Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-03-11
LOCAL NEWS.
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Lat produces Plancaes comic drama en-
-.t,,es Hes Jack Sheppard" TINS Is the oc-
lion OF MI CIsrke's fare we'll benefit, ms On =
.~.rn-nt closing after To- night; ana IN orcer 20
- "a good an entertainment as possible h.
siu rrcduce in connection with the above
Toodles" and I" Tit for Tat
GRsysR's THBATER--R. H. Shsridsn's mag.
iSI,nt comedy, The School for Scandal,
Iii nr performed tonight 81 Growers, By
T.rr- Kcene and her company. Mr. Wheat
isirh pCrsOnates. Joseph surface" Waioot
zle," Mrs. Brougham Lady SneerweIl," and
other characters by the rest OF the company.
mo Rest Tor the Wicked VIII be played ones
more.
bury l. good one, and all the old fayorie-,
together with the new star. Miss Ernestine de
Faiber appear The sensation drama OF me
"Fortunts OF War" will be- performed; also
tha haiiat of the :. Fisherman's Vision" and
the sArab lay by Julia Mortimer and Kate
PennOyer-
yAHIErIEs-A most delightful entertain
mont a produCsd nightly at this resort. The
RoIIande brnthPrs. Ada TCsInan, NJ lie Iizettp,
Budporth, Neil, kerns, Fred. May, and the
entire troupe OF popular favOrites appear in 4
varied bill of song, dance and Ethiopian &C.
centricity.
CHURCH FAIR-The ladies OF the Western
Presby terrain Church continue their fair at the
corner OF Pennsylvania avenue and Twenty
fourth street, and offer numerous articles OF
utility and ornament
The MEETING IN BEHALF OF THE IxDIANs,
IN odd Fellows Hail, last night, was well at
tended.
Father BE son opened the exercises, by sta
ting the object OF the meeting To be, TO give facts
IS an offset, h. said, to the falsehoods which
designing and mistaken persons are circulating
10 the prejudice of The Indians. He smoke
through an interpreter, s. half breed Chippewa,
TO the chiefs OF that tribe (uine of whom were
presently, telling them that, though there was
deep and widespread feeling against the In
dams generally, on account OF the disastrous
affair Ia minnesota, yet rs soon as the people
knew that the Chippewa nation had no hand
in II, and that no other tribe would have had il
JustIcs had been done them, there will be re-
actiOD-tl!ere will Do sympathy for YOU and
them. He concluded by telling them that
friends were more valuable than enemies, and
that their highest interest was 10 live in peace
with the Sioux and AL other tribes, "a well as
the whites; and that, by pa silently demanding
their nights, their friends Irouid increase i'm
power, until not only the Indians but the ne
groes and the poor white people, and all classes
Of men, would have their just rights.
To which Jbob-ash- HUNK replied, through
the Interpreter, that he IS PLEASED win what
his white brother said; thar his heart and the
hearts OF his people true to the whites:
hat although his Own brother and his own son
had been Killed by white men he had shaken
hands with them, and wished 10 live in paacc.
but lie could not see how il was that the good
words which had so often been spoken to their
people. when treaties We're wanted, did not an.
pear on pap,r when they were read, and he did
not Str how twas that the large sums of MONEY
which the treaties spoke of for their usa never
cJme into their hands. They sold their land
hut got poverty, and not profit by the trade
His IeOpie thought that il was hard that the
Government should again want them to move
further North, and again 10 leave the graves of
r. "a 4, hsrs and their children behind them,
HaIs-j we-ne-dung made a short speech Of a
similar import
Judge Day, who a few months since returned
irom special mission among the Sioux and
other Indians, gave an account of their cond,-
ZION ana treatment He instanced the case OF
teachers being paid literally 10 instruct Indian
children, who themselves could neither read
nor write; and of schools published in success
full operation where no schools existed; and Of
An Indian agent with comparatively small
salary amassing in four years a fortune of
$1,000 He affirmed that it was great mis-
take TO suppose that the Indians had no cause
for the outbreak, or that il was Just to execute
them as traitors. He contrasted in strong Ian
guage the leniency shown TO rebels and traitors
TO 8 government which has been lavish in its
benencence, and the severn, towards the In
dians, whom ii has whoLIy failed to protect
from the most terrible craelties and injustice.
MI. Day said he had hardly begun the long
list CT wrongs TO the Indians, which ultmated
In The outrage, and as Mai. Galbrath, the agent
FOR the Sioux, was present, Il WAS proposed 10
adjourn the meeting in order that the details
might be more fully presented 10 the public.
Wbereupon committee Of three, Messrs. Day,
McNair and Beeson Were unanimously ap-
pointed 10 prepare report and resolutions,
and TO call another meeting as early as prac-
Qcable.
BOARD OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUsrEEs-The
regular monthly meeting of the board was held
Yesterday afternoon in the Alderman chamber
City Hall
In the absence of the Mayor and Dr. Walsh,
the vice president, Mr.. o. @. Wight was called
10 the chair.
The application Of Miss Eliza ]. Wheatley
for the position Of teacher was received and re-
ferTed.
The monthly reports of teachers were re-
CeiVed from the Second and Fourth Districts,
bat no reports from the FIRST and Third Dis
trlcts were presented.
Mr.. Ellis, chairman OF the committee on sup
plies, reported that twelve sets of maps and
twelve sets Of primary school tablets had been
prOcured; and ne presented the bill therefor,
which amounted to Sl89.SU.
The same committee also presented a bill of
1929 Tor itrms furnished the schools during
she past month, both of which pills were APP
proved and ordered to be- paid.
The committee rules TecOmmen dfd the
passage of the resolution offered last meeting
requiring the secretary Of the board TO make .
monthly an abstract OF the teachers reports and
present the same to the board.
The treasurer presented the account ofexpen-
ses of the schools for the past month, amounting
10 (includlrg salaries of teachers) S2,37712.
Mr.. Ellis presented bill Of contingent ex-
prnses for the Fourth District, amounting 10
50; which Was approved and ordered to be
paid.
resolution was adopted, requiring the COM
nittee on accounts 10 examine the accounts OF
the treasurer up 10 the Dist day OF December,
1861.
resolution requiring the committee on
vocal music TO urge upon Councils the expedi
ency OF establishing q profes sorship OF vocal
music IN the public schools was Also adopted.
A resolution requiring the secretary OF the
board TO prepare and submit TO the board for
revision, The ann ual report required TO be made
20 The Oty Councils, was laid on the table.
a resolution was adopted, asking the City
Councils to authorize, by law, the transfer OF
ihe appropriation or November, 1862, for med
as and premiums, 10 the school fund for the
fiscal year ending June 90 1862.
The tr"as urer was required TO present, at tho
Ge1t meeting, report stating the condition of
The school fund. Adjourned.
CASE oP HoAICIDE.-The case OF Issac Web
oarn- committed To Jail by the Military anthori-
~ for tie killing OF Comstock, member OF tina
Ton Iectieut Artillery, came up for examina-
Ion, 1T the Jail, this morning, before Justices
Ware and Bell. Itappeared from the ev deBca,
ttat the deceased came TO the house OF Web
Burn, situated near the Poor House Lane, on
iae Riyht of Sunday, the lsr of March, abOut