Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-17

4 LIME More Of The Old Story Bfnsroieot
Efforts" Caliso Ball "--Lafge Haul-hdo
Chnrch- Stttara md ".Snm. Hger agdir.-

Efforts" Caiiso Ball Large Ham-hd'
Church-Setard and Sam Hyer again
City 1buscs- boy Bait Items.
If you hive been bored uncudurnbiy already
with chapters of lamentations, from your cores
pendent in th- city, pray possess your soul
in patience for II lille longer. out Of the album
dance of the hemi speaks our mouth, and we teS-
tify of that which continually sec and feel
The great cry rise up from the people moro iu-
riously clnmorous than ever, give Us WORK.
that we may earn bread" There h1s been pr
vision made in the soup kitchens ,r;, sufficient
To keep the hungry from Starving. Blu. thls,
though it might do very we'll in an English town,
docs NOT satisfy our free OGd independent lnbor-
ers They uant 10 cam bicad fal themselves
and their children by the labor Of their own
hand, and it is Of the lack Of enpay ment that
they complain The Park meetings contilnp.
daily hut the working men hive hesan properly
to appreciate the pulling denmgogaes who have
endcavorcd 10 lead them into illegal md riotouS
measures.
Wealth aud luxury is finally bcstirring itself in
earnest for the poor. We have spoken III pre-
vious communication OF a. T. Stewards soup
saloon. 1t is doin., great deal Of 2ood. Nh.
Stewart is said IL have been present the other
day, and served female applicants in person.
The grand benevolent concert AT tho Musical
Academy came oil lnst night with great celut.
Ii Is said that about SS,Oth will be realized for
the poor from this operation. Probably the grand
benevolent fiddle and dance will realize still
moro. Private be,,efts are much in vogue. Sev
oral fashionable mansions uptown have been
Il ga, Al
sion, S. The initiated only permitted to attend.
But the last enterprise Of this kind excce Is -
novelty any of its predecessors, and has nude
quite stir in the haut monde. A lady well known
in fashionable circles, has sent cut cards for
''Calco Ball" Tie cards are course and plain,
somewhat in the style of shop-circuiar They
request the invited to attend in such attire only
will be suitable for distribution among the
poor MS he or she will be expected to forward tho
garments worn that evening, to the house of
their entertainer, for tho benefit of Mr.. Peasc's
House of Industry. Those who do not attend in
person, are requested TO represent themselves by
u suit of apparel How this strange device will
work remains to hr seen. If approved by up
town an allowable joke, it will probably be
very profitable 10 Mr. Pease. But the idea is
ludicrous enough. The entire wardrobe for the
evening must be dispatched next day. with CON
soentous fidelity, 10 undergo the scrutiny Of no
body knows how many eyes. This is very well
when the suit has been prepared beforehand, but
we were thinking how embarrassing such de-
mand might be, if it should come unexpectedly
upon a shabby gentecl dandy. How many eN
quisite Shanghai coats cover linen that could not
bear the light, and-but we must forbear.
Some scoundrel hns filed his pockets pretty
satisfactorily, in this time of general canness.
by extracting 526,o00 in gold from the vaults of
one of eur city banks, The vaults were aces
sible from the street, ana it is supposed that the
robbery must have bceu effected while the porter
was paying out gold in bags, by some one who
had slipped in behind him.
Rev. DR.. Adams congregation has removed
to a new church building of large dimensions
and elegant proportions. This is one Of ii g
wealthiest and most fashionable of the Prcsbv
terau churches. and has recently moved from,
downtown.
Gov Seward Is in town, ostensibly engaged in
pleading patent case. Uneharitable people in,
pute to him motives of private interest. But il
he is doing anything more than pleading, it /,
done in the dark, and concerning such deed
there can be no certainty. To discover and stat,
the relations between Seward aud sam" ut tn
present juncture, would require the astuteness Q
the black man who discovers black cut in
, dark cellar, at midnight. Some people talk ,
, Sans operations with confidence, but for II,
mot knowing, can't tell"
The row between the celebrated pug'hs