Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-12
LOCAL NEWS.
ANUsEMENTs TONIGHT.

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her superior acting and grace OF movement
The rich burl-squ- OF "PocahOntis'' will also
be repeated tonight.
GROWERS THEATER.-Since her first appesr
anCe at Gro, er's. Miss Western has prrsonatrtI
q variety OF characters, and as .CamiiIa. !"
s'Lucrr.ia Borgia, Lady Isabel Vans, "uJack
ShePherd, Nahey Sykes" etc. etc, has had
the uicst marked success on each night She
appears Tonight in the characters of 4. Hamet. !"
GSt. Alme" and s!Mathilde" in the {. Frrncb
Spy, and As "Gertrude' in the Loan of a
foRDs THEAIER.-aThe Chimney Corner,
L the play tonight IT Ford's. This play IS, in
aus way, quite as interesting as sTanchon:" and
- Il eiid tiint Miss Couldock as Patty" in this
pay makes as wonderful an impression as
maggie Mitchell a. the Cricket" Our p,ay
eoers VIII now have an opportunity OF Judging
TOT themselves; and il is TO be- hoped Mr.. and
MISS T.. will have q house tonight commansu
rae with Their evident. merit
CASTERBCRY HALL-The star of Canterbury
y not at ali dimmed by the light OF the many
otner places OF amusement which call for an
adequate share Of public patronage Larye
audiences continue 10 resort there and they
never fail 10 eyince their satisfac nv re-
&eated applause. Julia Mortimer and Kate
IA tne "ti1psy's Lay" which viii be performed
tonight again.
CRkAsRNx CIsCUs.-Afler repeated rshear.
sais and careful efforts TO perfect il, 1.-THE Field
OF the Cloth Of Gold" was produced l:,st night
al Nixon's, and with a success which was graf.
tISlng 10 the audience assembled rs WILL rs To
the msDasement. 1t Is certainly most bea uti-
ful act, and one which deserves to be witnessed
oy all. Ii will be performed tonight again
Te-morrow Thayer, the immortal Jester, takes
benefit
IEHPEkAscK Halt The Merry Social
Association give their first grand bali Tonight,
AZ Temperance Hall. A delightful opportunity
70 strip it on the light fantastic toe and to-
partake OF q weil-prepared supper
PoLTCH MATTERS Second f,rsc;nct.-John
ard, cunning on Sunday; fined Sis. Jas
Gamble, Petit larceny; turned over to military
VIM. Patton, drunk; locked up IN til sober. T.
Woolf, Samuel Reed, do: do Chas. Gordin.
de-: sent 10 central guardhouse. John Rollins.
assault and battery; turned over TO military
ing. Jas: Evans, Grating nuisance: fined So
IhiTd Precinct.-George Waters, selling flour
without its being inspected fined SlOel. A.
Hurdle and Isaac Sirausbey, grand larceny;
bail for court. M. Mclaughlin, disorderiy;
fined $344. Anna Walding, MARYLAND Dean
Pat Mcrsat, drunk dismissed. Mary Svmons
Mary Rogers, drunk; workhouse. John Hill
isry, disor derry; dismissed. X. Miller, VIM
calhoun and Il. Kennedy, drunk; do. s. Crop-
ley, running drays without license fined StOaa
Fourth PTeeinct.-W. H. Mortimer, drunk and
disorderly; turned ever to the guard. James
Burk, M. Bennett, =. Harmon and W. White,
larceny; lail Tor court. Chas. Williams, threats:
security for peace. Francis Owen, John Cole
man, David Scott and john Reace: assault and
o;ttt ~; committed TO Jail. Anthony Sanders and
Joseph Beverly, larceny; do. VIM Davis, do:
dismissed Drnnis Dunnivan, drunk Aned
the guard.
Eighth Preeinet.-F. Minor, running hack
without number; fined IS. P. Fitzpatrick, dis
orderly: do. 81. "a. Jerry Crowley, jas Mitch
I'll and g. Morris, do; dismissed. f. Kelly,
drunk and d1sorderfy; turned over to military
Jack Hart. do; do. d. Mccarthy, malicious
lighting; dismissed. Jas. O'Neill, drunk; do.
Maria Bransell, disorderly; workhouse. Jane
r Wright, yagrancy; do Chas Spencer, lar
esny; jail for further hearing. John McGill
VIM Wallace, Chas. Wrightman, John White
and j. I'll. Bert, vagrancy; reprimanded and
dismissed Thos. f. Swagart, incendiarism
further hearing. n. Mulcaire, do dismissed
FOL Bell, throwing stones; fined go
.Nihh Irecinct.-Phillip Bengler, disorderly;
dismissed Catharine Rogers, drunk and dis
orderly; do. ID. MeCann, John Rooney, John
Mccoy. j. ohm NJ. Henry, and W. Comy, dis
orderly; dismissed. Il. KidwelI, do; further
hearing. James Soper, larceny; fined s59S f.
"ai--, rposlitutioni Workhouse.
oET 10 Provost Guard. James Sharon. do
ismissed. +. Rouse, W Iceland, John q uinn
III. William, and Elizabeth Iceland. do; fined
Sl4 Rose Donnelly, drunk and disorderly;
EorkhOuse- W. Dalton, assault: bail for court
Andrew Carter and Henry Bowie, gambling;
hog; ruled for friai. IL. Mangren, abusing
wife; dismissed. l.. Headley, drunk, held for
hearing. NJ. Jet, dIsorderly; ruled for trial.
David Lomax, do; dismissed HANNAH Coonnhs
drunk; 40. II. Richards AMI James Shire. do
Toe ked mp. Marion Brapsiil, drunk and dis.
orderly; do. W. q. Berry and James Ham,
y =.
John Pasehall, drunk; do O. Adm, drunk
and Srdueii IN; fined S5.9i, and security for
tUrtlIt hearing.
GERM ANS W.. NEwsPAPEas-Wh calling
attention to the meeting Of tha German Relief
Association at Temperance Hall this evening II
occurs 10 US To nOtice peculiar feature intro
duccd by their executive board, which, apart
frCni rendering aid 10 all needy sick and
wounded soldiers 10 The eStenf-or their means
anoluS their country men 4 speciality of enjoy
-ntnt which II would bc well for other suciG,tic,
To initiate. The German Society sulecrii,es ter
30 lees than eighty daily and weekly secular
Selllan newspapers and distributes them
SratuiiouEiy among the German readers In hos
pitfalls. Although il no doubt is interes ding and
mighty important that religions reading matter
shotlt be furnished 10 the sick and wounded,
nevertheless We are confident nine patients out
OF zen are also eager 10 ascertain daily the ne
and eonld hlIe away an hour or two 10 their
mental ana physical profit if they had the
means TO obtain copy of the Fpenis,q Star or OF
iheir respective county or Stale papers. We
Americans arr proyerbial for the avdity with
Which we deyour news, and il should be borne
IN mind by relief associations that wounds and
feNers do not Genationalize US in thi. respect
Our German friends assure Us that the hospi-
fais which they are enabled 10 furnish most
regularly with the daily and weekly papers
contain the most contented and cheerful looking
inv Aids.
ALEXANDRA ATSA Rs.-There seems to b
grea! activity al tiie quartermaster and com
miskary departments l., this place. In addition
TO the many warehouses occupied on ths
WharyeS, there are beii.s built -four large frame
var honsrs on the lot lately occupied by Smoot,
Uhler Il Co.. as a lumber yard. Two of the
houses, 100 by 20 feet each, are nearly finished.
and now being Allied with commssary stores.
The other two, 800 by 20 feet each, will soon be-
completed, all Of which are under the superyi-
sion OF Mr. Dougherty, who has about three
hundred mechanics IN his department
The iil-fatrd steamer James Guy, that blew
up and sunk AT the end OF King street w harf,
on the I'D ult., has been SO far raised as 10 be
lowed mp 10 the foot of Princess street
Another new steamer, the W. w. Frazier. has
been put ON the river 10 ply between Aicxan-
dria and Washington.
Fuel IL getting scare but little coal arriving.
Pine wood is selling by the cargo st Sl.75 to IS;
oak, - 10 S6.25.
The Second Presbyterian Church building has
been taken for L. =. hospital purposes.
Several Confederate prisoners, civilians and
soldiers, from the upper country, We're brought
To Alexandria Saturday evening, and taken on
10 Washington Monday morning. Among them
Were Messrs. John II. and G. H. Hunter of
Prince William county
The number of cases a sna pox ha