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. Schuyler Colfax, Thaddeus Stephens, William D. Kelley, Robert C. Schenck, James A. Garfield, Henry C. Deming, R. B. Van Valkenburg, A. C. Wilder, and seventy other Representatives. GENTLEMEN:--I thank you sincerely for the great and most unexpected honor which you have conferred upon me by your kind invitation to speak in Washington. Accepting it, I would suggest the 16th of January as the time, desiring the proceeds to be devoted to the help of the suffering freedmen. Truly yours, ANNA E. DICKINSON. 1710 LOCUST ST., Phila., _June 7, 1864_.