The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-06-09


critic OF female LONELINESS. The laud is richer
aud no doubt growing happier; and hAppi-
ness Is your best tonic, and best cosmetic,
aud most efficient developer of the female
form divine
But LET rs return to our young lady, who
so graeionsly and gracefully receives in the
drawing noon Of the great Secretary. She
enquired "witA lively interest" about Her
Majesty Queen Emma. And here viii re
marx that enquiries respecting Her Majesty,
also His Majesty, and his interesting insular
dominions, gave US an advantage among
throngs Of callers, SO that we got something
more than the usual commonplace dose of
chat about weather, et eetera, as was the case
with our fair hostess Miss Carpenter.
We went from Secretary Stewards TO the
rest of the cabinet Gen. Sehoheld Is a
handsome, rotnnd, gentleman, who was as
sisted by most agreeable and gracious part
ner in dispensing Inequalities The portly
and rather clerical looking Secretary of the
Treasury, the frsil elegant looking Attorney
General; the venerable Sestor of the navy /;
and the afiAble Minister of the Interior, as
sisted by their kind and lady-like partners,
and many lovely attaches, sisters, cousins,
and nieces. extended as cordial hospitality,
and as kindly welcome, as though they
were the in coming. and not the outgoing
dispensers of patronage and official eourte-
sizes
At the house of Speaker Colfax, the Vice
President elect, and also quite recently the
bridegroom elect of s very handsome and
intelligent lady, we found the crush and
and throug Of an ovation. The wise men
from the East, aud the West were throng
ing TO worship the new star in white moir-
antique, and parure of pearls.
General Grant was not in town on New
Years day. He declined the olive branch Of
reconciliation rendered by President John
son, which was accepted by the bitter i'm
peaehing Butler. l think the most of the
friends of General Grant, regret his absence
from the capital on the great day of calls and
reconeiliations- | saw him the Sunday pre-
vious, at the Presbyterian Church, which
Sunderland. l attended this church and
listened TO his preaching in 1856, twelve
years gone by; and it was curious and
interesting to sit in the old pew, and OBJ
serve the same little man rise up in the pull
pit. Little change TO note, except little
more grizzle of the beard The same ideas,
the same manner, and the same voice But
my attention and that Of Others, no doubt,
was divided by another parsonage. had
barely seated myself, when lady whispered
to me: it mas not De uninteresting to you
to know that General Grant and family will
occupy the seat in front of you" When the
pews were gradually filed, and the preacher
about 10 commence, a small plain man, ae-
companied by a lady, two boys, and girl
entered the vacant pew. The General was
readily recognizable from the photographs
previously observed The first impression
he produced, was that Of plain, farmer
looking man, who WAS a little unwell, IA
active and unroused lion All observers
comment upon the drowsy expression of his
counteuance, when first seen, but there is 8
latent fire noted after further observation, of
wonderful power. His well formed head
is cropped closely and plainly. He did not
give close attention to the preacher. and
when We stood up TO listen to the choir, ian
uncomfortable attitude by the way for listen
ing to good music,) the General turned round
and took deliberate survey of persons in
his immediate vicinity. Those drowsy blue
eyes sought each face with an enquiring
look, and then 1 discemed and felt the pen
Grating fire of his gaze, and discerned some
thing OF the latent power of strong soul.
and 1 doubted not but that he had been
well chosen the most influential man of all
America. G.