Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-20
EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

Was hIpgtOD very handsomely at ths Metro
pclitan Hotel Saturday night. Al half-past
seven o clock the invited guests commenced 20
srrIVe and werr received in Mr.. Burlingame's
Prvatr paTlOr. General Banks, of M ,ssachu-
~etts- received the party. whom he introd uced
20 M BurlingamP aud bIs associates of the
Embassy. After half an hours conversation
UpoE Celestial SUBJECTS the signal WAS given 70
repair to the dinner saloon. Ar. Burlingame,
leading the way, was followed by the CORES
POndentS. arm in arm, IN procession. Arriving
the dinner room. Nr. Buriingame took his
~eat NJ me head of the table aud a. the guests
marched N they took the seats assigned them.
The tables were elegantly spread with the appli-
anCes ana scCOmpaniments o. a superb dinner
Ar BurhDgame occupied the head Of the table,
II which Were the most dignifl I'd and best look
inr Of the press OF the country represented in
IN" national capital. at the foot of the table sat
General Banks, supported on the right and
Isft nv the Ambassadors, ChIh Tayen aud
>Il Taisn. About midway between these
-aa. Oi the table sat the interpreters
anC students. Fung and Teh. MeSsr>. J.
MCClsaTy- Brown, ard D-chaIIpS weTs in
attendanee. with the philosophers. Cnih and
sun Taren. The entertainment represented
tns bill Of fare having been well disposed
Of. General Banks stood up aud made a brief
speeC proposing the health OF Minister Bur-
HnSams, and saying thai as There Were no
reporters present the las; should have leave TO
prInI bis speech. lLaUghter.l Minister Bur-
IIngaule. IN re>pOnss. remarked that n had
Ievn agreed upon IN advance that no speeches
-hOuId be made. and he could not therefore,
MAKE any formal remarks without violating
he rule He would say, however. that he
never felt more pleasn nre in his life than on the
present occasion, surrounded Il. ne wa. by
representatives Of the great controlling power
Of The world-the representatives. Of the pres.
Oi me great republic OF the world. He felt that
he owed much 10 the press OF America. which
had aidet him III his great mission OF humanity
and whose influence had so sIgnalIy contrib
u;ed 70 the success OF HI, undertaking. The
iestivI-Ies Were kept mp % late hour. and
he company separated IN the utmost good
EuEaoT.
THE DEATH or MR.. LKUTzs, n. ARTIST calls
io-th. generaI expressions OF regret Broken
ht aith, augmented by the great physical pros
ration produced by the late protracted heat Of
he weather was the main cause OF his decAase
HIS daughter has been with him in this civ
" hiie Mrs. Ieufze Is now abroad upon an pr-
and IN connection with a high position in the
world OF ar; which ba. been recently p-otfrred
10 re- distinguished husband il Europe Mr.
L"u'ze was born ia Wurtemb berg, bat his early
aT'ls;Ic Life was spent in this cOGntry- Subze-
SUeutly trained u the highest plfca of me
profession AT Dusseldorf. he returned 10
America. and has here IefI products OF lis
genius Jhat shall endure through all time
HIS loss ~ Insome respects a national one As a
historic painter he Will Oe bsst rrrn-rn 5ered by
bis pictures OF the battle Of Monmouth and OF
ne Russian Treaty, and n. fresco painting on
q H. Wall that fianks the nobl- stairway lead
rEr > raIf r.xe.t
uyes VII, probably preserve hts memory a
long aS the Capitol stands. and On this pic;nre
EIs reputation must nHa!ly TEST The picture
n the Capitol 10 which W. havs referred has
been severely and offer criticised. ou. few who
ses II, however, can fail 10 ierl IT. beauty ana
power. II Ia. received the homage o; thcus-
SnCs IS a truthful picture OF the rugged road
by which the star OF empire wind. it way TO
he far West; and in the face OF rhs m othsr seat
I'd on the table rock the feeling Of resignation
20 a Dex life and Of sorro~ for the old ons Ieft
forever. there is the true stamp Of genius. Too
practical generally 20 in:0 the realms Of
poetic art, his intense AmericaniSm supplied
the place OF divine afiatuS which Church and
Bisrs.adt seem among our landscape painters
10 nonOPolize
Hlsteath was an easy one. In priva,e life
he was generally kind and benevolent, and
more generally rnourned.
The NV CHINESE TREATT.-Thi. treaty as
concluded b-tween the embassy and the State
department provides that Chinese subjects
shah be admitted 10 all our schools. colleges
aEd educational institutions without being
subject 20 any religious OF political test. The
>@naie Committee ON Foreign Relations will
INSIST on an amendment providing simply that
Chlnese subjects BE- put on the same footing in
rhis regard as thoss O' other civilized nations.
The Senate Will probably agree % this, and thu
Embassy are also likely 10 accept the change
without serious objection. This is the princi-
pal change 20 b. made I'm the treaty before It's
railnoa:ion.
COSFIRNATIONs AND lECTioN--The
- nate N Executive session Saturday made the
fOl.owIEg cohrmatIans--F. l. Sherman. post
master al Chicago, Illinois; and Il number OF
other pOstmasters-; T. J. Bowers. TO be Chief
JUsnce Supreme Court, Idaho; II. q. Warren,
70 be Chief Justice. Montana; H knowles, TO
oe associate IUstIee, Montana; :. bay, 10 be
Surveyor General, California: l.. Drury. 70 be
Justice OF the Peace, Washington, D. C..
The Senatc rejected the nominations of III. A
Smy;he. 10 be Minister to Austria; W. H Par
ssr. IO b. Secretary, Ida o, and number OF
other nominations.
EXTRA SESSION OF THE SENATE" Data
writes 10 The Mr.
The Senate Las not vet disposed OF three
important treaties recently submitted 70 that
bOdy by the President tor rati hcation Beside
hrs, there are numerous nominations for i'm
pOr-ant off es before II aId vet To be sent 10
he Senate. IL Congress shall adjourn this
week leaving these matters unfinished, il is
probable thai The PTesiden; Will call an extra
session OF the Senate Tor executive business, 10
assemble Immediately upon the adjournment
"f Congress"
ANON those seeking the Austrian mission is
John q. SAKE the punstsr poet-politician.
PoLITICsL-Ths Republicans aver tha; the
Den oCra,ic csnnon-firing over Seymour and
blaIr - done ON the theory that the corpse-- OF
drowned people can be raised in this way.
- The Augusta (Georgia) CLro,icis Of the
l5,h instant says that Hon. Alexander H.
Stephens declares that be neither wrote nor had
any resolutions presented 10 the. Democratic
NaiiOnal Cony ention.
"A New York paper says that Biair takes
WHISKY for medical purposes. The Hartford
fs''.says- I'VE are Inclined 70 think A. was
ior medical purposes'-to wit, for corns. He
here"
Pollard. the rebel author, has read Biair's
ie1LsI, ana he nov publishes a new book in
wnlch ne says he Is now cow inced that the
rue cause fought tor an the late war has not
been lost immessurably or irreyocably, bot is
vet IN ! eondltion 10 be regarded by the South