The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-21
Fashionable Letters Of the Chevalier Jenkins
from Washington,


from Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s, 1868.
Close Of The Carnipoi- Duplicate Entertainments
Hotel Hops, ,cih their Wine Cards The Lobby
Handwriting ON the Jail IVaH-FSsnch
Cooks BaH-Senator Selcdrd gires Dinner at
Home and Dimes ,cith the President Hiid Hunt
ers after O6iee-Pariiss 10 Come-Richmond
Celebration.
Really, as my friend Sir Charles Codstream would
say was quite FUSED up by the closing festivities
Of carnival tide, which gave up the ghost like
bibiton OF fire works, in blaze OF glory IL was a
regular Balaclava of amusement. Parties TO right OF
us-dinpers at left Of us-grand balls before US to
them we went. And your own John Thomas j.,
Oike poor Captain Nolan,) left hors de combat.
finding himself on Ash Wednesday morning afflicted
with an influenza that would be worth months
pay to many an officer now here considering how he
can avoid reporting" at Fort Leavenworth before
the grass shall have grown enough TO enable the ire
Inducements for the army Of Utah to put out on
"their winding way" Surgeons certificates are at
a premium among these gentlemen.
The parties were not in any way different from
those which have already described, except in tue
change of locale. There were the same kinds Of re-
freshments by Gautier, the same tunes by Webers
quadrille band, the same snxious msinas, the same
bare shoudcrea daughters, and the same distinguish
ed guests.
At the hotel hops, magnifed by rcportoria capm
mortuums into imperial festivals, and dislked by
beaux who have 70 pay two dollars bottle for their
champagne (Which vinous tax defrays the expenses
Of the supper)-at these caravaDserai gatherings
one could see the DEM monde in all ts glory. The
"fng in Of the metropolitan web Of intrigue
there most gorously prominent, and II the pattern
was somewhat chequered, ninporfe
Many decent people Of course yield to the fasci.
nations Of music, dancing and Irritation, but they
only constitute a portion Of the mosaic. General
Canal Lock. who wishes to obtain a few thousand
acres OF land, escorts the wife of Taking Notes,
Es., who Is himself like Mistress Caesar, above sus
picon. DIR. i. Rubber Patent fratornises with Colo
mel Fire Arm and the antagonstic houses of Reaper
and Mower pledge elch other in sparkling turnp
juice. Erebus Carbon, ESQ., sincerely hopes that
Captain Larboard starboard will so secure his EN-
plOyeTs contract ~ to create a fresh demand Tor
''blaok diamonds" Mr.. Contractor f. Supplies
urges the prosecution ~ the Utah war; Mr.. Typo
Tympan suggests the printing of ten thousand copies
OF all reports ON kansas and on. until the whole
host OF plunderors and schemers who pass about
upon the stage of this Vanity Fair shall have been
named.
Yet there is handwriting on the wall But a
twelyemonth ago one STOOD In the midst Of the
glittering ring" pulling wires for free wool and
where IL he now In the common Jail. Sent there,
too, by the votes of those who drank his wine.
ptimentcd his wife and wheeled lovingly about him.
ike human ravens, whose scent rs keen for the crate
ful odor Of lucre. IL may be that he outwitted them
that the money given him for them and their as-o-
ciates stuck in his pocket; but his image in his cell
must he before them at their feasts like the skele
ton Of the old Egyptians.
Al one ball there was no sham" u was the
Mardi Gras masked ball Of the kitchen dplomatists
and the fennes de chambrs of the West End, who
met to revive recoloctions Of sunny France. pire
Ia icie Casseroles and curling tongs were left be
hind, ragouts and rouges were forgotten and the
pleasantries OF a Partisan carnival were reenacted
here in the full glory of carnival costume. Some
of the foreign ministers, with few Others peeped
in on the sly and Is whispered that the represen
tative Of great Northern Power" actually danced
the "Lanciers with his chef de cuisine as ris-d-ris.
and with the femme de chdmbre Of another diplomat
as one Of the side couple. Bat consider such a
story too improbable to credit. Wouldn't II have
been horrible to witness An a-bom-i.n ton !
Senator Seward has given one of the pleasantest
dinners of the week. at his well appointed house in
G street. Mrs Seward, Jr, aud Mrs. Schoocraft did
the honors, and the host made himself very enter
tanning. What win you take?' he asked young
Senior Tassara. who innocently replied "sheuy, If
you do please but the willy politician continued.
"for Cuba ME no understand English" now an-
swered the disconnected Envoy Of Queen Isabella,
joining in the laugh. Sartiges who understands our
vernacuiar, enjoyed the joke amazingly.
Senator Seward, by the way, is himself guest at
the Congressional feed" given by the President.
ron my sout IL " 700 bad 10 force our chef maBl$
trate TO invite every senator and representative 20
these weekly dinners, especially rs many Of them
haven't the sense to decline the invitation if they
have no store clothes 10 20 in.
Among those on the anxious seat here il Fletcher
Webster whose Office at Boston is sought greedily
by the place hunters. Can't see for my life what 50
many people here want offices for.
Tomorrow there Is TO be patent what-d yecaiit
machine presented to Miss Lane. as an advertise
ment. Mrs. Senator OWNS natinse dansante viii
also be crush, as Il Is 10 be called reception
and the faithful can attend There IS talk too, OF g