The Republican journal., 1869-06-24
PORT TRAIT OF A FAMOUS QUEEN OF VAST
lNGTON SOCIETY.

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roh hAt ! Ot A FAMOUS QUEEN OF VAST
ING ON SOCIETY,"
| Washington corrcspouGcnt vrites II. y-
follows:
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no;nted nt II. ~ ilt tea'Ie' there
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f. I'1Nrt 'o"%.,u .llo se''' in',iGa:e" H
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on''n nia'i"n ,',' =! i'''o .'a" "''" sun
,llie "lu S'"''l"i ipoAiS, Ni'H ''n' 'ui trH
seaIs upon hGr feieofaied ng,'uN' an" NuE
Sss.l'1s IL onlS a9 la',eN llppoal falls uP
III III so''en romance ol pysohe lishiol' -Not
Gu ilplt ll'ii te oIuil' Sne sal ciieF'
Iulgals', loohll'g e noI pcyoh'' 'nc lace OF lief
h,Soa'lo lor tile look' ana SmueS tlal III The
old time made her eyes thc center of every
asSehlpll' me contrast OF inc picture "lth
'he one IL memory recalled hcf romance, as
reSl ana NlNio one as the peSt out OF George
0'ho, lo"r Ia0N readers OF twenty-five re-
member the name OF her family well enough
IL was that oil CuttS; ana ola southern stock
mere 'ha' hS ihe rue ana grace OF chl7alfy'
was aceoul'eo sooo t,ou9ll none Oh us mem
pels e1eI Si"N 70 liIt'Ci, Me0i'li Gt prominence
ana Aoeles -ather heio lor ms !lie-llihe hoth-
ING more 'haA areSpecfaole poSltloh III It gov
cfhheh' department mere. Ter mother lam
ny was poor anu ran pack lor generation
OF TWO IN the Dlstrlct- 50 the daughter iol
tune, as spanish say was the COVER OIL bcau-
y, ana hoi much peslueH. but inns sue ~
proVedW with grace ana mlnheiS'aho atoleraple
education at the oathoilc seminary III George
town, anu came o!lt on soclety mere Il CON
mandlng. coultly alred, c'hquerlh@ Geile-'hF
rarest thhg that ever happens To girls porn III
Washington, ohe starred year OF Two ~
she was. linen, when hearts enough had
melteu ana knees hat' gone doWn IKE stupble
before her Stateilhess' the ele9ant ana power
1ui Dougias beht 100, ana she llted nm up
with her hand. Inc Lutte Giant was tile
pet ana the non OF the Senate, prince III
wealth and power, and she was OF blood roy
al by the git OF beauty: II was coalition
that W ashngton "flgh lac could not resist
so Aaele Io'l5 p9cahle Tue elegant MIS-. sent
toi DouSlas, We DouSa"s' lne queen FcyfE"A'
OF society, the glass OF fashion INTO Whlch the
pollte world looked Tor It's manners Doug
las and Breckinudge, who quarrelled during
their last days IN the senate, Were Damon
and fythlasthen' ana punt SIDE by slae ior thclf
residences the splehdld row OF DullalngS III
ms city, since more famous iof tne residence
OF Grant and now ior sherman MIS- Doug
las gave her receptions there. 10 ne ADMIT
tea TO them was TO De IN company 10 DC Sc
ciaded was MOI 10 oG known; a wave u leF
dainty ian IN those days might nave condemn
eo you from the fG9 as e1ecoally as the pa-
tnclan homan laole3 lorheo 'ne ir, glaaia'or 70
DEAN WIN IN, thelr tnulllo~. Inc queen o.
,DouSlas now maue 70 pltlcl'lon1 @ fe; :" WI,
dom or oIllllahcy' p''l i senators aiu Iolelslt
ministers nave scarcely iotlilu sllice AZ tiie SaN
Capltal reception room 50 sraGelul an,l H.
tractlVe as hers' 9lle received e1tr5pon 5I
there, ana never 4 ofe"'h OF scahual pLgN
9yb[ % nel a''in Ie5t't,Ial o ~ n, bnn" te
"nen she Jay SICK IN nel l'Nurio', m9lle' ,'
town was n commo5oh Us 0Fet .'[hen l en- m
press. ana RANKIN hoN' the GaPllol 'H4 I-l Nv
tells yled win cach otner IN sehlnI '0itGopnqe
ana klla enquiries lor her heal'l. 'S,le ~ N..,
ilol less ,ne eellr9 ol sorLe,S ~ rsi e,tell