Evening star., 1864-12-12
LOCAL NEWS.
AMUaHMEaTs TONIGHT

is sty lea the ueen of the American stage W in
appear to night AT Fords, in her auti;ul play,
written expressly for her, entitled HLady A I'D :.
leTs Secret; or the My s,eries of Audiey Court, :,
OXFORD HALL-Sscoad week of the great
martineiti Family at the Oxford Music Hall.
who are creating an immense excitement, an d
Trumpet"
SEbTUN HALL.-The celebrated dramatic
reader and author, Mr. George Vandenho
VIII give one OF bis great dramatic entertain :.
ments, or impersonated readings, to- might, at
Seatcn Hall.
CAnTEEBUEY HALL-Tony Pastor gives his
celebrated limitations of Grand German Opera
Tonight You can also see the smallest Elhi-
oplsn comedians in the worla, Masters Tommy
and Waliy.
ItE CASE or Dr. kEAsBY.-In the case Of
Dr. chr Il. keasby, surgeon TO the Board of
enrolment who is charged with being en-
eaged IN procuring substitutes, wilfully ne
gIecung 10 make faithful Fxamin ations and
true reports in relation TO recruits and subsu-
tntes, aid with conduct pTeJudicial to good
ofGtr ard military disCIphuP, now being tritd
oetcre court martial ut No. iJ7 1Ith street,
ciosed on Saturday, the examination of Capt.
tiEued
He testified that an entry in the Doctors
book. If March 9lst OF VIM. Johnson, pre-
scented by "self," was in tae Handwriting of
tie accused, rs also an entry, on March 10Th,
OF George Bryant, presented by self"
The st yenth and eighth speci ific atoms uudsr
the third charge are that he examined and ac-
Centrd those men.j
TIE accused was the Surgeon of the Board
OF Enrichment, and to his knowledge acted as
such frCm June 2d, l-6i until he (the accusedb
was put uE der arrest about the latter part OF
October. Witness read from the record OF the
surgeon, under the date of October sth. the
name OF Peter Alexander, rejected as being
Uuoer age, which entry, he testified, was in
me handwriting OF the accused, and read the
entry IN the case OF the same person. October
18th accepte d: the word Uaccepted' he thought
y" as IL the Handwriting of the accused. The
book in which these entries are made has
been Kept by Drs. Keasby, Woodward or
Woodbury., and Bald win.
The seventh and eighth specifications are
that he rejected Alexander when offered by
Cassidy ard accepted him when prezen ed by
his brother
By tile offence Witness Is in charge of a
detective torce-they are some agents OF the
Board of Enrolment, and others whose duty
il is TO arrest deserters, and these call them.
selves detectives. @. A. Keasby is a substi ute
broker, and the names appearing as presented
ny &. a. keasby were all presented re.
cruis The object OF recording the names of
the parties who presented recruits was that if
there was any trouble abont the man re-
CrUit, the board would know whom to fall
back on. Witness has no personal knowledge
OF entries made previous TO June I'd last; he
only spoke OF the hand writing. Witness
thought The word ''self," after the en- tries of
johnson and Bryant. referred 10 the men them
eelses-that they came to the Office by them.
selyts-out he first thought 1t referred to the
accused.
The Judge Advocate objected, that this was
IN Orinioo, and it was tor the court, and not
the witness, TO form al opinion.
Counsel tor the accused CoHtended that it
y as perfectly competent Tor MIN TO explain
the entries
The court was cleared to decide the objec.
ton of the Judge Advocate aud on the doors
being reopened IL was announced that the OBJ
lection had been sustained.
On motion OF the Judge Advocate, questions
and aIsH cTs as 10 the word s'self' were strick-
en- out.
Witness rssumed.-Was absent from the Of
fee from fr- 18th of June 10 he Goth of August
on account OF sickness. Witness judged that
tie entry OF October Sih in regard TO the reIec-
Ton of Alexander was III the hand writing from
The record, aad Judged 80 trom his knowledge
of his HAND writing. the entry had evidently
been made toy some one standing up. Witness
though. tha word accepted" after the name OF
Alexander, on October 10Th, was written by
the accused In the opinion of the witness,
after re comp ared them, the two entries were
lot Il ade ~ Ihe same person.
BY the CouUt:-WitpsSs referred 10 the book
tcr the name OF substitute presented OF ID ,.
J8udFll, ard stated that nndar the date OF
Oct 7th II appeared that twentv-four substi-
tates were presented but under that data tle
names CftEe principals did lot appear. Peter
Alexander Is 1te only one Of tboee he referred
70 who was presented as substitute. II was
81 custom IN tIe office 10 enter the name self
opposite The name when The recruit presented
himself.
Hv tnc Judge Advocate W ness could not
say Il 1T wa the custom in March last 10 enter
the word 'seeii' when q recrGit pr scented him.
seif, a. he = a. lot connected with the Office at
that time.
Thr hour q adjournment having arrived,
tie couTt r. jOrrncd over.
PRADy's FIRST RECEr rIoS.-Tbe first re-
cFptCu give hy Brady and his pupils TO their
4Iiends. ~ the s. n Ia7tum on " ednesday eve
uIrR, demonstrated The successful results of
bis teachirss thoroughly 4 large audience of
ladies GnC gentleman were present, and the
athletic pt OrmaDces OF ABOUT taiCty of Mr.
Brady's pnpijs, Is well Us of that gentleman
himself, wrrs extremely interesting and in
Among thp most rotcenbIe feats were the
-sising o. 8 i1O-pCund dumb bell by Ear g. G.
E.imbail, and an o0-pound dumb-bell by Geo.
" Bl6uvelt: tie giant sw ing, on the hOTiZOn-
al bar. nv n p. Betticher; MessTs. ". +. and
!. II. Co catr, w. Il. Reed ard Master Hem
ershCt me hero OF FredericssbHrgI on the
hoIizou.al ar; aEd Messrs. J. NJ. Silver, E.
Drcop, and J. II. Sylvester, iii swinging The
indian Iiub-. The aerial flights we've grace
,nlly po11Jrmed BY Mr. III. Clay Ford, W. A.
e. NV, W May, c. II Lord, Z. T Eoerbach,
W Hertford, J. Nj. Roberts, c. Rowland
and Others
TIE performances of Mr.. Brady himself were
wonderful, in ascensing the peg pole and rais-
ing the dead weight OF the body with one hand
seven times. This feat is done by grasping
ring susPe nded from the sealing, with his left
hand only, at arms length; seven times he
raises his BODY tlll his shoulder is in parallel
with his hard.
Mr. B has shown commendable lberaIity,
erpat pnergv, and fertility OF resource in every
a. greet in fittiug 2 Up and conducting his really
excellent gymnasium. We understand he Will
give another reception in January.
MILITARY COMMIssION.-1 In the case Of
ObGrIes T.. Waters, hard wars merchant in
Charles street, Baltimore, charged with SELL
ng goods 10 blockade runners, TO be conveyed
into The r bel lines, which came up before the
Military Commission on + street, on Saturday,
ihe acc cussd pieat not guilty, his counsel, at
he same TINE, fling plea us to the jorisdic-
tion OF thc ceurt.
The lIinciYai witness for the Government
WIS Pardon Worssly. who testified that, on
the ith or 5th Of October last, he was In
IT cduced 10 B.r Waters by Mr. Weedon, of
faster tS &c g stere, and that he bought gsods
OF him, II II as cutlery, &c., and also csrd-
lnR machine, which the accused told him he
could get three or four Thousand dollars for if
be succeeded ta letting il through the military
lines. Witness clso testified that he proposed
10 give accused matt the price of the cariing