Evening star., 1864-12-16
LOCAL NEWS.
AMUslMRNrS TONIGHT.

VI 'estyail, the magnlncent, when she Will
appear Tor the last time but one In her original
rendition OF "Captain Henri de Lagardere," "
II tne grand romantic drama Of I" The Dukes
Motto ao Here" In preparation "Gamea
or, The Hebrew Fortune Teller"
FoRD's TBEATER-Mrs D. p. Bowers the
distinguished American actress. this evening
receives benefit at Ford's, when she will ap.
pear In her great character of "CamilIe," In
which she is said to be without an equal. A
splendid bill of both tragedy and comedy Is in
store for to morrow evening.
OXFORD HALL.-Miss Agnes Sutherland. the
queen OF song is stll delighting large audiences
with her excellent voice, and will sing some OIL
her choicest pices this evening. All OF the
most OF actors are good, and If YOU wish to
spend delightful evening you have but to go
to Oxford Hall.
CANTRRBURY HALL.-The infant wonders,
Masters Tommy and Wally, are still at the
canterbury. They are said to be the smallest
Ethiopian comedians in the world. The roar
lng Iarce OF the "Two Gregories' will be pro-
duced in excellent style this evening. To. NOR
dren.
Al Odd Fellows Hall, will richly repay a
visit. The display is very fine and the attrac-
tons varied.
TIE CASE OF DE-. kEAsBY-The trial of Dr.
j. B. Keasby, surgeon to the Board of Enroll
ment OF this District, charged with being en-
gagged in procuring substitutes contrary to the
act OF Congress, with willful neglect to make
fRitbful examinations and true reports of per.
sons presenting themselves for substitutes and
recruits, and for conduct prejudicial to good
order and military discipline, was resumed
yesterday at O'Clock, when the following eyi.
dence was given in:
Captain J. C.. Putnam, Provost Msrshal was
sworn, and testifed.-He had with MIN the
record of the draft Of September 1861, and
referred TO pages 70 and 81, and read, ssNo. So,
Z. 3. Butts. 3o4 New York avenue, accepted;
substitute furnished 10th of October, Ie6l:''
witness then showed the record book OF per.
sons examined; on page six of the book was
the name OF Peter Alexander, accepted as sub
ststute for Edwin G.. Butts; neither of these
were In the handwriting of the accused; the
two books form part Of the records OF the
ONCE; witness said the above was a complete
books.
Coptain Henry A. Scheet. sworn-Kesides at
N Montgomery Square Montgomery county, Pa;
W as appointed Provost Marshal of the Dis
trict in June, 1853, and was relic we'd June, 1864;
witness referred to page 81 of an Office record
OF instructions to Provost Marshals, dated Oc-
toter "a, 1868; was acquainted with the ac-
Cused-he was surgeon of the Board OF Enroll
ment; witness was unable to say whether the
accused saw the instructions or not; they were
IN the Office and open for inspection at any
time; witness gave no orders or privileges to
any OF the Board to deal in substitutes; he rec
ollects, on one occasion, was out of the Office
IN the morning, and on coming in the office, on
information received, was very angry with
DR.. Keasby, and told hi n he had no business
20 ouy substitutes or deal In them, as he
had q brother in the business he should
come and attend to it himself; this was
about thu 18th of May; the doctor replied
he did not think he was doing wrong;
be said he had bought them of Arnold
Mr.. Bogden, Ball, and he thinks MIR. Drew or
Gibbs, he forgot which, was in the office at the
time; the witness then produced a duplicate
roll, and stated IL was roll of premiums paid
for the acceptance of recruits to bounty fund
committees, and read: "May II, Harry Cox,
s95, signed Charles a. Keasby; May IL, No. 13,
Keasby; May IL, Chas Scott, 81, signed Chas
"A: keasbyi May II. Washington TAFT s25,
Chas. A. Keasby; May IL, John Tolliver,
81, Chas. A. Keasby; the above are all colored
men, &c. K.," which appears after the sigma
ture OF Chas. A. Keasby, he thought was the
hand writing of the accused; does not know
what the lie ters mean; on rclI of 18th May was
the words "colored recruits to be credited to
the fourth Congressional District of Massa-
chusets and on which appeared the follow
ing: "May -, Joseph Smith, SOS, A. o. Ball,
for II. II. Dudley; fifth Massachusetts colored
cavalry; II. a. III the margin; IA number Of like
entries were read by the witness fro n the
came roll, ell credited to the same parti,s, aid
for the same State
BY Defense Wines was allowed by per-
nit OF the provost marshal TO recruit for the
state OF Massachusetts: thought the letters
" @. K" We're DR.. Keasby's, because he had
been in the habit OF signing for his brother;
thought the accused must have seen the in
structions, as the manner of paving premiums
was theIe set FORTH Mr. Ball was clerk in the
office under witness; witness said the money
was paid by him TO Dudley for the men Ar
mold brought TO him, as appeared on the second
roll referred to; witness had the authority to
appoint recruiting agents; thinks the accused
" as appointed surgeon with the rank and pay
OF a lieutenant of cavalry.
BY the Judge Advocate State under what
act of Congress the examination ard the ac-
Ceptance or rejection OF recruits were made.
Objected to by the counsel for the defence,
and the court was cleared
On reopening the Court announced the OBJ
lection sustained.
BY Defense Witness appointed Charles A.
Eeasby a recruiting agent at the request Of
Surgeon Keasby, and he was confirmed by the
Provost Marshal General; never noticed that
the accused wos very particular in attending
10 his brothers affairs: he was very anxious
always to get his brothers. premiums; used to
give them to him 10 carry TO his brother: he
always got n recruit for his brother when he
could; the accused made out nearly all the
checks for his brO,her; he often notified other
brokers' TO appear TO get their premiums all
agente were required TO have authority from
the witness before they could act; accused did
not ask for Arnold's money as for his brother
70 Arnold; accused told witness he had trans
acted the business OF procuring the recruits
outside the Ofhce; witness generally paid the
premiums himself; sometimes he gave the
money TO the clerks or Surgeon Keasby, when
he was required 10 be absent, to pay to recruit
ing agents.
To the Court-Was acquainted with the
handwritings Of Charles A. Keasby and Sur
geon Keasby; they were so similar could
scarcely tell them apart; the letters s'H. A."
witness said, stood probably for II. Arnold, as
he sold the men 10 Dudley; witness usually
paid the local premiums; thought there was
no more OnlectlOn 10 lle surgeon pay money
for his brother than there was to other mem
bers of the Board paying for any other agent;
supposed the money paid by the surgeon for
his brother was advanced by himself; Massa
chusetts was then paying s3O1 bounty and 50
premium; received the order from the Provost
Marshal General to recruit for Massachu sets,
al d the premium money was advanced by the
Adiutant General OF that State.
The Court here adjourned to to-day at IL
o'clock.
MHHTIrG AT THE UNION LEAGUE ROOMS
The Republican club 10 be a Permanent OrgGn-
,-Gtion.-I4ast evening 4 large number of the
ynicn men of this city assembled at the Uni IN
League Rooms, 9th street, in pursuance 70 the
following call:
Attention Union Hen!--A mass Convention of
the loyal citizens and residents OF this District
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