Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-10

night entered the lecture field with the oetei
mination she states, OF keeping 1t, and giving
the people, particularly her countrymen tGn w,
Irish, an insight into the manner Ia WHICH sue sue
has been treated. She made her debut at Sa-
repta hall, on King street. In Alexandrla.,.in aa
audience being called by "dodger' se1Ilng
forth that Mrs. Mary S. oliver VIII azores IS
the people of Alexandria on her late tfiai III
Washington with Simon Cameron"
THE HARP AND THE ROSE.
At $40 O'Clock Mrs oliver stepped from De.
hind the scenes to the stage a. Sae Eack
and i'm front there was little round table on
which was set pitcher and glass There were
about seventy-fiye persons IN the nau; ,. MIS- rs
wore a 1aunty black hat, while On her lett
breast she displayed green badge WIN haIp
painted thereon, over when was slnaiI req
rose. which she said was the rose or Great
Britain. o,,-,x
commenced her address, speaking distinctly list
that she had not brought down a manuscript
lecture having had but little time TO prepare
one, and although the audience vas small, she
would give tFem some idea OF the manner she
was treated In Washington. She had no idea,
that things were conducted In Washington as
they are. for she had understood that the law
had found 1t to be all on the side OF the RIGA
She had expected some Of her Irish friends TO
be present on this occasion. but she did MOI see
aDV OF them The Irish had come to this coua-
try. as they supposed, to escape oppression; but
they had FUNDED f.olI. the frying pan.into the
tire-tO a country that Was governed by such
people as General-no, Ben. putier ana S1m)n
Cameron.
EXPERTS AND SPIES.
Why they never had had so many experts as
assa1ied her since the trial OF that lady who was
hung, and whose name she could not mention
without bowling her head. Why, men Who
would accept from one to five dollars day
were hired as spies. There were experts and
SPIES from the whole state OF Pennsylvania,
hoary -headed Old bankers came down, too, to
say that old Simon did not write those letters
When Ben Butler pasted her on The chair In
the court house she felt insulted. ''There
tempted to speak, wanted to speak and
begged my counsel to let me speak, for was
not afraid Of him-he would throw up his hands
describing his gestures and throwing her head
1t, American citizens, man who could issue at
New Orleans Order No. ., telling the American
soldiery to go into New Orleans and insult
ladies, such one turning to my attorneys and
saying you are poor men and rebels as much
as to say poor people have no rights. Is this
the country Washington extricated? Is this
the country the people OF which are free?" she
had read In history that the people were honest
when Washington lived, but look at them now.
She had heard Of one young man from Pennsyl-
vania Offering his services as an expert at
dollar day to run after her. just think of It,
ILaughterl IwOuld say TO my Irish friends
Ego lack to old Ireland and live on the bog
berries"
HABD ON PENNLYLvANIANs
she related that one OF Mr.. Cameron's mes
sengerS, who would have been good witness
for her, was afraid he would have been called
On to testify, and begged her not to have him
summoned for ne would lose his place. Penn
sylyania was filled with such poor, grovelling
creatures. Just think OF 1t! Men afraid to teS-
tify for fear OF losing their places. She thought
the spirit OF Washington existed In Virginia.
and she did not believe that they could be
rfc III
i0r NE to go into court with Mr.. Cameron in
w washington. might as well have gone to the
Dry Iorgugas. Why, when the last letter was
put In Butler said, NO; it will take two weeks
for the experts to act on it," II she had
brought In bushel OF Simon Cameron's letters
they would have met the same fate Only think
al al H. baIleT saying Simon Cameron connect
abused and ipsulted. AS this country is going
on now, It VIII not be long before everyb body
VIII pc detectives Or experts at 81 to IS per day
avenue House and pretended to be in need,
aId she sympathiZed with him, but she slbs2.
qlently found that he was receiving S. per day
many little things which she had not spoken of,
out ne had exposed her private affairs, and she
low had right to expose his.
CAMERON HAD TOLD HER
tn3L ne could get the support OF every IriShman
In Pennsylvania; that Jim Duf1ey was his agent.
&C. The poor people have to pay taxes even In
buying street car ticket, out these arStOc :atic
ISOPiC w ~ nave luciT own carriages DO not
Mese people who live OF the government. Ben.
Butter Keeps his niece In Office, and she has SO
many on days to receive company. And vet
there are so many poor white men without
work. She then pictured
GEN. BUTLER AS TURTLE
With his eyes closed, and when openino then
swapping, and said he attempted to fntfmid are
ger; mat ne called up Sam Barr, kind OF me i
singer, who, Ike some OF the other Pennsy!-
VaDlanS, perjured himself II she lived to reach
old Ireland she would tell them how they treat
ATTY Is 1nSulted. Such men as Butler and Cam
ert expect to put
GRANT IN AS A KIND OF KING
ana keep him there, drunk or SOBER She re-
IeIfed TO the treatment OF Grant In Great
Blitain, saying that that nation simply showed
tne1r pO!iteness. But in Cork the Irish were
Iht epenoent. She was not through with the
Car G yet, and intended to take 1t to the Su-
pr me Court OF the United States. She was
20 make Cameron and Butler know that the
law was f0r the poor as Wen as the rich. She
would like to rally her Irish friends, and would
nave all 10 be democratic, and that these aria
toci at1c people should be taught that there is
no est for the wicked. And she intended to 90
TO ennsylVania and beat him (Cameron) IL she
cou q; she then returned thanks, and at 9:O5
o'clC OK retired.
On her trip up to Washington after the lec-
ture Mrs. Oliver stated that she had received
ohers from Baltimore and Richmond to lecture
ana Sne would go to one OF those places after
which She wou1dgo to Ireland.
house Plants and their Cultivation.
MN. >. I. G. CLARK ESSAY READ BEFORE THE
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The Horticultural Society met last NIGHT. the