Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-01-01
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

'ooi Oay'-LVery Dody Is IN white
KID costume on the avenue to day. That IL,
every body who is out for the occasion All
HOOK haPpy-pleased with every body else,
and, as matter of course, highly delighted
with themselves. We're il not for too freouent
glimpses Of low-necked dresses, as the vearers
ds'h by the Star office in cquipsge, and too
many thin stoss encasing the same number of
pretty (nCt quite all, reader,) feet, we should
fsol like going in" for a new year every day
Ia che year.
Moro notabilities of both sexes have passed
Through the gre at thoroughfare Of Washington
than were EVER before upon it in the course Of
single morning, except, possibly, on the last
Inauguration day. The stranger in Wash
1ngton, who has taken occasion to ego the
founds," he's bal a surfeit Of them, seeing
and commlngling with nearly every psrsoo in
the United States at this time famous THROUGH
MS connection with American nntionsi public
aualrs, OF whatever party and in whatever
position All have been gay, and all have
oeen apparently happy for the nonce If
however, one could look behind tho curtain Or
fhsir secret thoughts and feelings. how mucb
oee'er an insight the observer would have had
into the realities of political life, which wears
down tho machinery of mird and body faster
Tar faster, thau almost any other to be named
but as We aim to BIO happy to-day, we may
not venture the experiment Of philosophizing
further On any such theme.
The observance Of the Day The arrange.
ments at the Executive Mansion to secure com.
tort to the thousands of both sexes who en-.
tered its portals between noon and two D. m.
to-day were better than ever before, resulting
In the entire prevention Of the custom rof
ioahng around the halls and reception room
OF the house on the part of green 'uns, which
up to this time has invariably marked Presi.
oennal New Years day reception.
Inc RESIDENTS guests this morning as nu.
merouo as ever before, were admitted without
the formerly accompanying crush and pressure.
and after making the ceremonial tour found
themselves just where they would be COM
peiied TO leave the mansion, if bulge an inch
fhey would, in any direction. So, they quick.
~ departed, to make other such calls, to the
great comfort Of those who wero later than
themselves in arriving
The foreign ministers and their respective
suites attended at a somewhat earlier bour
tnan the public at large, and duly paid the
compliments OF the season to the Chief Mayi..
trate OF the United States, who was Hsrked
on one side By the polite and so universally
anable Commissioner Of Public Buildings, and
on me other by the Mayor of the Federal Me-
tiopolls; deputy Marshal Phillips also being
at hand In place of his principal, who, we re-
greet to write, is still an invalid
The mansions Of almost all tho npbI;, man
and those Of many noted citizens were also
thrown open according to custom. Verv few
persons spread the refreshments before tbeir
CUES" which in former times tempted So manv
FOOLISH persons to forget the amenities of nol;ta
society. We rejoice over this change, "a wa
are very sure nine -tenths Of our readers will
do.
on the whole, the day has so far been a
very pleasant one. and has been marked bv a
e0mmendaole observance Of good order aud
Proprlety throughout the city.
Csoinet haklng-(pOlitical)- never more
completely occupied the minds of the men in
Washington proverbial for taking great inter.
ea ID politics, than at the present writing.
Inc opponents Of the Democracy are anna.
rentIy even moro deeply interested in the va
nous programmes being talked over, than the
democrats themselves. In the last twenty
four hours we have certainly heard as msnv
different cabinet Estates elaborateIv dis.
cussed.
some OF them embrace gentlemen who, up
70 very brief Period indeed, before the cleo
uon' were lot only VIGOROUSLY bitter oppo.
nents Of the hme-honored principles of the
Democratic party, one and all, but supported
toe successful candidates personally, only
VIII the svowal that they continue infexiblv
opposed to everything for which the Democ.
racy have contended for the last quarter Of a
century Others again, were, up to few short
months before the election, avowed supporter,
OF the know Nothing cause; while some others
were well known to be secret co-workers with
the know Nothing organization, relying on a
secret understanding with it for their contin
ued existence in public life, and standing
ready to be pig or puppy-know Nothing or
pemocrat-as either might triumph in the
preliminary elections that settled the hash Of
The mania Of the hour Political orgsni.a.
ton.
ouii other equally as strange programmes
hrd eredence in the minds Of the wonder.
nongers Of all parties. Thus, We have enc
detailed and believed by many, made up
wholly Of gentlemen, who though as individual
and single members of tie new government
would all of them prove acceptable to nearly
the whole Democracy Of the country, are no,
one Of them representatives of the sentiment
OF the great mass Of the party in their respec
tive States and sections. That is; all from the
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