Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-01-18
AMusEMKNTs To-NIeHT.


fNiss Denln as the heroine,) and the farce "Your
Life's In Danger"
CHanrY's-A capital bill Of Ethiopian Songs,
dances, burlssques. nute and violin solos, &c !,
Re: TO ooncluds with the great sfterPiece, " The
statue Lover"
CANTERBURY BALL Sixth night Of the cele-
brated negro delineator and comic actor, A. J..
Talbot, in 4 new bin crammed with oddities.
Don't forget this the last night Of Ward In his
great feat on the eords rolants.
KINa's AMPHITHEArKR Twelfth night OF Dan
Rice, and splendid programme Of performances
by the entire amphitbeatrical troupe. An oppor-
tunity OF witnessing the una,coun'ahle caPers Of
"them mules" should not be missed by any man.
ner Of means.
Union Music BALL.-Nsw and unique per-
formances nv the whole company, immensely at
trsetive to the fun-loving public.
OBJ FkLLows' HALL -wyman, the celebrsted
ventriloquist and magician, in marvellous feats Of
presiidgitation, and with moving and speaking
automatOns.
AcADvMY OF Music, Pennsylvania avenue, be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets Open all day,
with free concerts at O'Clock.
LECTURE OF REV Mr. CONWAY UPON EMANcI.
PArIoS Last night, Rev NJ. d. Conway, Of
Cincinnati, delivered the sevsnth lecture OF the
winter course before the Washington Lecture
Association, at the Smithsonian; subject, 60 The
Golden Hour " The attendance was considerably
less than upon previous occasions, fact partly
due, doubtless, to the disagreeable condition Of
the streets
After comparing the population and interests Of
the course Of General Bailsck with regard TO
slaves, the lecturer claimed that Congress has no
H"ht. In the face Of the common sense If the
country to talk about dealing with the
Of slavery as our fathers dealt with II That
guarded BY our fathers WIS not The institution
which TO day slabs at the heart Of the Govern
ment when II WIS not snews Of war weapon
against The country, II was protected but when Il
assumed its present. form IL became the dntv vt
everv man TO wtPe out that. the only thing which
people Of everv state a republican form cf gov
eminent Emancipation was = military necessity,
81 the life Of but Il onr snldie In endangered
as slavery Is IN unmi'igatsd curse and the life Of
the soldier - worth something.
TIE southern States have put their courts into
the hands ~ criminals. and drst owed ell power
By which thew held s'"v,s II the slgves Of even
loyal man were to come 20 our lines at Hilton
Head they could not he delivered mp, rs there 10
no court TO decide the question Of property or he
mans loyalty When secession swept throuo h
the South II DESTROYED every law through which
the Government WIS hound to protect the insti'u-
ton, and secession was emancipa'io With sls-
verv untouched the rebels are our fonals IN q q
fed they can fOht while their f. ur millions
Of slaves are At work in the A. Ids Sislding nrr-
duce without remuneration. They know svery
rock and ambuscsds, evrrv bridge to BE- burn.d
and every stream IN be fnrded; but greater than all
this vas the Institution Of slavery an al'v In
beating back orr frcors and subverting the Gov
eminent The President bad been called to b 9
sra' in the White House by the nation to deal
u
and he hoped and prayed that the Executive
would so deal with II. Without DESTROYING the
evil, the nation will b. returned to us bound hand
and foot and we shall never dare again to elect a
President who thinks slavery wrong, nor to cast
vote without the fer Of insnrrect on.
Amer'c might be subJugated by false set.
bill before Congress (mr. Trumbull's); but
the difcultv wax like that OF walking the
sctm't,r bridge OF Nahomei, II we step one inc b
aside we might a. well step two wards The onI v
magical word America shall m
hold slayss tax should be levied to compen-
safe lovel ren for The loss Of their slaves. The
Siite OF today was not battle for liberty that
bad been foug ht and won so far as this continen,
WA concerned Were IL our son, or our daugh-
ter, or lover, or brother, that was put upon the
auction block or scourged by slave drivers, there
would be no halting to crush the Institution, and
had II been to rescue one Of them that John
Brown died, we would have bathed his feet with
eur tears and wiped them with our hair. ZAP
We should destroy the institution as blessing
70 the South Our guilt WIS deep and heavy In
allowing their people 10 suffer so long, and we
must seek 10 relieve them OF that which cause.
the curse Of infsmv and ruin We should moi
leave q single vesiige Oft wrong In the country
In three days after proclamation Of freedom Wa
ms ma mere wGSid be oq, one army In the South
army would be scattered, each man to bis home
and orr troops would then be called upon TO pro.
tect them instead Of cutting th-tr throais The
lecturer proceeded to depict the benefits that
would accrue TO the nation by embracing this the
golden hour Of It's deliverance, and closed with
denunciaton Of the wintry inhumanity Of our
generals" In holding back the army.
SUPREME CouRr, January 16-Nos sf& 60
John 8. Lawrence, appellants, VS.. John Denbrsens
OF al. claimants, &C and John s. Lawrence
appellant, vs.. John Denbreens ct al The argu-
u1ent Of these causes was continued by Mr. Owen
for the apPeilees, and concluded by Mr.. Donohue
No 50. John Clifton, claimant, &c appellant,
~ VIM n. sheldon. The argumsnt Of this
cause was commenced by Mr.. Donohue for the
appellant, and continued by Mr.. Owen for the
appellee.
January 17.-Hon. Thos. M. Edwards, Of N
r., add Mr. George "a. Conarroe, Of Penn and
mr. +. E Bssell, Of Iowa, were admitted At
torneys and Counsellors Of this Court
No. 2SS. Henry e Benson, plaintiff in error
VI Chas A Lormsn: In error to the Supreme
Court Of the State OF Michigan. On motion II
WI Hand. OF cNuDss; Tor the appellee. this wri.
No 2l9 Ogilve, Angle Co, appellants VS.
the Knox Insurance. Company. The motion Of
Me Gookins for y writ Of Dertlorari was argued
by him In support thereof, and by Mr. Gillet in
awarded
No 1875. selah Chamberlain. appellant, VS..
Newcombe Cleveland. The motion Of Mr. Black
70 Intervene and dismiss this cause was argued
by him In support thereof, and by Mr. Reverdy
johnson In oppo.ition thereto;
No 100 Patrick McLaug him, plainti6 in error
VI. Jas SWIM et al gafnishers, &c The motion
to dismiss this cause was argued by Mr. N.
Campoeu In support thereof, and by Mr.. AlexAn-
der Ia opposition "a ereto.
Adjourned until Monday.
A FUsTrIvE FROM JUSTICE cArruRrp.-Mr.
Lee, chief Of the police force Of EImira, New
York, last night arrested in this city man named
Robert Turner. who 10 charged with making an
assault on O1aoer Hunt, Of the Elmira police
force on sunday night, the 34th OF November last
by coming up behind that ofacer, and telling him
with blow on the back Of the head with stone
then striking him several times when down
leaving him Insens BILE After his lst mig ht
he was Unidentified by Once Lee one Of The
four men arrested by him Ia Elrira last sumner
on suspicion OF knocking down q discharged
marine. from the British navy, on bis wav 70
Csasds, and robhing him Of eighty dolla's In
British sovereigns. Turner was committed 10
tal I'LL this evenings train goes North, when Mr..
Lse will take him to ElSnira
CoRoNER's ISouEsr.-An inquest wss held
yesterday evening over the body Of Honora
Fiynn, who died suddenly the day before. She
WA very poor, aud occupied q room In q hous .
the corner Of Fourth and streets it Appeals
that abe went 10 bed on w ed nesday night with