Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-12-24
OUR HOLIDAY DIRECTORY.


purchase holiday wares.
a We shall continue our notices from day
day our customers will DO well to send in
th~ig advertisements without delay and ensure
tleIEseIVss place in the Directory:
Hardware, &c.
Those who hare visited the hardware estab-
IishmeAt OF .iOHN X. ELvANs, 3tg PENNSYLVANIA
avenue. need not be told that he has the best
and most varied stock OF hariwa.e in this part
Of TIE country. filling not only his large avenue
store. hut also the fine large ware room he has
'Ert "a on street in the rear of his store r.
Ior' says Mr. Elvans has pros pered in hi bus.
mess, ana we are happy to believe it, for he is
: publiC-spirited, patriotic citizen. equally
ready to answer any call upon him in behalf
OF IT, city or The country. Though his stock
81 SCOTS Is not quite so much in the Christmas
lire 20 tho OF some other dealers in our di-
TeE'oTy, aousekeepers will yet find many OF
their requirements at hand. and always Of the
YER best quality, a. his establishment. Quite
dp-OpCs 10 the season is his stock of skates
which embraces all the best patterns, and in
Ear.cfy enough to make the Juvenile eye glis-
til With delight and TO our mind the very best
On tstmas present OF the year is the Parr tool
che, u Narlous liz and prices, from he neat
hitIc Affair designed for juveniles, up to that
-NIable Tor N" amateur carpenter of adult
@EE. AND which latter contains some eighty
cIt'-FHt Tools, Put mp with onderful economy
Il pace md most con venient OF access. The
whole cC..c. IN is portable. hand some in apDaar-
&Tg-, handy TO have about the h9nse, and in
"Tc'g p ~ 10 our mind the greatest invention
+ -" year. Another curious wrinkle is to be
Eel u kIFdES In the shape OF Il new article
OF shtet-lroT lag. q large specimen OF which
mas t-5n erected BY Mr.. 4. In front of his door,
Oh. l. likely 90 have a large GAL. being in
Eg!tsir cheaper tRan bunting, ant calculated
% sand all W-afheTs.
Miscellaneous.
' r hay" already noticed the handsome dis
play of Christmas wares iii the shape OF books,
PhCiogrsT hlI albums, &C. &c, at PHILIP &
SOLDMGHS' Metropolitan B0nk Stors, but Must
not forget to make some N. ntiCn OF the really
superb assortment of French goods they offer
sF.s.if ole u=;1TS laSr III
DR., piping iii there y1sTer day, found the
rouI. illed by the very elite of the city, ladies
anu sEntle:Zsn, 'tE"Tiy engaged in making se
i"C1irIs rom he rich, varied and choice
ser IUrEt.
SINNER / Go, at the corner of the square
Oh P5nns ylvania avenue ard seventh stree
hay, on land a most desirable assortment of
''lCrui-g, such as business and Sunday suits
and Cvs.colts. Their stock is deserving OF a.
IeL,.uD, uO'h on account of the quail and
AID 4uanuty, and purchasers are assured that
only good articles will be given them for thu
money they may invest here They have ais o
u good stock Of uuderclothIng.
Go. u. L. HIEBs Il Co, successors TO T.
!. t.ait.l No 30 Pennsylvania avenue, offer
The best quality If all kinds of wood and coal
or size required, AMI their kndilug wood is of
sup III gu1ii.y. IN fact they have just the
:Tt,yi & % =tart a fire and keep it going these
Amateurs or pTUtess ors of music desiring
she,.i mus (, CT lRstruTents large or small, as
riaGo-, meiJdeous, victims, ban iors guitars:
~ G.us:Cai Instruments, as drums, hteS. &C.
w.I dc well to cal at The store OF john F.
Ellis Co. OF pennsylvania avenue, No.
SO ley haTr also violin strings, drum
hes -, ana al articles IN their line. large and
smgll.
y. :. GRAY / Co, ~ Iae southeast corner
of Et:asacnusetts avenue ard SEVENTH street,
ufier I deaIIubIe assortment OF hard are. cut
IeIr and bar Ion.
EpwIK HEAD 4 Go, rornar ef P"ansylva-
MA .-tpuU- and Third street east, offer a guam
JIty q! III. ard wood j. ware.
; EUs5FLL, corner of 18th and F Streets is
pre- AIRED u furIush families hotels fairs, balls.
* with ICE cream, y ateI Ices and CONNECTION
cry II all sorts at tho YPrv lowest prices.
T. POFEET.HI, at 30 Pennsylvania aV -nue,
II also prepared 70 furnish trsaca c5nfec ion
erv, fancy cakes and ie!ties, &c, ard 70 his ele-
gan assortment he calls particular IttentIon.
AL orders tor the hoiida, Ill be prompt
ana carefully attended to.
/ RCsEETHAL has just opened &. 5l5 Seventh
street, iuteiiig ncer BlocS, Gew store, wa 're
he is prepared to suppl! ali demands Tor IA.
Iies'. misses, rhIidEpu ;, gents and boy b DOT.
aLo shoes OF every style and quality, and al
prices satisfactory To all purchasers. He has
also , very extensive stock ot ,aiitEry boJ,s
The aSency n taIs city for PheiaG and Col
ienderss celebrated billiard table and imp e.
ments Of the game IS 1t 1871 Pen sylvania ay
enue, and is under the super;n;endence o!
JOSIAH SIMPSON. Ali articles In the billii ard
manufacturers prices
O. W.PALMRR also offers wood and coal at
reduced prices, 10 suit the times. He has three
f.st;iGlis hment~. yiZ:-At e. and lst streets; al
Massachusetts avenue and !th street, and a
Eleventh stree wharf, and at either place
puEr haseTs VIA be well served. Purchaser
are invited 70 examine his stock.
II. D. RUSSELL, proprietor OF the Catholic
hook store, q; 3D. seventh street under the
Avenue House, announces that he has Just r.
turned from Inc Ncrtn with large supply O
o. hClic goods, IS Bibles, Pray er Books, Iii
medals, &c, &c. He has an endless variety o
photo graph albums. and h IT v,tes the attn
ficu Of his Cathoile friends "1d all others 10 M
?tCC...
q l.. SCHarr. Ia PEN =rIyania avenue
between 18th and 18th sTreess, offers Il grsa
yal ETY. o: fancy goods, toys, and other articles
suitable tor the tunes
In me general search for articles suitable iol
holiday present IT, the store OF aASBLIh EroHI
son, No. - Market Space, should not b. pissed
lightly by. He offers faces OF all kinds, and
handkerchiefs, collars and linen sets, cans
bonnes ard hats iunumerable, and OF the lat-st
and most approved styles; ana also . large
sortmcnt Of plain ana EN- broidsFed goods suit
sbie FOR chiIdTen's and infants wear.
GEo. +. kIpwELL, on Ohio avenue. between
Nth and 18th susets, Is prepared TO furnish
wood and coal al reasonable pr4ces.
FsENPTIOSs.-The following persons were
yesterday Afternoon, exempted from the opsra
lions ~ the draft by the Board of Enroilmea a
III session at the corner o. New oEz eYen u,
and fourteenth street.
James McDueIi, I'd ward, erroneous enroll
nIent.
Jas ". McDni, 5th ward, erroneous enroll
nent. ..-....s
Thomts Martin, eth ward, disability
VS.. Ingrah am, ist ward oyer3j andmarried
I.C. Holmes u ward, r-s rieise III Vermont
Noah Sniel, :, 9th ward, under age.
John +. Dorsey. Sth district, over IS am
married.
W. T. Croggin, 18th ward. residence In Mary
laud.
& y. Harris, 5th ward, erroneous enrolment
Thomas Mitchell, 3d ward. over age.
WIG. h. Martin, 81 ward, erroneous enroll
mnt.
Adam Bowies, 5th ward, over IS and married
J.. ID. IERersoli. 9TH ward. residence In Iowa
ETn. Withers, 9th ward over age.
=. =. Darby. ilrh district, disability.
John MoTothy, 10th district, aiiensgs
John Cromsr, Ist ward. erroneous enro,l m ent
Israel T knight, I'd ward, disability.
Joba Pepper, 9Th ward. atienago. IS
y. Brown, 4th ward, aiieDage.