Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-06-26
LOCAL NEWS.
.MnsxMINTs TONIGHT.

with EoisterouS laughter, Will Tonight, take q
banefit He deserves rousing ore, for he is
IN the foremost rank of Manager Growers
stock company. md is always entertaining.
The bill is .sHorse- Shoe Robinson or the 3 ~
lie OF Kings Mountain" and tom and Jsr-
r."
CANTEEBURT.-1t is no doubt well for all in
these stirring times, to give their minds a re-
taxation by an indulgence in innocent enter
tainments. This may be done at Canterbury
Hall, where one ID sure, for couple OF hours
II least, to be made to laugh anu gro merrv,
BY witnessing the amusing pertorman 'es night,
Nv offered there. A laughable bill tonight. +.
yAEIBTIKs-1esterday Lee was said to be
advancing, 100000 strong, but the "gay and
FESTIVE cusses' who nightly perform on the
boards OF the Narieties, and the equally ditto,
who always visit the hall, managed to ap M
the usual nightly fun and enjoyment. A coed
bill tonight at the Fariel as; and one can laugh
and grow fat, despite ths war excitement
METROPOLITAN HALL.--There is some adj
nIrable musical talent now concentrated at
this popular place of amusement, and their
performances draw large numbers. Scenes
End whole acls from prominent English, Ger
man and italian operas, will be performed
this evening.
THE AND L5YALTY IN THE FIRST BAR
list CHUBCH.-Last Sunday morning, tn
pastor OF this church. DR.. Samson, preached q
sermon which, we understand, has caused
considerable excitement among the loyal men,
bers of the church He took the ground that
Christians should stand entirely aloof from
this war, and, TO have their minds undsturbed,
he advised his congregation ''nOt to read any
chore nepspnperS.' He said some OF them Were
more anxious to hear OF rictories outside than
inside the church as to his own loyalty, no
one had any business with that; the Secretary
OF War or of State could take care of that.
DR.. Samson forgets that president of an
educational institution in our midst the people
have right to knowh his position in the con-
test. We have heard that the influence of the
college is almost wholly in favor of the South
and that Union boys who have gone there are
row strong secessIonists. His opposition to
sercSh spirit.
One OF our reporters has, in his adventures,
come across the following set of resolutions,
which seem 10 have an application 10 this cas-.
but we cannot say whether they have been
adopted yet or not.
HheTeGS, The pastor of this Church in his
sermon Of last Sunday morning proposed ana
urged the adoption OF certain course OF action
Tor the members iii the crying time, therefore
Rfs0lred, That inasmuch as there flco de-
Jdcto Governments now in this country. and
are not sure which is the strou geSt. and in
asmuch as the people of w ashington generally
prefer TO be on the strong estside, we will "7rry
alike for botb sections four beloved land, hum
bly, trusting in Providence 10 make whichever
side prevail that He AiaLs best.
HeSGlrCd, That as relief to our C0nsciencaS,
and in order to be consistent with our princi-
pies, We Will not only pray alike for both sides.
but we viii cOntIibGte an equal sum TO the
charitable and missionary enterprises of North
ana South.
RcSoirc3. That we highly approve and en-
dOrse the actiOn of our pastor thus far since
III war began, III studlously avoiding any al
fusion TO the nature OF the struggle now going
IN the country; and that we will not only
adopt his advice and discontinue TeCding any
more newspapers or magazines, but for the
present, We recommend our friends not 70 read
The On Testament, as their minds might BE- dis
tTacted by the frequent accounts Of wars and
battles found therein.
RcsoIred That peace and quiet are far prefer
able to honesty and truth under certain cir
Cumstanees, and that II there any members
of this Church who tciH persist in hurting the
feelings Of those who sympathiZe with the Con-
1ederates, by calling s'the rebellion a crime"
and desiring Abe Lincoln to conquer Jefferson
Davis, they Will be excluded as mischief
makers.
IMPRoVRMENTs.-The amount of building
now going on shows that the people here are
not unduly s.skeery' in regard 10 the future of
Tie National Metropolis In the Sixth Ward
we notice the following improvements in pro-
gress:
Four three-story brick dwellings on street
south, between Sixth and Seventh streets: two
two-story frames on Eighth street, between B
and q; two frames on Seventh street, between
Il and Z; two two-story bricks on Pennsylya-
MA avenue, between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets: four bricks (two-story) Seventh
street, south OF Pennsylvania avenue; two
two-story frames adjoining. and large two
story frame on Il street, between Fifth and
Sixth streets.
Commissioner w. A. Fletcher is Just now
very busy improving the streets. Recently
footways have been laid on Ninth and f street,
Eighth and Z, Seventh and l., Tenth and f:
two on l. and Seventh, and one Virginia
avenue and K street. Eleventh street has re-
Gently been, grayeled; Seventh street has been
repaired, and in a few days repairs will ne
commenced on Eighth street. The Commits
sioner has about twenty contrabands al work
ming up the night soil pits in the northern
part Of the ward, and the work is so extensive
fAat il Will taks>Some two months 10 abate the
nuisance.
FOURTH WARD STATION CAsEs.-M Maria
Shannahan, assault and battery; bail for court
Mary kenny, profanity: SIS. b Foley, do;
dismissed Michael Foley, assault; do. Ed.
bowling, disloyal language; military. Mary
Sullivan, proftne and indecent language: dis
missed. Alex. Scott, Joseph hc<er drunk;
Sl-Jo each Joseph Garter, larceny Of $500:
all for court. MichI Nash, drunk: dismissed.
Pumphrey. do Sass. VIM. Thurston, do.
Sis. Henry Clark, vagrancy; dismissed. Ma
ia Kaufman, keeping bawdy house; for hear
ing Mary Smith. Elizabeth Kaufman, Mary
Rice, inmates of bawdy house; do. Philip Lin
stagh, Micnl COtter, disOrderly; do. George
Kuhne, assault and battery; bail for Court-tor
threats bail for peace. VIVA. Homer, running
hacks on Sunday dismissed. John Kelly, do;
81 so. Maria Kaufman, selling liquor without
license; S20.94. Thos. Mulqun, Bridget Null
Quin, drunk and disorderIy; dismissed. Michl
HClioran, assault and battery; bail for court
also. drunk and disorderly: $500. James s.
beavers, Ann v Taylor, Marshal Petit,
threats; dismissed. JOHN Welch. assault and
battery: Jail for court. Geo. Burr, disorderly
locked up hours John Myers, indecent be-
havior 10 girl children; s5.64-bail for court for
and disorderly; S2.5s. Mary Sullivan, do; dis
missed james Dorsey, arrested By mistake
for kidnapping a little contraband boy named
ChaS. Gales; dismissed.
POCKET PiCKED.-Dr. Edward L. Sheehy,
of Upper Marlboro, Nd had his pocket picked
Tuesday night OF gold watch, valued at $3.50,
while returning from Georgetown in one of
the street cars. The car arrived opposite Gro
yers theater, about the time the performance
was over, and a crowd got in there and filled
up the car: one of the passengers taking seat
Bpen DR.. -. lap. A few moments afterw ards
the latter got out and found that his watch
had been taken off the chain.
CRIMINAL COURT, Judge Fisher.-Yesterday
Perry English and John Morgan, indicted for
assault and battery on George Schoeffer, were
tried jointly. English was acquitted, and
Morgan was convicted and fined 81. Both de-
PENDANTS are soldiers, and will be returned TO
their regiments.
Frank Taylor, indicted for the larceny Of a
gold watch, was acquitted.
AcCIDEsT Wednesday afternoon, James
Kearney, ambulance driver, stopped the vehi-
Gle GA Capitol Hill, and attempted TO get the