The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-04-18

recently given in that city hy} M.. and
and Mrs. Stewart. Stewart is a Senator
from Nevada. and four years ago was~a
poor man. He is man of no professional
eminence, and has in no honest wav
come into possession Of wealth since that
time. Yet at this party or ball. given IA
prominent public hall, there was a d Ia.
play OF wealth that Cros ,us might have
envied. Read it, honest working. men
and farmers, who, by the hardest toll.
barely keep yonrselvessgnd families in
comfort, and yet opt Of whose hard earn.
ings every dollar of this mans wealth
| came. as we'll as every dollar which Con.
gressmen vote themselves or is stolen
through the operations OF the lobby.
money does not grow on troes or drop
from the skies It is the product Of
labor, and every man who labors contri-
ontes his share to support the extrava-
canoe here described:
"A platform crossed the further end Of
the hall, on which were hve draped
arches, on the pliasters and ases of
which we're baskets Of exotios and pots
OF costly flowers. q special train from
tho South-chargss paid by Huntington's
new chesapeake and Ohio Road-broueht
quantity OF palm leaves, which we're
draped between the arches. Surmount-
ing the centre arch was the GOAT OF arms
OF Nevaca, with tho motto altered so as
20 read, 'A!l from our country" An
entire aViary OF mockiDg- birds. paroquess
ana oirds OF Paradise, were imported by
GARRISON y steamers from the West Indies
ana hung about the hall in decorated
csges-charges paid by services in ex.
pectancy to the Brazilian subsidy and
Samana Bay Company schemes. Neba'.
band furnished tho music, at a coat of
five shares Of Emma, limited.
Mrs Stewart-except the decoNese was
attired in the cos,liest crimson sutin
train, with white lace AouIces and over
dress, that Worth's raris establishment
could furnish, Or the Alaska Fur Seal
Company pay for. Tho decoNele was
dressed principally in Lubiu's powder
and rubies-though not the same rubies
that George Roberts gave the Senator
from Nevada for engineering through
tho clause in the mining bill allowing
diamond fields to be patented. Miss
Stewart, to quote Jenkins, ''was lovely
IN gros grain salmon silk; over dress OF
tulle, embroidered il colors, and pearl
Jewels" But the Senator himself was
the centre of attraction, and the splendid
toilets of the ladies paied into common
fabrics before the rainbow raiment with
which the eyes Of fancy invested his stall
wart form.
His boots-soles and upper leather
were composed Of Georgia State bouds,
which the dofaulting Georgia Governor,
Rufus B. Bullock, fiched from the
State Treasury and distributed among
the working members Of the Senate Re.
construction Committee of the forty.
first Congress. in order to secure pro
per and speedy admission OF that State
under proper auspices. Your readers
viii! remember how Stewart worked
night and day for the Bullock adminis-
tration bill. His pantaloons we're cut
from loan certificates once given to
Sharon and Ralston for advances on the
Amador Mine mud Cancelled by legal SER
vices IN the matter of combating the
Sutro Tunnel and amending the mineral
land law. His vest was work Of art.
On the loft side WAS embroidered a map
OF the city of Duluth, the lots set apart
to him by the Northern Pacific RaiIroad
company, for services on the Senate
Railroad Committee in tho winter of
1868, being designated by frosted silver
flags. On the right side was traced the
route of tho Texas Pacific, with repre-
oontattOu VI tTAlO OF ours lOaueu With
first mortgage bonds rushing into the
open vest pocket. Blocks Of mulachiso
OF the shape Of Preside lots served as
buttons to this beautiful vest, whose
lupels we're Of Alaska seal skin.
The embroidered shirt front of the 8 :
nator was generally admired. In the
prospective could be seen San Francisco,
with grass.grown wharves. while in the
fore. ground loomed water.bouud city
of stately warehouses;, on the site OF what
once was Goat Island, aud on every
fourth building on the island appeared
the placard, "For rent; apply to VIM.
NJ. Stewart, Attorney Cenlrai Pacific
Railroad Company, San Francisco.
The Senator's coat was cut after the
fashion OF Elijah's mantle. On the
COLLAR the letters W. NJ. S. appeared
above the half effaced words John Con.
ness-the body of the garment was COM
posed Of Central Pacific first mortgage
bonds. One Of tho tails of tho coat was
shorter than the other-said to have
been cut to meet tho exigencits of his
last Senatorial election
Seriously, was not this entire Stewart
reception, brilliant rs it wus, defiant
mockery of the aroused public sentiment
which is everywhere awaking from its
long sleep to summon it's corrupt stew