Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1861-06-07


Legation from New Granada; Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs.
Seward, Madame Stoecil, Nine. Getolt, Mime.
hisboa, Nine Mercies, Mime. Limburg, Mrs.
Burnaga, Mrs etimsles, Miss Gerolt, Miss Lis
boa, Miss d Berolt also, F. w. Seward, Assist.
art Secretary Of State; DR.. Wallace. Psymaster in
the Navy; and Messrs Nicolay and Hayes, Private
Secretaries to the President.
II was In many respects the most brilliant affair
OF the sort that has taken place at the Execu
tive Mansion. Through the good taste Of Mrs. |
Lincoln the stiff artificial flowers heretofore orna-
menting the Presidential tables were wholly dis
carded and their places delightfully."- supplied by
fragrant natural flowers. The Blue Room was
decorated with cut flowers, and the chandeliers
gracefully festooned with wfeaths and flowers,
and, indeed, the senses Of sight and smell were
delighted at every turn by beautiful and fragrant
pyramids and wreaths from the floral riches OF the
White House conservatores and grounds. The
dinner served In a style to indicate that Mrs.
Lincoln's good taste and good judgment had ex'
erclsed supervision in this department also
APPOINTMENT OF PAYMAsTKRs FOR THE ARMY.
The Secretary Of War has appointed the following
named Paymasters In the Army Thomas b.
Allen, Chas E. Larned, Of Mo-; John H. Kinzie,
Jas. H. Phinney, ]. d. Webster, Of Ill; Robert
p. Dodge. ID. C; William Cumback, VIM r.
Gould, Of Ind Arthur w. Fletcher, Of Md;
David Taylor, John H. Groesbeck, Robert C.
Kirk, Dwight Bannister, Of Ohio; Thomas w
| Yard Of N. T.; Samuel Townsend, Of Del;
| Joshua Howard, of Mich; Andrew M. Pallade,
A. Med. Lyon, and Robert E. Patterson, Of Pa |;
6. l.. Andrews, Of Mass; Theo. J. Mexican, of
Iowa; E. g. Paulding, Of Mimi; Joseph A.
Names, of CAL; s. Thomas and n. Halsey, Of VT;
! and VIM. r. Gibson.
| APPOINTMENTS AND PRoMoTIoNs.-The Presi-
dent has made the following appointments and
promotions:
John D. Simms, James II. Jones, and John c
Cash to be Captains in the Marine Corps.
George P. Turner, Clement J. Hebb, Jane.
Lewis, Thomas s. Wilson, Philip r. Fendall
Alan Ramsey and Philip H. w. Fontane, Firs
Lieutenants, do.
Robert w Huntington and Frank Munroe
Second Lieutenants, do.
RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF JUDGE DouGLAs
The White House and all the Public Building
are heavily draped with mourning to-day, as
mark of respect to the memory Of Mr.. Douglas
The President is not receiving visitors to-day
and the Departments are closed, also, to the sam
end. The municipal offices are also closed a
we'll as the public schools, and the various tag
throughout the city are at half-mast.
AFFAIRS AT FORT PIcKRSs-N otwithsta and n,
2 the southern reports to the contrary, 1t appear
, from a letter from Capt. Adams to the Nav
Department, dated May 20, that great preparation
I had been made for attack on Fort Picken.
: which at that time was hourly expected. II
a dispatched the Wyandotte to Key West to brin
: down troops, and afterwards placed her In pos
: ton where she could render the most aid.
!, VIRGINIA has lost over two millions Of dollar
it is estimated by the failure to make sales mort
ward Of her truck crop Of the present season,
. | consequence Of the act Of secession. We no
. See by the New York papers that the great kim
. ling wood trade has been lost to Virginia thrOug
i, the same cause, and that the requirements Of Ne
:, York city In that line has created a brisk busne
- In the forests Of Maine and Massachuse sets.
Towy-Col. M. 5. Woods, the newly a
u pointed Commi ssioner Of Public Buildings, b
y arrived from New York, and will, II is expecte
70 sxter upon the duties Of his office on NJ ond
next.
.y EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT The Preside
has made the following appointments Hen
n Addison, p stmaster at Georgetown, ID. CT
or Cobb, postmaster at Whitewater, Wis Frar
c. Foster, postmaster at Honesdale, Pa. d.
Posi- OFFICE DrscoNTINUED-The postmas
at Memphis having refused to distribute IN;
matter sent TO his Office, the Postmaster Genei
has directed the discontinuance Of the Mempl
!, Office.
be OUR FRIENDS at the various military camps a
ed positions will confer favor by keeping us post
to as to movements and affairs N their viCnities
of RENDER UNTO EsAR the things that are Cesar
at and unto the Star the things that are the Sta,
Cd o 'Special'' Of the New York Tribune.
AZ J. s. NIcoLAY, Esq private Secretary Of
sn President, left this city Wednesday afterno
ak on brief visit to his home in Springfield, Ill.
as is. SASDKRsoS, Esq , Chief Clerk in the
Of Department, has been appointed a Lieuten
Colonel In the Army.
,ht FUNERAL OF JUDGE DouGLAs.-To-day
90 funeral Of Judge Douglas will take place
he Chicago, and will doubtless be one of the n
yer imposing denominations Of respect ever
vas messed in that city. On Tuesday his RENAL
m accompanied by military escort, were taker
nd Bryan Hall, where they were laid out in st
,ck and were visited during the day by about tive
les thousand persons. The Chicago Post, in
ons nouncing that Mrs. Douglas had, at the requea
sb large body Of citizens, consented to have
ole deceased buried on the lake shore, at Coll
the Grove, near Chicago, instead Of at Washing'
on SAYS: