The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-13
fFrom Our Regular Correspondent
Washington Letter.
Children and POlitics-Ciyii Rights
Presidents Gevcc-rhe weather
wedding.

wedding.
WASHINGTON, Feb =.
Even the children here become imbued
with political thought. A little five year
old informed me before the passage of the
civil rights bill had grown cold that ''over
at the House they had given up trying TO
let the black and white children go to
school together, but were going TO let
them ride in the same steam CARS, and 60 /
to the same hotels. A few days pre-
vious. this same young politician an T
nounced that she should not go to school |
if the black boys we're going there too
fastening to the capitol last Friday ! was
met by
AN ELDERLY WOMAN IN CIVIL RIGHTS FRENZY |
who thus accosted me- ''Bess me. If |
they haint had a hot time in the House
you may shoot me. They've passed the
| civil rights !" | fired no shots for | had no
reason to doubt her assertion. went on.
| What turbid stream of Africa's children
| met pouring forth from the Hall of
| Representatives satisfied and jubilant
Pity that they could not have brought
away with them deeper and benefitting i'm
presslons of dignity and civilty of de-
corum instead of the
DIsGRACEFrL AND CoNTEMPrIBLE CONDUCT
of some of the legislators upon their civil
rights No wonder that Lynch. the colored
member from Mississippi, maintained, in
his speech on this bill, that his people did
not seek nor want social equality, and that
there were members on that floor even, with
whom they would be sorry TO have to asso-
ciate. 1t is to be feared he saw before him
some who were sadly deficient in elevating
and refining qualities ill-mannercd, coarse
tongued, and with but little true nobility Of
heart-polilcal knaves of the baser sort.
The youthful indiscretions of (Young)
John Brown plunged that body into yet
greater disgrace, but it would seem as if
Ben Butler were old enough to know bet
ter than to have fired the Southern blood
into giving taste of its quality, with such
contempiuous inuendoes as that great figure
bead among the republicans of the House
had uttered the day before. These North
ern and Southern members are cycling one
another, and stabbing each other with irate
words in way that bodies no good to the
country.
TIE PRESIDENTS SECOND LEvEE.
of the season, last Tuesday, was ali i'm
mense affair. They came with a rush.
| IN vl, tl,n Il
dismal perspective of more TO come was
seen. They came by the score and
by hundreds, and were presented by
Marshal Sharp to the President, who
looked ruddy and WELL andas though
the grave affairs of state were not
, gnawing upon his yitals. In silence he
, shook hands, and passed the guests ON to
his secretary, Gen. Babcock, standing next
TO be presented by him to Mrs. Grant, &C.
cupying next position. Below her stood
t Mrs. Sartoris and Mrs. Sartoris' husband,
and next below were Col. and Mrs. Fred.
, Grant Mrs. Grant wore black velvet,
/ point lace about her neck, and white
] pumes in her hair. Mis-. Sartoris wore a
Z creamy white silk with vide founcc of
I black Brussels lace, the tabier being
e trimmed with wreaths of flowers and lace.
d She and her husband were present but q
short time, leaving to attend Il party given
. . elsewhere in the city. Mrs. Fred. Gran,
;, wore a beautiful salmon pink silk, trimmed
o with narrow flounces of the silk in clus
!, tiers, and en- tablier with flowers and black
u lace. Around the bottom, and passing uT
g the sides of the skirt was narrow fringe
i of the same shade rs the silk.
V THE BLUE ROOM,
C where the presidential party received wa
= kept tolerably free from the crowds wht
!. were permitted to linger in the other rooms
It only Before the doors of this room lead
y ing into the hall, were stationed the polio,
/. to clear away the numbers eager to one,
more see the president and family of whom
they had not seen enough during the hant
lie shaking The officers were troubled t,
rs keep the coast clear In vain did they re
" mark, "The president does not want an,
N one to stand before this door, UndaunteC
is guest says, Nor do / want they should
y either" and keeps his standing,
rs THE EAST ROOM
Is was rendered insufferably close and wan
"a by the throng, and by the heat emitted b,
re the hundreds of gas jets from the elegan
I'd chandeliers. Among the jostling Grove
re were seen Sir Edward Thornton and lady
~ y. the Spanish minister, Senior Maniilla, an,
~ lady, and other diplomats also member
i, of the cabinet with Their ladies', to sa
IS nothing of the senators, representative
or and thousand others in official and pri
We vate life.
nc LEvELLING OCCASIONS
lg are these receptions, where meet togethe
u those of every name, class, color and dis
- tinction, for one and the same purpose
Prominent among the titled and unttle
-, were Pat Maloney and lady. He, hat i
nm hand, with his ''darlint" on one arm, an
TO- darlint's shawl on the other, found tn
rs promenade of the East room, and took /
NJ the situation of things with staring eye
nd and jaws ajar, while she followed wit
d. fingers nervously raised to the chin, an
ng clad in blue delaine, duly rufficd, and othe
'aI feminine paraphernalia.
his WHAT THE LADIES WORE
cy l could better describe II any one had d
re- ro' vlaed the labor with me, and, as at Marti
Chuzzlewits, one had taken above III
Y dress waist and the other below. But
p! show my good will to communicate wi
ilv attempt, feeblY though 1t be, to tell. Mr.
Ga Van Rensselaer, of Albany wore whit
ar gauze with shirred front, and back of sill