The Washington union., 1857-04-22

Mr. Bradley, that the reporters retire, was put tne sefe
tary calling the Of each member present The vote
stood as follows -MeAsrs Magruder and AtIee2.
Nays-Messrs. Bradley Craig Slccalla, and Knight
Tie vote having been announced as above felt II
incumbent upon Us to take departure AS we passed
the door Mr. cg offered sort Of an apology for his
vote which did not hear and Mr. McCala hastily re-
quested that the oher gentlemen be invited 10 come
back and hear his explanation" We did not 80.
TIM JANEsrows CELEBsAfIos We regret to learn that
the Richmond Wing has made attack upon the james
town Society Of Washington and nsinuated it is am at
tempt to control the action Of the people Of Virginia by
organization without her boundaries. To show the
injustice OF this assertion it is only necessary 10 refer to
the orsons delivered before the society The lamented
VIM overon, in the first address, delivered in 1854,
said
The jamestown Association of Washington has Ia
ken the initiation only because movement was made
in any other quarter Virginia ought TO be the seat Of
the principal association and all other associations hav
ing for their object the celebration OF the settlement OF
Jamestown ought TO be auxiliary to 1t. whether IN towns
States And this society most earnestly recommends
such course. dsclaiming all intention TO make the
sociaon Of Washington ccntsl one under the conyic
ton that the head should be at the capital OF Virginia
Al the celebration Of 1855 (at Mount yemon) p. II.
FendaI esq., president Of the society, said in the
OF his remarks
"There was now good reason to hope that Central
Society would soon be established at Richmond with
sociaons auxiliary and subordinate to 1t throughout the
State and among yirgnans residing elsewhere, for the
annual cornemoation OF the first Of all the permanent
English settlements in North America
Surely this does not look like attempt the part
Of the gentlemen who COMPOSE the jamestown Socie-
ty at Washington to control the celebration OF this
glorious anniversary, in which every son Of the Old
Dominion should be permitted to participate The first
celebration at jamestown held the 200th anniycr
sary of the first landing by citizens from Norfolk Ports
mouth Petersburg, and Williamsburg who went to the
time iallowed spot n thrtytwo vessels, which lay at
anchor in the ancient harbor We learn from report
Of the exercises recently rcpublshed iii the Southern
Literary Messenger, that
The exercises were opened by prayer from the
able Bishop of Virginia. who asccnded tombstone, and
in that affecting pathetic manner which characterized all
his religious esions, poured out prayer strongly ex
pressve Of the national gratitude for that peculiar potec
tion which the Deity Rad been pleased to bestow the
feeble but suspicious germ planted two hundred years ago
in the germ from which State has sprung
up, now highly, prosperous and aourshing " The first
orator was The iae Judge Btiscoc q Baldwin then stu
dent Of William and Mary College, of whose effort the
port SAYS 1.-The occasion demanded not the frigd
titue of the chronooger but the animated and glowing
eloquence of the orator and of this Mr. Baldwin certain
ly gave excellent specimen" He followed by MIR.
John Madison also student, who 'eynced great matu
rity strength and originality of thought and by the fe
city Of his address and elegance of his delivery fascinated
ard and Leroy Anderson,
These ceremonies over the company sat down to din
nerbe ladies in the several apartments Of the spacious
house occupied by Mr. Harris, the gentlemen under an
immense abor prepared for the occasion or course,
numberess toasts drunk in which, says the editor
of the Messenger patriotism and Pecahontas pledged
to the cnvcning strains Of Yankee Doodle The festivities
closed with music and dancing Of which the report gives
glowing description:
"At the approach OF night, usual, the sprighty
dance commenced, and whether cosder the numbers,
the ovelness the grace, skill of the fair would
have been easy matter to have found in any part OF
the world another assembly equally attractive and inter
estng. Dancing closed the proceedings of each day.
Sometimes she dancers assembled at the long room be-
longing to Col Travis, ths trgin Of the powhatn;
and during the still and bamy nights at this delicious
the quick and lively airs played by admirable
band accompanied by the ructimed feet of the dancers,
the waters Of the majestic river gently unduating and
mnnuiing their delight the buzz of groups Of pilgrims
santenng III varous directions through the island. the
lights from the tents and houses and The vessels In
the cove the stars in the heavens infused delicious
tranquility,
'That seiz'd
The prison'd soul, and lapp' d IL in Elysum.''
We have not space for of the subsequent proceed
ites
1t was voted on this occasion to cebfate tho landing
once in five years and to call the festival yrgniad"
The next celebration would have occurred the 18th
May 1912, but the war prevented In 1877 five years
later for sonic Unknown reason the event again passed
by unobservcd But in 1922 the third i'virginad
duly celebrated the 9th of May change being then
made from the Julian to the Gregoran calendar and by
naccuracy Of calculation the time fixed that day
instead Of the 23d of the month The anniversary then
passed unnoced until the jamestown Society Of this
city was organized and the above-quoted extracts show
that they viii readily acknowledge the supremacy OF
similar association at the capital the State which they
| delight to honor.
PRorr AND Toss The brig Fidela which has just
rived at Georgetown from Mayaguez, brought four thou
sand fine oranges the remnant OF twentyfour thousand
on board when she started The remainder became dam
aged during the somewhat long voyage and were thrown
( overheard
/ FAiaE ALARM There was another attempt yesterday
afternoon to ras9 false alarm of fire. But the remen,
remembering their wild goose chases OF Monday would
not start until they had satisfactory evidence that there
/ wus need for their services.
RrN,RKaErE. In Washington city we have four daily
newspapers besides others published less frequently
yet there is no theatre and very seldom public con-
cert otlr performance Can the same be said Of any
other city with tho population
TnE ADVERTISED TAX LIsrIt cannot have been forgot
ten by the citizens of Washington that the board of
council some time last summer passed bill for the
lief OF Sweeney, Rttenhousc Co. of this city, for money
advanced TO Judge Ellis to complete the publication Of
the property to be sold for taxes but which vetoed
by the mayor the ground that there in the