Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-22
EVENING STAR.
LOCAL. INTELLIGENCE.

this city had received a letter Of inouiry in
relation to the heirs Of John White, formerly
of Armagh county, Ireland, or his sons Abner
and william, to whom was coming, when
found, the comfortable little sum of million
or two Of dellars
The consequences resulting from this publ
cation were surprising; and confident as we
were before of the value Of the Star as g an
advertising medium" we certainly had not
calculated upon such an instantaneous flood
Of letters of inquiry as came pouring in from
all parts Of the United States and the Cana.
das, addressed to the Editor of the Wash
ington Star, from members of the universal
White family, or their legal advisers Up TO
this time there has been no interruption in the
supply OF White letters, and as every mail is
opened the cry is still they come, > and
sometimes a melancholy foreboding comes
over US that they will g stretch to the crack
of doom" and that the remainder of our
earthly existence is to be devoted to the OPEN
ing Of letters relating to the case of John
white.
The census of the White family is not vet
complete, but enough returns are in to demon
strate beyond the shade of shadow of doubt
that 1t is by all odds the most numerous fam
lily in the country The Smiths" are no.
where; even the ubiquitous &c John Smith" is
not half so omnipresent a parsonage as the
corresponding "JOhn White.''
And what a prolific head of family the
original Pcrtadown White must have been :;
for Of the multitude Of Whites with scarce an
exception, they can trace their geneology
back directly 10 John Of Armagh
The correspondence is interesting-rather
One John White who claims to be q grand
son of the original John White, writes us
from away down East, at some place called
"Cathsnts Lending" in Maine, begging us
not to confOund him with the Smiths and
Browns, and Offering u. handsome slice
from "that pile" if We will hand it over forth
with. Rather more Of a. Yankee "White"
than an Irish one we should say. Some of
the writers are terribly in earnest, and some
affect to treat the matter as rather trifing
and amusing though they admit that a mil
lion and half of dollars is handsome little
sum and they wish they could get it. 1t is
handsome little sum, and We sincerely hope
they may getiti
Prom private intelligence-procured no
matter how, or at what expensive are in
cliHed to believe that the White family design
holding monster convention in this city for
the purpose Of influencing Government in
their behalf. The delegates will form in order
of procession-the rear resting upon the city
of Boston, the centre upon New York and the
head of the column will doubtless fall some
where between Philadelphia and Baltimore,
and in this order, they will march upon Wash
ington-fifteen hundred abreast-and mar
shalled by members of the Jennings family
The procession will be about six months in
passing any given point, and every exertion
will be made TO reach here before the close
Of the present long session of Congress. In
that body the matter will doubtless be referred
to the committee upon " foreign relations"
P S. The mail is just in with another i'm
mense bulge; Of " White letters
Moral If you want fact "dissemina ted"
advertise in the Star!
HEAVY RoBBERY-Yesterday at about two
pm, the wife of the Hon. Mr.. Wood, of Me,
on returning to her rooms at Willsrd's from a
walk, discovered that one had been entered
during her absence, and about 81 900 in
money and $500 worth of jewelry had been
distracted from one or them. We understand
that Mrs. W. left her rooms in charge Of her
own waiting maid, who was in another room
than the one robbed. Suspicion fell on an
individual who had just settled his bill, and
who, il was found, had left the city about
the time, riding to Bladensburg in a buggy,
and there taking the afternoon cars for Bati-
more Mr. III. A. Willard, accompanied by
Mr.. Davis, the chief Of the police of Wash
ington, proceeded to Baltimore last night, and
arresting him, brought him back to this CITY
this morning. None of the missing money or
property was found on him. We refrain from
publishing his name in advance Of the term
nation of the investigation which is now in
progress, in which he may be completely ex-
Onerated from the charge. The prOprietors of
the honse, and the police of the city, are
making eTery possible exertion for the recov-
cry of the property and the detection and ar
rest Of the thief.
p s. We understand that the investigation
10 which we refer above completely exOner-
Ites the individual arrested, who, by the by,
came back 10 Washington voluntarily with
Messrs. willard and Davis ON learning that
suspicion rested on him The thief was evil
IDENTIFY some regular hand at the business,
such as infest every hotel, more or less in
every city in this country and Europe. He
took the money, two diamond rings, ard an
emerald pin, leaving jewelry of less value un-
touched. Fortunately, he failed to discover
jewel-studded watch, worth 81 900, which was
IN the same bureau draw, but under clothes.
1t is well known to be utterly impossible to
guard always successfully, against the depre-
ditions of hotel thieves, unless by boiling
doors inside. The truth is, bOarders at all
large public houses, who do not leave occI-
pants In their rooms when not bolted inside,
should Away deposite their valuables in the
iron safe Of the Office connected with the house.
We know no such large establishment in the
Union where fewer successful depredations Of
this sort have taken place than that of the
Willsrds. and trust that this occurrence will
Oe a warning to the boarders in all the hotels
in Washington, as to what they are liable to
without proper care on their part.
THAT MASQUERADE at Munders Saloon last
night was from the time of its opening TO the
time 1t was suppressed by Captain Birch. an
entertainment to which the citizens of Wash
ington are not often treated The dancing
was certainly kept up with spirit, if not with
dignity, and there was a charming free-and-
easy style Of performance throughout on the
part Of both the gentlemen and the lady
masqueraders, which astonished almost as
much as it gratifed the spectators.
The LADIES' present were select of their class.
1t is sometimes urged objection to
masked balls that females Of a questionable
character obtain admission, but on this occa-
sion there could be no question at all as TO the
character CT many Of the women present.
n the intervals Of quadrille, or waltz, the
dancers amused themselves with occasional
fght or other shindy, and in one Of these in
erludes the eye of the getter up Of the mas
uerads-a French hair dresser was nearly