Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-11-29

dinner would be given TO Hon A G Brown, Of
Mississippi, By number of citizens Of Washing
ton in token Of their appreciation Of his services
chairman OF the Senate Committee on the Dis
trict Of Columbia, and OF his personal and private
worth. By the following correspondence, II will
b. seen that the dinner rendered to him, but
that be las declined to acceptit:
WASHINGTON CITY, Nov o. ISIS
He's A e.. BTotcH Dear Sir: We have been
requested by number Of our fellow-citizens to
tender to you, in their name a public dinner asa
slight testimony Of the high respect in which
they hold your private and public character
You will please designate some early day which
will best suit your convenience
We have the honor to be, very respectfully,
ycu5 Ooed!ent servants,
JAMES g. BERREr, Gxo. w. RIGos,
W. B. ToDD. '''NS'
WAsHNsroS CRY, Nov %, 1855.
GENTIKNEN: Your note Of YESTERDAY tender
Ing me public dinner, on behalf of a humber of
your feilOW-cltiz ms, has been received For this
marx OF respect am deeply grateful. When
accepted the craftsmanship Of the District Com
mlttee in the Senate ! prescribed to myself the
inle OF not accepting public entertainments or
other testimonials from the people of Washing
ton Iiue, this dinner Is offered as a testimony
cd personal respect, bu. those disposed to be cen
serious Ill hardly distinguish between my per-
sOnal and Official relations to the peoDls ~ his
cry ! snail never cease to reminder with sin
csTe satisfaction this additional evidence of their
PARTIALLY But If my friends would not impai-
my usefulness to themselves, nor CT ooss me- 70
CT tcisT, they will permit me to decline
thslr Pion red hospitality
very faithfully, your fellcw-citizen,
To Hon. James G. Berret, Walter LenoY' George
" Riggs, John r Ennis, and w. b. Todd
DEATH OF AN OLD CIIIzKN.-Mr William
burdine died at the residence of his son, near
the Nayy-YaTd Bridge, last evening, aged sew
enty-eight years Mr.. Burdine came 10 this city
In the year 1874, and was one Of the first hands
employed In the pattern department OF the NAVY
haId, aiter the establishment of the Government
WORKS here and few vessels built for the y :
Navy since that period but what bear the marks
ol ms hanalwofk; for, until within the last nine
months, he has hardly ever been missed a dav
rom bis post in the pattern shop. during a space
OK nity-hve years, when the works there have
ben In operation. In the time Of the war Of
IoI2, ar Burdlne, with many other citizens
snouldered his musket and went forth TO do his
DUTY IN the field. He was a member of CAPTAIN
BuIch $ company, during the war, and was one
81 TIE guards appointed TO superintepd the burn
Ing OF the AEscGsts bridge on the occasion of
the Vlsit OF His Majesty's troops to Washington,
IN August, 1874 He was the most active Of the
founders OF the Navy Yard Beneficial Society in
1881, Of which society he was a member mn 10
Tie day Of his death In February last he was
completely Paralyzed (haying been partially so
for the last nine yeaTs) and from that st2oks
never recovered so as TO be able to speak to the
ume when called upon to render up his final ac-
count TO the Great Author of all existence Re-
The OPsRATIc CoNCzRTs-A splendid pro-
sFamme Is announced by M. Strskosch for the
opening concert Of the Grand Italian Opera Com
Pany, which comes off on Thursday night, at
Philharmonic Hall Such a combination of first
class musical talent as will be presented on that
occasion II Is seldom the good fortune of Wash
lnSton 10 entertain but the success with which
really good performers are invariably received
IN the Federal Metropolis has determined the
management to meet the patrons Of music here
IN an unusually liberal spirit, and give them the
worth Of their money aud sometime handsome
over on each night. Just think Of M,m. Viii
horst, Mile PaTodi, Mime Colson, and Mime
SudkoScE appearing in their hest pieces on
the same evening Besides these to max. the
FESTIVAL the more complete, there are Messrs
AmOolo, the great Count de Luna of Vrrdi's
ito'dtore, bTignOli, the favorite tenor and Ba-
MI and LdoOcetti, who not long since ACQUITTED
themselves IN a most artistic manner before a
cnucal audience at the Theatre in the beautiful
opera OF Lucia oil LammermoOr We feel conf
dent that the reception on Thursday nipht Of
inns admirable corps OF artists will b. such as
they VIII remember with pleasure for a long
TINE 70 come The sale Of admission cards com.
menees at Metzerott's store to- morrow morning
FACT IN DOMESTIC EcoNoMY-It is a SIN
guiar fact that there Is In this city not single
human haeitatiOn, of the lowy or the lofty, white
OF negro, that Is without at least one picture Of
some kind. Sometimes the chffd'0urys of a g-sa,
master, sought with care and costing its weight
In gold, at some quaint old city on the r thine
sometime a ColOTed lithograph sgFhe PartinU;,
or = The RetuTn,r purchased second band In,
Schust asst gut as new Of some itinerant ven
der or late, however, portraits are becomiro
as common AZ ordinary pictures and eyery
h'dtth, foweytr humble. has household shrines
In the shape of the shadows left by dear dsnarred
ones mot dead, but gone before . To bringing
ABOUT this result our enterprisng friend the
tkhIfOI artist, h. G.. Woodley, has done much
We never pass his gallery on street near vii
laTos Hotel, that we do not meet delighted faces
coming out his door, pictures in their hands
anu hdstenlng home to show ''how much it's
like me'' Those who are making Christmas
Presents In that line should call on WoodIey
they Will ind the man a fine artist his rates
moderate, and II they try him once will be sure
10 ''ca,l again"
HfvKR.-At the Long Bridge, the schr o H
BoOthe, which went aground on Thursday night
last, near the eastern draw, has been got of
without sustaining any damage, and now rides
safely at anchor in the stream The workm.n AZ
the west dfaw are engaged in the construction
OF new crib, the old one having been found on
recent examination, to be entirely rotten This
JOB, which has been pending about two weeks
VIII oe nnished, should the weather hold good
In about one month.
MI Thomas ROby. first rate boat builder is
nhshlng, near the bridge, fine and handsome
ne" pressure yacht for Mr. Brown Of this city
ere Is ABOUT 80 feet in length and has a cabin IL
Feet long, and sufficiently large 10 accommodate
elgnt persons She is 10 be called 1.-THE POINTER
anu the owner, who Possesses a handsome farm
on the Potomac opposite Glymont, ANTICIPATES
many a pleasant excursion in his rakish little
Cldit, on Tue placid waters next summer
Al hIIey wharf, arrived this morning steam
eI Columbia from Baltimore, with heavy con-
slgnInents Of merchandise for this city She also
olschaLg ed here Gig ht new coach bodies for Gill
DrN Nanderwerken, Esq proprietor OF the
'oh and 6eorgetown omnibus line
IhE FAIR AT ODD FKLLOws' HALL The
ladies' OF 81. Matthew'S Church open, tonight,
al the spacious saloon al Odd Fellows, Hail
SeNen'h street, au evening resort for all who wish
= a MI h.,,
leudable undertaking The festivals gotten M
under charge of the ladies Of this congregation
nave always proved "SucceSses'' not only in f1f-
niSblnZ large subsidies 10 the cause Trey desire
TO assist, but in giving the public such sociabIc
Tenned, and really enjoyable entertainments as
are seldom pTonered TO any community. On this
occasion the ladies intend to d. splay A more At
tractiVe festival than ever before, and We assure
our readers that a night and dollar or so spent
interest, in the shape Of pleasant reminixcencss
than any other investment We wot of in his cjty