Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-02

water color sketches have never been equalleC
here, and others, less known to fame, or les
genial in their department. Where can W,
better class our fair physician, in this para
graph, for is not hers the " healing art," ant
has she not the art of attracting friends, Al
we'll as observers of her Bloomer costume.
The President and his Lady received the
throng of guests with their accustomed cOur
tesy, and the evening evidently passed off very
agreeably to the varied asSembIage. Mean
| while the Marine Band, under tho direction
of Professor Scala, enIvened the scene by the
performance Of the following
| PROGRAMME:
| Medley Quick STEP Molly Baum"
Overture" La Muta di Portici .
| Duett from Norma" for elarione tie and
| tenor sax horn. Z. Wagner and F Weber.
| Schottische-" Our Mary Ann" Composed
and arranged for the Marine Band by their
leader, +. Scala.
| Arie-from "Bellissario." Flute solo, by T.
/ Prcsperi.
Waltz" Schonbrunner.
| Polka" Morning Star"
| Finale Yankee Doodle"
Political Mslevolence We really do not
know a more mendacious sheet, habitually,
than the New York Times Itseems as though
it prefers, deliberately, always to seek to
attain its ends by Measurements Telling the
truth is no part of its system. Hence, the fact
| that though conducted with ability, industry,
and heavy outlay of money, it fails to com
mand public confidence possessing far less
weight, as 1t does than the New York Mirror,
which cannot enjoy more than enc fifth Of its
| circulation, if as much
| Its atrocious misrepresentation of the recent
affair between the President and Senator
Hale, affords fair illustration Of its want of
character. 1t will be recOIected that some
weeks since, that Senator took occasion t. dis
grace himself and his privilege Of personal
immunity for words spoken in debate, and to
degrade the body Of which he is member, by
| an attack upon the President, personally. re-
plete with vulgar billingsgste and clap.trap
detraction, such as one rarely hears here even
| from drunken man whose associations are
above the level of the commonest doggeries
and stcws of Washington. This system of per
Il S0d"A aSsi oStiOA VI leICe, IL Is well
known, by the by, Senator Hale is in the
habit of carrying out nightly in the hotel
halls and bar rooms of this city. On a night
or two after his speech to which We refer
| above, this same individual went to a lcyee,
| accompanied with two ladies, who were
kindly and courteously received by the Presi-
dent, who refused to acknowledge in any man
| ner the presence of their male attendant
| Whereupon, the New York Times set up a
howl as follows:
| "The cause of offence on the part of the
| Senator, which so worked upon the mind OF
the President as TO induce him to act in a
manner so unbecOming his station, was Mr.
| Hales remarks upon the Annual Message in
| the Senate. The insult offered by the Presi
| dent, therefore, was not an accidental expres-
sion OF malevolcnt feeling towards a personal
| enemy, which man of strong passions might
DC betrayed into but it was deliberate out
| rage towards political opponent who had
dared to criticise his acts before the Senate
1 and the country
Mr. Hale had the Same right to visit the
| Presidential mansion that any other dccentIy
dressed citizen had, on the occasion Of 4 public
reception, and, if he could forget his political
dlherenees, the President had no right to re-
member them The conduct Of the President
towards Mr.. Hale will doubtless be the means
Of keeping many other of the President:
polltlcai antagonists from visiting the White
House and 1t may have been intended as a
hint to them that their personal attendance
was not desired by him. His extraordinary
conduct towards Governor Reeder, and the
tone Of his last Message, coupled with hi:
treatment Of Senator Hale, make it too palpa
BILE that he is ready to do anything which will
II at In
I" 1t is bad sign of the state of our inter
political relations with the South, that there il
said to be great deal Of social prescription
| IN Washington this winter on the part of the
leading members Of Congress from the slave
states. Several southern members, we have
been informed, have refused to be introduced
70 gentlemen On the score of their known Cd
boslton 10 the extension Of slavery. If III,
PRESIDENT sets the example of turning hi
back on Senator from his own State on IN,
ground OF difference Of opinion on public
mauers, We must not be surprised at any kline
OF rnfhanlsm which may he exhibited toward
their opponents by his supporters"
NOW, we have only to set against this ma
levoient partizan Misrepresentation of tn
facts involved, the following comments O
the New York Ttbane, which is quite AS hos
tile to the present administration as the Time
| possibly can be:
Now in so doing, according to our idea.
ne served the Senator exactly right VIVA
business, after all that has passed between hir
ana MI Plerce-and especially after his re
cent speech-what business had Senator Hal
T to put on the character. of a courtier and to b
dancing attendance on presidential levees
Had there been occasion for him to wait upo
the President On any matter Of business, We d
not doubt he would have been received wit
Mr.. Pierce's customary urbanity. But tn
gratuitous visit was quite another affair; an
his taking the two ladies with him, has, to u
very much the look of an attempt on the pal
of the Senator to get behind a rampant of din
ity, and to put the President under a sort {
, necessity to give him, however unwillingl,
ana however little he was entitled to it, civ
p | reception.
2 .b, happy would it be for Mr.. Pierce we're h
, S HIe 70 relieve himself from certain polite,
. u hie as adroitly as he did from this.
e tnls case dimity did not answer. The Senat(