Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-26
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

q oAio 0ocioty, UNDER the direction
oil Mr. J. Club, its conductor, with prof
f9r'sch, the pianist of the Philharmonic vas
tuiiy ana Nationally attended The veathsr
va unpropitous, Snow having Commenced
ianng In the afternoon, and decreasing IN
violence as the evening advanced, rendering
Peoestrlanism anything bat pleasant. Not.
NInstsndipg this, however, the audience was
zig zig =. me pest In point Of numbers, beauty,
ana fashion, that We ever remember 10 bays
seen within the venerable wallis of Carusi,s
saloon. The opening piece, the cantata of
morning, was finely given, especially the
20 pass solo, Twas slumberine, epvrapt in
night" sung by Mr.. B. F. CLARK; the tenor
soio, He speaks to the light" by Mr.. Ihos
L,oyd, was given with spirit, and with fine
snect while the beautiful soprano solo, by
hiss Anne Melcher-" Aurora rises glorious-
~, was most eharmipgly and sweetly sung
Thnyoung lady has voice ofsurpa sweet
ness, and OF much power and purity of tone IN
the upper register. The ehofusss throughout
this cantats were exceedingly fine. The fine
composition Ruth and Naomi, /" was the next
in order, sung by Mrs Franklin. Of this We
can only say that it was ung as this lady only
can sing Itch Ately, artistically, and with
the proper expression. The fine anthem by
Rossini, "IsraePs sons, with one accord,
was sung with much spirit, particularly the
bass solos by Mr.. Robt Ball, jr., whose fine
Voice told with excellent effect.
The second part opened with the beautiful
composition by Jaell-" Woodland Whispersn
performed on the piano by Prot. Fmrtsch.
which dcservedly received hearty round of
applause. Mrs Franklin then gave her cole
brated echo song by Bishop, the obligato flute
accompaniment by Mr.. Schutter, rendered
with the finest possible effect In this song
Mrs. f. never appeared to better advantage
1t was equal to the performances of her palm.
lest days, a. the hearty encore testified. Han
dePs Angels, ever bright and fair" exouis.
lily sung by Miss Reed, was also encored.
This young lady is . stranger among Is, has
hne contralto voice Of much power and COM
pass, and will mako q superior vocalist
The celebrated terze,to from Belisario, Life
has no power" sung by Miss Anne Melcher,
Mr.. ii V. Noyes, (tepor.)
This part was relieved BY the Introduction nj
sprightly choruses, rejecting much credit on
the conductor for the manner in which thew
were performed.
The cantata by Romberg-" The power of
song" and the Tramp Chorus" by Bishop.
formed the third part. The bass solo by Nj
Potter, and his bass in the beautiful quartet,
HE Hermes magic wand inherits,h with
Miss Myric, (soprano,) Miss Kate Anderson,
(contralto,) and a gentleman ON the tenor
whose name we did not learn, was much ad-
mired.
We never saw an audience better pleased.
nor applause so rapturously bestowed. The
prediction We made a day or two since, that
1t would be one Of the best concerts ever given
IN our city, was fully realized by the trium
plant success of last night The wish il uni.
yersal that it may be repeated.
The ladies of the Union Benevolent Society
desire US 10 return thanks to the Philharmonic
Society, to Mr.. Carusi for the gratuitous use
OF the Saloon, to Mr.. John Z. Ellis for the loan
OF sPiensld seven octave piano, and to Mr..
Poikinhorn, for gratuitous printing of tickets
mo p I'D =.
ATTEMPTED INSURANCE SwIyDLE-A few
days since, man calling himself A. C. Brew
ster, applied 70 r Webb, General Agent, this
city, to take the agency of SO The Merchants
FIRE Insur ance Company Of Boston" stating
at the time, that he was the an thorised travel.
ing agent Of the company. Mr.. Webb, think.
he represented himself, acceded to the preno-
sal, wherecpon lie was furnished with blank
policies, aud card bearing the names of the
directors and officers. Mr. Webb. then. q,
pr1dent business man, asked him for Boston
references and his authority for appointing
agents. Brewster promised to satisfy him
upon these points and left, since which time
ne mas neltner been seen nor heard Of Mr..
Wsoo Immediately wrote to Boston, and re.
eeiVed IN reply, from creditable source, that
no such company, with the stated officers Was
IN existence IN that city. Further-exanina-
ton into the matter showed that Brewster got
ms policies printed in this city, and that suffi
cient time lad not elapsed between the print.
ing and delivery to Mr. Webb to send them 10
Boston, TO be signed and returned. Other cir.
cumstancee tend to confirm a belief of the
mans dishonesty. One is, that the signatures
were both IN the same handwriting and tho
policies bear the names Of two different COM
panies. be also applied to Mr. J. C Lewis
to accept an agency, which was agreed to, but
as In Mr.. Webb's case, he has not since been
seen by Mrs Lewis.
operation to this city alone, we deem it but
just to give personal description, that he
may DO checked wherever he may make similar
attempts. He is about feet ii inches high,
inclined to be spare, very straight, light com
Piexion, and dark hair and eyes, quiet de-
meanor, very Intelligent, and appeared to be
veil acquainted with the insurance busine,s
Ae was dressed in dark clothes. and wore a
shoft cloak; in short, person we'll calculated
10 deceive.
1t may be we'll to add, that he offered a part
insurance. on Browns hotel, but the proprie
tors received intelligence from Boston, which.
hsd Brewster called a second time would have
compelled him to show his hand"
We advise our Southern and Western fri ends
to keep q sharp look out.
mere NEW COUSTERPEIrs-We extract
from Bicknell's Reporter, the following list of
new counterfeits:
Farmers Bank, Orwell, VT, SIS, letter A.
Vignette, reaper reclining. On right end
female, and on left medallion head. Orwell
spelled with one L." Engraving coarse
Bank Of Commerce, New London, CT, SIS
tignette, female and shisld-over the latter
the words Agriculture and Commerce Fe-
male on right and sailor ON lett end. Has a
very dirty black appearance.
Farmers and Mechanics Bank, PhiladeI-
InIr- 90 spurious. Vignette, Pennsylvania
Coat Ct Arms. which is wholly unlike the
genuine.
Buckingham Bank, Portsmouth,, N. II. 10's
altered from rs. Vignstts, State Capitol.
Mechanics Bank, Williamsburg, n. Y. SIS
and los altered from Us. Yignette, sailor
steering vessel.
Bank Of Bath, Bath, n. Y. SIS, los and
Os altered from is. Vignette, interior of a
blacksmith-shop.
Mechanics and Traders Bank, Jersey City,
los spurious. Vignette, female figure. one