Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-09-26

Ter, the wonderful iilusionists gave the first of
DIS interesting exhibitions at OtC Fellows
i h",i iaSs evening. and gave eminent satisfsc
noh- he was assisted by Mrs. Macaiister, and
presented several new aud astonishing feats
NUMBER Of costly presents are given away
week.
PJGILrsTrC TyH' 'lrroN-a sparripg exh
81 70. : a." !".' 'IGht at Columbus Gar
Ger. the occasion Dei.g "A compl pentary bene.
nj by the sports of Washington to the dis
tInguished Bill Ryall. Tom Allen, and Baroey
Aaron, members of tue p. H, who are now in
The city. The Garden was WILL filled, a Ou,n .
ne present being gentlemen we'll known In tbe
community. "Sets-to were had between
quite number OF .'knighis Of the gloves
prominent amGng whom were Barney Aaron
and Dooney Harris, of New York, and Tom
Allen ard Ryall, the English prize hgh ers
Inese TWO worthIes are very large men, ZACH
OF them te Dg above six feet in height lust
before the close OF the entertainment Barney
Aaron announced from the stage that the
Trends OF Allen were willing TO back him to
fight any man III the Trr'',i States for ss;.Ou a
side. He is 4 fine l-~'f'. nan but little
beeiy, ard during the 'sset-to'' between him
and Ryah they both blowed like horses with
ne ntaVes. They did not rush the fighting as
American sparrers are apt to do. ana their
ehew OF hitting was so much like chlds play
that Barney Aaron was obliged to admonIsn
them repeatedly from behind the scenes TO
.sspar little"
Rash Bolster, who is getting puffy under the
belt and marine named NJ Catfrey, had a
bout, McCanrey showing great activity for
novice. 10 Beard, of Baltimore and Frank
Ihomas, Of Philadelphia, had a turn, and
Frank proved too light material for his antag-
onist. subsequently Beard found himself bet
ter matched by an active. why chap from Bal
f'more, who was introduced as Mr.. Snooks,"
and who managed 10 Dab Beard almost contin-
uously on the cheek and neck An interesting
set-to was had by Barney Aaron and Dooney
Harris, who fought Chandler tor S5.GOu (in
sold) a side III California, getting whipped bv
thaEdIrr- Inrris has a regular pug,Iistic
mug, while > aron is rather neat aud gentle
manly In countenance and figure. Harris is
middle weight, and in this particular was rath-
eT an oyerHatch for Barney. who, however
danced around him in the lively style peculiar
to him, administering his lightning blows and
getting ont OF the way instantsr. There was
also funny ser-to between q party named
NoWers and a rare horse looking customer
named Kelley. The wonderful tricks of an
educated dog, and song and dance by little
Agnes Harris, but six years old, completed the
ntsrtalnment. The assemblage was very large
al the Garden, but he proceedings were order
iy and nobody eo' his pocket picked.
THE RIVER RONT, SEPT 2GTH.-The steam
er Wawaset. Fawke, LEFT he wharf this mora
ing on an excursion trip to Mount Vernon,
with large party on board.
H1Trey'E WhCrf.-Arrived-Schr Eliza b.
Emory, Young. Philadelphia. Ais tons OF coal
!or Harvey, I / Il 4 Given.
C9Ttcr'F ~, :'.-Sailed-Schr. Pathway
Haley, for Georgetown, TO load with ceal tor
Boston.
Fo'rIer'z HHqrf-Satled-Scbrs RaItjp,ore
Usher, Rockers STRAITS light; G.. :. Maitby
Tyler, hoOher's Straits, light; Shawnee TT be-
GoyIneton. down the river, light: Eeharr,
SecCr, Hooker, Baltimore, light: slCoD George
shipper Faunce, with ice for the fishing shore:
mary and Rebecca faunce, and Leonard
johnson. for the fishing shores.
cro"ch s Hharf -AIrived-Shooners Ida A.
JaEne, JAYNE, New YORK, cement for j. J.
Sullivan; John Hamilton, Hart, oak wood tor
S'Tth-Strcc1 Hharf Arrived schr. Msry
Watson. -, New Yorz, with forage for Gov
Erorn tho EaS,ern Rrapob n,b.,S.
lowing report has beeh received:
Green's hGfJ.-Arrived-schrs. CARA Bell.
Apflegarth, from James river, with lumber
Tor Thomas Clark; Martha Ann, Morris, Brit
IONS bay, pine wood for narke,; Ocean Wave,
with pine wood for the navy yard Harriet
Butler, with pine wood for market.
GWiHdHdS Wort. - Arrived - pungy Me.
chanic, Smart. from Mattavomau, with pine
wood for market; SlllIe, from Mattawoman
with pine wood for market Benjamin Cox,
Franklin, oak wood for VIM. Guinand Consti-
tuition, Segar, pine wood for market; David
Currie. ParroI, Connecticut river, with 300
tons stone for Mr.. Emory
Williams d: JolIy'S Wharf.-Arrived-schr
Annie Edith, Myers, Havre- de- q race, s6 tons
coal for Williams Jolly.
DSpaTtgrcs.-Schrs. AIexanderY Dung, Young
for Georgetown, for soft coal Tor Pro violence,
X. l.; Sarah Jane, Nottingham, for st. Mays
river. light; Mary Jane, Foxweil. for Britton's
bay, light: Gaelic, Lyons for Currioman,
i,ght' pungy Mechanic, Smart, for Wade's bay,
light; Sarah Ellen, shannon. for Marlow's
bay, light
LIGHT WEIGHT-No RrfsreHce 10 liz Prize
F.gat.-ResIdents OF Washington, particularly
those on the Island, should b, chary about pur-
chasing potatoes from vendors VINO hawk
shem around the streets in WAGONS or other
vehicles. IL often occurs that purchasers
egregiously cheated as the subjoined case will
show. An evening or two since gentleman
residing near Maryland a Venue ald Thirteenth
street, was called upon by a colored man drv-
ire cart, the BODY OF which was painted
blue, and solicited to purchase some sweet po-
fatD Sari fad IN
bushels Of them, which the vender pro-
coed 10 deliver. On bringing IN the first
bushel, however, the bulk appeared rath-
er email: which excited suspicion, aud
the inquiry was therefore made, how many
pounds he gave TO the bushel. The reply was
fifty.six pounds, the law directs THIS,
however, was not satisfactory. as the gentle
man had two sets OF scales at hand, he de err
mined 10 weigh the potatoes over again, which
he did IN the presence OF the colored man, that
1t might not be said that advantage had been
taken. The result was that instead OF the al
Iegea bushel weighing fifty pounds, it only
by which the colOred man was governed, were
brought forth and an attempt made TO weigh
out the potatoes, but the effort Yves utterly
abortiye, as it was impossible 10 make them
balance. and they were pronounced worthless.
These practices are OF frequ occurrences,
ard we therefore again admonish housekeep-
ers and others to insist upon fair weight OF
what they purchase.
The MEETING THAT Dip mot CONE OFF-A
Case Of Misplaced Confdsnce.-An evening CO.
temporary has the following standing head in
its columns:
"~AH meetings are we'll attended when
advertised in the Express. Reason-Ail classes
Of people read it,"
And Just under this standing head has ap
reared, for several days, the following adver-
IIsenent:
~ Fourth Ward Democratic Club.--The
member OF the Fourth Ward Democratic Club
will meet at Cookers Restaurant, corner OF
Fourth and h streets, on wednesday, the 25ih
instant, at 80 p. n. Members are requested
TO attend, as business Of importance will be
ira nsac.ed. Addresses will be delivered"
Pursuant to this call a STAR reporter hied 10
Cookers Hall at the hour named TO see the
Gathering Of the masses. The masses were not
tbore at $50; they were not there at p. m, nor
ato3O. At9 the number present stood by ac-
tuai count az follows Four disguised demo-
Gratis killing time over a greasy deck Of cards,
two ditto playing baga.elle, three yawnlng
democrats looking on and three victmized re-
porters, Ike Othello, with occupation gone
twelve persons in all. 1t only remains to be
said that the mseting was not held, the bust
ness OF importance was not transacted, the ad-
dreese were not delivered. and the uae sep
arated with the feeling that they were the un-
dorbted victims of misplaced confidence in
the essuI nee that ssE9- All meetings are well
q erded when advertised in the Express"