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Theatre
Fr. Eddy took his benefit at the theatre here Friday evening vith one of the most crowded audiences that have attended the threatre for many years.
Everybody is on the tip toe of expectation of the arrival of the great showman, "a Werd" (Artenrus Ward) and his "Betsy Jane."
Work of Freedmen1s Bureau
The following cases before the Freedmen1s Bureau, and other statistics for the week ending on January 6, 1866, may be of some interest to your readers*
For collection of wages from white employers
colored M
For whipping and ill treatment from the
hands of white citizens colored H
For protection from white mobs in the streets while employed at their daily work
Total
No. of Rations issued to destitute citizens for the
past week 596lM- as follows*
No. of white persons drawing rations	578
colored "	93
No. of persons in hospital at Dog River, of both classes,	drawing	rations	160
Total	831
Number of days	7
Total number	of	Rations	5?8l7
Ship Accident
On Friday evening last (January 12, 1866), the propeller Joseph Sparks ran on the obstructions as she was entering the port and parted entirely in the center. She is a total loss. No lives were sacrificed.
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