The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-27

such vast service to the Republic, and
whose services have continued through
so many years, possesses peculiarvalue
to me.
| 1 have the honor to be, with great
respect, your 0bedient servant,
u. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant General U. s. A.
| TELEGRAM FROM GEN. SCOTT.
| Mr.. Stevens, to whom most of the ar
engagements relative to the presentation
were ommitted, received yesterday the
following telegram from Lieut.. Gen.
Scott: III r.rE gfFt
NEW ORLEANS, Friday, Feb. &c, 1860.
Simon Stevens, ESQ.,, Dear sir-You
transmit to me an invitation, this mo-
ment received, compounded of elements
we'll calculated to soothe worn out
| soldier.
am asked to meet many of the prin-
cipal citizens of our principal city, the
day after to morrow, the birthday OF the
| Father Of our Country, the occasion
| being to present to Lieut.. Gen. Grant a
portrait of his immediate predecessor,
who more than year ago inscribed q
book to him in these words:
"Prom the Oldest to the greatest General
TSigned1 WINFIELD SCOTT.
GEN. GRANT.
Then, after these solemn rites, every
body is requested to do as he pleases. A
treacherous voice from the platform,
which cannot belong toa Loyal Lacquer,
announces that those who are thus
minded may pay their respects to Gen.
| Grant. Immediately all the congrega.
| ton turned its face toward martyr, and
400 dexter hands pressed his. Three
| times, while we were before him, we
heard him say, "How ?" Was it a
frantic appeal TO that nimble Master Of
| Ceremonies, a glimpse Of whose untiripg
gayety was refreshing, or had somebody
! been silly enough to ask him a question
in passing? III 500. !.
This small, quiet man, in the simplest
costume, you would pass on Broadway
a dozen times without notice, and yet,
when you know he is hero, you find
power and meaning in the immObile
| face.
The robe which Penelope wove when
| Ulysses was gone to the Wars was of
black lace, and she wore 1t last night,
| and it became her. The look of eager
enjoyment which still lighted her face,
when for two hours she had said pleasant
things to people whom she must have
wished i'll bed, gave one new faith in the
victory of spirit over matter.
DRESS, a.sa
There is a marvellous display of dress
here, silks, velvets, and satins. Tremu
lOus laces on shoulders that can beal
their sunny neighborhood, and, alas, on
shoulders that cannot. Learn, Mesda-
mes, the sad lesson that those chits o
seventeen may dare the cruel searching
of these bold gas burners as you cannot
If there be long hollows in the mech
pearl powder keeps so fair, if the white
elbows are angular they note those un-
kind jeers of Time, and will proclaim
them. These diamond necklaces ar,
folly, where they dim the lustre of thu
eyes above them, and the multiplication
of bracelets, but advertises scRaw ny
arms. Those rosy girls in pink, ant
white, and blue, will laugh at you
brocades, and jewels, in the pretty con
fidence Of youth. Nay, ono dimplet
child in dress wrought of the straight
- lines of simplicity is the daintiest erea
, ture there. sii al 3iiuiHa 3a
CELEBRITIES. 'JDaaa
: There are many notables in the ga,
crowd. Here are nabObs, and Cover
nors, and Dons of siugle degree. Farrr
gut, and Heintzelman, and Ringgold
and Barnard, and Butterfield, and Val
Viliet. Thenth were VS. M ---r
esq.,, at the summit of felicity, havin,
found unlimited punch in the suppe
room--and there were Mr.. P.-k--ff an,
IIio viIe.i tIAiue uauS ltcrs, aud Mrs. D-y
, Sc C-y, and hundreds Of others whom
/ we dine with every week. -'i u ~
+ RESUME. ttsi Hii
Altogether, the affair was successful
To Col. Frank K. Howe, perhaps, tn
excellent conduct of the gay evening i
: due. At least, he was ubiquitous, ant
tireless, and insensible to irritation, ant
so we offer him this very small bay leaf
: The absence Of confusion, or delay, a
entrance and exit, and the perfect orde
of the festival, are the best testimony
to the efficiency of Capt. Speight ant
his sergeants. ..., az
1t was hardly midnight when thu
great rooms were left again to silence
and the housemaids. And so the gal,
day ended in the pleasantest party o
the season. .. .f-..,.
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