, 1873-01-07
WASHINGTON.
The New Year Receptions
How They Looked.
The Diplomatic Corps at tho White
House.
A Social RnlnDlo About tho Cnpl-
tai.

ZIG inst day or tho year lhB como to DO q Eon
eral reception day In Washington. 1t waa mads
thc official reception day by tho MadIsons whit
In tho Whito Hougo, nearly sixty years ago, and
from tho Whito House, tho custom got to be
aaopol by n fow leading rorsonnges; but Il
wes not until about thirty yeau ago TINT private
families undertook to keop opeu house, III i1n
itntion Of tho ofllcinl HOSPITALITY.
This iirat tay OF tle New Year, with lowering
weather, and etrcots covered with snow ant
running water, tlero wcre NIL unusual number o1
flSE RECEPTIONS,
aud yot less calling than as any tmo within throe
years. Soyoral families Of public noso wore
unable, from nbreueo or disease, to admit thoi1
1rienda,--os those OF tho Fico President; Of
Speaker Blnino; tho District Dclegnto Chip
man; Sir Edward Thornton; the French AlinB'
ter, whoao new houso IL not dono tho Brazilian,
TurkHh, and Peruvian Ministers; and Nlra.
sc,,ator EtluundB.
Tn Georcoto;;,i,. which ia tin only enturb of
much Social consequence around washington,
there ia good deal Of family life; md Governor
Cool,o's fimAy, General Dont'B, Admiral Rad
ford's. Major pooro'g. J,ttro Fighor's. tho Ma
crudcre. ctc., mclo tho hills Of Tint former
~'' .n" .s,,, - ,.;.,t nj. ,..,;.,1s ,,,1,
teis passing guests'
WHO RECEIVED. ......
Tho great ocia, nj. reception in wsshington wae
,lin15ters, Nooebon, bolhnap, Boutwell, ana
Fish received personally, as well rs Judge Nlch"
alSdson, Assistant Secretary Of War. Mrs. Robo~
son gave tho eutiro dock to her ltaband., being
1,oran,f obpor1,,,a will, to1t;np carc of rcr h,1v
D.l, ".'4- s'Ae ~a.o ~ 10
1enels' hetAuap "as seeonuou W ~, ,,a n.eIo "'l'l
several plcasant nrn'5-ladies. Tho Attorney
General vent calling, while his wifo received in
=, ,,.,,,,+ ,o,,,;,,, n,1a,, 1,,;,,-. n1,unot
hin 1our1,ter.in-1nw 1fcnt o,,cn houso and arru.
1a,,.. x.s ,,,, ,.a,,osle1 at,or ;,,tar,st;n,,
.o,.'' Il. l1os"'l ',o sefeia1 o'ao' 1a'oAo''t''e
ladies' stood beside her.
seros Of tho Etufr-oillcers. mud geyeral Invited
Indies, held i.raud rcccption at the aonorala
-os;dono, T., H. ooator,, ,,,rt;o oe H. atv ~
~ 1s;uos - sn,,atnr naa -. .Aa . w., y.
tno "Ne7 u oe'a'tofs Aeorhb upon nouso, tno
most prominent were Mrs. Thurman, Mrs. Cas-
scrly. aIrs. Chaudlor, Mrs. Harlan AIrs. Morrill,,
Mra. Frolinghuysen, Mrs. West, A1rs. Sherman,
n1ro. Colo Mrs. Corbctt, Mrs. Hitchcock, Mrs.
Sawyer. Not more than thirty Representation
encouraged New Ycar's; but fho Heads Of Du-
reaue, cx-o1cials residing here, md tho loading
,4radoslnol kept up tho custom, 30 tllat wo l,ad
secto1y. .''' -''"i''''"'' WY - ~
INCIDENTS or NEW YEARS..
Cnrriago hire III about $50 for the flay ut New
1car'g, and, to cconolpixe, tho callers- who nro
AlFIri@ulY Men-rluo " 10uf1t ana Homo-
ti,nes oven by .ixea. They start ont
in. atato. Of tho highest respecta-
bility, and, for the first hour, atop thrco or five
minutes at time: After TINT, thoro ar" e]ways
three h ont f Of tho four wanting to 60 '4uiskly;
npou his personal friend, is tho last tc leave.
Sometimes all four will Ecattor, aud attempt to
pick up each other at Bomc irrccouci1ablo t1ojnt,
Eheroby. before night scarcely nno carrinpn
rontaing its original freight.
]; Notwithstanding much that is said against in
3omporance at tlcyc reco,}toua It ia trio that Mt
p largo majority OF honseH, something into3lcat-
ing IN aet out from tho earliest hour Of tho
morning until suppor-timo. Thoso who cscloy
punchcs and deeantors tako to Chocolate nnd
coffco by which tlley sufSor corresponding bill
SousnosB. There Ia little visible
1Nrox1cAr1oN.
although nearly ovory house will receive DUR
ing tito day two or three pergcug oyi.
Iei,t1v tho yorgo for woar. hit II IL
, bad day for the people With good
Intentions, Who undertake to mako The rou1nd;
m and the dr. aftor Nav Years Isl is behold r undorr
mauy q sick head nwako1nr from thn n;llow md
5yon3erinr whothor Lo rnceiyod enifisiont co,n.
pousation in brjgnt fnccg and sparllinr talk Tor
tho wreck he has temporarily become,
Of long tenure here ''
"n9 "na9s tin i,a1at of intox,c,tion aocre,ao;, in
tho sonato in YOU YOUR norlod m '''l@ :" N''i'A''0 ~
" Very much. Wien entered it, thoro uoro
aru wary ""n % ndor to one o. o cGnaguee
nnwn of S;sa,ss;,,,J ira,t ~ ~ S1,ani A. lino,
T;r9no 1hara ,pIo J. ~ u'n nson VI
s;.i6 tooo nnI W., ~ a uo~
T;slt IN lo ani'o1 IN t1o rno mS m nar aoc-ad
81 The MMrshai Of tho snpromn tonrt esGTps TPpora
ye ~ rinl;ng Sanater. HuD1 INV, tnpra t
4xo ~ tt,ros ara,.eiaa III o4h ~" uue
s1norn, on t}o ro,t y " |N19 e1A"'oAo'on4o A"'
.rut no,t,n nv r1,n11o ,rouva ev-r,n ot,r
nm oynnco ~ tha ,orana mumas s,'a,A s% sA ptE
lint tho ndes woro oifcr ,o fn Ss;n, ~
fnrrcn natnro nn ~ ,an ,aro ,ran ~ ari o.
1ittIo Of that Va hovo mronlr IJto corn "e ~ wy
ncton against tl,a oxcoss;yo and s,r;1,nc
,vhch layo narlod tlIo last twn nr thrco vsars
md Tf,ich onnenre1 to rrnw nnt of +1a NJ mat5oI ~
im;tat;nr thn1 cnrnornt6 imnroremontg MT % ~ th;s
TnnitoI n1mhor ns tLn foe;nr n;t;youa e,m,o a,io
f,ms int Conrress wond n"v ~ ai4ontIam .t "
IlE,;n, o.Tn;e r,,,oea r2 - ,as, o; ~
bellioS, procncoi to nrnnarn thn wav far rava
lrtouizii,g Tie District Of Columbia bv n uys-
tnn,ot;r unr;ea nf wininra md 1;n;noa' r.. .3ov
sso look a cl,an1pnrno oxcnrslon i,awn tia rs Pa.
teu,ac to.morlow, Ind = bannuet to tho pross:
and nj tho following flav Inf mo ,vero cnrrini'
,roi,,,I f,,n Ia, ,,1,t3;Ii,s ,t.:i.f.,i. ....1