Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-23
LOCAL NEWS.
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT

ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT
MGEoyER's THKATEI.-The "Colleen Bawnr
Inch has been successfully played at this re-
r. every night this week, will to nj ght riys
uch interest. This will be followed by tho
Dung Actress" Mrs. Florence appe arinr in
otean character: "a Regular Fix" will con-
nde the entertainment. Dan Setchell reap
WASHINGTON THEATER-s Bull Run,, xr,s
informed last night again, and in capital styie'
r. Chanfran certainly deserves an the ura;sa
Al mas oern accorded him as a comedian of
riners are extraordinarily good "Fun RIM"
III ne repeaeed to-night, for the fourth time
foRD's fHkATER.-Maegie Mitchelrs en-
cement terminates positively on SATURDAY.
eniae, ana therefore but three opportunities
Y onered OF enjoying her exquisite acting.
ne to-nignt appears again in Chameleon"
Lien mas been emphaticaliy .he play of the
ason. morrow night Maggie takes her
OlYNrIo.LTkis resort continues to be VOL,
htIonized. The performers are all pood. and
uuer manages In very creditable manner,
Nixox's CREMoRNE CIRcus.-The combinad
tract1ons here draw crowds day and nieht
hi,o .a S periormers are unrivalled,
nile the spanish ballet troupe, and the enter
inments OF Commodore Foote and Col Small
ever iau 10 win much merited applause
CAHTkRBURY HALL.-Julia Mortimer. Kate
1enneyer, and Agnes Sutherland form a tri.
pufd upon the same boards at one time All
NO nave seen their exquisite performances
re Lood In their praise, and any who fail to
GO; sneL ievses Will miss great treat. The
9ipseys lay tonight
BARNuN'a CrRcus.-The elegant eouestri.
lnne. NILE Marie. appeared last night for the
rst une In this city. She appears again this
fsenin9, wnen several new features will be
|ord sumcient amusement to keep one in good
humor Tor week merely by the remembrance
pr tneir Iudicrous performances. Tom Thumb
fnd Commodore Mutt appear at every exhibi.
isn- The Ravels appear here this evening.
AcADRMY OF MrsIc.-Free concerts daily.
Signora Seydel will sing Shubert's. Serenade
fnd other popular selections.
FRASKLIE HALL, corner of Ninth and d sts
ktrano pan this evening under the auspices Of
LIBxRrY HALL, ALExANDRIA-Thec citizens
~ Aiexandria have now q fine opportunity
E1yen them OF enjoying themselves during the
Icng eyenings The beautiful songstress, Fanny
6ie Allen, Frank La Foile, Tilly Forbes, Little
|Ella and funny Dick Parker, and Willie En-.
frson, appear nightly.
.WANTs OF THE CoLoRHD PEoPLE.,-Prof.
Alfred M Green, spruce, straw -colored lee
furer from Philadelphia, instructed the colored
population of the Seventh Ward in the Zion
wesley Church, on street, Island, last eve.
ming on the above subject.
he said that as the public mind was at this
time agitated with the question, "What shall
be done with the negro ~ it demanded that the
they most wanted. In proportion as great
measures are investigated so is society pre-.
pared to act upon them He argued that edu
eaten was the great and immediate want Of the
|coiored people. In arguing this he referred to
the advantages which education possessed over
ignorance in all ages Of the world. Education
Eedeemed America from barbarism to ci viliza-
lion, and what had made the American must
make the negro. Slavery was the great iucu
bus which bad been hanging over this country,
end II had stoodin the way Of the progress OF
american eiviif1ation. This curse was now,
nowever, to be blotted out, and leave civiliza-
bon 70 exert its proper influences. It was want
pr education that kept the negroes socially SO
much below the dominant race, and education
Alone could throw down the barrier -
One reason why the colored people had Sop.
posed education was because they saw that It's
Snects upon some whites were to make the IN
refots whole years to prove that negroes be-
pot TO be recognized in tie universal brother
hood of man. For this reason the colored race
ooked to education IS a something which fully
exeioped all the dePrayity Of mans nature.
nust remember that in proportion as they are
(occated VIII they be influential. All agos
(ad developed the truth That education was the
me thing needfuito influence. Education will
md to knock down the barrier of prejudice
low raised between the races. - -
Ii any necessity ever shall exist for the blacks
neCeSSltH
caused by the determined ignorance Of the
oioreds race; ana this ignorance will increase
be ohstinacy OF the white man, In his refusal
reeognize the negro as an equal man.
Patton, the speaker said that Mr.. Liucoln had
Did the colored delegation who called upon
I'M, that they must consider this question OF
lives immediateiy, bot as 10 iis.eifssts In all
pming time. and Upon posterfty This was all
Fry wsls and this Administration was no
Puet the best The negro had ever had; but
lould they not think of the question I'm the
ew that If the scheme failed, the investment
ould be a SAD one to those who went into It'll
cfviifzation advances, the white man will
vance. mat Is the decree OF nature. The
ea 9f purely nsgre government cannot be
ltertained. O 80
A false theory in reference 10 emigration had
orpd ns anS o1as sS even Among the free
>ntrabands, or those ustreleased from slavery,
hould be compelled % emigrate. This was
Ply wrong and unjust idea; and it was wrong
t Inc Tree soloIed people Of the North to thus
md these people away. God has determined
at the responsibility of caring for the contra
ends must fall upon the shoulders of the free.
hey had prayed long for the day of Jubilee.
" day when all should be free, and now that
at freedom had come the free colored people
ied 10 shirk their duty and not care for their
lore unfortunate brethren. He referred to the
pndition of the confrabands in this neighbour
POD, and SAID IL was shame they Were not
etter cared for.
The speaker believed that THE Southern States
ere destined 20 be occupied by the negro
aVes, who, as freemen, but under the tutor
mp OF the Government, would cultivate the
pl The Government required this, because
ney required the revenue which came from
hrse States, and only black labor could Guilt
ate them. The free coiored people should re.
nainin the North.
The. speaker, m conclusion. held that one
reat thing which retarded the progress and
diva ncemenf Of the negro, was the ieaiousies
ome MED and kept ablaze by the whites, by
aaking fnyldious comparisons between the
pfgroes OF this and other countries. The negro
ace must put away these iealousies and be-
cme one people in thought and feeling, IL they
Fould achieve any good.
DEATHS or SoLpIERs.-The following have
ten reported since our last:
Thomas Wrenn. company h, 29th Pa.
j. j. Morris on, company i, 18th Pa.
Thos. Wilkie, company ID, 44th Conn.
IlO.. Plillins.