Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-03-16

Ohio; Judge Bnsteo6, o. Albania, resting |
from his s1atig,nWg lpdlc;sl lsbsup zal 4
Chandler, Of Michigan, laning 1iksa lrusp /
D.. and lang JShA Wentworth, OwSlnx /
like liberty pole, were surrounded by ~.
tonished Thousands. Mrs. &c rye Francis
Train wss probably the most gorgeous dress
Cd lady ot ~ ball
We navs given description Of the arts
tocracy. and noW it Is our duty to describe
shat Andy jehnsos would call the pc
beians. There we're numerous outrageous
costumes 70 ~ seen. The faded '.wall How |
ers" were in very strong force. There was |
Hne lady who wore the dress Of her grand |
mother, an old fashioned brocade with big |
knots Of yellow ribbon, without any crino-
line; number OF ladies' in plain black silk |
others in muslin delaines one with brown |
mcrino dress, with black cloth cloak and
black hat; one with faded calico, evident
y from Tennessee another with carriage
cloak. At least a dozen ladies' wore bonnets |
more or less inappropriate TO the festive
| scene. Several gentlemen elbowed their
| way through the crowd with stove pipe hats
in hand, and wearing their winter ovcreoats,
~ though they expected snow storm in
the Arcticrcyians. There were gentlemen
with all manner Of scarfs, bright and fancy
colors, IS we'll ~ dngy black, displaying
rlitterinp pius of all manner Of devices An.
dy Johnson's plebeians outnumbcred the
| ar;~orrate ~ least tventv 10 one Th.v
thr.., shod.lv and ,,etrol..,m r..mn,at.lv H.
m the sb.de Tbs d,nc;ny os ,hrse neo,le
was m,rvclons Tic man ,hrow her los
around ike the spokes Of a wheel the wo
men hoped, skippc AMI jumped about in a
manner which would have made French
.r"dn"', ~. tc,r.s ' ns a.. o".Jr;,,. ;o,1 the
T.rcars .nd !. nr.aL Jo,r,, into ! n,adrillc.
| III. .,'.'a..l -, ,h;,L ,ha, every other
- .a, ,-.,,. and acted accorlinpiy
r. H., ,h.. srhottisrhe and yarsoyierne. |
~. Iii, and redowa were all Greek TO
.,,,a Tncv understood notlinp hnt n nlan
IL and :. ,.l,;n .,,ar,,,o a,d .u,nor..a :,
VIZ, s az" "PPe"'e" "
,''''A VIA. ,"e! were eNn'oi''g inc greatest
science Wheh they wer" cAins up the most
aust lhosc OF the pleocians who did not
dance gathered around the doors Of the sup
per rooms, anu renal led there from CLOCK
until the tins that the supper 70 IN was
opened. This gives pretty accurate idea
OF Their cali''re.
The President and Mrs. Lincoln did not
| dance, nor did the grave secretaries trip the
light fantastic" There was a cour, set,
| however. Vice Admiral Farragut. Mai ,r
General Banks, Congressman Arnold, and
| an dft1che Of one Of the legations. danced
the Lancers together. Miss Buchanan,
daughter Of Commodore Buchanan, OF the
Boston navy yard. and Miss Wilson, If Chi |
cago. were in this set. Some of the dis'ir !
gnishcd people were ,nspicunns from their
absence. Neither Secretary Stanton, Chief |
Justice Chase, Senator Sprague, nor Mrs. |
| Sprngue, were present. These absentees
! we're ~otcd, and the p ltical b arings Of the
| fact discussed. Indeed, every incident ha 4
its poll zeal significance in the orini N Of
many Bcrause Senator Sumner escorted
Mrs. Lincoln, it was presume that the Pres
ident had indorsrd his reconstruction the
| rics. Because Capt Robert l. ncoln escort |
\ sd Miss Harlan. y w.s supposed that Sen.
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J.v I'm, had rchears.d liz Sma.~h =" To-,
,.rTennosss,rs H.. ,,;,h, h,'r.'ra =, -
oener,l,v noticed ,h,, he presden, ia No.,
recocn;ye Andy .Ioh,.n, n.- 80 ,ho,,
seen ,ogetbcr T,a I;nco,n,s .vnIo;.s i
ordcr;ng ont tbo R,.cL Unrsa C.valr,, Rad
wbcneva, he wants a scron, X ,,, re ',,ss,n.
ed about. Il WAS said that Tad isS,,,d his
orders like Major GENERAL refused 10 10, |
his ,avor,,es ,c,yc Wash;ngton and core.l !
the President IN naLc sneecbes Ia ti,;s c,r
airy force Are ne to have n nr;nce NM.
rial Mrs. Iineoln,s influence was .ls,
spoken Of and inouiries were made as IN
what She would d, wi,h those conyressnen
who defeated the Omnibus, hill. which
contained an appronriation of forty thous
and dollars for re furnishing the White
House. One prominent politician stated
that he knew that the President des ;red an.
other re- election f he restored the u ion.
and quoted Washirgton's third nomination
as precedent. War rumors were plentiful. |
It was said that Stanton was no, at the ball
because he was busy Strengthening the de- |
fences Of Washington. The widest reports |
| flew 10 and TO.
In spite Of the reports to the contrary. |
not one negro was guest at the bal. Num- |
| bcrs ofthem were o. hand NJ walters. how
ever, and were on view Il. the outside halls
The retiring rooms If the Presidential party |
were exclusively attended bv negroes. This |
was the only concession to the African race.
Apropos of this another bit of gossip. A
colored delegation once called on the Hav |
ticn minister. who received them very indir.
nantly. assuring them that he was not an
African negro, and that a Haytien was
quite different sort of man. The absence
Of negroes was much remarked They were
SO conspicuous during the Inauguration Ger.
cmon es at the Capitol. and the reception
and in the procession. that every one OK.
pectsd to see them dance the Juba or yir-
GINA reel before The President Nobody
could have objected. pr ,bablv. had they been