Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-09


about s., 900. There was great dissatisfaction
expressed on account of the price of the tick
ets, and there is no doubt but what the thea
ire would have crowded had the price been So
instead of IS. In the second tier, tickets for
which sold at 81, we noticed q number of our
most wealthy and respectable citizens, some
having with them the ladies of their families.
In the dress circle, We noticed President
Pierce, Gen. Scott, Secretary Dobbin, General
Col Forney, Sidney Webster, ESQ, Marshal
Hoover, and other distinguished persons We
do not know when We saw so many pretty
women together at any one time before.
The opera passed of we'll. The singing was
good and the acting admirable We wore dis
appointed in Grisi To say nothing of Jenny
Lind, Parodi, Laborde. and the lamented Son.
tag, sang much better. Grisi, beyond doubt,
has seen her best days as singer. She has
about her all the remains Of treat artist
Last night, We wore forcibly rsI hded of the
truth Of the remark of a friend, who said
"Grisi, az singer, is splendid ruin" But
what Grisi lacks as a singer, she makes ND as
an actress. She Is the best lyric actress we
ever saw--perhaps the best Of the present age
Mario Is handsome man, with q flute like
voice. Last night, he exhibited evidences of
his recent indisposition. Pollione il not a
proper character for the great tenor to show
OF the powers Of his sweet voice Susini as
Oroveso, was fine The deep full voice of this
artist was we'll suited to the character. We
never saw Adalgisa better psrsonated than BY
Miss Donovan last night. She nearly equaIled
the prima donna. Her singing was sweet, her
acting chaste. and we'll conceived. This lady
does not appear to know the power and melo
dy Of her own voice We predict for her
bright future. All that she deeds is confidence
and knowledge Of her own powers as singer.
Nor AN INTERNAL MACHINH.-This morning
colored boy brought into our counting room
closely sealed and curiously enveloped box
addressed to Wallach d Hope. editors Even.
ing Star. Having been threatened through
the post efice by secret enemies and others
who have no secrets, we at first hesitated in
opening tde box, thinking ismight be torpedo,
or an informal machine INTENDED to deprive
the world of our valuable existence; but at
last, thinking that the righteous have naught
to fear and that the wicked fly when none
pursue, We mustered courage to open tho box,
whom we discovered bundle Of choice Ha-
vana cigars Of the Ires Las Csrona brand, q
flask OF eau de feur Granger, and bottle de
Bouquet do jenny Lind, from the store of
Drs. Holt d ViDton, corner 18th street and
Pennsy vania avenue In the box We found
kind note, from which We take the following
extract:
Gas old subscribers, we take the liberty of
presenting you with small testimonial of our
regards for the manly and independent course
pursued by the Star for the past year,
Gentlemen, of such appreciation and liber-
ality must succeed. In their lexicon there is
no such word as fail.
BEGaARs AND SwINDLERs As usual, whom
any thing Of importance is to be transacted
pu blicly in Washin gton, the city is troubled
with beggars and swindlers from other cities
Such was the case yesterday, and one could
hardly turn but some sturdy beggar would
stick OFT his dirty hand to receive ga few
pennies" from mon not half as able to work
az themselves. The lower class Of beggars
mako their living by small amounts but
there is another sort who hang about the hotels
and By their impudenoe and cunning become
acquainted with strangers and sw;ndle them,
or if necessary pick their pockets. Yesterday
was great day for tho "wringers in" and
the hotels were supplied with them. It is q
great pity that tho police cannot obtain evi.
dence to enforce the vagrancy law upon them.
WooDsAwYER's HoTEL-We heard the Of
feers Of the police department speaking of q
descent they made on Saturday last, on tho
wood.awysr's hotel. For long time We were
at loss TO know where this hotel is situated;
but We at last found that the wooden building
on It'll street, at the bridge, once occupied by
Richard Eaten, az an oyster stall, is tho spot
1t receives this name because il is the rer deg.
" US of woodsawyers and colored persons who
labor 1T the canal. On Saturday, seven were
taken while sitting in the house, and carried
to the guard house, whore they were examined
under the corporation law, and ordered to pay
the fine and costs Tho laws governing the
case were three in number; blu. Justice Nor
sell took pity on the poor fellows, and ordered
them to pay the smallest fine.
A YOUTHFUL PATkIoT.-Among tho mol
dents Of yesterday, it must not be forgotten
that George Washington Maher "a young son
of "Jimmy,'' the Public Gardener) com
menoed firing grand salute from a minia
tuIe brass cannon made by Mr. James O'Neal,
zone Of the scientific gentlemen in our city
one Of the most perfect iicces of workman
ship that has evor teen produced. TIE youth
who performed this affair. like bis father, is
great deyotee of the cid hero Of Nsw Orleans.
AT early dawn he proceeded to Lafayette
Square, and right under the equestrian statue
Of Jackson, fired of thirty one rounds from
his little gun-ore for each State in the Mon
This youth although an Irishman's son, is a
true young American patriot.
The CHECK BoYs.-Young America, last
evening, was full of diversion, and his laoonic
and wi ty observations upon those who entered
tho National Theatre, combined both humor
and sarcasm. Whenever a carriage drew up,
he would step up to it's inmates, and say,
g Please take me in, IT'S only .fus doiiars"
On other occasions, he would call out to some
of his coadjutors, by saying Jim, there goes
a fifty dollar chap" always applying this lat.
ter remark to those whose contour would not
bespeak them to be worth fifty cents. This
would be followed by a boistarous laugh, at
which even those to when it was directed
would give smile.
BEAUTIFUL SCENE.-Last evening" when the
Old Defenders returned from the Presidents
house, they par ted from their escOrtin front Of
the National Hotel. The regiment formed in
line, with the Marine Band in the center, snd
the officers in front of their respective COM
mands. The band commenced PLAYING "Hail
Columbia" and the regiment brought to
present arms. The veterans began to move,
and upon reaching the right Of the escort,
each one lifted his hat, and such an array of
white and gray heads was never before seen