Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-01
THE EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.


The PRESIDENTS RECEPTIoN.-The rain of
last night changed the snow of yesterday into a
combination of slush and sleet which was
ceedingly disagreeable to pedestrians; but not
withstanding the unpropitious state of the
weather, the jam was as great ut the Executive
Mansion as on any previous New Years day.
The leyee commenced at III O'Clock, when the
members of the Cabinet and Foreign Ministers;
the Judges of the Supreme Court Of the United
States; Senators and Representatives i'm Con-
gress; the judges of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia and of the Court of Claims
were received, followed at half past IL by
Army, Navy, and Marine officers. A quarter
of an hour afterwards the Soldiers of the
War OF 1872. and members of the Oldest In
habitants' Association of the District of Co
luInba paid their respects TO the President. and
at noon the doors were opened for the reception
of citizens, from which time until O'Clock p.
m. the rooms were thronged.
The scene at the Presidents House on these
occasions has been often described. About the
hour of noon the reception rooms are brilliant
with the contrast afforded by the richly decor
atPd court dresses of the Foreign Ministers and
their attaches; the neat uniforms of our army,
navy and marine officers; the sober black suits
of dignified statesmen and jurists, and the ele-
CANT toilettes of the ladies (who have good taste
generally to dress with simplicity, and not as
for an evening party.) while outside the surg
ing crowd eager for admission fumes and frets
every time the door is closed to cut off the in
gress Of too many sovereigns at a time, or is
sometimes provoked into laugh by the good
humOred banter of some jolly citizen who ap-
preciates and enjoys the ludicrous side
of the situation. Visitors first repaired
to the Red Parlor, thence to the Blue
Room, where the President received them,
thence through the Green Parlor to the
East Room, and from there out into the open
air again. Elegant boquets of camelias, lilies
rponicas, mignonette, and other fragrant fiow-
ers in their golden stands adorned the Blne
Room, and, as usual, excellent music was
furnished by the Marine Band. The carpets
in the parlors and East Room Were COW
cred, as usual. to prevent them from being
soiled while number of police officers and
the officers of the Executive Mansion, were on
duty in the rooms to prevent improper hand
ling OF the curtains or furniture.
The splendid equipages OF the Diplomatic
Corps began to arrive a few minutes before II
O'Clock, all approaching by the east gate and
leaving by the west. The entrance to the
Executive Mansion was by the main door and
the exit by temporary platform leading from
one tine north windows to the front pavement
Secretaries Seward, Welles, McCulloch
Browning, Grant, Attorney General Stanbery.
and Postmaster General Randall were among
the first TO pay their respects to the President
Secretaries Welles, McCulloch, and Browning,
Postmaster General Randall, and Attornev
General Stanbery Were accompanied by their
ladies; Assistant Secretary of State F. W. Sew
ard and lady followed. Then came the Diplo
manc Corps, who were presented by Secretary
rnrd
themy, Minister from France; NJ Blacaue, the
Turkish Minister; Baron GeroIt, the Prussian
Minister M. DE Billie, newly appointed Danish
Minister; Senor Don Facundo Goni, the Span
Ish Minister the Chevalie- Marcee Cerruti
Minister from Italy; Don Jose Antonio Garcia
y Garcia, Peruvian Minister; Francis Glare
Ford, Charge d'Affaires Great Britain; NJ Ed.
ward Stoeckl, Russian Minister. lie Baron de
franckenstein. Charge dAffairs, Austria: Sc.
nor Don Ezequiel Gutierrez. Charge d'Affairs.
Costa Rica: M. Manoel Garcia da Roza Charge
d'Ahairs, Portugal; Senor Don Alberto Blest
Cana, OF the Chilian Legation; Mr. Alexandra
Rio Rangabee, the Grecian Minister; Baron
~ w. de Wetterstedt, the Swedish Minister.
Senor Don Colonel Domingo sF Sarmiento
Minister from the Argentine Republic; John
Hltz, Esq, Consul General of Switzerland and
his Secretary. Mr.. OSt; M. LIE yicomte de S.
FeTriol, OF the French legation; Edmund d.
" Fame, OF the British Legation; Senor Don
LUIS de Potestad, of the Spanish Legation: NJ
X. Cantagalli, of the Italian Legation: M. Wal.
demar de BodiseO, of the Russian Legation:
MI Leon RHO Rangabee. of the Grecian Le-
CATION; Henry Howard, Esq. of the British
Legation, and many other secretaries and at.
taches Of the various legations.
OF the Senators and Representatives there
were present Senators Reyerdy johnson, Sh.r.
man, Morgan, Doolittle, Morton, Corbett Cole
Fessenden. Dixon, Morrill, of VT, and others:
Representatives Banks, Pruyn, Eldridge Mar
snail, Trimbell of ky Nicholson, Kerr, Ferris
and others OF the Army there were present
Generals w. 7. Sherman, Townsend, O. O.
Howard, Hardie. Balloch. Shiras Eaton. Ekin.
Dent, Ricketts,, McFerran, Humphries. Viii.
iiams, Pelouze, Vincent, Breck, Surgeon Cen
eran Barnes, Quartermaster General Rucker
Assistant Quartermast General Miller. Paw.
master General Brice. Colonel Scott, Colonel
Medowan, Major Bradley, and many other
officers of lesser rank
Of the Navy there were Admirals Rad ford
Smith, Bailey, Commodore Jenkins. Sands. M
Smith; Commanders Breese, Queen. Davis.
Paymasters Bridge, Gushing, Bogys: Surseons
Dearborn, Williams, Campbell Horwitz. Tv.
ron; Captain Balch, Patterson. Meads: Lieuten-
ant Dyer, and many other officers of lower
grade, all in full uniform Of the marine
corps there were Gen. Zeilan, Mai Cash. Mai.
Slack, and number of captains and Heuten-
ants.
The Judges of the Supreme Court and Court
OF Claims we re all present and Were presented
by Chief Justice Chase and Judge Casey: sew
eral OF the Judges Were accompanied by their
ladies. Judge Olin, of the District Supreme
Court, and lady.
Mayor Wallach and lady, Hon Montgomery
Blair, Hon. +. p. Blair. Sr.. Hon. T. A. Rol-
lins, Edgar I. Welles, Esq, Chief Clerk Navy
Department, John G. Cox. Esq. Chief Clerk In
terror Department DIR. G. II. Nichols, Amos
Kendall, Hon. Hugh Capron, Commissioner Of
Agriculture. Hon. F. T. Spinner, Treasurer of
United States, Mr.. Dent the father an la w of
Gen. Grant and many other high officials and
distinguished citizens were also present.
The officers Of the navy were prese nted by
Admiral Radford; those of the marine corps
by Gen. Zeilan; the officers of Gen Grant's
staff by Gen. Grant those of the Adiutant
Generals Office by Gen. Townsend; those of the
Freedmen's Bureau by Gen. Howard; those of
the Quartermaster Generals Office by Gen.
Rucker; those of the Surgeon Generals Office
by Gen. Barnes, and the others by the senior
officer OF their department
The association Of the soldiers of the war of
1872, headed by Col. J. s. Williams were pre