en we add to this lawyerlike comprehension of the
necessities of the case, her earnestness, enthusiasm, and personal
magnetism, we account for the effect she produced on that vast
audience Saturday night.

Allyn Hall was packed as it never was before. Every seat was crowded.
The aisles were full of men who stood patiently for more than three
hours; the window-sills had their occupants, every foot of standing
room was taken, and in the rear of the galleries men seemed to hang in
swarms like bees. Such was the view from the stage. The stage itself
and the boxes were filled with ladies, giving the speaker an audience
of hundreds who could not see her face. Hardly a listener left the
hall during her speech. Her power over that audience was marvellous.
She seemed to have that absolute mastery of it which Joan of Arc is
reported to have had of the French troops. They followed her with that
deep attention which is unwilling to lose a word, greeting her ever
and anon with bursts of applause. The speech in itself and its effect
was magnificent. The work of the campaign is done, and it only remains
in the name of all loyal men in this district to express to Miss
Dickinson most heartfelt thanks for her inspiring aid. She has aroused
everywhere respect, enthusiasm, and devotion, not to herself alone,
but to our country also. While such women are possible in the United
States, there is not a spot big enough for her to stand on, that will
not be fought for so long as there is a man left.--_Hartford Courant._

[34] Her profits on this occasion were about a thousand dollars.

[35] CORRESPONDENCE.

TO MISS ANNA E. DICKINSON, _Philadelphia, Pa._:

MISS DICKINSON:--Heartily appreciating the value of your services
in the campaigns in New Hampshire, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and
New York, and the qualities that have combined to give you the
deservedly high reputation you enjoy; and desiring as well to
testify that appreciation, as to secure to ourselves the pleasure
of hearing you, we unite in cordially inviting you to deliver an
address at the capital this winter, at some time suited to your
own convenience.

WASHINGTON, D.C., _Dec. 16, 1863_.

Hannibal Hamlin,
Charles Sumner,
Henry Wilson,
Benjamin F. Wade,
John Sherman,
James Dixon,
H. B. Anthony,
Ira Harris, and sixteen other Senators.