Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-09-22
LOCAL NEWS.
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CANTERBURY.-0He desiring fun cannot reea
the Canterbury bill announced for to-nieut
without being assured that 1t Will pc per
formed in fine style throughout. The perIor-
mers all do their part admirably. lug Ie-
quent plaudits Of the audiences at'es' THIS
fact
appreciated in this city, IL we may judge from
the crowds nightly in attendance at Ford's
They have also always had hosts Of personal
friends here who allow no occasion TO pass
without doing them honor As this engage
rnent closes on Saturday the three ensuing
nights will doubtless witness full houses. The
bill for to night is kathleen Mayourneen'
and ga Lesson for Husbands"
GROWERS Observation-Disclosures Ponisi ia
mush admired by ths lovers of tragedy. Her
engagement here thus far has been a most sue
cesstnl one, and there is every indication that
ii will continue to be so. Tonight she appears
again as "Valsha," in the tragedy "rhe Slave
Queen. The tragedienne is supported by
fine company, ana this has much TO do with
giving proper effect to her own acting.
VARIETIES -"Tae Dangers of a Dancing
Girl, which hss been performed at the Varie-
ties each night this week and which has proven
rs successful as Mr.. Fitz summons other sem
satlon plays, will be repeated tonight In ad-
dition to the drama there will be good con.
cert Hall entertainment.
THIRD WARD DRAFT MEErING.-Another
ported that the collectors in the poorest section
of the ward had returned Sl6l50, collected
during the day.
MIR. Sharretls reported S31.
Mr.. Larner aid that as much had been said
relative to expectations from Alexandria, he
would explain the matter. Upon the forma-
ton of this club, Mr.. Angus said that Col Alex
ander, of the I'd D. q. regiment, informed him
that he could furnish 100 men, to be credited
to the ward Since then 1t has been asserted
that those men were gone to Georgeto wn. their
agents having bid higher. gentleman went
to Alexandria and saw Col Alexander, who
told him there were no men in his regiment
who could re-enlist. In justice to Col A, it
was proper TO say that those men whose terms
are nearest expired, have over sixty DAYS to
serve, and under the orders of the Department.
they cannot re-enist. No matter how we'll
disposed Col. A. was to aid in filing the quota
of the ward those circumstances prevented him.
Mr.. l.. also stated that several gentlemen had
offered to furnish recr uits-two offered thirty
men-but upon looking for them they were not
obtapable, the gentlemen stating that they
could do better in Georgetown. Mr.. l. stated
that there had been more applications yester-
day than on any day before, and of those offered
ten were rejected, nine from the navy and one
from the army. The committee in charge OF
the business had been untiring in their efforts,
but it requires more men to operate successful.
ly, and they should be authorized TO paw as
high bounty as any ward sub district The
president closed his remarks by calling for
volunteers to aid the committee to-day, and
the following responded:-Messrs. Simpson,
Wolf, Robinson, Steele, 1 Mudd, q. M Tay.
LOT, -. y. heritage, ROBERT Smith, Johnson,
Mercer and Taylor.
Mr.. Wof proposed to be one of hundred
to give 500. MIR. Curtis would be another
With these the proposition remained open for
others.
MIR. Steele moved that the executive commit.
tee be empowered 10 pay as high bounty for
recruits as any ward or district.
Mr.. Sharretts thought il would he better for
the committee TO have an understanding and
deal generously with applicants, but no: let it
be understood that they would give exorbitant
prices.
MIR. Wolf favored the empowering of the
committee TO such an extent that they could
compete with any ward or district.
The motion was carried.
Messrs. Cooper and Kaiser reported that they
had been collecting on their own authority for
the ward, and the result of the days collec-
tons was 1875.
The President reported that the ward has
more cash in hand and fewer men to furnish
than any other ward, and thought 1T very en-
couTaging. The collection at this meeting is
S3a3.25, and the collection still going on.
Mr.. VOLTS first proposition not being filed,
he offered another to be one of forty to give IS
cash in order to make the cash in hand even
$4,000. hen eleven gentlemen had responded
to this call tie meeting adjourned until this
evening at * o'clock.
The President announced the total of cash to
be 1854 in hand.