The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-29
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

| Washington-A Foreign Minister II
New Mole. otc.. etc.
| tfrom our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Jan. q, 1876.
The centennial bill, mot "Wild Bill o
the Mountains" but the bill now pend
Ing In the house Of representatives,. tn
Randall hoax, Indiana editors, the con
grcssional bouquets. Oliver l.. Morton
chances for the presidency. and the l,sua
society-gossip, have formed the mail
topics of excitement and conversation
during the week just passed. our beaul
and bellies have. 1t Is true, given but lii
tic attention to anything save the las
subject mentioned. for the week has been
one constant whirl OF social enjoyment
and this week promises to be even worse
No wonder, therefore. that the chiefs o
burcaux complain that their young mel
are late at their desks. for ono canno
dance and play the valiant all night long
every night IN the week, without extend
ing the morning maps rather longer than
IL quite conforinable to the exigencics oi
Uncle Sans service : aud II our depart.
mental young bloods do not take care,
we shall probably soon have another con.
grcssional invcntieatiou q, to the why's
aud wheretorcs they ART late in the morn.
ings, and perform their work lanynidly
and in a llalf.somnolcnt state.
SOCIETY GOSSIP.
Blu, as long Us the chiefs OF bureau
themselves will set the example, they
have little right TO complain, for like
master, like man" The most brilliant
entertainments are these given by the
members of the cabinet, who are the
heads OF the government departments,
and they always last till tar into the
small hours of the morning. Card. have
been issued by the Secretary of the Int
nor and Mrs. Chandler for grand re.
ccption on Friday next. Postmaster
General and Mrs. Jewell will give grand
ball oil the evening OF the 2lst inst. {; and
Admiral and Mrs. Porter will give
their great ball on or about the 10th of
February. Mrs. Senator Bayard has is
sued cards tor an evening reception at
her residence. Bryant Place. on Febru.
AIRY the l1th and six hundred invitations
have been issued by Ex-Governor anu
Mrs. Shepard for ball on the evening OF
the 3lst inst, the anniversary of their
wedding. These. with the receptions
shortly 10 be given by Mrs. Fish. Sir Ed
ward Thornton and the Russian minister,
are looked forward to, by our young
society folks with considerable pleas
ire, and Invitations are In great demand
~ the creme de Ia creme OF upper tendon.
THE RUSSIAN MINISTER.
Talking Of the Russian minister re-
minds ME that he has not yet shaken of
he mystery that seems to surround his
presence among "a. Unlike the other
diplomats, he does not 10 much in so.
'iety, but, with his wife. keeps himself !
pretty much at home, making hut few
and fewer friends. Won
erful stories are aNoat OF the oriental |
'plendor of his mansion and the beauty |
II his wife, the Countess CzickiZnc (how |
10 you pronounce that but very little
II his domestic establishment il ever seen |
~ the vulgar outside world except hi.
Chasseur, who certainly is one of the
inest specimens physically OF human
~ that ever cooled his heels in an ante |
That Chasscur is the talk land |
'nvy) OF the town. and his photograph |
nay be had at the bookstores, Washing
on Is too aristocratic to have "shsps" Of !
my kind; everythingi j. a "storc," down
o the peanut "stOre" on a wheelbarrow
ound the corner. Az for the minister
limseli, whenever ne docs make his APP
which il seldom, he is developed
IN half dozen huge fur coats, and /. &c.
by a pack OF visiiins cards.
some eight by twelve inch,., in
size. on which are engraved IN copper.
plate the legend 1.-The Russian Minis.
ter"
HE BRITISH MINISTER.
Dramatically opposite to him in hab.
its and manners is the British Minister.
Sir Edward Thornton. If you were TO
meet Sir Edward in the street. YOU
would, in all probability, take him to be
3 collector Of rents or insurance agent,
always in very much Of hurry. He is
great pedestrian, dresses very plain ahd
always in black, and is generally accom-.
panied by one or both OF his young
daughters, who can scarcely keep up
with him, lac walk. 80 fast. He Is. how.
ever, very much liked, and de.eryedly so,
being always afable and pleasant both in
official aud social intercourse. which l.
more than Can be said OF some Of the
other members Of the eg1ps dipiomaiig,s,,
who are in the habit Of twisting their
noses a. il they smclt something bad
when they have 70 do with plebians.
TIE RANDALL HoAN.
referred in the beginning Of this let.
ter TO the Randall hoax, which was one
Of these incXplicable eanaid, that comes.
no one knows from where. was walk.
lag down Pennsylvania avenue late Fri
day even, when man came rushing OUT
Of the Metropolitan hotel, shouting at the