '''0''
dismissed . e Sa'i"h " do
The THEATRE. The performance Of the NAV
Of Money" at the theatre last chi yr,s 10, ttoy
could be desired by the audience and m. 60
ana quality of the audience was about ali that
could be desired by the beneficiary. Mr- Murdoch
-; MS gehusnnn's reputation fer being fat in
his round of characters is well established that
any particular notice of his Evelyn, at our hands
seems TO be supeffuous. We will therefore only
noe the of two of his supporters
tdst hlSht The beautiful and accomplished Mrs
Gladstane as Clara Douglas was the ripht nerson
In the right place. Sir John Vesey. by Mr.
Chlppendale, could hardly have been bettefed:
als oyer-an1lety to make a good match for his
daughter Georgiana, (Miss Rose Skerritt) his
alternate Citations and depressions in the matter
aud his final discontinue by his own blnnIe,.'
We're portrayed with truthfuness to nature truly
admirable The flop, Sir Frederick Blount. wax
Well ..done'' by c Barton Hill ANA ~ WIS s"s
Graves, if Stuart Robson had been cut ont and
made up to order for the character, it could not
nave oeeh more iudcrously accurate in represent
Atom his clerical dress. his white cravat his serio-
comlcal face and demeanor, and the twang which
he threw into his grave utterances kept the audi
ence In constant roar whenever he was present
on the stage.
The bill for this evening is Schiler,s plav of tn.
Robbers; MIR. Murdoch as Charles De Moor
being his last appearance.
SMITHSONIAN LEcTUREs-Prof CopDee. Of the
University Of Pennsylvania, lectured at the Smith
sonian, last evening, the .'Coincidences Of the
Conquest of Mexico The Professor is a portly.
good looking man. of the Grecian type of counte
nance, with full suit Of black beard and thin
black hair, cut tolerably short The condolences
he trea ed Of were those of the conquest of sexco
by scott In 1917, and that by Cortez in 1919 He
suggested that in both cases Mexico had been ap-
preached at the same season of the year from the
same direction through the same waters and that
both expeditions had landed at the same place
while it was yet an unnhabted beach. and that
Of Scott over three centuries later long after the
construction OF magnificent fortified city Both
commanders had cut of all retreat-the former by
stranding, and the latter by sending home the
vessels that brought them. The approach to the
national capital had been By the same road, and
the banners OF victory had been hosted not from
the sailIe edifces, but from edifices on the same
square Of ground, erected for the same purposes
The results of the expeditions had been the same
the opening of golden Ell Dorados to the home
countries-to Spain in the South. and the United
states Of America in the North This sudden
golden prosperity had been the enervatlon and
rnination of Spain-hc hoped that the coinci-
dencos OF the two COnQucs:s would here stop, and
that no future historian would be able to trace
them further.
THE CoyCERr.-On Tuesday night the hungry
music-loving community of Washington will
doubtless improve to the utmost the opDortanity
to hear Madame Anna Bishop and the pianist
Mills Madame Anna Bishops career has been a
most eventful one, and since her last appearance
here she has circumnaviga the globe encoun-
tering numerous hair breadth scapes, by the way
but everywhere meeting with success, profess
sionally. She was born in London in 1915, and
Is consequently now forty-four years old, fact
which We dare say very few who see and hear her
could guess from her voice and appearance, which
have all the freshness and elasticity of youth In
deed, the critical public of some of the leading
cities Of Europe where she has Just appeared pro-
nOunced that she never before sang SO well as she
did in 1859. Her voice is pure and expressive So
prano sfogato, noted for its fiexibilty and power
OF Mills, the pianist, We hear enth nsiastic men.
ton wherever he has appeared, and much is ex-
Pected from him on Tuesday night.
CRIMINAL CoURr.Dr. Boyd-T trial of DR..
VIM BOYD, FOR stealing negro slaves, which was
pending when our report closed Yesterday was
concluded and given to the jury, who returned
verdict Of guilty as indicted. 1t may be proper
to state that there were four several indictments
against the Doctor two for stealing slaves and
two for transporting them to a free State The
trial yesterday embraced the two indictments
charging the larceny, and the verdict of guilty
embraced both. The remaining are still to
be tried. Mr.. Darlington. for defendant, put i'm
motion for new trial Of the cases investigated
and will argue his motion at future day. Boyd
was not sentenced therefore.
The Court adjourned over to next Monday and
to-day new carpeting is being laid down in the
space inside the bar of the courtroom Would
that at the same time measures could be taken for
the ameliOration Of the ventilating resources of
the place, which are now as imperfect can well
be Imagined.
WEASELS.-Mr. ii. Steers, of Fairfax county
Va, in conversation with gentleman of this CITY
Yesterday. stated that short time since, upon
int, li no "a