Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-02-19
LOCAL NEWS.
AAUsEMINrs TONIGHT.


announces that Chas. Reads play !" Rachel the
Reaper will be performed at the washing
ton Thss.@, ,o-s.sh This play :, was TTiss1
only by her and her New York company. The
play is replele with interest, and the cast 10
stong one.
FoRp,s THEATER.-Mrs. Bowers to night
takes her farewell benefit, and will produce
new comedy, entitled, "Woman, or Love
sgains. the world" and and, which was written
play IS said 70 be good one, and as Mrs.
Bowers will be supported by a strong cast, the
play will no doubt be very interesting.
Growers Coleman,s thrilling
drains, The Iron Chest n i'll be performed
tonight, and Mr.. Edwin Booth viii assume
the character II :. Sir Edward Mortimer and
s'Winfr. d." and by Mrs. Piacide Mann. Miss
Placide, and Others. Shakspeare's comedy,
Katharine and Petruchio," win conclude the
entertainment.
The CcNTIsRsTALs AND THU DwARFs.-
There is q very Interesting entertainment given
nightly st Odd Fellows Hall, FIR the Conti-
mental yocaists haze been combined with the
dUar:s Com Focte, Col. Small, and Miss Eliza
Nesiei, ard all appear in double entertain
inert II Is such Il show as will please men,
women and Chi dr.n, and ia worth attending.
observation-disclosures Lea has ine corps
OF ptriorneis just now, Tor in addition to his
regular company, who is each one iavorits,
he has secured The services of Martini Chir-
iski, the nctsd veItril 'qnist, jucgier, &C.; Ma
omi Pcrer, tee jig dlBseusf; J. Ihoms son, the
tapic3st no niorIun vocalist; w. Il. Cav
, anagh, IN. Irish comedian and vocalist; and
maLy cihtTs
NARIsrILs-The Varieties troupe will give
another delight III entertainment to- night, and
1T Will tmorace song, dance, and Ethiopian
eccentrlcIiy; and sides, Mr. W. J. Thomp-
son ard his trained cog Hector, will prove, as
usual, sources OF immense attraction. 81 The
Cate straiers, or the Dog OF the Mountain"
will be performed.
SMITHSONIAN LHCTU RE.-Dr. r. Solger will
delistr tonight, al the hall of the Smithsonian,
the first OF u course OF lectures on the Races
lectures
BTElAL OF SOLDIERS IN WASHINGTON
WAsG = soldier or person in the en- pioy or
under the protection OF the q. 5. Government
olss al camp or hospital, the SENIOR Surgeon
not'n's tie Quartermaster, who provides
suitable Cofhr, the means OF trans ortation, and
burial The surgeon Motif alton contains (ln
casts OF soldiers only the name, regiment,
rank, company, residence before enlistment,
coEJugai condition, re sid anca of widow ", nearest
relative CT friend, cause of death, age, nativity,
date and place OF death. ALI this Information
Is properly entered by the Quartermaster or
his clerk upon Journal, aud when the burial
IS tonplrisd, the precise locality of the grave
is ALA register d, with the date. This i'm oor.
taDt duty was placed under the charge OF Capt
Edward l. Hartz, A. Q. NJ, u. :. ASunttI last
LEI rmbsr, when he wss relieved by Capt. Jas
M. Nj oIe, q. q. NJ. During the time of Capt
HafI2, the burial of soldiers iva rded oy
cont act 10 The lowest bidder, but since January
1861, The Government has taken entire controi,
aIa iroviofs the necessary funeral cquipa ..
he todies aIe buried a. the OId Soldiers
Home euriai ground, or at Harmony burial
ground. The former cemetery beinS used ex-
ciLsiyely for the burial OF soldiers dying OF
dieeasts lot contagious willie the latter i spd
Tor tie li;srmeDt OF soldiers and Others dying
of sn&ii roS, and contra5 ds. There tbs
solCIeT Is tnIied IN a block entirely separate
from The portion devoted 10 the other classes
Zach grave yard Is in charge of asaxLoa,
who superint' mas the cemetery and has the
boeles properly inferred. Both grounds are di-
yioed nto blocks, each block containing a
certain number CT ranges, and The ranges q
Eumber Of graves.
The old soldiers Home Burial Ground is
situated shout tp miles northeast OF The city,
or about enc mile from the eth street toll gate:
and the Harmony Burial Ground is about Tour
miles from the city, just northeast OF Gales
woods When a body is inferred q suitable
heaohoaId is provided, containing the name,
Regiment, rank, and company. and date OF
death 81 deceased, which was nlads originally
OF black walnut. oiled and deferred with white
paint. hut Capt. Moore is having al the head
hcsTos removed and reprinted. making them
white and The ltterlDg black, which gives q
mole Cpt eriul look TO the cemetery, and at the
sane time render the boards more durable, and
the inscriptions more intelliglbie. Trees and
sbrubteTy are being distributed in the ceme-
teries, he graves soddsd, the walks properly
aTayelled and in addition to all these i'm prove
me nts, The buildings and gateways are being
put IN good condition. Eventually these rest
ng places Tor the hupored dead will bs an or
Iament TO the rlstrIct, and credit to the par
ties concerned.
Should any one desire information OF de.
ceased fIield it eau be obtained al he offica OF
Capt. James NJ. Moore, A. q. NJ, i3i + street.
The :" burial record" instituted by Captain
IIaTtZ II i>0 Il, ana always Will be. of incalcu-
liable beLefit to the public and those more di-
Iecuy III crested. II now contains upwards of
lt.tN namts OF soldiers dying IN tins District
and Vicinity. Hospitals have been closed,
camps lave been Removed, and were il not for
the "morluary record" he fat OF many sol
ciers would be unGnowG, or Al best mater
OF doubt at any tiIne al Official certificate of
solo5er's deain can re obtained at Captain
Moere office, which could not ne otherwise
ObtaiTsd,
TIE i ire system of bLTia!s exhibits through
an in - tICn On r fls,rIr
Mfl i. LAKE raIu r Nj. Springfield, III charge,
10 do ever! thing Conducive to the henef. OF
afflicted iIn and the secnre repose os cur
noble sCioiers.
MIS- LAURA KEEsE-Thi. evening tue
charming domestic d, ANA Of :. Il ,cnei, the
Reaper, " ia he performed. Ii is a dramatizt-
ton G! has HEATS b al Ii NJ tory of ..Ciouds
anc 81 ushine"-repleth with moral sentiments
ard u Il r. sting situations, in which q wide
ssCpe IS given To the actors for 4 realization OF
chtl g, ter.
MISS Keene is the her inc of the play, aud Is
ssld 10 hr eAcelltn ',-Le wick. Peters, aud Dy1tt
ale also IN the ,ast,-aud we may therefore
eAreci an acmfsUie entertainment from the
ccmbir Ell efforts Of these artists.
On NJ noay, "CherI V s. favori.e comedy Of
The , iers Daught, r." in which MIS- keene
vii play the W lido y Cheer y" 20 be followed
10y "haZerpa' or Pears on Horseback"
FoED's NEW THEArEK.-Mrs. Bowers an
rcuuc's her farewell benefit this evening, on
n CT occasion shs Will appear for the first
lne IN tie new comedy, written for her by
Edmund faicoEtr, Esq entitled - oman. or
Love A. aIBst the Worio,' supported by the
tine omI any The 60 uedy IL said TO pos
fes- at 'x'iat rd;nars degree of excellence, sell
rom NE. wrh IN modern productions. Tue
CLAIMS % lie ftr 6eneGciGre are too we'll kHo En
10 cause COUNT for a moment bnc that she Will
b. hoper.d by a most briiiiant and Gro 1ded
audience on Ih~ coca ION OF her bene ut 10 night.
Monday rhe pr'at play OF Rose lais, the
Rife la ~ is 10 be- produced, and an carry
application icr seats is ad yisable.
ACCIDENT TO A SkAIsAG PARTY-Yester.
day sIeTbCop, while several ladies' lamont
VII ~ ere he daug hters of the Hon. Mr.. Eliot
OF NasF.,l were skating PociS Greek, near
9EorFe toul. the ice gave wayaud der them. and
ttey NFIe lTeci plated into thr stream, which
was al this point between four and i've feet
oFep. -Four gentlemen who had accompanied
the l:nits succeed In rescuing them from
THEN dangerous an unpiea SAINT position they
we're Immediately taken to house near by
where proper snnuiants were applied and q
kTIsk circulation stored.