Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-09-12
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on the occasion. This play was received last
night with tremendou, applause, deseryediy; for
TWAS most admirably performed The chafscte,
Of John Unit, is considered Mr.. OVENS great
masterpiece. Kate Denim as "Mary Apex nMrs
Germon as MRS. Codliver," AR. Fenno a,
"ApeI," Julia Irving a. Mrs Apex.n and Nr
knight as Charles Sanford" also deserve e.
P4iai mention. Go ard see il to. MIC ht 81 Gro
vers III pays, sir; 1t paysn
FoRp's THEATER The entertainment at this
PoHHiaI resort VIII commence tonight with the
sPa ,h comedy Of " The Rivals or, Trip to
ban, WITH Mr.. Clarke as "Bob Acres;n and
conclude with tie rich farce Of my Neivhbor,.
wife" This Is positively the last nj 2 ht bur one
OF Mt. kebengagement. "The Rivals ~ one
sheridan's sparkling comedies, will be pro-
ouced At Ford's In fine style. Ali the LEADING
performers OF the star company are in the cat
ana the acce's'ries will be in keeping with the
CANTERBURY HALL Crowds consnv. ,,,,,,,,
70 MI this popular place of amu.emsnt Mi.
Asnes eutnSiland, dne vocalist, Is one Of the
fscea. aequisitions 10 the Canterbury The entire
court OF Beauty appear In new dances; Bob Hart
ana Lew Simmons will bring out ne " EthionIan
ecceatrcities; and the entire company will ns.ist
In ,ne entertainment The laug liable pantomime
Snuaea TIE French Schoolmaster', and tn,
6;nioptan trick farce Of the "Prrtrait Pain,c,..
VIII DON be put upon the boards this evening
en- n afternoon, the frst matinee Of the
ian season will be given; thus afording the ladies
an Opportunity Of witnessing the amusing per
iotnances at Canterbury. These family enter
.ahnonts gave very general satisfaction last sea-
ODD BLOWS HALL.-The Campbell Mins.rels
nave met Win decided success since their omen.
ing al Odd Fellows Hall. The company IL an
eIceilent one, being made up CT ''star performers
90, oy ali means, and see them In their amusing
PoItraitures OF Ethiopian characteristics and &c.
centrtcites.
ACADEMY OF Music The free concerts at Ro
sen.nars, and the superior refreshments dis
Pehseu, continue TO attract crowds to the Acad.
envy OF Musc. signora Seydel sings everv nie bit.
GnoReErowS AFEAIRs.-Can.l navigation is
susPendeo beyond a point twenty miles from
here-that 10, at Seneca Dam From that point
up, ior rem thirty to forty miles, there Is no
water In the canal the Confederate f rces having
drawn IL on week ago, by blowing up culvert
Wnen they first crossed into Mafyand-hence
supplies Tor the army cannot be sent up by canal
further than Seneca
This suspension Of navigation with the I'D
country CT course cuts of arrivals Of -FOUR and
Eialh rom the hne grain growing country in
maIyland and Virginia lying near the Potomac.
Ihe market here. therefore, Is very unsettled
and the stock of -four on hand 10 held at con.
side'aoiy higher figures by wholesale dealers
Inc only sales since the suspense is Of high
grades extra, In small lots, at from 81 to IS, ac-
cording to quality, mostly 1T the intermediate
rate OF 81 SO. The government contract closed
last week was taken ct rates considerably below
There Is fair stock of wheat In millers, hands,
and they ere buying the limited uantity brought
oy wag ,ns at rates ranging from IS to 81 40 for
red Any C nsiderable .ots Of good red would
command 81 81 to 30, and prime 81 40 to 81 as
per bushel. Good white so to 81 60 Der bush,
In corn, nothing doing, there being no arrivals
Ehces nave advanced from to cents this week
ana good white would fetcn from 20 to IS cents
per bushel. Gas are n,Cre active with further
supplies fen Baltimore, fetching from As TO So
cents for good nes4 but fer heavy old oats 80 eta
are paid Some Of ths very ght new oats sell as
low al IS TO 40 cents per bushel measure
Inc coil hafe from Cumberland is Of course
enureiY cut on, perhaps for the season A fair
supply had already been brought forward
Ine harbor OF Georgetown looks very active,
WIN numerous steam rs moving about, a. well %
otner vessels, mostly In government trade.
Hay In bales sells al $50 Der ton. an ADVANCE NJ
So within a week.
FosnIH WARD STATION CAsrs-B.fo,s Jsssies
Wahsr-Aghes Mckay, drunk and d.sorderly
WIN. Hicks and Maria Hicks, fghtins; dis
locked up !s hours. Edward Waller, p Ma,
gruaer, ID. Mccarthy, ID. Baird, aad Jeremiah
sullivan, turned over to the military Score
Bowen, profanity; locked up "a hours william
W00Gley, contempt Of court; for further hearing.
Julia Dean, Lydia Wingfeld, Celia smith,
Amanda Dennis, Mary Robinson and Virginia
Glsri, disorderly; dismissed Richard Jackson,
Jacob Allison, John 6. Webster, l.. C.. Cooper,
John Ross, Henry Taylor, and Rebecca Cant,
disorderly; fned SIS each. Alex. Pumphrey do
dismissed. VIM Jones and Henry Bell, resisting
an orceri fined So 80 each. w. Harvey, drunk
and disorderly; dismissed. Henry Mills, resist
Ing an ofhcer; fined 8 80. Solomon Han, dis.
orderly; fued IS Edward Fitzgerald, creating
nuisance; Sned 81.
To WATER TAxRRs.-By an advertisement In
anotner column 1t will be seen that the Water
Registrar 10 under the necessity Of resricting the
use Of Potomac water by suspending III use for
street and pavement watering, &c This order
has been issued In compliance with a request of
that In order tnat The Government buildings. 10
may De applied, it 10 necessary to reduce the
consumption by the citizens Of Washington and
georgetown. The Registrar calls the sttention
OF consumers to the fact Il at the engineer has
absolute control ever the works. and In authorized
20 sc tns supply to citizens whenever the Gov.
OF from the premises Of any person uaine the
water Tor street watering or unnecessarily.
PoLIcs-The Third Ward patrol reported
Ann Anderson, dsordefly conduct; dIsmissed
saml Collins, do; aned sI-by Justice Thomp.
son. Alsi Mofet, assault and battery; dismissed.
Eow1,, Siiey, .esiing bail for court-by Ju.tice
'aIneo over 70 military Nelse Ivers, drunk; do
Ihe fourth Ward patrolmen reported Yesterday:
jeremiah Corners and Timothy Healy, disor.
deriy; dismissed. Kate Robertson, assault and
battery; do; Also, for keeping a bawdy house;
DO VIM Herbert, firing pistol in the street;
90 VIM Bel, assault and battery; do.
REssL PRIsoNkRs.-Yestsrday evening, be-
wen iorsy and rity rebel prisoners, captured
tain, Were brought to the city under ch.,ge ~
Lieut. Noyes, Of the I'd regular cavalry and IeIe
furnished with quarters In the Old Capitol prison
they were arrayed in the usual &" butternutn mi.
form OF the Confederates, but scarcely any two OF
the uniforms were alike, except In one PARTICULAR
which was that they were nearly all :" ragged
tauered and torn" few wounded were among
the lot They were all well shod, having (as thew
seid) obtained shoes In Frederick.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES In goods In this
city have commenced their operations since the
late battles, and are assisted to make money hv
foolish people who rush to buy now, for fear the
POTOMAC may be oiocka ted again, or the railroad
communications cut. Flour has advanced con-
siaeraoly Butter which sold for Is cents, now
sells for ~ and 81 cents. Sugars went up In one
Gay zeia cents per pound, and other things In
Ter one dollar more cord than week ago and
coai mas gone up about fifty cents and one dollar
per ton. '-
SUPPOSED MURDER.-The body Of deceased
soldier vas found yesterday morning In an am
bulanceWhich bad arrived on a trail the pre vi oua
evening at the depot. There were several wounds
ebout the hsad Of the deceased, among which