Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-04-01


About / O'Clock Secretaries Seward,
Welles. Attorney General Speed and a
large uumber Of diplomats, accompanied by
their wives and daughters, made their ap-
pesrsDce. Mrs. Secretary Welles. a lady
Of rather petite figure, was dressed ID a
mode colored silk. with black. lace shawl
Mrs Secretary Usher, Of about the same
stature, wore rich dress Of garnet satin,
very plainly but richly made. Mrs. Post
master General DenuiSon, who is yery
6ne looking lacy, wore most becoming
dress Of heavy black velvet, brilliant Jewels
and hsir plaiLly dressed. Her daughter
wes in white muslin. embroidered with
black Mrs Fred. Seward. wife of the
Assistant Secretary OF State, was atired in
u prely lose colored silk, handsomely
trimmed. Mrs Senator Harris. who has
the appearance Of well preserved En-.
glhh lady, woe a most elegant dress Of
corn colored silk, trimmed with point oppli
que. MIS- Senator McDougnii was also
richly attired. The wife OF our artist Chr.
peDter, was dressed in light silk, with a
tuchu Of tnle. Que Of the most elaborate
and rich dresses IN the room was worn bv
Ms. George Frsucis Tair; it was a very
6Uely plaidcd blue silk, trimmed with a
aouuce Of thread lace, almost as deep as
her skirt, and other laces 10 match. Her
hair was powdered with gold Mr.. Train
Was also present.
| The multitude Of recherche dresses worn
by ladies Of distinction, it would be impossi.
ble to snumerate. There was preponder
snce oil sensible, bigh-necked dresses bu;
f4w aud sem" not American, wore eoysares
shoek,ngy decolettc. Many ladies who
wore velve,s, moires aud heavier silks.
dispensed with hoops altogether, thcleby
displaying their good taste as well as their
regard for the appreciation of some ap.
Proclamation 10 the female form which still
inhere or lnger in the mind of men one
n ma,ron aud 'evideutly Spanish lady
wore dress of cloth OF gold, with raised
crimson velvet h)wers, snch an one as is
seldom seen in This country, or uffjrded ir
any other. In her hair she wore cluster
OF i've or six enVrmou- diamond rings.
strung on bandeeu of velvet. Her aces
were also Of The finest quality Ia her
hand she carried large fau of the gaycst
and most brilliant. workmanship, which
seemed TO give breeze of more ardent
cline than ours. A more a;ique dress.
bgh-necked and ampIe.skred, of the mest
itFcasc shade of green imaginable. and
worn by !cung lady, was indeed exqnis
ite and also very light lavender MORE
antique, trimmed heavily npon tie ski,t
and waist with long silver fringe, wss
superb. Silks predomunted over the more
niry textures Diamonds aud other preci.
Gus wells were wo;n in great abundance,
and Itch laces were plentiful Some ladies
displayed the bad taste of wearing their
rings ove' their gloves. Every lady make
the most of her-or somebody's elSe--hair,
which frZz>d and pulled aud curled in the,
most excessive manner, aud is powdered
frequently with diamond and gold dust
One dess of mauve velvet, trimmed with
deep point lace, we must not omt 10 men
lion | was royal
Doubtless the shotldy and pc,rolia i,hilJ
were Represented, 10 limited degree but
oil will tell very soon, as it spreads SC
rapidly, aud rio'h not un'r' qnently makes
The man. There were rot, however, any
cols.cd persons present, a' the Washington
Secessirnists insisted would be Tho case.
Such an assembly {; Am rican ladies,
dressed - magnifcently, cannot fail to be-
surprisingly lovely. Ia no foreign court
could such namher Of beautiful, graceful
aud intelligent women be gathered Wei!
may they shine and rejoice upon such an
occasion as this for well have they done
their duty during this terrible war They
have sent their first and latest boin, their
lovers, husbands and fathers, giving their
lives to the sacrifice of liberty and nation
ality, and as We stood and glanced over
that happy, sparkling throng, we thought
how many Of these smiling lips have grown
tremulons as they bade the loved one
good bye and God speed how many OF
those happy hearts had ached through the
long obsence how many fair fingers had
ministered at home, scraping lint. knitting
stockings. or writing TO the absent one /;
or in the hospital with the living and the
dying and it is but meet that now when
he voice of peace is being heard in the
land, aud Justice aud Liberty restored, tina,
they should meet 10 rejoice and congratu
late upon this beneittlng occasion The
great, warm heart Of the nation has little
sympathy with that neuralgia nerve which
forbids ihe expression of exuberaut feeling
at this most auspicions moment. Then
let the eyes which have wept be dried and
sparkle, and let music 6ll the air, aud Joy
be uncou6ned, aud, more thsn all else, let
the nation recoice in her beautiful. viFlu.
Gus, Christian women. ELM
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