Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-16
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

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In their Eidst-simple little fountains, mod
est and unassuming, like country maidens
| A little tinkling Of water is the first thin.
that makes you realize that you are nea
| one; but they are fountains for all that.
| MRS. ATTORNEY GENERAL. WILLIAMS.
From jeu d eau to jeu u esprit Mrs
| Attorney General Williams has great dea
| of jelI d esprit 1t is this that makes he
such belle. Mrs. Williams is one Of thu
most fluent takers we ever met. Almos
before you get fairly into her presence she
has something to say to you. She il
neither handsome nor graceful, but she Is
gay, talkative and easy. At her receptions
are to be SEEN more Of the masculine gen.
der than at the others. She is a SECOND
Madame Rscamier for popularity among
the Apollos and Lothario.; and she has
such delicious cold lemon punch, which
draws these species as sugar does vller in
sects.
We never met any one north of Mason
and Dixon's line who was Southern thai
did not always make haste to tell you So
We told Mrs. Williams we thought she
must be something Of a Frenc1 woman
She jumped at it Immediately, and told us
that her grandfather was thoroughbred
Frenchmsn-could not speak a word OF
English-"and the reason why you South
erners like me so much is because am
Southern. Yes, am a Southern born
t1OnlCln.
Her house is quite plain, inside and cut,
bui we have seen many handsomer estat-
lishments with much less style. Mrs. VIII
lisms is the most agreeable woman in the
Cabinet-and no one does the Cabinet
without especial admiration of Mrs. Will
Hams-and Eer Attorney.
THE CoLoRED ELEMENT IN SOCIETY.
Quite number of ''coloIel gentlemen"
are on the committee for the Inaugura
Ball. Pi1chback is stopping at the Airing
ton. Some Of the most dreSsy and po1np-
Gus individuals in town are tine s1ole-color
ed. You turn sometimes to look at that
nlOdish looking woman, with her Parlslan
like costume; she turns, and you behold The
blackest skin, the thiekest lips, the most i'm
porSant toss ofthe head-nCt old inery, badly
fixed on as in our cities, but costumes that
any lady of Caucasian descest might wear.
Tnis town is the headquarters OF the
America Africans. You meet them on
Sunday afternoons, the men with bouton-
niers of violets and heliotropes; the women
with large Spsnish-looking fans, which they
use with all the nonchalanc5 Of fine ladies'.
But wait for the ball and then Africa will
eclipse America.
REVERSING THINGS.
Morning receptions, or mGttnees dGnsdIl-
tes, have almos. rua evening par les oil the
carpet; for our part we think the "witchiDg
hour Of midnight" more suited to the joys
of revelry and the dance.
"There was a sound of revelry by night,
And Belgium's capital had gathered then
Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright
The lamps shOne o'er fair women and brave
men;
A thousand hearts beat happily; and when
Music arose with its vOluptuou5 swell
Soft eyes loOk'd love to eyes that spake again,
And all went merry as marriage bell"
And this could hardly be so beautifully
expressed of morning dance-eyen By
the fascinating pen Ct Lord Byron. "E'drty
hours are quite fashionable in town this
season." drawled a s,ceU the other day.
We heard quite chattering in French a!
one Of the receptions tre other morning,
which reminded US of the Crescent City,
where French and English is so much in
termixed.
BALTIMORE BEAUTIES.
We saw very pretty blonde Baltimore
an few evening since, the daughter OF
Mayor Banks. We never saw a woman OF
Baltimore who was Let good looking.
A "REMINISCENCES.
A gentleman told us that when eX-Presl-
dent Davis was making bis secession
speeches in the Senate, Mrs. Davis, who sat
up in the gallery with her crocheting, would
clap her hands (not too loud, Of course, }
whenever Mr.. Davis said a good thing
about States rights, so5to-voce: "That's
right; 60 OF, 90 on give it to them, JET !'
The gentleman who told US this is one of
undoubted veracity, and knew Mrs. Davis
personally. Said she WAS fine looking,
intelligent, high bred woman, who believed
i'll ''Jetf Davis and States rights"
PEOPLE WILL TALK.
Mrs. COlfax, who entertained SO de-
lightfully last season, ard who was such a
toast and such fsvorite, does not receive
at all this winter-is seldom heard OF, and
is boarding at Hornley's, small family ho-
tel on II street, kept by negro man, and
who has received the colored delegation
from New Orleans as part Of bis house
hold. They say the mortifying denouenleRt
of the Credit Mobilier has caused Mrs.
Colfax's retirement from society; people
will talk, you know.
LOUISIANA N0TABLES.
Pinchback (colored) may be seen, like
U. S. G, promenading down the avenue
with q cigar in his mouth. He is very
young looking man, almost white and a
thoroughbred dandy. He is quite the Gym
osure of ali eyes. His rival, Gov. War
moth, is the most magnificent looking man
in the United States-a modern Hercules,
with face like an AntOnius. He is cre-
ating a great sensation here. 1t was re-
ported last season that he was engaged to
the daug ter of Senator Wes-, who is ex-
ceedingiy plain looking. Senator West is a
very ordinary looking person, and resem-
bles DR.. Johnson's friend, who had but one
idea in his head, and that was lcrOng one.
A TENNESSEE NJ. c.
Mr.. Vaughn, member Of Congress from
Brownsville, Tenn, is quite fine looking
man, makes good appearance in the draw
ing room, dresses in good taste, has pleas
ant manners, is a ready and agreeable talk
er, and is considered by his compatriots to
possess much intelligence and energy.
We throw up our cap in favor OF MIR.
Vaughn, both as an honest man and gem
llCudUs All LOUcS5 Hall ID OAC VIM AAS
s. eered clear of the Credit Mobilier, Chats
the d. fnition here,) which, aprcpos, re-
minds us of the story that an honest chap
from the Green mountains "Wished to know
why they did not manage the Mobile credit
in Mobile, and not make such fuss over
it in Washington; and what was the use Of
putting such highfalutin name to 1t at all.
Mobile was darned sight better than No
biier." This is the phraseology Of the iok
about town-not very elegant, but UeTg
Green mountain.
THE LITERARY RAGE.
The literary receptions of the Hon. Horasio
King are all the rage this sea on, and we
can endorse tn I'm, Indeed, to be literary
is quite the style at present, The world is
surely coming to an endl There is bGs-
bleu in every second house in town, small
editions Of Madame George Sand, Madame
do stael, Madame Recamier, Madame de
Scvigne, Mrs. Hemans, Ninon de pEnclos,
Christina Of Sweden, Aspasia and Cleopat-
ra, and last, but not le st, Madame lie Vert
of Vanity Fair. Dear friends, we did not
get all these names out of the encyclo-
pedia and put them down as children
string beads. No, we read about them,
eUery one, in history. And as for
Homers, Virgils-
Danies, Byrons,
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