Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-03-29

The CONFERENCE.-The following is the
correspondence between Vice President Breckin-
Will be seen, that on Saturday evening next the
proposed concert will take place at Willards'
Hall
WasHTs1oS CRY, D. c., March q, 1850.
The undersigned, DESTROYS of testfyng their ap
talent as an artist, take great pleasure in inviting
Soa to favor them With a Concert prior to your
init the He w Hss
tiveS; Members of the ' CABINET the D Ipiomatc
Corps, the Senate and House of RepresePtati~es,
whose names appear in the ADVERTISEMENT
r. WAsIIxeroS CRY, D. c.. March %, 1850
dent Of the United states. Hon VIZ. PPs KNSIHa
TOY; Speaker of the House of Representatives,
o GsSiems ,s It affords me infinite pleasure to
instant, can truly accept this as an additional
snt o the of P and eop
ar tribute has never been rendered to any Other
Be pleased to accent INV yr,taG,, ,,d hou,c,,.
thanks for the conferred and s aow s to
sugsetSut next Saturday evening for the Concert
Wv" great respect, ADKLINA PATTI. .
MORALS OF Cow DEALER-This morning. a
clsll case was tried before Justice Dom of char
dcer 10 Snow that purchasing cows i'm the market
IL mater OF some risk. MIR. VIM. Douglass
Dougn cow OF a man named Caufman for S35
Inc cow was represented frst-rate animal,
giving milk in abundance; and Caufman said
that II she did not come up to his representation
Douglass might return her and get his money
She failed to answer expectation and Douglass
wanted to return her. 1t being very difficult to
find the dealer himself, he got warrant, and
Caufman was arrested by an officer The account
was sworn to by Mr.. Douglass; and Caufman
ofisred another dealer to prove the custom of the
Witness.-squire, vas dere ven der COW ish
zold for dirty-hfe dollars don't hear no bar
yrptu DO, h,,t Ill
hundret cows sell in dis market Ven I dell
peoples der cow ish goot, and he puy EN-. don't
dlnk he prlng EN- back no more. | say dish cow
gif milk fife gallon and she no gift half pint der
man pelieve and puy him he must dake him
Justice Donn.-Oh. but that is cheating.
Witness.-No, Squire, dat ish notin CHEAT; dat
ish de bricks o. der drate
The Justice gave judgment for plaintiff, and
told him to hold the cow in pledge till the super
coded debt becomes due and is paid
cred ball came off at house on Second street
near the avenue, formerly used as the ssSentinel,
printing office. There was large companv and
the prospect for lively time was fattering The
faces OF the black damsels glstencd like polished
boots and, set off in handsome contrast by their
white dresses, ornamented with jewelry, tended
to excite among the dar exquisitcs In attendance
sentiments of profound admiration But alas,
the attendant cavaliers, through too frequent pa
onage of the bar or the atnos phere of the scented
ball got sufficiently excited to give expression to
Their feelings promiscuouslv sin de 'scmby of
ladies y The black damsels grew Jealous of each
other. and fight ensued that rivaed the rows in
Fighting alley. Crinoline suffered; skirts were
cleared; tufts of kinkv wool were fying in every
direction; and blood flowed profusely until off
Ger Donaldson entered the ring. and by hard
fighting secuted the principals and took them to
tic guardhouse Returning with guardsmen Kraft
and Calf they succeeded in arresting others of the
party. They had their hearing this morning, and
were severally fined according to the extent of
their participation.
FIRST WARD ASSOCIATION FOR THE RELIEF cr
THE Poor AT a meeting held on Tuesday even
ing last, the treasurer presented the following re-
port OF the operations Of this association during
the past winter-fTOm December 4 1870 10 M,,nS