Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-04-19

IN. d. c.. TUESDAY, Al
THE PKEsIDKsT viii receive, at the Executive
Mansion. the General Assembly OF Ohio, at 10
O'Clock a- m. tomorrow Wednesday, They
will be presented by Senators Sherman and
Thurman and General Schenck, as a committee
Of the Ohio delegation The Ohio delegation
and the members OF the General Assembly " m
meet promptly at the Executive Mansion at 10
a. m. to-morrow. sr5l.5 ~ 80
DISTRICT BusIsEss IN CoSeREss.-The Sem
ate to-day agreed to the House amendments TO
the bflfs to incorporate the Homeopathic. Medi-
cal Society and to Incorporate the Washington
Founding Hospital; also, the hill ideclaratory
Of the act to incorp0r ate the National Theo-
logical Institute. fIs r5, .iy-r.faSt 80
TIE HOUSE, CoAxTTKE ON EDucATIos AND
LABOR, to investigate the charges against Gen.
Howard. this morning examined A. b. Mallstt,
Esq.,, Supervising Architect of the Tress,ry
II rsfsssnse to- 70 his .s e.a.ni.sr g
which 1t Is built. His testimony was TO the rf.
feet that the .'patent building block =, OF which
the University q cepst5uetel, is pot Q ssatasle
have fallen had The. patent brick been properly
hardened before being put in. Mr. Clarke, ar
Sntrse mony or 4 M ne MuHss Hr. II. r. searis I we We
also recalled and examined at length in refer
ence to. the construction Of the University
building. ~ - --T4 I--Is~EE ~
ARCTIC ExPLoRAr1oSs.-AIr Sumner, from
Committee on Foreign Relations, reported in
the Senate this morning substitate for the
joint resolution reistiye to a voyage to the Are
tic regions under the auspices of the govern
ment, II provides that the President may or-
gahize and send out one or more expeditions f,f
Arctic explorations toward the north Pole, and
to apl oint one or more persons, as Ne may deem
most ntted, 70 the command thereof to,tletsil
any ofheer1d the pablic service to take psrt in
the same, ahd TO use any public vessel that NAV
be suitable for the purpose. The scientific o,,e-
the, National Academy Of Sciences; and tue
sum Of 500 900 is appropriated for the above
purposes, to be expended under direction Of the
President , I s. -o.7ac-5 1F-7I7TZkTT9
METRorOLITAN RAnwAy.--Gen. Negley ap-
peared before the House Committee on Roads
and Canals yesterday, and made an arginent
in support Of a bill introduced by him on March
2ist for s the incorpor.siOn and building O. new
more under the name a. the Metropolitan Rail-
road. The corporators arc James O,Connor,
Robert H. King, Thomas NJ. Mafshali, A. 81.
Brown, and Joseph I. johnson, OF Pennsylra.
mia, and VIM. 4. Walters, Charles N. Dough
Ierty, and Benjamin II. Williams, Of Marylanu.
The capital stock is three millions of dollars
,1 se ass sspos IN ys
propose to cell out, but had the means at their
command to 60 ahead and build the road. The
title OF the bull is one .to promote commerce.
transportation Of the mails and military and
naval stores" 4. = =
wAsHINeToN SOCIETY IN Is70.-The follow
ing from letter written by lady Of this city
to friend at the North gives lively de-
scription of some of the peculiar and pleasant
features Of Washington society in 1870
( "Had you been here the past winter dear
j, / think your ideas OF Washington soclety
would have been slightly modified. You, I'm
city in " the season. as place for parade and
fashion, show and heartlessness, exclusively.
Now, while there Is a plenty of these articles
do Mot there great deal beside
find material for purely Intellectual social life
more abundant, or use it more felicitousIy than
semc OF the people here have done the past win
ter. Literary reunions, where reading, recita-
tions and dramatic impersonations have formed
the entertainments, have been eminently sue
cessf9l, judging from the numbers they have
F' Grace Greenwood" has assisted with an effect
that would compare favorable with the wonder
ful Fanny kemble One gentleman, Polish by
arranged such delightful soirees in connection
with class IN German that those who en-
joyed them had no wish for the less interesting
Children's dancing, quartette singing, German
recitatiOns, charades acted by faHiliar friends.
&c, &C., were agreeably interspersed for the
pleasure OF all. One hears of Shakespeare and
Chaucer clubs in various parts OF the city; while
the literary entertainments given by Hon. Ho-
ratio King have elected the attendance of tue
90 Republican court" II such term can prop
erly be used in our country. Whether it can be.
or not, it Is surely pleasant thing to think OF
that our President quietly attends and enjoys
"a simple intellectual entertainment, given BY
am inclined to think that the simple republican
ism of this thing in 1910 is somewhat of an al-
vance upon the manners OF the Father Of his
that in all good things the days of the present
were an advance upon the primitive republic,
| A word, before close, in favor Of the show
and parade Of Washington life, for which You
is moi exclusive, confined to certain privileged
people and to wealth. There is no city in our
Union where the purely rbitrary distinctions Of
place where personal qualifications only go
relations to society, enabling them to enjoy
ger, canning 70 the city 'ii during % %ths s's asea-
SOM when Cabinet officers receiye,1 can
cal on reception days at their houses, leave
hss Sss Sy
which they often perform at the expense offs
good deal of fatigue- and iself-sscriHcel and
afterward receive cards for an evening enter.
often music and dancing What fashionable
society anywhere else Is so liberaiP There seems
Re ssnss e essR N
O. lf-respect Of human, nature has made them
safe. People do not present themselves at such
occasions, II conceiying that both IN dress and
address they would seem interiopers. i Com.
psre the receptions Of our President to the
elaborate court days when Queen Yicteda can
be seen BY the Few privileged t?J ones who have
spent weeks OF time and lots OF money to buy
Bfithh sIlks, made up in outlandish forms, in
which only they were permitted 10 appear who're
IRoyalty!5 mink 0f 'fhoee thinds and nexa time
you want to abuse Washingten Hjsst rub your
eye: and bless your starsP that eve ars :. We
April 10, 1870. ....-. -
THE woaEus PEopIr.-The cabinet-makers,
lseventy-seyen in number in the employ OF an
extensive establishment in New YORK., have
stxuck FOR an advxnce or wages or ten per cent
xtAutumn wAea9syoce Rutsdevn twenty per,
under an agreement that the rates shspl6
be increasetft1i2 spxmgs TAa foilare b comply
with this arrangement has caused the strike. A
strike among The p1An6frte makers in New
York ie Anticipated, in coneeo uencA of n reduc-