Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-01-21
LOCAL NEWS.
ADJUSTMENTS Fo-Nlsur


tsItnUd AmeriV an actress, who has never
iaied to elicit hearty applause, whistler ri
success at Ford's thrater il this cIsy. Las,
night all were delighted win her rendition of
BFatTice," in "Much Ado ahont Nothing
and those WI o see TO- Eight will, we opine,
he no lrss delighted with her
growers THAT R-Th" play Tn =
Ii' ket OF Leave Man," is admirably perform d
h. Mr.: Grnsers f,z COMPANY, and It can
scarcely be dou 1'ed mat il ia presented here
as ", II as -. any other "itv. TIL proposio q
10 ste ii She go at once, al it must soon Civ.
way Tor Other, attractions.
GoTTsCHALK's FIRST CONCERT will be given
tonight At " lizards Hal ana from the mum
Der OF utsets solo, and the class Of per ons
purchasing tn m, The audi -ucp pr1m ses 10 be
l&dge ana 1,r "a, n n, nahie. NJ Gotschalk, te
noted IT ma Jenna, ana Sig carlo Patti,
broth r Of the famous Patti sIste = The pr
ETanme Tonight embraces peri FINANCES for
the pm" AID si.tin, and vocal and I4sTu
mertaI sc p tons from the m ost proiniuentdud
faVuIite authors.
CANT FL BURY.--1t is SAID that this popular
hall Ea> Changed n nds, and that the manage
utnt is cow in the h ards ~ 'Jr Lea. the ei..
eT-tu tic proprietor OF the Mefo 'aon in Baiti-
more The haDte Of ownership will not N
tht lest affect the entertain ,nents, IF they
Will be as good az heretofore, the same corps
OF p-lioImer@ rsnain. To night n bill full of
III and Jun Will he performed, and as usual
there will nc dsntt be a full house.
NARIEIIrs Those who visit the Varieties
fnd II Necessary 10 90 early, else tney are de.
!, Privfd OF seats, So great Is the rush. All the
= Ia IGbers nf the tallst, dram stic and panto
mime tIonpe will appear tonight in an au-
TIrabie bill A new drama, 1.-THE Skeleton
Atcuser, having in it considerable OF the hor-
Ilb!r, is IN sct've preparation.
FAIRS AND FEsTIvALs-Ths Iadie. OF Eas.
Washington M +. Mission will to night give
festival and supper at Odd Fellows Hail.
Navy Yard, the proceeds whereof will be de.
voted TO the Home Mission Society of The
thuren: All Vlsiters will no doubt have a
delightful time.
1t ODD Fellows Hall. Seventh street, the
Lao - OF the Asssmbiy's Church continue their
iusIestng fair, aDd have for sale 50 ulany ar
ticlss that every visitor fad something
suited TO his tast and worth 'purcha ing The
tar room is beautifully decorated, indeed.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE At about three o'cl3ck
Thi- morning Ulcers BrrW ard Griar, gr tn.
Tn rd Ward, discovered flames ISSUING from
the tWO-stOrV frame building on /. street: be-
tween 9th and eth reefs, owned AMI occuDi.d
as restaurant by Mrs. HUN, and a. N
soun'ed an lafm, " hiCh quickly brought out
tlr seYeri! lire comp les, Including Two OF
he Gov rnnlent steam engines. The hou.e i'll
which the frr Originated was soon DESTROYED.
Including atout SIC o worth OF liquor and
saIs- which were i'll the CELLAR. The flames
LeZ' eXtenC ed 10 the two frame buildings owned
u Downing brothers, ART occupied by Iohu
F IafNer, polio man OF the Second Ward,
and John Stanford, both OF whom lost ab ,ut
enc hdif OF their furniture. here is 40 insii-
nee on these houses The honsa Of p-ter
Rich er was EeAt burnt and The flames then
l.Sau &C he TWO houses owned by Idr. Him.
neil, one IF which occupied by himself
g. the other by DIR. VIM. Parker (paiut ~,
hCth Ct y hour : 81 mast Of t'pir furniture The
flames Iur her spread TO the two houses next ad
lll:.g'a at, I.icd oy John :,uneii. and oveu-
j. By tw" o. 'hr-e iaInIiu-~, whose MANS We
unable TO I'm " hch wer. soon patti tIly
Ce- royed. 1wt u @es oWuoG by ne estate II
! I'm !. freeman one Of W ich occup,ei
by }. T. frrs man, which was separ tted from
tue LOLse III which tn. fire originated bv an
alley, ntxt caught, and the upper portions
t. uCh burnt, Re upants, III common vita
tie others, losing mech CT their f. rniture.
The two ire Gepartnents-the Government
al City-last night " orhed auicabiy together.
and by their exertlons, Succeeded in saving
much OF the ADJ inihg properly. The flames
5 OF the com pauieS quickly on the
J ound, when they arrived and threw the
INST v er, the u PR portions of all the houses
ere IN a blaze They succeeded, howe YER, in
saving some OF them from entire destruction.
Tie police of thu l hird Ward were present in
lody, with officers Lynch and Ecklotf and
oilers of the Fourth Ward. as we'll III som,
from o'her wards and all rendered valuable
ar iCe In sa ing the furniture and working the
tbs apparatus; some OF them getting soaked
Trough by water we'll MS the iremen.
In some of the houses the families had SO
little time 10 get out that they barely made their
escape, and many children were brought out OF
III, IT bees II an almost nude condition. There
were some cases of small poI also in the row,
but hey were got cut before there was any
danger
THIS morning there were some comical scenes
among the persons who were engaged in mo wing
ate furniture, OWING to the fear OF touching
clothing Or bedding from the houses in Wni: n
the small -pox lad been. In one instance
man TT fusrd 10 pass down the pavem mt near
the ruins for fear oi getting the smallpox, but
eeuerously went to the opp)>ite side OF thu
street and voluntet red to move some OF the
furniture which had been SIT ther-. He seized
a bed, but some person excltiming, ''Hallo
that 8 the De- a man died On with the small,
pox," he dropped it like a hot potato, and m ade
off. amid the laughter Of the bystanders.
Ry This calamity upwards cf fifteen families
"a r.. N on ,tnhi
GU serious matter at this season OF the
Star.
The loss, near can be estimated at the
present time, is about fifteen thousand dollars,
upon which there j. hut lit ie !. surance. g.
There is little doubt but that the fire was the
work of AZ mcenG ar r, ami II surtaised that 1t
may have been done by a gang Of thieves to draw
OIL the after OF The pniice, that . better op-
IOrturity mi ht ne had 10 commit roooery
No less Ihan two police officers we're burned
OFT by this tire-John +. PARKER, of The Second
Ward, aid j. I Parker, son OF Mr. VIM. Parker,
OF the Third Ward.
Mrs. HUNS furnIur-, Der AMI fixtures, are
iEs ured II, tie North American Insurance CO.
OF Hartford, CT, for S1,5tO; loss sI,3l0 Tae
house is inst reG for ssUJ IN the North Anerl-
can Go. OF New York.
AMERICAN CoLoNIzATIOs SocIETY-The
fCTty yenth anniversary OF the American
Colonization SOcicfy was celebrated last night
III kev. Or. SunderIand's church, Four -and-a-
halt street. The attendance was not so large
upon former years
He SNONlrl} Was CARED 10 Df Ger a o clio X,
y J. IL. Is. Lairobe, Esq, the President, aud
theeIercises were opened with fer vent prayer.
j. Rev X. r. Gurley.
Thc Pr sident announced that as the annual
reI Ort was very volunnnous, and as justiee
lid not re dOEe ii by simply reading rxtrac s,
it, reading at this time We I'D b. dispensed
with, But it would be speedily CiveH to the
u lac i'll printed form. Mt Latrobs also
e pressed lie ret that gentlemen wao wers ex-
y ted to address the So Ciety were not present,
AID he proceeded TO make a few r"marks, Ia
which lie ar ued that the of repeated tiecla a.
ton bat his war, ter m mating as It becessariy
must, would give freedom to the negro and
Uf.yIaIe the necessity Of tile ColOriZ ttoa So
Cirry's labors, was m9de WITHOUT full knowledge
q tie facts, aid that aiteT he war there would
be rs mnch necessity Tor colonization societies
= there at present. The race could not he
D. tered in this country, but ii was necessary
TO coioriZe them in country 81 their own.
IL IL gross Were par: and parcel Of the labor
ing classes Of the country and mixed with
t.rn, and in this lar they could not De elevated
IL tie sccial scale. Tiey would become In the
slave Stats, when on &c freed, what they were
III III free States 70 day.