Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-12
LOCAL NEWS.
AnusEMENrs TO.NIaHr-

certainly one OF the most attractive plays ever
put upon the boards by Grover, and those who
1Iough, Setchell, l.. p. Barrett, Kate Denim,
and all the old fayorites appear.
FoRD's THRATER-Miss Caroline Richings
this evening takes benefit, and will appear As
s.Marie in the ssDaughter OF the Regiment"
Mr.. Richirrs appears "t!ar-0ucha," and the
entire ballet and chorus troupe will appear
The whole performance will conclude with
fine ballet advertisement. Mr.. Ford will shortly
produce the new opera Of "Satanella" in SUI
pcrb style
CANTERBURY HALL.-Anneua GallettI aud
N.lard" appear tonight in the floral ballet.
ala Roquetisre," and they will ba supportad
10y M entire court Of beauty. Julia Mortimer
enG hatr P-nnoSer appear in the beautiful
-Gipssys Lay, and Dick Parker, Geo. Ede-
con ana tht entire company will anpear IN
1arltd bill Of song and dance
NAEIETIEs.-HernaHdez and company ara
OvtlueGly amusing and entertaining, and any
one having the blues will be- sure 10 get rid of
them by a visit TO the Varieties The comic
furlesque. - Battle of Farnbrouyh," and the
comic pantomime, sN oil au-ysntn never fail IN
produce shouts OF laughter. The entire COM
lanS appear to-nir ht again i'm an entertaining
hill.
SMITHSONIAN LECTUREs-Ihe second l.c.
lure OF the course on sUnWritten History
was delivered last night at the hall of The
Smithsonian institute, 10 large and Intelligent
audience. by Professor Wilson, of Canada
His subject this time was Elm ology and Grant.
OloKy, and much very valuable information
Nss given IN the short space OF All hour
The origin of ethnology was pee uliarly physi
ological, and u had been manifestiy observed
that men in different localities exhibited pecu-
Hsriy marked physical types. Biumenbach
NFst developed the science, and grouped rugn
under five different heads: the (Iaucasi4n
MALAY, Monaghan, Ethiopian, and american
ihe caucasian skull was found TO be most
symmetrical and perfect, and h. waSf therefore
Considered the highest type of man Study and
science has established the fact that there are
certain typical forms, by which cr1nioloyy NAV
no or
skull found may belong. Some skeletons Wpr,.
found some years in ~ ithi,. =aUul,bra
In fhihix Park, Dublin, aud it is a question
% importance 10 know To which rae. thrs,.
remains h 'OuCed. II il not probable they were
q! tc Cello race, because the character of the
Srtnlums differed essentially from that OF Ia,
Irsn. Inc Irish type of skull is great length
from 'front.' tufack. The skulls found in Ph,pnjy
PafS were more like the American sknI N
.n'h, tiies', remains are not Celtic, il is evident
th.i. 'h'i' existed other races IN Ireland prjor
To the earliest known history. Other facts yera
mentioned OF discoveries made in Wiltshire
EngiaR9. and at other points where, in mega
tiaiS -'cIIiO%, skulls of peculiar shape We're
found, and also implements of stone and pnnr
instances, too, Were mentioned where main
fdiist' ana tthn"ioSists easily discovered the
naIur"iitr OF skulls found, while subsequent
CfNtloi'tnt MS proved Them to- be correct, and
WHICH Were taken IL indications of the existence
Q! man prior To Any written history
America has only been in known existence
tiiree &C. minries and Il half, and yet there is
every evidence that man occupied This country
"g's b"iorr the discovery by Columbh~ II j,
question OF great interest what is the origin
OF the American man. One theory OF Ethnolo-
e~tS Is that all the natives from the ArtiC Cir
ca" 10 Ia'aeonla, possess The same peculiar
chara ctcri>tics: while others assert tlatas great
q diversity exists a there does among filr no
flr Of Eurupr or Asia. Remains found indicate
many diverse types, and an evidence, that n
great dlF'i sly oil race existed this continent
In 1aCt. a history fun of interest lies b.hiud
amy YET written OF this country. One Of The most
HaIkea :harae'rrlS'!eS OF tie native Of this
country IL the cTaHial distortion ayerywhrrp
a!scrrned This practice still exists among the
Indians on the Columbia river. and i'm mluy
portions of South America. But this is not
StaIly Il distinctive American chara ctrriSt,r fnr
HypUcTatrs describes race who thus distorted
their cFaniums five centuries before the Chris
nan era, and recent Investigations prov, that
thus practice exists in some portions OF Asia and
Europe A gold medal struck i'll the time of
Atlla the Hun, W As recently discovered and
beanng head similar 10 one found in Austria,
ana which was said TO b. that of IL Peruvian
and which " as supposed to have been brou ght
over III the time of Charles the Fifth. There. is
also st the present time in the museum of the
Academy of Science IN PHILADELPHIA a scuIi
which was found beneath the foundation nj
Jerusal'rn. and which bears a II the marks ana
Snara, teristics of an American Natchez skull
vas, tDen, this practice an American ono or
vas IL derived from Asia or Is the in ftuance of
America In this particular reflected i'm sin
Hrhhclai COMBINATIONS OF the scull have been
shown by recent discoveries, to be- much mor,.
frequent than was heretofors3 opposed There.
A. evidence, TOO, that a race who once occupied
a.
tIlcGted 10 the native American.
DR. Pickering (who was with Wilkes expIor-
Ing expedItion) assigns eleven different species
as belonging TO the human family, and ne brIIe,.
cd That the Monaghan of Asia and the Red u,.n
of America were of the same stock, and il was
therefore IN interesting question whether
America was pPopled from Asia Ionumeuts
OF stone and other relics indicate the fa ct that a
different race of people occupied many portions
OF America other th1n those who now occupy
thtin The human family was founded at the
hey tr1y Qlp in
all direCtlOns-NOrth, South. East and West
and the Mongolians, who Were in a measure a
lnaritilnc people, travelled from island To island
an The Pacific (and which form Il perfect chain
across that ocean until they reached the shores
Of America: This is the more probable, rs the
came facilities existed then among those people
a. do now, and We all know that all the islands
OF the Pacific are pcoplcd.
The antiquity of the American man is a sub.
Fct OF intense Interest, and historic America is
only now commencing. America IS destined TO
De- the future arena of history. We find theolo
rlans specnlating upon the near approach OF
the end OF the world, but il cannot b., that the
Anglo Saxon race, as yet SO briefly known, and
that his new world, scarcely Vet recovered
from the Savage, l. 10 be- cut suddenly Oft before
more Is known and accomplished. As the
world IS believed TO have been occupied by
man six thousand years, SO, no doubt, six
thousand more will be added wherein 10 work
oul the gigantic problem of mans creation.
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POLICE.-Second Prec.nct-Wm. Champion.
accused of robbery; dismissed. WV. Coleman
and j. +. Pound, dead drunk; locked up twelve
hours
Fourth Preeines.-Geo. Kelly, drunk and dis
orderly: dismissed. Frank McCown, do: de-
liyrrrd TO the guard. Simon keenan, and Win.
Reeves, larceny; dismissed.
Sizth Precinet.-Johr f. Robinson, assault
and battery; security S1,VOO for peace-jail
Jane Reynolds, disorderly and prefane: lined
81. so. II. ). Richards. do; fined SO. w. N
Horsfman, obstructing railway; fine S. Julius
Henault. assault and battery; security for
peace. Garrett auckland, drunk; fined ST.
Michael Haskn, do. and disorderly; tur ned to
military. Francis Fairfield Thomas Moncas
suspicion OF larceny; dismis sed. ". A. Swami,
drunk WA Lientah, do. and disordsrIy; de-
3ivered 70 military.
Tenn Precinet-Dsniel Sullivan, drunk Jas
II. Ga5es, do. and profane fined - 81 each
Edw'd Miles, Edgar Norton, attsmpt 10 fire a
stable: held for q hearing. John Boumazin
abusive And profane, for trial. r. a. Holtzman
suspected as accessory 10 tho attempt TO fire the
stable Of John Holbrook dismissed.