Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-01-08

themselves But cannot forego the ball There |
fashion and charity meet and kiss each other |
and dance all night TO the music Of Dodworth,
and to the tune Of as 600 to $40 900 for the Wo
mans Asy lum.o Besides, we can read the New
England speeches In the next DAYS papers. but
the sayings and doings at the Academy can never
be fully reported.
There has been an effort on the part Of one
OF the morning papers to MAKE the Charity
Ball" a faseo but the :. bearing,n to borrow 4
Wall street word from brother Bob, has pro-
duced decidedly favorable reaction. There
will be about Eve thousand tickets sold, az two
d)llars each, and the expenses will not exceed
to an army of dressmake rs, who are suffering for
want Of occupation; while dealers In gloves,
flowers. drygoods, &c, will be largely benefited
by the preparation disbursements.
But this noble charity, this 4" Asylum for Wo-
men" which appeals TO our better sympathies
in this invitation TO a beautiful festival Do the
public know what 1t is ? Have these CAV and
generous young gentlemen who are not SO active
ly engaged in selling tickets. paused to consider
what miseries will be mitigated, what sufferings
relieved, what lives, IL not souls, saved by the
ings provided by these blessed charities, Per-
haps not but a good deed, even thoughtlessly
done never goes unrewarded. Our city, espe-
ciaily at this Indictment season. is full Of suffer
ing and the deepest grief, the keenest pangs,
are always borne in silence. The aggedest, hum
griest, wretchedest beggar never appears in the
streets; but starves and dies unseen. unheard, in
his garrett or cellar. And with the poor wo-
man. the victim Of poverty and wrong diseased
I'm body, blighted in soul, she does not ALWAYS,
nor even usually, faunt her distress in the public
eve. In proportion to her constituencies and
shame is the pognancv Of her grief and the 81.
lence Of her despair. The midnight means that
pain the ear Of heaven never heard by the
ledger in the next room and the scalding tear.
that touches the heart of God, never falls on a
human bosOm-is never seen by a human eve IL
Is for these mute sufferers, these weeping. love-
wrecked Magdalens, who are longing to wash
some saviour's feet with tears, that our Z" Wo-
mans Asylum opens its doors of hope and sal
walton. How can any man, with half heart,
turn his back, or 'throw cold water on a char
ity like this
BELLE BRITAIN on THE YAcHr wASpERER.
Last evening j found myself in "novel stu
alton, "-dining on board yacht with party of
gentlemen from the New Work Hotel, including
my excellent friend and host Cranston, who
CALAMITY chaperoned your 90 fair correspondent
to and from the place where she lay--the yacht
Wanderer, one of the largest and finest ever
built She belongs to that princely gentleman,
Col. John Johnson, who is about to depart I'm
her, with a select party of friends, for three
mouths pleasure trip to the Sunny South and I
suppose. in about thirty days, YOU will hail the
Wanderer with three cheers and a great gun in
the " Crescent City, She il Of about two hun
dred and fifty tons, and perfect in all her ap-
pointments. Her beIths are broad beds, and her
settees luxurious lounges. The dinner yesfe--
day was sumptuous, even to the dainty tastes
customed to New York Hotel fare. II consisted
mainly Of oyster soup, terrapin, filet de b9uf,
canvas ca backs, roasted and broiled, (the bro,l'd
cigars eau de vie and poker How would like
to embark In the beautiful Wanderer on her
Southerly voyage, in such company, with only
one more, whom IL would be a PROCLAMATION to
name. Alas 4. that we should ALWAYS be signing
for that zone more,' for the sweet companion
ship Of the love that fate forbids" to us-''poor
canderevs on life's stormy sea -
BELLE BRITAIN ON AARON BURR
81 have just been reading book that in really
more charming than novel. 1t Is the "Life of
aaron Burr" written by jim Parton-Fanny
Ease mating, If not heroic and the biographer
has shown him up con amors Burr has always
had the reputation of being irresistible among
the weaker minded-stronger FASHIONED sex,
Some men seem to be fatally gifted with sort
Of magnetism that takes right hold of us and
we can no more get away from il than falling
apple can overcome the law of gravitation We
all, suppose, must fall like sour Il rst parents
when the hour Of our temptation comes 1t comes
to woman only, with infinite love and infinite
trust. Alas that such reliance should so often
and so fatally fail Burr was a handsome man.
with bright Intellect. a glittering eve and cleo
trio passions. His love for his lovely daughter.
TheOdosia, and hers for him, is one of the rarest
roHances In history. The is passion in her
devotion which quite puzzles me But, perhaps
have yet TO learn what II is, at once, to love and
yene the same being-a homage worthy of a
God -
The ANNIvERSARY.-This day being the an
niversary of the eyer-glOriOus battle of New
Orleans, neither House Of Congress will meet
All the banners of the city are ION the outer
walls, - and the Democrats especially are hav-
ing high time ont.
Tonight the annual supper Of the Jackson
Democratic Association comes off at the Phil
harmonic Hall, adjoining the Star office, where
besides feast for the appetite, an ample one
for the mind will be spread before the large
company that will then and there assemble.
The programme for the occasion tells that quite
a number of the most distinguished Democratic
popular orators Of the times are expected to
speak on the occ aston, and we are very sure
that their reputation as speakers would GRO yd
the hall, independent Of the influence Of the
glorious occasion.
A CoRRECrIoy-Capt.W William Jameson.
U. 5. N, who was retired on full-leave pay by
the action of the late Naval Retiring Board,
requests us to correct a Misrepresentation in his
case that would otherwise grow out of our an
nouncement Of the late action Of the President
with reference to the cases that came before
the Naval Courts Of Inquiry. In that an
nouncement he was made to appear as having
been ten in the position assigned him by the
Retiring Board Whereas, he did not bring
his case before either Court Of Inquiry. HE
name, therefore, was enormously placed in our
list.
THE CASS AND IRIsARRI TREArY-We have
no faith in the accounts from this city pub
lished at distance, saying that the new Mic
araguan treaty is destined to defeat before the
Senate of the United States On the contrary
our information, 50 far, leads US to the impress
sion that it will meet with little serious oppo-
sition. We have looked into the matter care
fully, and such is our belief in the premises.
CoNrIRNED.-The nomination of Robert A.
Clark, of Miss, to be Receiver of Public Moneys
for the district of land subject to sale at Jack
son, Miss, vice W. NJ. Gillespie, resigned, has
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