National Republican., 1873-12-30
ARMY AND NAv yorpy,y.

Last night Marnr, 4, ~ -. N, n.,, WA,
n, p,,s.,r, ,ss /euiiar beauty and attract
.er,.s =. ~" <been 20 frequently epaetcd pre-.
n m, h,s,or >orsncs Of elegance rarely equaied
much of syot washinYion entestsinmen,s: So
dom sec <eauty, intelligence, and {raso arc SCI.
20 ' e. sea sna al easi he ra as y
" <of tho season, given at Marni's last night by
Nsil, 70 Wy 50 feet, had been decorated In q most
lastetnl aud cieborntc manner, under the super:
.ntendenee o. TIE following named committee o,
corpsi Iieutenants Hooker, Totten and Miller, Of
| the navy, and Messrs Hayden Edwards and D, II
Reed, together with Mr.. Howard. Of the English
rRg prcoRhrioss
very appropriated, consisted mostly Of national
ensiEps Al the southern end Of the hall the
SeIa az p Il IN le~,e.s sseari,y, Sy the SesS Of
large gilded eagle. To the right Of this the hags
Of EngIand, Prussia, Germany Turkey, Mcs,eo,
each cansh, In Re centre and at either end 81 the
ceiling, and gathered into folds Just above the
seepieS S S 70 tx wall sSrlsnds Of evergreen were
ineeniously intertwlned, their deep green form
inE most striking sontrss, 70 The brisht eo!ors .
before mentioned the enslgns Of France, Russia,
TripolL Austria and Greece, together With the
ips 70 The orchestra gallery al the north end Of
Win he s1or,s Rcd ,%S,s aad Blu, i he CEN.
craving Of the head of the msriyred President,
Above this, against the wall, 10 the rear Of the
sise and hnsh. TIL, WAS hung upon rground
formed by the spanish eolors and surrounded by
| wreath made Of small but rich American Tag,
alienation, the stars and stripes and 10 make it'
exquisite proportions and arrangement q notice
Fable feature OF the decoration.
Al the south end Of the room, .ufhelently re
tired to preyentany Interference with the dancing
two hand,ome evergreen trees had been crec,e.
over mosAeovcred mounds, In deceptive Imitation
with
| rpkr.vors ov rnR HvEsIso,
one being entirely devoted 10 those for the ladies
the other to those for the gentlemen. Th'
former consisted Of artistic Representations Of tn.
military and navs, equipments, such.as Cont
beo,ss,, se'. tSs latter being largely made M % .
neat devices Of rosettcs stars, iobs, sc, suitabl
for lapel ornaments. Besides these there was
Of arrows, spears and srtinciai flowers Tor hea,
decorations Tor the ladies' also artihcial button
sniiariy beautiful favor, consisting OF flags io'
lappcl wear bysgentlrmen, aud hand ornamenti
for ladies, were provided BY the committee
TBE ENTERTAINMENT
M ~ ssss SG Ss
Richsrdson, Miss Isabella Richardson, the Mise;
M.. Bsssis stewart ms MS 1sS Senator stewart
Miss Wood. Miss Llisle Porter, Miss Aunt,
1, | Bnrpos, MIS-. toionoi bacon, mrs. toionei NC
Cauley, Mrs. General Meigs, Mrs. General fUs
ter, Mlis Meigs, Mrs. Myers, the Misses Wise
Miss Beckwith, Mrs. General Beckwith, til
Misses Beale, the Misses fletcher, MIS- steele
Mrs. Senator West, Miss West, Mise Mccoy, IL ~
Leu, }}9nne2ssr Trnine nl the MI;sy: TY$lI9s(n
; PiekeIine, Mrs; aspersl Myers, Nis Ramsay
1 Audenreid, MI. Reed, Lieut.. Mercer, Lieut.. Mus,
. Mr.. Patten, Cspt. Ross, Mr.. W. II. Edwards
{ Mr.. Foot, Mr. Henry Howard, Mr.. Campbell, Nj
I Charlton, Mr.. Will May, Dr. Lincoln, Mr.. fitI
4 gerald, Mr.. Duyal Swan, Lieut.. Com. Trainc
. the rprtish Minister, Gen. Beale, Gen. Myer.
Lieut.. 1stten, Lieut.. Porter, Leut Miller, Lieut.
: Mnniey, L!ent 9uenan, Mr. Robert Edwards
T Col. Bacon, Col. McCauiy, Gen. Foster aud Den
= Ramsay, Captain Elsendeckor, Psymaster an,
4 Mrs. Thornton, Miss Thorntcn, Dir. Nielsen Of tn
y navy, Li.uts. hooker, kingsley, Dyer and Field
Tho company was received by Mrs. sccretsr!
Richardson. The lady was richly and becomingl u
attlred, and discharged her duties In her we'll
known gract iul and cordial manner. Her daugh
ter, Miss Isabella Richardson, and Lieut.. Tottei
e led the German. Mss Richardson is n graceful
dancer, an accomplished lady, and Justly atmlrei
:, and below by large circle OF friends.
= The costumes Of the ladies were particularl
2 elegant, and the gentlemen noticeable for thel
: extreme pallantry. The music was excellent
I aud tho German, In every respect, ono of tn
most select and enjoyable that ever took place
! this city. .-...