Evening star., 1863-04-22
LOCAL NEWS.
AHeSEMENTs TONIGHT

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u AETSEMENTs TONIGHT.
,,ovrrs THKATER.-The modern Com d y
u",,e-.. embracing Dan Setchell, y .i.irr
repx and Susan Denim, viii aPpe to-
7 Ieht n The side-spliiting pieces Of "a Regular
~; ~ :, ARD Poor Pillicoddy." To-morrse
t9bI MI ard Grover, the popular miua-
hts' rakef benefit. lie deserves arich rem IN
;rancer. fer lie has contributed greatly 10 tho
,eorles' enjoyment the past year.
ITALIAN OPERA. Norma" an opera with
,-ti,h al! are more or less familiar "a, which
al ays tnjo' ed, no matter how often heard
vriIlIe performed tonight at the Washington
Thratel, by thG Mra Grau !, Opera T Compaay: Lorin
NnccsieIIi is "Polio,' ana Susini as ssOro-
Epse.
CAXrERBrRT.-This music hall eouti aues to
rev il popularity, and those VIII, have
fgrC. cECEt tie day been harrassPd by basinsss
.qrfs ard daily troubles find Canterbu-v one
offbe best places whereat to forget annoy n,"s
An admirable bin is nightly offered; Julia Mo-
tTo;fr Katr PrDnoyer, Ernestine de FaIber, :he
listers Marie and Augusta, and all others ap-
ptaring.
yARIbTIEs.-Among the most graceful and
Icautiful te1piehorean artists is Miss Eliza
FloTencr, vine moves thyourh. the MACS OF the
dance Dfntly at the Varieties. Besides h"r,
howpver, there are many others who are also
remarkably attractive. Harry Leslie, the rope
walk r, and q. W. Parker. the boneess man,
both appear a,zs ,--
lHE ntNstAN w All Ills 3lne WOfk OF drt,
comprising series of paintings Illustrative OF
he most prominent scenes connected with tn,
CIinean war, continues ON ex ibition at o Id
ralows' Hall, Seventh street. Large numbers
II people havr already visited it, and all pro-
noapce it ell worth seeing.
ROMANTIC WASHINGTON LADY-On Mon
jay mcrring, Miss Alice Flynn, daughter of
residence il the northern part o. the city for the
purpose Oh going to market, and did not return,
but sent note to her mother saving good
hYe, and that she would hear from h-r again"
The father as Immediately informed OF the
affair, and started to Baltimore III scar h Of her,
bnt we believe his mission was frui.less
From the Baltimore .Sun we learn that
yesterday morning she was discovered by po-
lCeman Cunningham walking on the street
dressed in new suit OF black cloth, and with
huge whiskers Ia Burnside. After following
her some distance the officer informed her that
she must go 10 the Office of the Marshai Of Po-
lice; and after he had satisfied her that har sex
was knoWn,she begged 10 90 10 the Fouu !;.iii ho-
tal ana put on ner proper clothing TliS request
WAS d' nice, and followed by crowd of curious
men and boys. She was conducted 10 the Mar
shals office. To all questions she replied eva
aIyely. excerpt 10 state that size came from this
city, and did not wish her ,iarprts TO kunuT OF
her whereabouts. After an hour or TWO she.
gave heT mtiden name as Alice FiNln, bat
stalsG that shr- had married MIR Rodiar of
Baltimore, oh Monday. Her room n the Fouu-
tain vas examined, and i'll her tru1t WAS ound
parcel of the hair she had cut from her haId
O IA assuming Gndfe costume, and ,t-O letter
IL her father IN which she stat hat il he told
that she hid left home without his aucyiedce
or con- ent he would never see her more, but jf
~ vonld say that >he had gAns on . visit to
So her grandmother h. would see her :..a.ui in
The fall, and il he desired 10 hear from her he
could write To her N PhiIadelphia She statad
hat she had assumed male attire hccaus. she
" &" gong south ~ith her husband, and ta had
Suggested mat she WOULD get along much better
UiSs uI~@d.
Oh Monday Mr. d. T. Shaw. proprietor OF
" Elol.
yrhc" OF the Clerk of the Court of Conn IN
Pleas OF tnat city. and took ont 3 marriage
license Tor Albert Rodier and Alice Flynn. In
EIIe afternoon lady aud gentleman All yhInl
~ the store Of Rev. l. p Ccog ON RaItinor.
sr'Ft, and eEt red. The gentleman stated To
Dir. Cook that he wished 8 marriage to be cele.
bTatsd and Ar Cook asked if they were the
parties, when the man hesIt ttingly replied,
"Nss, | want to m frry this lady as !, proxy
the gentleman who Is TO marry her is in phil
adelphIa, end .annot come TO Baltimore This
odd idea, ana Mr.. Cock said that he
could rot perform such i marriage; and said
hat tie bridegroom should come to Baltm pre
o. the lady go to Philadelphia. The proxy r.
pllcd that she would not go 10 Ph:lad-lnhia
eXC. pt rs wife, and alter she reached there
she would be REMARKED MT Cook spoke TO
them OF the impropriety OF such a course, and
went 10 the Fountain Hotel, and Yesterday
morning paid her bill, and sailed forth in
male attire, when she was arrested. Yester-
Gsy sbe exhini:ed a marriage certificate signed
by a Rev. Mr.. Smith. Marshal Vannosrrand
sent her TO this city yesterday afternoon, in
company with Detective Cassrll. and she was
conducted 10 her parents residence.
VISIT TO TIE g GCARDHoUsE-Mond after
rocp, Capt. Tcdd, Provost Marshal, Major
Sherburne, AdJutant General to Gen. Martin
da!@, capt. Merritt, Quartermaster, Mayor
WaNach, Superintendent Webb and others
paid visit " The Csntral Guardhouse which
has be'n in use for a long time pas. as a miIi-
tary prison. The party, under the guidance Of
Lieut. j. -. COOnpY. 18th 7 auIt
me prison, were conducted through the several
nails. and inspected ths cells and rooms in
winch prisoners are confined. The party rx-
pressed much sati STA ction with the good order
observed and the cleanliness of the prison
Livery morning the floors of the whole building
are Yashs d, and strict attention is also paid 10
the persons OF the prisoners. The mumentaDy
oi lnem are regarded as too sloYenly, they are
made 10 clean the hemStlyes.
The greatest number confined here at any
onH time Is about 300, which crowds every part
OF the building, and the average nun1bar is
ahont l5c. About i.0G0 ratioBs par month ara
0Fa%n for The permanent bearters who aver
Age about l25. All soldiers taken up by the
paNol are sent here, and also citizens and SOL
1lers committed by Col. L. G. Baker Provost
Marshal Todd, dcsPrars, rebel prisoners Ac.
lne Government has erected eommodious
Geek shops III the rear of the building, and
Grams have been placed to- lead off the water
70 me canal; and the officers in charge see that
eLery part snail be kept in the best possible
cleanliness. As an Instance of the viglance Of
~" CnictTs, We may s,ate that some weeks since
thI'e cases of smallpox broke ou; among the
prisoners, and were at once removed; and by
tae immediate nse OF the proper dis injecting
SSehts no other cases occurred, although al the
Ime mere were nearly 200 prisoners there.
Levi. Cooper, OF the 10th New Jersey, who is
III command, having formerly been deputy
warden of the New Jersey State prison, under
etands his business well, and the state OF the
prison Is very creditable 10 him, as well as the
otief cfhcers-Lieuts. Denpison, Pennsylvania
volunteers, and Eaton, 2d ID. C,-who are on
duty there.
GOVERNMENT HORSE PITALs.-The wonder
Iul change that has taken place in the substi-
7ulon OF better Arrangements for Uncle Sara's
var business in place OF the crude Improyiss-
t'aIs OF the first necessity, is we'll shown in the
extensive, well planned, and well constructed
torse hospital buildings, built and in progress
ct building. The largest and best of these vet
finished is that on 18th street, under the charge
OF Superintendent w. Brooke, an officer W ho
mas seen service on the plains, and Is well quail
h,d by energy and experience tor his post
The stables are embraced in an enclosed
sqparf, the ground of which has been filled
h tat