Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-11
SOCIETY NOTES.

The President holds reception this evening
for officers OF the navy and marine corps, to
which their families are also invited.
According to custom after new President
has been inaugurated, the members OF the
diplomatic corps and the ladies OF their families
called In a body on the President and Mrs.
Garfield yesterday between and 3 p. m. The
members of the Old and new Cabinets had been
Invited to attend with the ladies OF their fam!-
lies, and no others were admitted. Tae Presi-
dent and Mrs. Garfield stood In the east room
to receive the visitors The wives OF Secretaries
Blaine, Window and Hunt, and Attorney Gen
eral MacNeagh's wife stood In line with Mrs.
Garfield, and back OF them We're Secretaries
Window, Lincoln and Hunt, Attorney General
MacVeagh and Postmaster General James, ana
ex Secretaries Ramsey, Schun. eX-Attorney
General and Mrs. DevenS and eX- Postmaster
General Maynard, Mrs and the Misses Eyarts,
nieces, Mrs. Sheldon and Miss Mason and Miss
MOllie Garfield. EX Secretary Evarts intro
duced the ladies and gentlemen of the diplo-
matte corps TO his successor, Secretary Blaine,
who In turn presented them to the President
and Mrs. Garfield. All the gentlemen OF the
foreign legations wore their court dresses aud
the ladies were elegantly dressed. After the
chatting, but the reception was over at 5 D. H.
Most OF the Senatorial families aud a few
others who have been receiving on Thursdays
did so yesterday, and had numerous visitors
Mrs. Sherman, now that her husband has re-
turned to the Senate, has given up receiving on
Wednesday, and has her old reception day,
Thursday.
Whatever the weather, there have been many
ladies and gentlemen calling Informally upon
Mrs. Garfield every evening.
Miss Fannie Hayes, the ex-President's only
daughter, still remains in Washington as the
Whitney.--Mr Washington Mclean, OF Gin
cinnati, returned here this week. His wife is In
Florida with one OF her married daughters.
SENATORS CoNKLING AND HILL engaged In an
exchange Of witty sallies this afternoon that
amused the galleries Mr.. Hill was making
tbe point that other vacancies may be made In
the Senate by the President, after those exist
Ing shall have been filled; that for instance,
MI Conkling might be sent TO some foreign
country to represent the United States,
and then there would be another dem and
for further delay. In the organization Mr.
send MIR. Hill abroad, to Which the latter re.
piled that 1t would not please the President TO
SEND him, and 1t would please Conkling too
the President, who had created the republican
vacancies, might equalizs things by appointing
the same number OF democrats to Office
A DELEGATION from Illinois and Wisconsin,
consisting OF Hon. Robert Rae. j. Huntington
jackson, Col Mason and others. are here with
q strong protest against the President select
ing an associate justice Of the Supreme Court
outside OF the Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana
get the appointment, Will have one-third of
the entire bench, while Indiana, Illinois and
Wisconsin, the next largest to the New York
circuit, has nothing.
THE LEAVE OF Master A. Nicholson, q. S. n.
at present in Berlin, Germany, is extended six
months with permission to remain abroad.
PEARSON FOR POSTMASTER OF NEW YORK
CirY.-The President this afternoon sent to
the Senate the nomination Of Henry g. Pear
son, to be postmaster at New York city.