Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1878-02-01
From our regular COrresdendent.l

painfullV aware OF the Iact. 10 90 70 One
of the fashionable parties here, such as
that given on Wednesday evening last, by
the Spanish Minister in honor of the mar
riage of King Adolphus, and not have it
duly recorded in the Washington papers
next morning is to have lived in vainl
Consequently, the day after that IA
nous fete, which was one Of the most re-
gal and magnificent ever given in Wash
ington, we were treated to long lists Oh
names. of those present. 1t appeared now
ever, that some had been omitted 1or
on the next day 8 corrected hst was
nnblished and as late as yesterday, sec
ond edition of the revised and corrected
.1ist" was published "by authority"
Rut here is where the fun comes in.
Some people. and very nice people, too,
who felt quite chagrinOd at not receiving
invitations while their neighbors oyer the
way did, prevailed on friends who had
been invited to deposit their cards in the
baskets at the Minister'S reception, and As
the corrected" lists wers made up. from
these cards, it will readily be understood
how it came to pass that Mrs. POllyPoP
was reported to have been present, thus
raising the envy of her dear friends who
we're not there, when in reality she was
sitting ouistly in the back basement mend
ing the children's stockingsl As Mr.. Man
tilla, the Spanish Minister, and his wife
were not personally acquainted with more
than oue-third of those present, this little
fraud could easily be perpetrated.- This is
one of the phases of Washington ''Socis-
ty.'
Lord Dufferin, Governor-General of
Canada. is here on visit, accompanied by
Lady Dufferin. Next to the Vice-Royal-
ty Of India, the Governorship Of 1.-THE new
Dominion" is the most exalted gift in the
hands of Her British Majesty; and the
Lord and Lady. who are the guests of Sir
Edward Thornton. the British Minister,
had been the recipients of numerous eff
cial and unofficial evidences of esteem. On
Tuesday last, they paid formal visit to
President and Mrs. Hayes. which was re-
turned the next day. Lord Duffsrin is a
man of great wealth. has travelled exten-
siyely, and is the very picture of q British
Earl of modern times; while his wife has
some pretence to literary ability. They
leave this evening for New York. accom-
panied by Sir.Edward Thornton. whose
family is still in England. d.
There is some bad feeling between the
Senators from Massachusetts, and the Sen
ator from, and whose name rhymes with
Maine, owing to the rigorous onslaught
that Senator made the other day on the val
or Of the men of the Hub. Whether the vol
unteers of the gun-brig ''Enterprise" were
enlisted at Portland or Boston, is a mat
ter Of very little consequence now; yet
this question was the subject of heated,
and very undignifsd discussion between
Senator Dawes, Hoar, and Blaine, on the
occasion of the latter's speech presenting
the King statue as q contribution from
his State to the National Gallery in the
Old Hall of Representative. Such dis
putes are not calculated to elevate the
o. S. Senate. As i'll luck would have it,
Lord Dufferin was present, and occupied
= seat in the diplomatic gallery, on this
very day when, of sll others, it was desira-
BILE that the Senate should present, at
least, an appearance of dignity.
Tom Scott is here, and had a hearing
yesterday, before the House Committee on
Pacific Railroads. He asks government
subsidy of $17,O 900 per mile for building 8
road from the Colorado River east to the
Rio Grand. Mr. Huntington, by his counsel,
offered to0uild the same line simply for the
land grant. and without any subsidy.
The feeling in the committee seems to be
decidedly anti-subsidy; bnt Scott is great
Fire-puller, and no one can forssse what
may happen.
So far, Secretary Evarts has notyet made
up his mind whether he will hold his next
reception at his Official quarters in the
State Department, or in his private resi-
dsnee. . If he should inaugurate this ''re
form. " it is natural to suppose that his col
leagues in the Cabinet will follow suit, and
we shall have balls in the Patent Office,
War and Navy Departments, Department
of Justice, and Post Office. 1t would be
cheerful to see our bellies and beaux waltz
over the antiquated boxes of the Interior
Department, lightly skifing over models
and land records, coquetting with Wash
ington's old clothes and comparing notes
as to the relative merits of mush and mo-
lassss at the Interior Department, or
Blanc Mango at the Department of State
For Schurz is notoriously plsbian as COM
pared with Evarts, the aristoerat.
1 am writing this letter with open doors
and windows, and outside it is as warm
and as sunny as day in June. With
the exception of Mrs. Hayes reception,
Saturday is not great day for visiting in
Washington. Thursday is the great socie-
ty day here, and on that day most of the
ladies of upper tendon are ''at home" to
their friends. But to-day the fashionable
thoroughfares are crowded with carriages
and pedestrians, and the reception at the
White House this evening promises to be
an unusually brilliant affair as Mrs, Hayes
will on that occasion be assisted by five
young lady friends, who are at present
guests at the White House. LOUIS.
January 26th, 1873.
A Bismarck special saws official in.