Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-07
LOCAL NEWS.
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.


comprising "Thras-faced Frenchman." ..ReIls
OF Madrid" and .Fol-su- Vent" 3. ~,
wAsHINsToS THKATER. - The fascinatine
CubaS will tonight appear in the bsantifui
Spanish dance "La Gittan:lla v Ell Uurro ::
Mr.. chanfrau, sustained by the entire com
pany, VIII appear in a s.Model OF a Wife,
ball, and one well calculated TO draw.
Growers THEATyR.-Niss Western m. ni,b,
taKeS oenent, and produces for the third time
the thriliins play oil {" East LAY nne." which has
s-n oecdediy one of the most successful play
oi ti' season. Miss Western plays her part
admirably, and ID ably sustained by Mr. L. p
Barrett and the entire company.
CASTERBURY HALL.-Thi. is the last riuhi
nu' one of The "Gipsey's Lay" fact which
WE habttues OF Canterbury should remember
The ballet of the L" Slave Market of Constanti.
nopie" will Re repeated this evening. The en-.
1re company appear in An excellent BILL To-
morrow afternoon q matinee for ladies' And
children-Juiia Mortimer. Kate Pennoyer. and
Aznes sutherland appearing
CRENoRyH CIRCUs.-Nixon's splendid circus
troupe continue to draw handsomely. Eaton
Stone, the Conrad brothers, Master Johnny.
MILE Eivira, Com Foo.e and Col. Small. Dr.
mayer and the entire troupe appear at every
performances, afternoon and night
TIM MoSiroR Under IsaPHCrroy.-Eyery
body went down 10 see the Monitor Yesterday
Per permission OF the authorities, and the street
railway folks had time OF it to accommodate
the afternoon. The little Monitor NAV .YfS Sa1e
been little astonished at the crowd thrown
upon her 30 suddenly, but rnaintained steady
eOmPosaI ana presented an unvarying coun-
tenance Of iron riKidity TO all corners. Not q
square inch Of the " cheese box" but was sub.
5ected TO forty horse power force OF inspec.
ton FOLKS peeping up stairs and down stairs,
INTO cannon muzzles, engine pits, pilot houses
shot holes, ventilation holes, and all sorts of
hoIee, cracks and crsyices; and there were
"ftcping Toms" quite mean enough to take
~ fho pvr,t,a
IN crossing the sieve-like deck and in ascend.
ing and descending the perpendicular ladders
and gangways. But the ladies OF Washington
s IRE Is,ner famous for pretty ankles, and per
And everybody inquired about everything of
everybody, which gave an opportunity for some
learned pundits, not exactly of the saltwater
PERSUASION, but known amongst men "a prarti
cal jokers, to run some saws upon those in
quest of solid inforrnation land we regret 10 see
that some OF our cotenporaries have baan mora
or less taken in and done for thereby:l some of
said SAWS being to the effect that tn. break
water recently placed about the pilot. house is
a bran-new invention TO catch the enemy's rife
balls and bullets; that the Monitor settles under
water like loon, on seeing the fash Of the
enemy's guns, to the discontinue of said enemy
and That the recent improvements" in the way
OF tall smoke stacks, tall ventilators, &c, will
enable The Monitor TO go into action with her
decks ten feet under water; which as the mar
rator informed his instructed and note taking
audiiory' 'would be very important advan-
tage."
Shall we insult our intelligent readers by
telling them, for the fiftisth time, that the Mon
guns; that she is, moreover, an iron clad, and
has an engine: and that her ere w are forced to
s-lay low and keep Daryl No, stree. Bully
for the Monitor!
RELIEF oP SoLCNTEERs.-The following are
the regulations under which the fund collected
from the citizens by the finance committee ap.
pointed At the Capitol war meeting i'm August
last, will be distributed:
1. That the gratuities BIZ confined 10 the fam.
lilies of volunteers now, or who may hereafter
b., IN active service in any regiment of the
District of Columbia, and families of citizens
OF this District, In service As volunteers in
any other regiment, who are not entitled to
ceive assistance Of like nature from any other
source. ~
=. That the word foB,1y shall fsclude the
mother, where widow, snd sisters. if in
" hole, or IN part, dependent on the volunteer
3. That the gratuity should be graduated by
the number and extent of the family.
a. That the allowance to a wife, mother. and
aduiS sister, or sisters, be one dollar a week
and 10 each child and infant sisters or brothers,
fifty cents n week.
). That the claims OF all. seeking an allow
anct or gratuity. be examined by committee
OF three, who shall certify TO the treas arer the
number and character of the family: that they
have not received assistance of like nature
from any other source, and that they are en-
titled 10 receive relief according TO the scale
hereinheforr fixed.
G. That families of volunteers shall there.
upon be entitled to receive from the treasurer,
the weekly stipend hereinbefore provided. so
long as the fund lasts, and the volunteer re-
mains in service.
Applications for relief should be made TO snv
one OF the following gentlenen:-lieo. Ii. Plant
No.iiJ Thirteenth street, between q and II sts.;
W. II. Tenney, s. Z. corner of High and Bridge
streets, Georgetown; and " Il. Todd, No. 4O1 g
street. corner of Third.
ME- POINT.-A case came up before Justice
johnson. last evening, in which an intricate
at = 4 hot
MAJOR William Newly, 9Th New York voirn.
feers, OH arriving from New York AZ the rail-
Soan drpoi, III TINS city, delivered check for
his baggage TO the regularly appointed agent. in
return Tor which the usual card was given
In sueh cases. the custom is to deliver the card
~ tne once OF whatever hotel the passenger
may select, the clerk paying the porterage, re.
ceiTlng the property, and cancelling the check
Instead of this, other baggage was delivered
SSllS , I'm plumber, however, with the
with the original railroad brass check, de.
manded, and took il away, thus leaving the
major minus Of property or any evidence of
his claim. The party who received the check
on the cars Is not an employee Of the company,
pu1 serves private express. Now. the uues.
hon Is, whether the railroad is responsible for
me value OF the property, or the agent of the
express rs liable 10 prosecution for criminal in J.
tent! The latter is the view taken by the
major, and the party was consequently taken
before Justice johnson, who, after hearing the
evidence, required bail for further hearing al
twelve O'Clock to-day.
ForRTH-wARp STATION C.sys-Befor, ms
tee bGiter.-Nary Rodgers, disorderly; dis
missed. Pat'k Collins and Jas. Driscoll, do.
fined 50 each Patk Buckley, do; dismissed
Mary Buckley, do; fined 81 ]. Mathew, drunk
dismissed. John Hall and Thos. Swann dis.
orderly: lined % each. John Jordan. do: do
81. Martha Madielle, profanity; dismissed
Daniel Baliyar, disorderly, Samuel Cassidy
drunk, Geo W: Powell, supposed deserter, AMI
Geo Wilson, drunk; turned over to military
Chas. Il. Twang. sick; turned over to hos pitaJ
Cornelius Newman. col, disorderly fined ~
Michael Eennedy, do; do. IS. Marg't O'Neil
street walking; dismissed. Fred'k Harris, dis
orderly; fined al. Samuel Kennedy, Walter
Moorhouse and Chas. Wilson, assault and bat
terry; JAN for further hearing. George Evans
COL, disorderly; fined -.
A1rKMPTED BURGLARY.-On Wednesda,
might, as officers Jas. Johnson and Mulloy, o.
me county police were going down Seventh
street, they heard noise about the premises O.
Dir. w Turner, residing between and s
streets, and looking into the house they alarmed
two burglars. who Xerr in the act of M ,kinr .