Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-01-14

There Is 1O news about the CITY. am
assured from pretty good authority that all
the nominations of the President will not be
accedsd to by the Senate.
WAsHlEeTON, Jan. 2, 1885.
At two o'clock the doors Of the Presidents
Palace (fOr every one here has royalty enough
about him Ia call the mansion paIace,l was
thrown open for the reception Of the multi.
tndr. without distinction Of rank or politics.
The front Of the Presidents house was lined
With hundred or more carriages, hearing To
and from the Presidents house an innumrra-
bic CUncourse Of people, strangers and citi-
Gems, belonging in the good city 0f Washing
too. and its adjoining towns. The outer hall
was thrnngcd witt. visitors, pushing their way
to the drawing room, where the President
was stationed. In the hall, also, were the
marine hand. in full uniform, playing pleas
ing variety Of national airs.
Saiiaied with music, curiosity was next
grati6ed by gazing upon large cheese Of
700 lbs. in the same department., presented
by some gentleman Of OsweSO, IN your State.
The monster, fO: it was monster, Of superb
OF attraction, quite eclipsing the President
and his retinOe. ha! but just reached the
President, who, always having the good Of
his people at heart, ordered it TO be placed
where all could view it. FroEs the hall, as il
! is called, we entered into a beautifully deco
rated drawing room. at the door Of which
| stood the President. offering his hand. and
making his hest bow to- all who entered
DOnelson, his private Secretary, stood by,
ordering ss.we, the people," as soon as we
had left the President, to disperse, and make
! ruOrr, for Others. In this manner the draw.
ing room was filed and again emptied, for
the space of two hours. As crowded as we
could be - we, the people" again moved in
to an adjoining drawing room. where stood
the wife Of the Presidents adopted son, and
the wife Of the Presidents Secretary, the
centre Of attraction. They seemed TO all the
spectators the very nucleus Of beauty and in-
terest-certainly SO. if may judge from the
present, and the very many introductiOns they
received 10 strangers present.
In this room most Of the wives and daugh-
tiers of the Secretaries were seen, and indeed
the most Distinguished ladies in the city
Here too, was Martin Van Buren,, frisking
about like toad upon the green, shaking
hands with every body-glad to- see every
body-hoping Cor every body's, health-ask-
ing after every body's Misunderstanding to
eyery hody--and Of course Trusting to he re-
warded By every body in better shan gold
coin 1.-The votes Of the people. Upon wager
Of a thousand pounds. could have selected
him from ten thousand people. had ! never
seen him before. He is Martin Van Buren,
-" the same yesterday, to-day and forever
with the same everlasting devil 10 his eye
-,he same smirk upon his face-the same
proffered hand to grasp the band Of another.
be he friend or foe, ignorant or learnet'-the
same bland voice and manner to one and all.
or if there be difference. grasping the hand
Of a stranger, with more frrcenrss and cordi-
han ha MIR fhn hun #
Weary Of gazing upon his hypocrisy. or
~ hat he and his friends call his tact. and Ca
ger to see NIL that was tn he seen iu the hour
Of seeing flor the time Of receiving spectators
was li:aait+:d! 20 two hOurs) forced my way
into third drawing room, covered with green
paper, and adorned with green decorations,
and furnished in part with green furniture
Here beauty was as scarce as flowers in mid |
winter. Not woman could be- found, for
the very good reason that the green from the
walls rejecting upon the countenances, had
the effect to make the ladies appear worse
than pen or tongue could paint them-wiih
green, jealous, bottle-innp face, as forbid
ding as it was disagreeable. From this sickly,
paecast room. an egress was made as, soon
as one could be found. know not to whom
the President is indebted for this green-ryed
room--so ugly in its appearance, that one af |
walking among the tombs or on the grass
plots Of the dead. We found an outlet from
this cave into the East Rnom-aye, the far
famed East Room, that field of caucus and
manOeus re, where
'Thrones raised and kings are made -
where. too. as around Egypt Of old, now
swarm the holdrrs and seekers Of Office. com
ing, If possible, to foster the plaques that were
sent as curses upon Pharaoh. To reach this |
room. seemed the ne plus ultra Of the desires |
OF the crowd, rs ana sure it was Of my own |
wish. The Foreign Ministers were there,
Dire ssed in The military uniforms of their own
countries. with gold stars upon their COATS
the whole uniform far more beautiful than the |
Ame:ican--nOt so much surprising the Amer |
lean military dresses in their display, rs in |
their neatness and richness. The American /
officers. too. were there in full uniform, from
some ofihe veterans in the revolution, to many |
of the heroes in the last war, and from these !
to the officers in the Navy yards brlonging 10
the city and elsew here. All the splendur Of /
the city was there. and all the spendor from |
abroad. hating some few Of the opposition, |
whom the President spnrns. and who in turn
receives mutual regard from them. Ladies |
Of all ranks, from mt few from all parts Of /
the other side of tine Atlantic, to the Anieri- |
can women gathered from all parts Of their /
native land, were also there, dressed in all |
the beauty and fashion that taste aud wealth |
could display. Ia short, the people were there |
IN thousands, from the poorest devil to the |
richest nabOhA saw there the lame, the |
haiti and the blind. as well as the strong, the !
sprightiy /; all from grey hairs and grey boards. |
To beardless boys, and evee infaats 10 their |
mothers artns. Babel itself never presented
greater confusion of tongues than the East