The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-14
The Fashionable Letters OF Chevaiier .Jen-
kins from Washington.


Pa,Hes al Govsrror Bro,ns Banker ChI1s and S-ra,or
Morning Receptions Sa,urddy7he Thea
trc-R>oeTtion q, the FrcRoA Ls9d,gn--R,Uousr Enter
tatnucr,s- Sunday in the Metropolis, dc.
Promueu among the party gvcrs here This sesson IL Co
vernon Brown tho Postmaster Central right honorable
Tonnes ecsr who married the wealthy Widow Saunders
not g'tat many years ago Tns lady and her accom-.
plsed inter- preside the large and splenddly
furnished Louss No. 223 Ninth street "resrdoss Of eS
pense sDd addition 10 their crowded receptions and
their large dnnors, they give frequent soosble parties
which considered Ia ID Ia CREME One Friday
night learn, a delightful aaair graccd by Vice
President BreotluriJge Prince John vsa Buren, Col John
T. Heard o Boston, and other dis;ng isbed personage
although TIC nocturnal zion kept away all the Congress.
onAi beats except General Ward who garnty paired or
MIS- ssuuder Of the observed Of all ob.erv
ers eltncugh her charming kincwoman, Mrs Martin,
aided her suslanirg tho reputation OF Tennessee for
female beauty. Another charming widow-llrs Lyons
sang IKE on angel aud mus, have been delightful
time only .sddened by L, aur II Mrs George squIers
VIII, has Of ate been q most welcome visitcr here
Tho party Of thrt evening, however, my baas-
er's most gcnilcmanks agent d, change upon whose
cards i Inscribed c. 81 John ChubS and who moves in
the mos, elevated decimal of metropolitan society tx.
ceptrg the absence Of DARK eyed daughters Of Zou,
might have thought myself in the saloons Of Madame
Foula. Paris. Indeed Mr.. Corooran "a very much such
lookiug person az the Baron dArgoui OF the Basque 90
France and little Riggs resembles Perers, of the Credit
Mobiier Ncr did the resemblance stop there Govern.
men, ceias looked owl ike; military Lo,harios talked
valiantv Of the conquess they anticipate the scrngo
OF our Mormon Add el RAIDER; few or the tosT0eos
were tee happy being present. and srrnSlng on tho
diplomats enjoyed the decacies Of Gautier who the
presiding genius at most OF these WASHINGTON Nafucs
different house aud different host but o1Dvrs = move
du,eg Of course the music dishes, decorstoss
and Spoons Great s Gsutier, who Is your brown ana
rolr1 rolle cd into one
Senstot rrumbuil made q very praiaewOrthy atempt,
the came evening towsf r. the SOUTHERN
Hospitality which IL rogaly meted OUT but was rather
fdsco The gallant champions Of freedom were up NJ
che House and tho ladies who were rot OK
cessvely remsrksbe for The elegance Of thor toilets "
general subject Of remark here that liberal invest
inert Of kars funds in houses. furniture and batteries ne
caisim would so much to elevate the Northern states
from the position into which their recent Know Nothing
soons nave dragged them down. There were times when
fbo Webster and the Appleton the snnsheld and
wntbrop dtnensed couricous Hospitality here. now the
delegation Massachusetts, live IN cheap hotels or OBJ
scure boarding houses, yet always wherever there
eating or drinking ct the expense OF other people And
so with the great freedom shrekng North generally
The represc natives who appeared on the avenue on
nous was the consumption of cocktails and sbsnhe Bat
there wss a large attendance Miss lanes reception
share ladies' "fratcrnzcd' in that showed no
i results could from the free ght oC the night
prevloue There not very large gathering NJ the
nor,heast corner OF Nineteenth and | streets. Mrs
Grn has rot exered herself she should done in
behslf az Ieconnpton but Mrs Sdes saloon fu as
suni Indeed there those WIN think st the husband
u the accomplished Losisa7ie VIII be tbe successor to