Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-09-28

whom tney were cheated. young man not
OF age offered to enlist and his father consented
TO his enlistng from the Third Ward He was
taken to Alexandria and passed examination
Tor the I'd ID. q. regiment. He was brought to
Ihe city 10 he mustered In, but the mastering
omcer would not receive him unless accompa-
MED by an officer Of the regiment. He went
bacE to Alexandria and was placed in charge
OF capt. narrower to be attended to. mere
was nothing heard from the recruit by MS pa.
rents until upon inquiry they learned that
Capt Narrower had brought him to WasnlnR-
ION but had to return him on account OF .ne
1niormality OF his papers 1es.sraa Gay MI mr;
been mustered in and accredited TO GEORGE
town. The bounty offered by GEORGETOWN Is
$780, but there is e25 extra for those VINO bring
a recruit; that 925 somebody got, VINO the Pres
ident did not know, but one thing Is certain,
we were cheated out of that man.
Mr.. Curtis said that some one from the
Fourth Ward had been passing through the
Third Ward collecting money, and he thought
that each ward should furnish its own money
without working to the disadvantage OF Its
neighbors.
The Presidential the people of the Fourth
Ward are so mean as not TO aid their own poor
but worthy neigh hors In such an hour as this.
we of the Third Ward can afford to allow the
poor fellows to collect little in our district to
help them. (Applause
The President called for volunteers to serve
on the committee to-day attending to recruits.
He wanted tC relieve those who had been SER
wing from the beginning. 1t is the interest of
every one to act promptly and industriously
in this matter. A number appear 10 depend on
the Council appropriation, but it Is his (the
President's) opinion they depend on a broken
stick. In the first place, the Corporation has
not got $4,000. In the second place, they can't
borrow it.
Mr. Curtis.-The tax payers can pay it,
reckon. Tax them! Tax them!
After waiting few minutes to fill the COM
mittee and distribute the Ford's benefit tickets,
the President declared the meeting adjourned.
FoRD's THEATRE-What marvellous per-
formance is Miss Maggie Mitchell's Fan
chon;" the perfect realization Of the poetry of
Art-the embodiment Of the soul of the Ideal.
In that splendid gallery of histrionic art,
which the genius Of Cushman, Julia Dean,
Miss Logan. Mrs Bowers, and Miss Jean M.
Davenport has adorned, which one of its
many glorious pictures of nature, can surpass,
even if they equal, this living portrait Of Miss
Mitchell, in Its perfect outlining, its beautiful
spirit, and Its all pervading sentiments Of
Truth!
We think it may with safety be asserted, that
so simple. graceful, and eloquent touch of ma
ture has never before appealed to the love and
traordinary success-eoualing the most brill
liant known in this country-ts an unequivo-
cal popular endorsement of its excellence.
Miss Mitchell appeared in this character last
night, before IS great an audience as the thea
tire could with all its capacity accommodated
and was received with a warmth Of greeting,
which must have been exceedingly gratifying
to her, fraught as 1t was with earnest and
effectionate welcome. The play was capltally
performed, and was placed upon the stage in
admirable style.
LARGE SALE OF FINE BUILDING LoTs.-To-
morrow afternoon, at4k o'clock, on the prerlI-
ses, Messrs. Davidge and Fisher, under a de-
cree Of chancery, will sell, to the highest bid
der, nearly the whole of that finely located
Square. known as Square No. sol, Immediately
Forth of the residence of the late Stephen A.
Douglas. The Lots front respectively on north
street, New Jersey avenue, street north,
and First street west For terms, &C., see ad-
yertisement in another column.
We WOULD CALL the attention OF dealers and
others to the sale, by auction, tomorrow
morning, of the stock of groceries, liquors,
segars, &c, &c, of Messrs. A. F. Offutt Il Co,
Georgetown, comprising one of the largest as
sOrtments in the District. Sale positive.