Daily national Republican., 1862-12-12
LOCAL NEWS.
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Miss CAaoLisE RicHrNos .BErEyrT-At Fords
theatre, this evening-when this deserviug and 90
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which, from its military tendsneies, Ia. become
the third week Of the Richinss, At Fords theatre,
the nrsf night Of their engagement. We under
stand that the grand opera Of sataneila 10 very
near ready for representation. Or0fil ei'l.
GnovEns THEArHr.--To the beautiful
Man, will Be presented for the last time win al
Of is magnificent sccaeryi music and effects, en-
braeing cast Of characters which Is not to be
great crowds q people who have Attended Groysrs
beautiful and very fashionable theatre during the
Psy ns Ssn out
traetiye which has ever been offered to Wash
a. az + he s.t
tunity offered to our community TO see II, we trust
that every one who takes an interest In witnes-
sing piece OF such character, will not fall to at
the day pithoa Extra charge. ''T'',' - 1
NIxoxs CrRcUs-This afternoon and tonight
y and sparkling q. will Be given s a.
James M: Nixon. Owing to a severe domestic af-
niction, Mr.. King cannot appear, but the members
leap for life, and Mons. VIM. .. smith viii imper-
senate "Jocko, the Mischievous Ape.n Three
NAY srs Y as ns M M'; sSss &
wood Will perform q Pete Jenkins - The Conrad
Brothers will contribute their talents, and Mr..
The young lady danseuses, Misses Victoria and Isa
dore, we lind mentioned in the forthcoming pro-
gramme. ,, ...# .4sI Ea. ..L I.-..
CAsrrHBuHy.-Miie' Annette Galletu continues
by her splendid dancing, each night, to prove to
seuse, while Mons veisrde ably and fully % sIstsins
america The engagement Of these two superior
artistes, Is the most successful on record, and
were there no other performers on the Canterbury
stage, their superb dancing would attract crowd
in addition to them, the fair Julia Mortimer and
their beautiful acts Of performances, Including the
ever popular and magnificent act, the "Gipsy's
ne Of the s and
teresting entertainment. Gallettl and velarde,
with the full corps DC ballet tcomposed Of several
appear tonight in two splendid ballets, and to-
morrow afternoon grand matinee will be given,
nS he famous Gset and .Se pest Of he eom ssa
psny In their attractive performance. s @
wAsHiEerox yARIErEs.-Last evening another
Of those delightful entertainments, which appear
mixture Of fun and exhilarating wit. Hernandez
Is one Of the most amusing fellows we have ever
performances embraces pecuiisrities, and he plays
well upon dozen different instruments dances
with with, r.d ,Ss,Is IN ,e s,s Esns His
plause. The pantomime troupe embraces q num-
Der Of excellent performers, and they are worthy
OF Farnbroash" convuised the house with laugh
ter, and the singing and dancing was loudly ap-
This evening very fine programme is given, in
which all the great artistes appear--Hernandez,
Moreste., Dick Sands, Lehman, Grossi, Paul
So that the patrons Of fun may be certain OF seeing
most humorous entertainment
oRrHAs's CoURr-Before Judge Ppceii-Dec. e.
Sallie H. Burns, having given bonds with proper
securities, was appointed testamentary guardian
%sre granted To- cSsrs. NJ NJ Ms o.
thews on the estate Of Charles A. Dashington. The
final settlement and distribution Of the personal
estate Of LauristOn d. Hardin was ordered to take
place on Tuesday, the 23d of December next.
Dec. Q. Charles M. Matthews qualified as ad-
John NJ Brodhead qualiaed as administrator Of
sylvia Wilson and Joseph Lee. tcolored,) late Of
Geo MeCsrtey also qualified and was appointed
as administrator Of William McCsrtey, Jr oliver
b. Denham and Geo. Musser were appointed ap-
Eugene Mcsweeny was appointed guardian Of
Mary Mcsweeny, his infant daughter:
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turned an inventory OF the personal estate Of the
deceased, and an order made for the sale of the
saturday, Jan. %, was appointed q. the day for
al estate of the late John schreve. -.
The same day was axed for the settlement Of the
personal estate oil JOshuA Gibson.
Also of the estate Of Gottlieb c. Grammer.
The final account OF Mary V. Paynter, adminis-
tratrix Of Abraham paynter was approved, and an
order given for the distribution of the estate.
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A MURDERous sAssAULT.-As Mr.. Samuel Strong,
who resides on the corner Of and Fifth streets
about az O'Clock, he was attacked in the square
between Fourth and Fifth streets, by two persons,
Of Se he SS
Their object doubtless was to rob, and perhaps
to murder, their victim, as one seized him by the
cts Mr. Strong, being quite powerful man, sue
ceeded In thwsrting his assailants by wrenching
sss o his sAsR WITH S
strusgle and severely injured BY being, kicked in
the side is feared that Of his RIBS are frac-
tured. Mr.. Strong complains OF the police, that
none were within sound Of his voice. He says he
utes, during which time he shouted for the police
but none came. At last the Villains compelled
s up sae a%s sna make Ai
considerable profusion on the garments Of Mr..
strong.
FIRE.-A little after o'clock yesterday morning
hre broke out near the corner Of Twenty-frst
stable Of John Pfe,er, burning another stabYs @ aS
joining, and q few cords Of wood at the wood yard
Of s. Slower & Go. There were several horses and
were saved. An old colored man employed as an
oyster shucker was burnt badly about the face and
was at once given, and most Of the fire companies
were early on the ground and succeeded In extin
gushing the flames, which bid fair, at time tc
spread to the adjoining property.
THE EXPECTS OF THE LIQUOR TRArrIc.-Lasi
Tuesday night Wm b. Mills, who resides on the
Island, near the corner of l. and Fourth streets
returned to his home In state of intoxication
and as 10 often the In like circumstances wal
very quarrelsome. In a 1T OF drunken rage hi
seized pistol to shoot himself His wife inter
ered and the pistol was discharged the ball takinl
effect In the body of his own child, about two
years of age. II struck In the back, passinS
through the shoulder and back part of the head
The poor little victim of fathers inebriaton will
/ probably die. VIII our citizens tolerate an EVIL
which produces such results as this
. ExPERIMEsTs WITH SUBMARINE BArTEREs.-
| Some of the men at the navy yard were engaged
| last Tuesday, In experimenting with a new rookie
| for blowing up vessels. The apparatus was on i
scow, and one rocket was fired entirely satisfac
torily, but the second turned after II had gone SOM
distance in q straight line, and struck under tn,
schooner Diana, lying near, blowing up her bow
and sinking her In a few moments. The destruc
tive properties of the rocket were certainl,
proven. II Is q fortunate circumstance that II ex
poded under the schooner, otherwise the large an,
splendid steamer State of Georgia, which was II
range, might have been destroyed. ...I
DEPOT GRoGoERIEs-our readers viii recollec