Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-06
LOCAL NEWS.
. AMUsEMENrs TONIGHT.

IN
sembled on the occasion Miss W. throws her
whole soul into this character, and appear, to
the audience. mot az mere actor of a part, but
the real Lady Isabel" and her disnIars of
passion, pithos and tendP rn@ss ar, rauarkahiv
true TO nature /" East Lynne will be repeated
tonight. r
10 aosSs IIaEATEs-To:niSht has been set
apart 'or the benefit of Mons and Mad Mar
ecu, "ho, as members Of Gabriel Ravrl's
uoupt,.nave, for the past eight DAYS add. "a
nueh ss ue entertainment Of the crowds who
haNe Mshtiy visited Fords- Let them have \
penen' 70 be remembered with pleasure The
Oil is IN excellent one, embracing the SCREEN
Mons ! -Jocko" and the farce of ;" Ny Son
Daaha Msrzetti;s performances OF "Jocko"
Is something 70 be remembered
HAsHISGroS THEATER.-This resort opened
last night to IA excellent house, and With a
upon the stage like brilliant star, and pleased
all by her graceful dancing and artistic po'E
turing; Shanfrau, Davenport, Mrs. Bland and
Mss Nilks were also good. The programme
forto-nightis the same as last night viz s. FIRST
Might" Miles Boy" a. Young Widow" and
the dances - La Flor de Sevilla" and ala
CANTERBURY HALL-In addition to the tri-
unyiratr of stars, Misses Pennoyer, Mortimer
and Sutherland, Canterbury Hall certainly has
an admirable baiiat corps. Prominent among
the latter are Miss lie Roy and pretty Lille
Brandon. They all appear in the ballet of the
" Slave Market of Constantinople,' which is
performed throughout with q grace and eie-
gance seldom equaIled Thcpopuiar ssCIipsy's
Lay" Tonight again. -.s-' 49,
NIXoN's .Cl.xnORNE CIHCrs-Eaton Stone
the S0nrad brothers, Master Johnny, Thayer,
NJ lie ElyiTa, and host of others assist in en-.
pertaining at kixon'S in. aired and interesting
performances. Commodore Foote and Colonel
Small must not be forgotten, for they are among
the mostprorpin, Mt features in the tent. ssThem
mules" are great on producing laugh.
SUSPICIOUS Conference.-The following
order has been issued by the Superintendent of
the Metropolitan Police in relation TO pickpock.
cts, thieves, &c:
WASHINGTON, Oct D, 1862
Special Order No. 67.-Capt ID. q. Mckelvpy,
Commanding Detective Corps Metropolitan
Poliee-Sir: You will instruct the members of
your command to arrest and bring before me
all known burglars, thieves, pckpockets, fc
found at large in the District, to the end that
they may be compelled to leave the said Dis
tTict forthwith. BY order of
W. Il WHBB, Superintendent
Under the abO We order the detectives arrested,
on the I'D ult., James Powers, alias Jim Read,
on suspicion OF being connected with the late
cfses of burglary, and Mrs. Charles (yyho il
viii be remembered, was robbed some weeks
since by two or three men in Masks was sent
for, bat could not identify him. His character,
however. being we'll known, he was ordered by
the Superintendent to leave the city in twenty
lie, however, eludcd the police for Il few DAYS
but was again arrested and subjected 70 the
scrutiny OF Mr.. j. s. Hunt, who had been
robbed ut his room, No. 49i Fifteenth street of
q watch and some money and PAPERS An AT
tempt 10 rob Capt. q reen in the same house was
made Int failed, the Captain luckily being
him. lie was again directe TO leave the riiy
and informed If he did not comDIy he vould no
locked up under orders of the Provost Marshal
issued 20 rid the city of such characters: and an
officer was sent with him to see that the order
was carried out, by5 he demanded to D. taken
before magistrate, md was carried before Jus
uee Dom, who held him for a further hearing
on Monday last. At Justice Donn's office he
was arrested by guard from the Provost Mar
shals. and puton the O'clock train, i'll which
he went of, but in Il few hours he was back
again in defiance of the military and police req
aiaIions. On Monday night Powers was again
arrested by Capt. McKelvey and taken TO the
Provost Marshal's, who sent him to the Old
Capitol; but yesterday he was transferred to
the Central Guardhouse, where, in future all
such characters will be confined, aud treated
gratis TO two shower baths per day until they
VIII leave the city. Powers left the city YES
terday evening
A DIFFICULTY AMONGST THE MANAGERS
Some days ago, the management of Canterbury
Hail sued out a writ of injunction against one
OF the Cremorne Circus ballet troupc W no MA -
under the name OF Fanny Clifford prohibiting
her 10 appear OF any boards for the pre.enf
The case was heard yesterday, before Judge
MerTiek, in chambers, W hen the fact was de-
velcped that some time ago she was enra red to
appear in ballet at Canterbury Hall, and that
before commencing her engagement at said
Hail she set her first agreement at nanght and
engaged with Mr.. Nixon, who brought her to
this city, and has been playing her in his circus
Ihe Canterbury managers sue out this writ in
order TO compel fulfilment OF the first en- gage
ment. The respondent pleads infancy, and that
since her engagement she has been united in
marriage with MIR. Austin Brown, Mr. Nixon's
business agent, and that she could not there.
fore, legally make 4 contract
Judge Merrick adjourned the case until to-
morrow, when II VIII come up in the Circuit
Court: and in the mean time Fanny Clifford is
prohibited from playing anywhere
Inc case IL interesting, from the fact that it
involves the rights of managers and pnpIoyees
IN theatrical matters. Similar cases have come
up IN other States and in New York and Penn
sylvania decisions have been favorable aud in
Tba
IS the first one OF the kind ever tested in Mary
land or the District of Columbia.
Fanny Clifford was announced last night NJ
Nixon's TheateT, but prior TO the time of oDen
Ing an Injunction was laid upon her by Doeuty
Marshal Philips, forbidding her to appear
We hear that an injunction has been demand
ed on behalf of Miss Maggie Mitchell TO nre
vent certain parties from bringing out the play
OF II anchon In this city-she claiming the
ownership OF the play. ....
THE CASSIDY MURDEE.-Yesterday we men,
toned the arrest of a colored man named Bill
Harrls, ahas Curtis, upon suspicion of being
concerned IN the murder of James Cassidy
Tuesday night Subsequently, another colored
man, named John Barker, was arrested upon
suspicion, and the two had an examination be-
fore Justice Clark, and the testimony not being
sufhelent to Justify u commitment for court,
they were dismissed. Patrolmen Heating, yoss
and Troxall, who have been engaged in ferret
ingout the guilty parties, subsequently arrested
two others, Arthur Chase and John Anderson,
also coiored, who were taken before Justice
CLARK. Julia Cassidy, the widow Of the muir
dered mans brother, appeared, and fully iden-
titled Anderson as the man who inflicted the
iatai wounds, and Chase as an accomplish
The witness Keeps grocery on T street, be-
tween Eleventh and Twelfth, and the deceased
boarded with her. The prisoners went there
and demanded liquor, winch being refused,
they became riotous, and threatened the keeper
OF the place. She called the deceased, who
was In the house, TO protect her. And when he
interfered, they turned upon him. and beat him
with club, infiicting wounds from which
death ensued the following morning. Ander-
full tod
the club. Justice Clark committed both to Jail
for court.
LEVY CoURT.-At the last meeting of the
Levy Court, a resolution was adopted reGuir-
ing the treasurer to collect the fines from the.
several magistrates which have been collected
for violating the law prohibiting the sale or
liquor 10 soldiers. This resolution is based on
the section OF the act Of July Ii, 1862, which re-