The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-18
g,ire., and tho Commercial, idceytiso. oro "a.

tcntal. wv
On Monday dncd with Mr. Adams. lie
wife. his daughter IN law T. widow, ana nr
daughter, vs. 'rc the lHdi's. Ms. Adams -,D',s
straight lnlv-like in her carriage, ami lisn.n.I
and sensible in nor conv'r-4ti On. All t'p.
me Win mu h respect AMI kindness. .llIi. ,.
pratnd to mo the Kind - cunts he ha .l.
ihcm OF his STAY a. Autumn. Mr.. Adam
Mr. CprNiu. Mr.. winthrop AMI severn .I.-
friends 10 mcct me. Mr.. Corwin is aul..
about forty, prrlirS i"r'f Two or iour'le.,
unpol shrd man. with u gr Ht dead of .nt
~ f-S. and "a count 'uun"' WI b wins your .e
ant confidence. hg Is r,'. lri"d hrrru- ON .,
the competitors for Prr.ldvut. and iS r. r,
ulptt4d for NiUU-lr sid .U. iy tIr ia.
q IN. Scott ihirl told Wv mot II. W ~
al MIR. Ssutnu's IL WIS the most inf ..I.. ID, 4
social parry ever met, and there wcrr,it
sund delightful THINGS about II. There ,..- a
She centre of the room. John Quincy Adam.
NJ IN '7 r., pcrtin v"neratinn. wa 1s''i S.' 'o9
most drlic3tely 10y beng placed next him OIL. lAe
supp.r table.
Yesterday was sgnaizrd hy Mr. Buchan ...,
party, II wa. gwen toy, and ~ the nam" at .f,
cations. dir amt iniurel. for two hum /
lHoi'. tn'ue.t tnrre ~ ' s",en anI' 4
crowd ut Thousand. An u brilliant ~,nr n
was. an sure $50 more beauty III Nii|a..,
t. rival H. il here. Hui In" cclcIri.,. ~
toilet AMI character " 'r' there in rr.at
force Bancroft. the historian and even Ml
etrr. the orator. wander Il at tunes unkn.w1
and I'M istIu-u shed IN lac multitude. ! die
+ N he'd Mrs. Mary and at.l as her cons I.t
cavalier until she retired / thought tins d, -
position al myself most proper and hecum n,
You often Jest M Tor my great reverence 81 tho
sex. ndst confess nay ialih to- them Wds trloi
on this OCCASION. Tncre was q stage or elevated
platform at one end of "a" hail, upon WlUrt
ilftv or sixty persons miXlii stand. ] attained
this rminrnrc with Mrs. Marcy and the urr.
cannu, Dr. less than eighty years old. u widow.
r.hI 81 iound,r oil ,tln CONSTITUTION, oi q.
paid homage to her. saying that she was diru =
led and attractive. 1t ~ the fashion Ia say ~.
would have been displayed ny her rcmainu.,
in her widowhood. in tho nncicnt country
mma o.o} of her ilius'riogs hpsE,n;
have dos rihed. and passing toward the
porch. midway, on a SOFA elevated 80 as N
IN It's occupant som ,whAi above the crowd. wes
thu widow Of Alexander Hamilton. the duught, Z
OF phiiip S'iuvl"r. moii,"r NJ many ctiiir .n.
ninety yours OlI. the, s.iN: dressed Heaven n,
praised mot with plunrs. but with antiuutt,, !
sutrrhni run an ctp- receiving the sau' ltlouS
G @c.,wd %s iriv6isus whom cm,o,
admirably. She has under her care Miss .Jini-
dog,oi Nv York. Mr.. Bolis'o presented ms
~ MADAME He u a Russian. Of ilNy or moro.
lie found hon child at Georgetown. very au-
tiiul. and married her ~ souA rs she was nar-
rlagrablc. rms was prrhaps, Jour wars AGO.
ness amt beauty remain. sac visited Rus IA
with him. and now cAcltcs the envy Of hcr ~
by appearing with brilliant necklace. bracelets
ETC.. OF diamonds.
The last subject noticed in the memoir IA Tho
painfully celebrated case Of the negro MURDERER
Freeman. who was tried at Auburn. John Van
Buren,. then Attorney Gen raj. prosecuting ior
the people and Gov Seward defen ling the
prisoner. Tho crime was of peculiar arV'ty.
the county Of Cayuga was profoundly excited
aud no lawyer dared appear for Freeman Win
II was known that GOV. Seward had volunteered
his services he was threatened with violanos
Passion AMI prejudice convicted Freeman
but time win Heated the wisdom. as well rs the
courage Of his counsel. He was subsequently
Judged hopelcssly insane. Gov. Seward
always regarded his defence of freeman u
among the noblest acts Of his life.