Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-02-16

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This table was made up by taking indiscrimi-
several branches were generally acknowledged,
no attention being paid to their advantages of
habits, modes OF Jfr, or to locality.
The lecturer next proceeded to particularize
the habits of several well known authors among
whom Were Byron, Burns, Bacon, Cowper
Jameson, Scott, and Leibritz; and concluded
with some general rema Ks relative to what care
should be used by students and literary men to
guard against too great excitablity of the nerves
This series OF lectures would constitute a valu-
aoie Dook, and we cannot omit expressing the
hope that the author will publish them at an early
DAY. they comprise very many important facts
which il would he well were they more generally
understood.
WASHINGTON THKATRE.-"Camille" il all the
talk to-day. 1t displaces, as a topic, the New
Code, Lecompton, and the Wolcott case Every
body inquiries Of everybody "Did you see Ca
mille?'' ''What do you think of Miss Heron ~,
And everybody is forced to admit-even they
who protest a 2ainst certain mannerisms Of Miss
Heron, and suggest Cherry Pectoral az a molliHer
of Camille's racking and unpleasantly natural
cou9 that she is An actress Of singular power
Our readers, or many of them will remember
Miss Heron only as the fragile, infantile sweet
| faced Young actress, who some years ago was so
graceful and pleasing upon the boa -dS Of the old
National Theatre. Since then, she has developed
into full womanhoCd, and comes before us now
with round ID proportions, and the deep thrilling
voice and the stately sweep Of the tragedy queen
As an intellectual performance her adaptation
Of Camille" will not compare will that brous Int
out here by the Laura Keene company; but il ia
but fair to admit that it il twice as truthful to
nature as the latter. The cha acter Of Camille
az portrayed by Miss Heron last night exercised
an interest almost painfully intense upon every
person--and the house was crowded-in the
theatre. An actress who can do this has powers
OF high order. single performance how
ever, does not justify us in defining her precise
hstrionic status, and this we defer until after
seeing her In other parts which are promised
in the tragedies of "Medea' and . Phadra."
now in rehearsal.
g Camille" will be repeated again to-nigh t for
the benefit of the many who could not obtain
sitting or even standing room last night
FRIENDSHIP LODGE LEvKR-There was fine
attendance, both numerically, and in good looks,
al the Friendship Lodge Festival, last night
PIG. NJ. Fred D Stuart, in few opening re.
marks, introduced 6. ). Thos Wildey, who
expressed himself most happy to meet 20 many
Odd Fellows and their fiands; ard he expressed
the hope that, after life Of usefulness the speak
er and audience wound meet before the Great
Grand Sire, in eternal glory
Then came fine song, written for the occa-
sion, by Prof Crouch, and sung by Mr. Edwin
Jones.
Rev. C McCabe followed IN an address
upon Odd FellIwsLip; aud in the course of
which he alluded most eloquently to the silty
members of the Older who fell in the woik of re-
lieving the distressed, visiting the sick and bu-
rying the dead during the prevalence of the vel
low fever which scourged Norfolk and Ports
mouth The address was truly feIictous through
out, as was to have been anticipated, coming
from one Of the finest pulpit orators Of the conn
try.
After The address came more vocal and instr,l-
mental music by Prof Crouch. Master and M iss
Pugh, and Withers' Band and then the floor
was cleared and dancing entered upon with q
rest which, when we left the room, threatened
Its maintenance until the ''small hours -
HAT was near proving fatal accident by
fire, took place at the Kirkwood House last ght
Miss Reilly, daughter Of Hon. Wilson Reilly, Of
Pa, was preparing to attend hop at the Ma
tional, aud in passing fire in crate her ball
dress caught d e and she was instantly enveloped
in himes. Her screams brought her sister, Mrs.
McClur to her assistance, but whose drrss was
also Of light texture, and both might have met
their death but for the prompt Interpolation OF
MIR. John n. Jones, of Wisconsin, who Sc parated
the ladie., and throwing Miss Reilly upon the
floor, succeeded In smothering the names Miss
Reilly, We regret to hear is very seriously burnt
on the chest aud arms, and vi Jones did not e..
cape u cathed.
One Of the prOprrtors has called upon us 10
request that we should deny the statement that
the accident occurred by the explosion Of a cam
phene lamp. No campbene lamps are, or have
been, used In the uilding, and the re as above
stated, caug lat from the graft.
The VOTE upon the new Code yesterday was
not large one--the unpleasant nature OF the
walking, doubtless, lettering many from visit
ing the polls. The Code was rejected by the fol-
lowing decisive msjorities: 81.
Forit. Again Il It,