Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1839-01-19
From the New Yo-h Express.
FASHIONS IN WASHINGTON.

The Russian Minister IN dc Bodisco) gave
his promised entertainment last evening a. hts
mansion In Georgetown Ali the world was there
almost; and The fete was the grandest aHsir
known IN the District. Every thing In doors ''as
done ia the hest style Of the Court. Russian,
French. and American servants, almost without
number. and decked in costly livery lntrodne-
ti9ns were formal, orderly, and conducted WIN a
much stvie and manner as II yon mad been intro
duced 10 the Emperor instead OF the Afhbassai"F-
Your names were given at the door, repeater "a,
dbl, as YOU passed through the hail. announced
a1ain by one OF the embassies as you ascehdeu
Ire stairs and re-announced as you entered the
reception room. received your personal Introaac
ton. and took the Minister By the hand. All TINS
was done With much ease, good taste ana conre-
nience both TO the yisIter and 10 the fisited- HI
PRODUCTIONS over, the whole house, caPactous
and eier.nt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a yonr disposal.
Below stairs, a suite Of rooms with the floors tes-
seated and otherwise painted, were open lor Jan
cinr and a band Of music III waiting. above,
rooms were set apart tor card playing ana otner
amusements AEte-chambers and Conservatives
were fitted up for the reception aud entertain
rnent of quests and the whole building, IN doors
and out tasteiuliy and brilliantly illuminated
The ladies supper room, lighted by means OF
splendid chandeliers and silver canGiesticks wen
arranged. when the table was spread Ut one Q
clock in the morning, presented most maghHl-
cent appearance. The addition Of the ladies' sea
ted at the table, dressed for the most part with
great good taste aud elegance, gave the room an
enchanting aud fairy like appearance. Nothing
/ could have been more beautiful and effective, TO
the eve of the beho!der. The gentlemen's sup
per room was III another part OF the house, and
this too was arranged with the same good taste OF
the ladies' apartment. An cplcure, gazing upon
the mountains of the good things Of this life might
have found excuse for exclaiming aloud,
.sVisions OF glory spare my aching sight -
In the revcl of feasting of swine and wassaii,
the '.dear delights of health and home" were for
gotten-for a crowd left st the tables at two
in the morning.
The Foreign Ministers, Secretaries obligation
and suits all appeared in their Court uniforms
some of which elegant, others gaudy and IN
bad taste, and than militia captains coat
after years wear. The French, Austrian, Span
ish, British Dutch, Portuguese and all the Foreign
Ambassadors present IN full Court UNIFORM,
and some Of our republican officers appeared IN
the uniform of the army and navy. The tout en-
SembIc Of men, women and things, was novel and
elegant throughout. Two hours and more past
midnight, when | left the scene of gaety, there
were a hundred and more behind me, all, as Mil
ton once said son their mifth and dance intent"
and seemingly with f
.'No sorrow in their song
No winter III their year'
The most brilliant collection that have ever
seen he Metropolis were present. score
of brides were in attendance, and all the bellies
Of the s1ten miles square. and many OF the fair-
est daughters of Maryland s. the Old Dominion.
Almost every state in the Union was represented
BY some fair sprite, adorned with beauty and all
the differing ornaments fashion and wealth could
oestow. Here angel a fallen one,aPPear-
ng in the dance, with
st---EIer fairy foot, {,
That fell like earth, SO soft and mute;'
here another in the crowd, crowned with flowers,
With
"IIlies such as rnaidens wear
In the deep midnight o. their hair;''
third, fresh from Paris expressing
ss-----'rhe soft betraying air.
That women loved and battered, love to wear
fourth, melancholy and out of place, with cheek
Ike
s'The lady lilly, paer than the moon;'' -
fifth, in contrast like II
.sThs red rose, lagan, with the breath Of June G.
While [ write in the midst of noise and conu- h
ion dozen hours after leaving the place OF les o
vit,. all around me | am hearing elegant and Il
loquent compliments bestowed upon the '.Empe- "
Or of all the Russias'' HIS Minister has given O.
i'm good name, and scores of guests and friends tc
ave drank the health of both Emperor and Minis a.
sr wishing to each the comfortable age OF e,
lousand years. St Petersburgh has ectIpsed ri
arts, but the Frenchmen here say 1t can't be t.
)ne again, nous rerr0ns- IN
Some thing new under the was sent to the ri
enate chamber day in the form OF a memorial. ia
he petitioner Phadeiphlan proposes to brahg In
lin from Rearea by tie aid Of machinery! lie III
VS. he can replensh the rivers-waier the earth CO
bring rain from the ctottds-make the prairIes th
'ow, &c &c. What think YOU of humbugs now! Pc
II this is done BY machinery, and the petitioner m
licits compensations from the Government.
lily on the ground that his experiment IS good wi
10, and proves IN every way successful. HE as
mmittee of Agriculture IS to set upon this moral
bject. of