, 1859-01-25
Social Life at Wa%h1n.tou.-.The New
Order of Things.

Social life in Washington is 4 curious
s.ulr. We llaye had L EcH h"raldry in TIL
cisl circles sirec Lccompien heeaue the Cos
}rl "f the Admir- i:.ratiun. Forgetting that
there arc ether cakes anil :.lc in tie la:,d, the
| President restricts his bread aid butter to the
faithful alone. Before you c.n sit 1T his
hoard YOU must w'is!ip It Lis >llsi"c. luu
cannot maxi your face to sti;e with Lis uluc
:.nd oil n1tcSs yr1l s'n!':I;g ~ lis pliFc<. lie
d ;cs 4ol even dispense = ssni@: except for q
consideration. YOU MAY ste nIsn II you 70
tu:4 reception bur. il hr knows you TO he ol'
an ci,; using purity, be will freeze yuu With :.
| LOOK, or knrct you down with { sneer. Un-
| der Fillmore AMI Pierce the Write House was
not an jcc-buuSc. TIE poorest clerks were
! we}cnmc. The political Zoe ate the bread OF
Executive With uullc to mole<t aud 1t 1nake
| him afraid, anil stsod i'll the presence without
Troubling.
| IhAyo never knoy;n Washington mrre d.
! ]isitful. Notwithstanding thu Sihcrian hn<r!-
tality at the Wcs' cad of TIC 2ycnt1". Mr.
Curcorsn, who has done 50 much to brautity
this fair city, and whose charities arc.l us unoS-
tcntatious as they are voluntary aud frequent,
though no longer f;vorite 1T the White
| House-e<p. .cialIy since Bennett, Ut tue Her
| a|.{ has bten i1lnr*'>d Tor hiE assaults npo1
| private character by tue head Of the Goyerll-
tnrnt --cncrtains will suinptuous iber4lity.
| Mr. Vice president Breckenridge. WHO is also
| in the shade OF the Euch;lnal dynasty, lives
| eYsiIY. with: part Of his Kentucky delegation,
| in Sixth street. Mr.. Speaker Orr and his el.
o4utGt and eXcitable friend, Col. keitt, re.
cclye their visitors at their gencial head quar-
| tets cornsr OF Eighth and l. streets. Tie
lion. Horace F. Clark one Of the brave men
| who lid ri:,At .st the Irst s.s:ioa aul com -
| back to the sec0nl, re elected and rejlvenat-
cd, l,uriSles on Ills ample fortuuc ut the lr'au.
ttul 1,.ideuce OF the late Aajor Lindsay,
meeting bis guests with opcn-1andcd CORDIAL
| iy. Efoderitk has e}rgant ruOu1s On The Az
enu.', which nre crnr,lcd nightly with his
fricu'ly naskin and Hickman are entirely
tnn comfortable 1or two such radical Anti
Administration men.
Mr. and Mr.. Senator D,agIaa w!ro never
heorc 70 popular with the visiting anu lash
iunable world. The receptions u tho iAir
lady art crowded. NJ party spirit teigus
there. III are rcsriyetl with genuine kiud-
! ncS4. North :.ud South min;:le i'll genial
'.arn'"ny. Tie respectable citszen aud his
| fl'nily-thc str.tnGIr tlrm O;.cr ~lufes aud
| couatrieS-ar' greeted like cid friends when
properly presented. Tie ]iepubllcau$ have Il
quad lilnc Of their "ni. They mike alnen'i:
for tlrir exclusion frutl tie Wr-: End ly
paving attention to each Other; coutcut with
,hyjy tarr VIXEN cnab,t;l to rrripr,c.,ts. -
The Americans were u;w,Aysa.ay omnibus
jull. HEADED h1 ,th,rion, Eritr.n,lra. au,}
Insured by in)ly Jthu ThumD-,,t,. nut John
R>,1 VITA uunrrcv M.T.lall' TripHc, Wiutcr
Dayis au,l N0;ri,0u Harris, aul III. resi-. lhe1
| make many Il round robin, and c4u.e m INV 4
rouud :ahle to roar and .roau with Wit ind
wine. Nor do all the Administration dole
out tlrir good things Though you canao
fnr 1r.iua so severe in ,u,lr miner. ! ot rscan
md ,h,.v nv t},at thr r,crIt;on, urc rerv
, o1rcc,l iii, II, lu1 Mrs. Sicklcs arc mi
~ rsrssl t,y,rltes. nowhere Is there more re-
/ fined or crucr,1,S wc}comc ard uoGhctc art
: TnnosvlS4n;ans ~ VI ID IL raIjr.
: An,onr lie outsiders -thr non. .oai.ia1s-
,1rr,. js In ,,rer-:,bun.l:,r,r .,r soca feeling
! Here vou fiul the heart of Washington *ocis
, 49,, ,.nont,D-.,,,s sincerity :. co,trmnt IN