The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-02-26

AS 4 matter OF local lNtHFeSI VIC pun
| fish from the Press, "Olsvia's" description
| of Postmaster General Creswelrs reception
| Cecil county has cause to be proud of her
representatives at the Capital.
The Reception of the Postmaster General.
A glowering night prepared Itself for the
reception of the Postmaster General. 1t
rained, but as this part Of the programme
concerned nobody but the hackmen and
the horses, and as no Prof. Bcrgh was pres
| ent to look after the trials of his four-foot-
| ed friends, the reception came Oft with adj
ditonal glory reflected from the dark sur
roundings. In the midst of the pelting
rain the carriages drew-up before the hand
some residence of the Postmaster General,
| in the most fashionable quarter Of the
"West End Mating Or drugeet was
laid eutwardly from the mansios. police
man opened the door of your carriage and
held an extensive umbrella over your head
| whilst you found your way into the entrance.
| That short walk was the most impressive
part of the evenings entertainment. A
cloud darker than the heavens above lined
either side Of the open space. 1t was re-
| Elected from the dense crowd of colored
people who had collected on the spot to in
visible rs they passed from the carriage to
! the mansion. This crowd of boys and
men seemed as indifferent to the pelting
rain as the creatures which nature clothes,
inexorably, tos as regards the fashion,
Once within the vestibule, it was light,
and music, celebrated men. and fair ~o-
men. Ia the usual place at the entrance
| of the first parlor might have been seen
| the Postmaster General. and not far re-
moved his accomplished wife. The Post
master General has a commanding person,
| a broad, towering brow, and underneath it
| a pair of opal eyes burn and glow with the
| usual brilliance of that exquisite gem. The
lower part Of his face denotes aggressive
power, as well as that unmistakable peril
nacity so necessary in public man. He
| has set his face against the frankins privil-
| eye. and the chances are that the Postmas-
| ter General will win. No man In the Unit
ed States has been SO tortured with appli-
cations for office, and if he had the photo
graphs Of all the women who have applied
| to him for post Offices and they were laid
| in row. single file, they would reach from
Maine almost to California. Considering
Postmaster General Creswell's troubles, he
is the most remarkably we'll preserved man
in Washington.
Mrs. Crcswell is handsome, as we'll as
| one of the most graceful women at the cap
! ital. Since the absence of Mrs. Senator
| SPrague from fashionable society. if she
must have successor, Mrs. Creswell seems
| the most available candidate for the vacant
place. AS an example of her exquisite
| taste she wore black velvet the evening of
her reception, and no toilet is SO perfect
| sat home
There seemed to be no end to the rooms
in this modern mansion. In one place a
soothing weed was prepared for the lords
OF creation, where they could steep them
selves in smoke if they felt it to be desira-
| bic. In another chocolate and coffee were
dispensed in dainty little cups that must
have been imported from Constantinople.
In the cof1ee-room might have been seen
the genteel Montgomery Blair. He had a
calm lock of resignation on his face, sphynx-
| like in the extreme, as if he had the strength
to bide the time Of half dozen Admips-
| trations, if it was necessary. before the
| right one would "turn up for the Blair
family. The late Secretary McCullech was
also in the chocolate room, surrouned by a
bevy of pretty girls but his associates
were no better than he deserved for bet
| ter, kinder-hearted man is hard to find
Another room was devoted to sandwiches,
cakes. and ices. In a corner of this room
was seen an immense punch bowl, in which
miniature icebergs were grating their sides.
| This punch-bewl contained lemonade color
| cd with claret. An old lady, whose vera
city can be trusted, said there was just
enough claret introduced in it to counteract
| the dreadful effects of the ice and the acid
in the beverage; that one could drink
dozen glasses without the least painful
full effect. At any rate, great quantities of
this purple fluid disappeared, and no seri-
Gus mischief followed
Annapolis.
The great attraction at the City of the
| Ancient Severn, this week has been the