, 1876-03-01

| they wore e1tlnEulshtng Carl SohnrZ, and ad-
vaucinR ccrtaln partisan onds with dovosIor
that warranted tho revonuo oflcers in granting
! them, son1a lndugouces. But Gen. Grant car
not accopt evon thsa tolerant viow Of tho case,
And Con. Dahcook Nltt no moro appear st tht
bur Of tho Senate Is tho Private Secretary Of thu
Executive. bearing "a noasage from tho rrcai.
dont Of tho Unisod stases." Bocloty I, sorry,
And sympathlses.
wAsnfNdruNfd ufHrnpAr
MAS mol osiobrated III this city founded by tho
Father OF Ills County, and which beara htn MANS
Congress pntriotloally adjourned over, business
/ was suspsndod. aud flags were displayed, but
tho only demonstration Was by baltimore mill
Tia regiment, Which stopped on Its way Ia
Alexandria. and paid marching salutc to tho
psesldent nt tho Wbils 1Ionse. Tho seceah alo-
meEt Was out In full stronash. and went down
with the bold soger boys nearly all OF whom
wero In tho @, u. 4. Alexandria WAS in tts
glory, as tue former posttoHn OF that gfeat
rcbc1, dcorgo Washington, and ID The band
played "DI1io" tho cheering Was voc1forous.
1n tho ovoniug President Grant gave
A REuErTloH Ar TUE With uoUsn,
which crowds attondod, forming In als for
Fermentation like mep at the polls on election
morning. Tho acene ID tho large Eaat Room wns
unusually brilliant, and It can no moro bo do
scslbcd than tho lktlres OF kaleidoscope when
tho cylinder is rapidly turned. Thors were for
eign Ministers and hEothodss msnistors mom-
bcrs Of CongroBa aud momhess Of tho press,
army officers aud poloo officers, oflce.eoekers
and offlco ksopess, each and ovory one Of them
II Mi,h g., LADY on lila arm. and eaen l.dg
Nowhere elso can ons 300 such \ con-
course OF iltl,strious natnas. Of elegant Hpmop,
md Of ovcIy grnde, class, and condition Of tho
American peoplo-al! oQual-A!l well-bchayod.
drcbs With = long train. Of pearl.colored satin,
trimmed With pink stlk aud p,nk ostrich-foathor
tips, and Mrs. Fred Grant woeo Al au1bot-colorod
aiik, with On oyerdress Of gnuze OF tho samo
color, trimmed with Yalchcionnos laco and
wreasha Of bright scarlet dowara. some Of tho
most eto9Ans dresses worn wero terribly crushed
and torn III tho crowd but the wraroTB appeared
to enjoy 1t, rather thnu otherwise.
to1IH BULLS ENTERTAINMENT,
given BY Sir Ej1arl and Lady Thornton, on
Thusday night at tho spactona British Legation,
vaa vorY ssoil affair, aud Bocioty Was In rap
lures. The Ohlof OF tho Duresu Of He'd Tape
and Scaling Wax was 80 profoundly impressed
pressut. @ taat On ons'ing t8o hsil.door be- camo "a @
uear kneBlng whom ho Looked up tho broad
staircase aud saw tho portrait Of IIof 0racloua
Majesty Queen Victoria. Later In the evening,
I nm patnnd to add. to tniatook Sir Edward for
trtct In Vermont, and begged him not to join 10
tho reduction Of salaries. Whom the mistake
was discovered tho Chief Of Bureau retufaod to
tho snppar-soom, and sought consolation III
by an Anglo.Saxon ilunkov, and sent home In a
hack. Poor old chap, how he did ortar hts
cterks nud messengers about tho next day, TO be
sure.
The display Of elegant dresses and brilliant
jewels waa wonderful, cofipsing any that has
evor boen seen hers. The ladIea Of The other
Legasionn wero altirod In tbs height OF parlsian
fanlion, but they weto hli oclpsed By tho young
and pretty wlfo OF Senator Jouos, Of Nevada,
who wore around her neck black va1yot band,
studded NTH solitaire diamonds each one larger
than marfoHfat pen.
IN Hoo s1aso v1xozs.
Columbia Commanlery OF knighta Temn!at
have given graua ball IT. Masonic Hall, which
was eaborately decorated for the accession.
Grand Master Hopkins aud Grand Captain-Gen~
erAl Schultz nero among the invited guests,
ind at tho supper.tabte these woEe bountifut
llbations drained TO appropriate toahtB. This
summer, at tho nst!onaf oncampmons whero tho
TeniiAr bsanoe will b8 raised ovaf tho tent Of
the Grand Maater.
poAT-cLun BAL1B.
Instead OF ''1sow, brothers, row." our clnhs
shoutti aing t'Dauco, tsothars. Dance" for they
hayo Ind famous ttno at deorgetoNn, nna
tho auspices Of tho Potomac Club" and
thore is 10 be carnival fro!o. unacr diror'
the ''Analossan Club" Thcso boat.clt l..
urlnEs are especially freguontsd by tho
and thoir famttica, and ar0 far miro OF j.
than many more rrstentfolB entertAnme
ron EuAHIrY's BAKE.
On Fftdny evening Masoulc Hall Wa th
of which rop1en!slsd ths treasury Of Il
dscn's Hospital. Society turned out uobi'
attracted hundreds Of ambitious people OF :.
deRrec. who can no. talk sbout edith n,
whom saw hor At Tho charity bal" or : .
}irr t1s$T tNrNni in, tho ru{t hnkk >,
ity ball or q Miss Wato who waa nexst u.
at tho clarity ball auppor.' Well, Ii these
ah'pefs Of society can bo made to contributs = n
good csuae oJ thoir vanity. lot them shol It
their lucatH. Tho great attraction Of tho u
waR tho Sonorn Alantll1a do lou 1nos, tile H..
some wife Of tho Spanish Mlustor WIN VOL
turquoise blue silk hn!l-drcss, very low on . "
shoulders. and training very low on tho erou
trimmed with tiny nowers and oars Of whoss
silver, with q chsplot Of tho same binding I
black hair. Mrn. Wolf, Of Now York, wore
black velvet bal-dgess, elAhorately trimmed vi ~
raro old lace, sad full sot OF diamonds, targfr
brighton. aud pussr than ap1y othsrs. seen La:
since the daya of, .Madau6 do Dodiaco. Iii
JinkB, OF Chicago. wore IN elegant white gro
grain silk bnll-siress trimmed with point lse
and oxauisitely- y-tinted Eutumn 1eayea, HRS. Al
tornay-urnsral Pierropont wozo i light straw
illusion, dotted With gold. And shesa were other
striking costumes. but an afraid to trusr to
| my memory which u not strong On mantna-
| making.
TnoUnLE II TIE CAN'T.
Hoctoty has been egtatsd by jolly tov bo-
| tween pi9uaut Miss uruudy," most inluAtr-
ous and pAins-tsling Of our lady correspondonis,
! Ani the wife Of Al ox.Mayor. Who ta tho daugh-
| Ter OF rotuud old Marshall brown, we'll known
| in yossa paAt ~ the landlord of tho Metropoli-
tan Aotel, which 1ss kep! by hls iathor before
hlm as tho 1niian Queon Tavern. Dtown Is now
! on tho rotitod list Of landlords, aud lives Ia
great atyto at the West End, with hla son-in law
nnd daughter III tumstes Of hn gorgoously fur
nlnhed dwelling. 4 fow weeks ago ball WAS
given th1ro, but "3Iiss GruntlY" and hsE
| mother uors not Invited, and 8 few days after
wards thoy received note nrAting that ~ indi-
/ viduAla they would hare bcen welcome, but not
"a newspaper correspondents. 10 this tho
spuuky I" Allss Hrundf" eent / sharp reply,
aud now Rho psints tho offensive letter scnf ber,
with soma remarks by D0nn piatt, who secal!a The
fact that Within but = faw yenls old Drown VA
| accustomed to Bsnd Hats Of his guosts 70 the
newspapers and to hare thom published ~ now
arrivals. At adyerin1ng rates, showing that hls
entertainment for ulau and heazt wAa wall pat
sonizod. Taus far. ''.Aiss ufundy" has do
ctdodiy the bsat Of it, butt It ronatns to bo seen
whether hcr Adseraasy may nos appoal sc
| soclotY to take her part by tab00ing tho CORE.