The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-01-11
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* Attorney General williams Is u fll1
market, If a Desirable teeat:s can Be
iourd for it. I never PISS near shat e
giant mansion without rejecting on tlse
sanity Of human schemes having fog
heir Object the attainlnens Of cxaske4
position. That LoHse seems to rae .
monument Of feminine ambition. Is
suggestive US the broken e5itsasne re
go IN cemeteries, cemsreaisratzs e
hose who have teen ess 81 Z. sssse
,rinle. During the saEazaer q
he wife Of the UtIitel States A.ssssse
General remained al tlro.sli TIC sFaslsz
Months ia Woslingtoii, Al. h5sga gS1sz
ress was not III session, ans sssse as
10 special attraction iisre fs. ore w12
g dearly loved seciety ard ~ ti-sssll 1s
md e.csteme1ts. Ssse vas lsslsss:sl
,reater tiiring il tl.aa Lad get glzssaleises2
ler life, at no tire wanting = lI.e:ksssssss
She designed her lt:sbaaa for tie slfss
/. .T5i.d position 50 recently made saesae
By the death Of Chief Justice Cllase,
,jsit,on which woali enable Asr, e kia
wife, to take, 80 long as be lived. an ess
v:able rank in Washington seesety.
step toward the better es.59ylaenk ct
he honors she felt assured x'oald lse
hers. she determined to bn:ld inaasscn
specially adapted for entertainments %
grand scale, II which the dsl.sc:sitses
experienced In the usual style Of Wash
ington dwellings, on such occasions
would be oIviastd Size hoped 70 have
aer husband confirmed as ghsef Isstlee
soon after the meeting Of Congress. aIld
determined that her house slsoFsld b
ready before the winter gayeties began.
It was ready, but the hausswarsa'ng
vas not as planned l3y TIE ambitions
woman, the occasion for thousands to
congratulate her on the prospect e ]
lifelong reign in Washington s5csety.
When she received the.eie. On hew
Years Day, the confirmation Of her
husband as Chief Justice vas 5egarssed
Is more than doubtful, and n less than
fortnight afterward his I.alns was wi1isz
drawn.
Tie disappointment. conins afser de
long period during which her nervous
organization had been greatIy over
strained by both mental and rhysieal
exertien, rs well as the enfosee.i e1.t.a
rance of public and rrivate dzseuszicEs
Of her past, which s..ared 10 acsad e
comment in the recital. overeane lseF.
and during the months which fsiloWei
she rarely appeared IA pubic, and Was
nearly all the tine eeaf1e1to her nsoIa
by a painful illness.
The following year she kad one laFge
reception By night n her s..sniEas,iy
planned house But i was still as tie
wife Of the AttorneySGsnersl she re-
eeived her gssests, an4 With lie e2a-
seiousness that the less of the posltleh
v s.ich lady once sailed n exaltasssls
ut her own security SIssh 3 hsss.i'sIlsl
elected to the Senate fss = long te-Es -
thas of "a creasssre Of aas
mere question Of q day Ias reception
was namerossIY attended. Bat there was
40 crowd, SO thoroasbly & the house
adapted to secure esIBf0rs to geests. no
matter how great thsir number 70
prevent the ussel difficulty oceas;oned
by those vho arriving being casght ca
the stairway leading to the dressing
rooms by the descending tile, kgsrEsslislsss
toward the drawing fossa. there >
pore c3cRere and haa3soais e4ssancs =
| the back of the house. tlsrossh @asess
all are conducted wllesi they arrive sz.l
shown at once up back stassWzy TO
she dressing roons Ia go.Hg . fi1e
s4Ion below, the grand ss.4iE-gsiay. xi..csa
is. in the center OF the ho;sse, IS nss3.
This faces the grand drawing r5sm, oYs-
1osite which Is tl.e library, sessaza5ei
! by broad hali. and IN Ia rsss q HE
dining roeIa, al 50 arranged taas tie
whole can be thrown inso ene Elagnisi-
cent apartment.
This was tho last grand easersaiis-
ment over which Attorney GensSal
~ 4Iliams and his wife presided E se-
Icurrea in January, 1875, ana Iisnt T:us
an end to the gay. season on tie I51h 81
February. Early Ia March seme mrs
serioas letters Kept Washington society
in u Autter, and while Whatever tie ~
lation they and tbs subsequent res lgna-
ton Of the Attorney -sfeiseSssi bore 70
each other as eanso and effect leshas9s
may never be certainly known, il is true
that few weeks later there Wis a n
c4ney in the Department af Justsce.
The following winter the VIE Of the
ex-Attorney-Ga General did not seTassin IA
Washington, and her hoase was net
open save AZ a io. .lging f5r her llass: I'D.
In the spring Of 1876, whea tle .,Con1-
mittee on Expenditures IN the KVar De-
lartmens" was making It's report, size
reappeared, and has occupied It's Iosssa
frequently at intervals s. zee, bat las
led most unsatisfactory lae therein.
Her neighbors say that rarely Las aay
one been seeas gong TO the coaE where
crowds once gathered. 10 hack stair
way has been needed TO prevent geests
elbowing each other. She is now. I
hear, going to Europe, or has gone, and
will remain two years. experimenting
she edacation of hes, husband daughter
and joining in her studies. When the.
girls education is finished she and her
| step.mother, i is said, return here, and
the latter is determined to give fha
young lsdy every advantage psssiS!s.--
FashiaJtea Correspondence Ciaesaaosi
Enquirer.
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