Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-13
LOCAL NEWS.
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LOCAL I'VE "O.
JUDGEMENTS 70 NIGHT.
roRp's TERATBR-Mr ]. wiikee Booth To-
uisht takes hs fareweu benefit, and makes his
isst aprearsnee+ oatone At Fcfdss The play
srd Ill.," play In which Mr. Booth, as the
hump hacsed monaren, has proven himself ..
most consummate actor Mr.. Booth deserves
good benefit and will NO doubt receive it.
GRovAR's TAKArx1-Miss Lucille Western
Alec takes beneft q this resort, and will
appear as :" La Thisbe'' in 1.-THE Actress OF
Padua" and as "Naramastah'' in the I" wept
of the Wish-ton- WISH Thus two Great
dramas are offered for one enter tainment and
Miss Westerns popularity and the excellence
OF these plays will no doubt also ensure her
CAErERBURY-This evening Mr.. ]. H. Chill
de i, VIII again appear in his famous Zouave
Der VIII. sinS new songs, and he entire com
wards, Lille Brandon and others, will APP
pear in drama, song, dance, and Ethiopian
scceniricity.
REpluvus.-About the year 1922 a number
OF the then young men OF this city organized q
debating. and literary society under the name
OF the Union Literary Debating Society, and
their meetings were held weekly until 1885.
when the socie'y died out.s This society reck.
oned at various times some Of the most prom
islng young men OF the day among its mem
sbers, ard many OF our oldest and most respect
able citiZeDs look back with pride to the DAYS
when they made their first oratorical effort in
this association, and others, who m AIDE their
maiden speeches here, ha We since dis I'M uished
themselves as members OF the Ser ate and House
OF Representatives, as high officers Of the Gov.
eminent, Governors Of States, and high mu.
nicIpal officers. The meetings Of this societv
have been graced with the presence In olden
times, OF many OF the leading men of the times
and US members have delivered suiogies on
Gay OF Washingtcn and the anniversary OF our
AassPehnehce We're ne YER allowed to pass with
- IahY tim
who subsequently, distinguished fhemsei yes, ia
the present distfn guished haad of the TREASURY
epartmens, secre,ary Chase, twho was then
VIM WiRt) Hon. Jacob Broome. of Pa; Jas
MI. Bryant, prominent lawyer Of Indiana
w. G. Easton, of Mobile, Ala; Major b. B.
r. ]. Brent, Esq, of Baltimore: Jos S Will
son, of the Land Office; ex Mayors Lennox
and Magruder; Rev. Mr.. Feeiick, formerly Of
st. Patrick's Church, but now In Fran te Mr.
Me- .oughlin, of the State Department.; James
A. Kennedy, James Clephane, Nicholas CAL
Ian. and others of our citizens. 1t is now pro.
posed to reorganiZe the association, and some
Of Its oldest members have taken the mat r in
hard, and viii, we understand, call a meeting
OF me members at some suitable place in a few
days 10 revive the association, tnat the men,
bers may exchange thoughts on the questions
OF the day as well as on the days of yore
A PITIFUL CAsE.-Last evening, a citizen
picked up woman near the Fifth Ward sta
ton, lying heastly drunk in the street. with u
child OF about eighteen months in her arms, and
took her to the station, where she became very
dIsorderly, cursing and abusing all present
she gave her name as Mary Dano, and said
that she had brother In the camp of tr" l53d
New York, and when he was found he inf formed
the office rs that he was her ashland He states
that size Is a habitaal drunkard, that she is not
competent to take care of the child, and that
she Is in the habit of keeping bad company.
She. on the other hand, says that while dressed
IN mans clothes she had often passed him on
the street in company with negro women; but
In, no. x.y1t
character showed some very good recomm anda-
tons. Justice Ferguson was about to send her
her 10 the workhouse, she refusing to give NJ
The child, but sooner than go there she agreed
that the husband might lake the child aud she
was dismissed with some good advice, and the
husband bundled up the child and started with
/, To the Infant Asylum, where 1t will be pro-
perly taken care of.
ACCIDENT TO A SoLpIER.-Last night, about
O'Clock, as car No. 10 was crossing Third
street, on the Avenue, a soldier named August
ounce, OF the 18th New York cavalry regi-
ment, and who was slightly intoxicated,
Jumped from a car going in opposite direc-
tic n, and the wheels Of car No ie passed over
his left leg, causing simple but painful frac-
tuIe. The driver Of the car was not in any
manner to blame, for 1t was impossible Cor him
10 stop his car in time to prevent the accident.
Ounce was at once carried to Browns drug
store, corner of Third street and the Avenue,
and physician being in attendance every eff
fort was made 10 alleviate his sufferings. As
the wounded man had on shirt bearing the
marks of the Armory Square Hospital, mes
Sengers were at once dispatched tn thct local.
", and in about half an hour an ambulance
conveyed the wounded man to that hospital.
FULLY CoMMITrED.--Last night, Justice
Thompson gave John Lee, the colored man
who stole the hand trunk from the cars at the
aTsen al last Wednesday, and was ARRESTED by
Officer Pendel, Of the Fourth Ward. Lieuten.
ant Freeman, Pen Isy iyani volunteers, ap-
peared and identiiied the an ]. trunk and con-
tents as his property, new Up .eked. Lee con-
tess.d the ,ssinE OF the papsrty, and was
man desiring to leave the city this morning to
join the army, his property was returned TO
him. 1t is said that a car, laden with goods,
was missed This morning. and has not since
been heard from Its disappearance is still a
mystery. The hand trunk is the only portion
of the goods found.
A CHAsE.-Yesterday afternoon, q conductor
put three drunken soldiers off a car, near the
Capitol, when they went in q restaurant near
by, and after getting something to eat, refused
to pay, and officer Parkhu rst arrested one Of
them. named Thomas Hickey, who he took
10 be sent to the Central Guardhouse. While
the offcfr was on his way to the Guard house
with The prisoner, the latter broke and ran, at
I'd street, but the officer recaptured him near
The Depot. and again started with him; but at
q Sd street he broke gain, when officers Park
hurst, Mills and Hilton pursued him for about
a square, and the last named officer secured
him, and he was safely carried to the prson.sa
ALEXANDRIA AEFAIRs.-Goy. Pierpoint re-.
turned 10 the city last evening after an absence
OF some weeks in New York. gE# ~&
MIR. Enoch Haslipp, representative elect to
the General Assembly from Prince William
County, was in the CRY Yesterday sit will be
remsmt cred that tb is gentleman was bat fe W
DAYS ago released from Castle Thunder. r
The 5th New Hampshire volunteers, which
arrived here on board the steamers Klrnac and
CRY OF Bath yesterday, have been sent to Point
Lookout TO do guard duty at the prison camp
there. The regiment numbers about one thous-
and men.-lteIdndrio Journal. 18th. #'.
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FoRD'e NEW THEATER evening Mr.