Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-05
LOCAL NEWS.
ASSESSMENTS TONIGHT.


night again The character OF the Cricket
possesses much intrinsic merit, but charming
Maggie Nutshell, by Ter superior acting, al ways
/-5nvests II with new charm, and develops new
beauties 1t every representation. Maggie is
ably sustained By MIR. Brink as LANDRY" Mr.
Msedrr IS ''Didier, DIR. Bailey as ''Father
BarbauG.' and others Of the splendid Wash.
ing on company. In drawing Gro wdcd houses
Mssgie |, simply receiving her just deserts
GROvEE's TBEATEk-ssIreland As il WAS
with Mr; Williams as Ragged Pat" and Mrs
/ w as "Moieshee, and SIN and out OF place."
| with mis- " lillian in Protean character, is the
excellent bill offered tonight al Crows The
popularity o; these two plays is already estah.
lisht d, ono Barney W iliiams never wins more
applause than when persoaatng The honest
/ hearted, but poverty stricken IrishInan.
CANTERBURY HALL.-Edeson's new song.
=. walk Through Pennsylvania avenue"
atonnds IN fiTst-rate local hits, and it always
ELECTS muC:i applause. The new trick panto-
mime of he ..'ioblIn Sprite' is also received
with a vast amount OF favor. Julia Mortimer
Kate PsBnoysr, M lies Marie and Augusta and
the entire company WIN new honors nightly
"A good bill tonight again.
SARIETiks-"Lifes Stratagem" and the
beautiful ballet of "Esmeralda" will be per-
/ formed tonight again at the Varieties Marie
4 ZCe. fascinating as ever. Will move gracefully
through the dance, while Ada Tesman and
Iva brcnt will delight all by their SUPERIOR
yoCallsm. The corps OF Ethiopian performer,
at this resort s also Of tirst-class order as ALI
VINO witness their performances will testify
ODD EBLLOws' HALL.-No one can fail to ha
<3I the Campbell troupe. Booker, Clifford,
-Eooy ARD the entlfe tronpe cannot BE- excelied
IN ,nrir peculiar lines They offer bill of rare
concludes with characteristic walk around.
WAsHINGToS CITY Posi- OEPIcK-The re-
*turhs of This institution, for the quarter ending
81 December 3ist- have just been completed. The
Famount of business done during that time was
Immense. w.
The unpaid letters received amounted to
ST. 25; stamps sold, Si7,279G2: newspanrrs
s6694 Balance paid the Government for the
quarter, ,gsE} s.
One million one thousand four hundred and
thirty seven free letters and pac kages passed
through this office during the quarter. There
were 2!oi letters registered for distant places
Inc hu1nteT OF newspapers prepaid and sent
away was c, i3i.
The humber Of letters delivered by the car
rlerS during the quarter amounted TO I'D, I7y
and The mum bar OF newspap.r rs 23,OiS.
4 At WY early period of the rebellion the
4 " a>hlngtrn Post Office became the great de-
lO>itUrN and medium of CORES pondenc, he
tween tht grand Army of the Potomac and
thousands of families in the Middle, Nor hern
and Western Slater
The pu> TN aster has sufficient corps for the
prompt. rapIu, and accurate ssortment OF the
inanien<e mails The general business has been
di>I aieheG iii such Il manner that now not only
de thr mails contain letters and NEWSPAPERS
but boots, shoes, caps, stockings, gloves, mpdi-
cln's, little luxurIes of food. tobacco, pines,
cigars, soap, ami other articles Regularly
rrctIyed. a the mos direct mode of trans mis-
sion 10 he brave officers AID soldiers who hay We
\ been ana are quar'ered Tor many miles around
W ashlIg tcn. From this Off the Army of the
Potomac. as lar as FALMOUTH and Aqua Creek,
is regularly supplied daily with their maui
corr spUGdrncr.
FORGERY BY TELEGRAPH.-Wm II. Garland.
few days since, autographed from Phiiadei-
phia 20 Rtah ~ MUr0oCk, Il firm i'll Baltimore,
requesting the loan of : Ito, and signing the
= name of a PERSONAL frisn of the firm in whom
they Ttpo>ed unlimited confidence. They of
course suspected oihing X rong, and ans wered
by telegraph, that il was all right. Cfarla nd
then advised them that friend OF his. Mr.
Clarke, would call and receive the amount.
Accordingly, Garland proceeded TO Baltimore,
and, personating MIR. Clarke, called on Reah ac
Murdoch, and was paid the SlGU. The forgery
was soon discovered, and the police of this city
apprizfd OF The fact; and on Monday night Mr..
3 Garland W as apprehended by FarrOlman Burch,
and was taken to Baltimore. The prisoner l.
feSsed the charge, and plead in extenuation
that he hoped TO get employment at his bust
MSS in W Washington and to be able to restore
the money before the crime should be detected.
He alleges that cards were the cause of all his
misfortunes.
QUARRELsoME COUPLE.-In Goat Alley,
IN lhe northern part of the Third Ward, there
lives & oOlored family named Russell, who are
almost continually quarreling and wrangling
bctweeD themselves. Yesterday. the husband a.,
Thomas Russell. had his wife, Jennie, arrested
3fd ffue'I tirt- iI.fs h4> shacge of nsingrssfaRs
fore Justice Giberson The husband alleged
Il at she had said that she had a W bite man
now and didn twant him or any other Niger"
a. d that she had refused to cook him ANYTHING
-
had him arrested the night before for disorderIy
Conduct, and he took this means of gettin ven
Ia which he. however, did not succeed, the
Justice Diminishing the case.
The WEATHER.-Since yesterday the wealth
er has continue very ccld the mercury IN the
lhermOm1t'r standing below freezing point At
sunrise this morning il stood at seventeen de-.
grses above zero, and at ten o'clock at twenty
one. lee is icing formed quite rapidly on the
river and Eastern Branch, the latter being en-
tlrfly iroZn over, while tn" river has ONLY the
5 channel oren. The lee boats, however will
soon open the channel OF the Eastern Branch,
and IN no way Will the business of the NAVY
lara DE interrupted. Snow commenced to fall
al an early hour this morning, and is still fall
lng, and as the ground is in good order to re-
viii be good sleighing.
STABAT MATER OF RossISI.-The celebrated
Stabat Mater of Rossini was splendidly exc,
entrd last Monday evening, by Prof. Alex
Il Wolowskls second singing class. There is no
doubt that the musical taste in Washington
has greatly improved Of late, and we hone
that Prof. w. will give few sacred concerts
and Introduce that great oratorio and we are
sure OF its success; We hear that Prof. w. is
forming his third singing class, which will be
the last, and those who wish to join should
apply at his residence, No. 45I Tenth street,
between and o'clock p. m.
FATAL ACCIDEsT.-Last evening an accident
occurred In the camp occupied BY Captain
krause's ontrabands, on the corner OF Vermont
avenue and p street. II appears that among A
e crowd in one of the rooms there were two cous.
ins, Robert Edwards and Benz. Lewis and the
former took from his pocket pistol, and while
handling IL IL went of, the ball entering the
rlght eye OF the latter, killing him almost in.
stantly. Edwards was Immediately taken in
charge by the guard and the facts at once re-.
ported TO Gen. Martindale, who will cause the
affair TO be Investigated
ABUSE OF CoLoRED PEoPLR.-Last night a
number OF soldiers got into a difficulty with a
parcel OF colored people in the SO uare bounded
by Ninth and Tenth and N and y streets, and
after short skirmish, In which stones were
used, most OF the colored people retired In their
houses, but some ran away, and were pursued
by the soldiers, several Of them carving 70 pes
with them as IL they were about to hang them
The colored folkr, however, made good time
and outstripped their pursuers.