Evening star., 1936-02-16

son-Hon. William S. Archer, Hon.
John A. McClernand.
ITO wait on and invite Mrs. Alex
ander Hamilton-Hon. j. j. Critten-
den. Hon. F. P. Stanton"
The tickets for the ball at Carusi's
were by subscription. John Miller
furnished the supper.
The proceeds from the birthnight
ball at Jackson Hall were for the
benefit Of Ireland and tickets were
placed on sale at IS each. The an
nouncement of this affair said:
"Birthnight Ball
ITO Be Held at jackson Hall.
Those ladies who have not received
their cards of invitation to the birth
night ball to be held at Jackson Hall
on the 22d Of February, lS47. will
please send their address to the COM
mittee at C. Gautier's, when they will
be Immediately furnished"
FROM the press. also of 1847, 1t
appears that Georgetown College.
now Georgetown University, was one
Of the earlier bodies in the city to
celebrate the birth of our First Presi-
dent. as the following write-up shows:
"Washington's Birthday at George
town College. On Monday the faculty
and students of Georgetown College
celebrated the anniversary of the birth
of Gen. Washington in very patriotic
and appropriate manner An ovation
adopted to the festival was delivered
by Mr.. John G. Longstreth of Penn
Sylvania, member of the Philodemic
Society. Mr.. Edmund r. Smith, an
otner member of the society, read
Washingtons Farewell Address Those
addresses we're well received by the
audience. amongst whom we noticed
several citizens of Washington. An
elegant entertainment was afterward
provided by the Philodemic Society
and the faculty of the college, of which
large number of gentlemen partook.
After the regular toasts had been
given, which were of very patriotic
tendency, addresses were made by Mr..
Robinson, Mr.. J. c. Brent. Mr.. Perce,
Mr.. Thomas SemmeS and other gen.
! tlemen, who we're very well received
/ by the company"
The Association of the Oldest In
habitants has celebrated Washingtons
birthday from the time it was or
ganized, and at its meeting held Feb
ruary %. 1867. in what is now the
| Court House, the record shows that
Col. P. G. Washington presided, DON
aid Mcleod read selections from
Washington's Farewell Address" and
j. Carroll Brent read an address
written for the occasion by Col. j. C.
Pickett, who was too feeble to be
present. w. W. Corcoran was in at
tendance and was given a seat on the
platform.
The officials of the National Capital
were also alert in former years in
paying homage to George Washing
ton, as the following item. copied from
The Star of October 81, 1879. indi-
| Gates:
"Gone to Washington'S Birthplace
! The Secretary of State left here this
| morning on the U. S. steamer Talla-
pooSa to visit the birthplace of WASH
| ington, preliminary to carrying out
the provisions of the act of Congress
directing him to place there a suit
able monument to mark this historic
spot. The Secretary was accompanied
| by Gen. Sherman and daughter, Miss
Agatha Schurz, Miss Mary and Miss
Louise EvartS, Mr.. Perkins Of Boston,
a well-known connoisSeur in art; Col.
Bliss of Washington and Mr.. Keim,
correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press. The party expects to return to
Washington early tomorrow morning
or late tonight"
TN LOOKING through the early
files of The Star not long since,
the writer came across this item in
the issue of January 49, 1881, which
shows that we at least have buried
here somewhere in the District the
last servant of the Washington family,
and that she outlived her master by
little over 81 years, as here stated:
Last Of Washington's Servants
| A certificate of death was received yes
terday at the Health ONCE of Sally
Hunter, aged lis years. Sally was
born in Westmoreland County, Va, in
1855, and belonged to the Washington
estate, being one Of the servants by
the Generals viii.