Evening star., 1863-04-23
IfprAL NEWS.
EASEMENTS TONIGHT.

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~xR,s THEATER.-Mr l.. Grover, tha
Ut.r manager ei this resort. TO night takes
IYf-rua} hrf,r fit-tfis being the anniversary
, NE o. ner,rr or his theater. Mr.. Grover de-
Oh =. :. ron eirg r m m br.nce, tor he ia On OF
SCI SrI"t rrhl;c up rited citizens, and has large
i,li.fr.bi.t.d 10 tie enjoy nent OF the people
= = r,,., lie past y"sr. The Serious Family"
-. C,ra May Diamonds" is the dramatic
~ , { he Eiii while, In addition, Mr.. Sinn, of
To- r-,.4r.rsrN, has Handsomely volunteered
a,ra,t fis Hesi performers as Julia Mortimer.
IaTur,er, De / alb. r. Marie and Augusta, and
NIX Parker. 1.-The Gipsey Trio" Will pe per.
fuI Md
r~AIJaN rEEA-Haieyy's great opera, "I.a
1riye," y>iA bs performed on this the last night
Irt tu # Manager Grau's fine opera compa-
~, l.! nj mes the role of :. Rachel. the
T''w,ss.' cortiicr that of "Princess Eudoxie,"
Msccai,rri TIA. OF g Eieazer,'' and Susini the
high Cranatic reis of the Cardinal
CA1TRRTTgY.-T. T.yer on the qui rire to secure
The te.t taitnt, and Yer allowing a novelty
n sir by them, i is not surprising that the
y anser:s OF Canterbury Hall Ind thPir resort
g.Owlug IN popularity daily. A good bill of
= re, dance, ballet, pantomine and Ethiopian
eccpr'TcIty Tonight.
1rE RUSSIAN WAR, rs exhibited now at Odd
Elbows hall, Seventh street. in magnificent
g,llts i paintings, is we'll worth visiting. The
rainilngs Ia q been got up in the fines: style OF
ar and !hr 3cCfs orr g are also excellent. Ths
oppor; I'll. ty of seeing II should not be missed.
IhrlETIEs--The Matinee yesterday was
v. Ii f1trrGici, aud 30 was the eyenia p :rform-
ance. The farie:es company, as usual. exert
ire ,herssei,Gs 10 thu saufaction of all The
SINE xcellsct hill will be performed this eve.
ming c. W Parker will again pack himself
i'll bis box, al d Harry Leslie will perform
y&Tirty OF wonderful teats.
,x BALL IL: Temperance Hall, nder the AUSPICES
O: the ~ wart Holland Club.
NIXON CIRCUS, ALEXANDRIA, Jimmy
R.yrolGs, The Clown. to- night takes a benefit
t.ndrred him hy his military and civic friends
Of Alexandria. In order to accommodates
Ghl IN will rnr tn arI fra
before and aittr the performance.
EXAMINATION OF THR CASH OF CONNER
Yesterday afternoon, JOS g. Conner, or Cor
Ter, who Was arrested last week by Off Ger r.
Johnson, ChaIEed with obtaining money on
frIse prrtrnces from Dr. a. IL. Hayes, OF Mass,
late OF the army, and also with robbing him Of
S2J took place he fore Justice THOMPSON
DR.. HGycs les ihed that about the Sth of Apru
the prisoner accompanied witness o his ROOM
and stopped with HIM all night. In the morn
ing witness Ea " the prisoner looking over his
{wItnt ss's) clothes, and that the prisoner made
sCDe excuse 1or the act, and went out When
witness cot up he missed the money he had in
biz vest pocket (S25), and accused The prisoner
OF taking 1t, and made him give it up. The
prisoner asked him to forgive hiTns on account
Of his family, aRd AS a member OF the Masonic
fraternity.
Corner denied that he had made any such
cCGtes sion.
The Justice fully committed him for trial on
the charge of larceny. in default of $i0n bail.
II tidt d that he became acquainted with the
prisoner between the 25th ana Both of March,
and they dIned together at Willard's After
d inner the (li oner stated that he had S1oO
OIL, and went TO the bank to get it changed, but
tn bank was closed. ToacCommodata him with
change witness loaned him IS, and that night
loaned him 20 more. The prisoner stated that
NJ was memter of the firm of Jas. Corner &
Sons, shipping merchants, of Baltimore. and
that he was expectin-. draft from the firm
and went to adams express Office TO get it,
When asked " hat he had done with the 500
bill, he stated that he had lost it, II repres ent-
ed 10 " itness thai he had lately returned from
Rlo where he had been as supercargo. He had
ahote Tor SiA purportlng to be drawn by H.
u. Gelston, and stuffed that he could not get 1t
discounted exctpi Some one identified him a.
tht bank He SAID to witness that his father
was worth million of dollars. that the esta D.
llshrent OF Corner t Co. was OH or near Cav
street, aud that one OF the brothers In the firm
lived on 33EGadwa,.
Corner here denied saying that he was a
m'nber OF he firm OF Conner & Co, but that
b. had stated that he was connected with the
firm Of James W Conner u Sons, No. Ia Pratt
greet.
HpGh D. Gstston eworn.-Witness knows the
nrm OF Corner N Sons on Gay street wharf,
Baltimore. witness had never given the pri.
saTrr q note, or any one else q note, OF the
amount STATED
James Patterson svorn-Witness had seen
DR.. Hay and the prisoner in the house in
which he is Employed, and has heard the pri-
soher say that be brlonsed TO the firm of james
credit fer 4 small amount on his represent ta-
tilnS.
Jcmes ". Donohus (clerk at Wilard's HotaD
sworn AtouI he first of April Corner CANA
into the hall of the hoteI IN company with DIR,
a Hays. hr prisoner stated that ne belonged TO
large shipping house in Baltimore, and used
eh- a7n,e oi tcaner or Corner. The firm was
In the Brazilian trade, he stated, and he had
o'tD 10 tTaZIl on business, representing his
. la'Efr. Inc prisoner stopped at the hotel but
diG n"; pay his hill. amounting to a3l so
y on 'Na al..1 ,S.r.,l
II IL s2i10 But this has nothing 10 do with the
present case.'
JomeS " CHRISTIE sWorn.-Witness keeps n
restcuTant on f street, between Thirteenth and
tcuTt enth streets. and knows the prisoner
He represented himself member of Tho
MN on James Conner Sons, or Co, who
We're wealthy. The prisoner was in his house
every Gay, and witness loaned him small
amount OF money.
While waiting for a witness the Justice en-.
tertd N conversation with the prisoner, during
winch be stated that he had travelled a great
htal Ee was four years with Michael War.
nrl' IN Baltimore; but was not treated right Jy
warner, ne said, hs he was TO have received
%2'Utl per year, but he was allowed only 3 600
and he" had made himself safe"
fTHH11s N. buckingham, sworn-Witness is a
aroiheE-in-l law 10 the prisoner. The prisoner
l. Lot connected with the firm of Conner He
nag always understood that the prisoners
f.lheT resided In Annapolis.
iAe Jus+ice required the prisoner to give
$i,,to taii, and III default committed him to
I jail N this case.
4 MAIL RoBBER ARRKsTRD.-RichaYd Sweet,
j MAI 'arritr OF the 18th New Yorf Artillery
was arrested about one o'clock yesterday after.
neon, as ne was getting on his horse, in front of
Int city post OH &c, and taken before Postmaster
Po"'h. In his pockets were found twenty
IoUr unopened letters, belonging to different
members Of his regiment, and one which had
o-eh opened, and which, from the postmark,
must have arrived on Tuesday
Sweet has been suspected in the office for a
7 coLlia OF weeks back, and has been watched
oll, uIti yesterday, nothing was seen to war.
rant kls arrest. w hen confronted hy Mr Bow.
Ell he ct once admitted that he had been fllch-
Ing and opening letters TO his regimen for the
East eight weeks. He admitted having appro.
pfiatrd & good deal OF money taken from these
lPttrrsS
Sweet is only sixteen years Of age and did