The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-02-05

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/ Queer Victoria accredited as her min
lister plenipotentiary to President Tay Tor
the Right Honorable Sir Henry Lytton
Bulwer, an accomplished diplomatic. slen-
der and apparently in i'll health. He was
afterwards, for many years, the British
minister at Constantin"ple. where he de
( feated the Vaccinations of Russia, and
I held in cunning hand the tangled thread
/ of that delicate puzzle, the Eastern ques-
/ ton. His private secretary while he was
at Washington was his nephew, Mr..
I Robert Bulwer, Ga son Of the n0Nclist)
/ who has since won renomn as Lord Lyt-
! ton, Nicer"y Of Ia,,ia and as the author
of charming poems signed Owen Mere
dith.
The secretaries and attaches of the for
eiGu legations at Washington are an I'M
! p1rtant feature i'll fashionable society
| there. Some Of them. who have by THEN
abilities and their energies risen from
comparatively obscure positions at home.
aud who have political and diplomatic
aspirations, are hard workers, and send
to their respective governments really
valuable reports upon our industrial in-
tcrestS, finances, etc. But the larger and
the younger portion of the members OF
the corps are either noviccs who are
taking their first lessons in diplomacy, or
the needy scons of aristocratic families
in search of lucrative matrimonial ALI
ances. They have little OF nothing to
do, but they play their parts as gravel
as if the welfare Of the nations which
they respectively represent rested upon
their individual shoulders. and they oc
cupy their abundant leisure in the small
cares of society.
The bitter political discussions at the
Capitol during the first six months o.
1850 prevented much social enjoyment
There were the customary receptions at
the White House and "hops' at the
hotels, but few large parties We're given.
Tea parties were numerous at which
succession of colored walters carried
trays heaped with different varieties o.
home made cakes and tartS. from which
the beauX supplied the bellies, and al
the same time ministercd to their own
wants, balancing Il well-luaded plate 90
one knee, while they held cup and sau-
Ger, feplete with fragrant decoctions
from the Chinese plant (which cheers.
but not inebriates.
The reigning bellies were the queen
like widow Ashley, of Missouri. who
afterwards married Senator Crittenden
and her beautiful daughter. who bccam,
the wife of Nh. Cabell, of Florida Mrs
Fremont aud her sisters made the home
OF their father, Colonel Benton. very at
tractive: General CasS's daughter who
afterwards married the Dutch minister.
had returned from Paris with many rare
works of art; and the prescribed free
sellers met with hearty welcome at the
house of DR.. Bailey, the editor of tn,
Netr Era, where Miss Dodge. afterwards
better known as Gail Hamilton, passed
her first Winter in Washington.
The diplomatic circles were excited by
the proceedings connected with the will
Of General kosciuszko the Polish pa
triot, who had left an estate i'll the hands
of cX-President Jefferson, as his trustee.
Mr.. jefferson declined to accept the trust.
and after some litigation it was found
that kusciuszko had made subsequent
will. His heirs employed Mr.. Gaspard
Tochman. a Polish exile. whose HON
estate had been contiscated. and who
was at that time practicing lawyer il
New York. to conduct the suit. VI. dc
Bodisco, the Russian minister. unwilling
that a political enemy of his imperial
master should derive any pecuniary ad.
vantage from the case. wrote to Poland.
advising the Kosciuszko heirs to revoke
the power of attorney given to Tochman.
and to appoint Il new agent. They did
so. and sent to the United States Captain
LadsauS Wankowitz. a grand nephew
OF kosciusZko, to attend to the matter
personally. Soon after Wankowitz' S ar
rival at Washington. he was induced to
reappoint Tochman as the attorney Of
the heirs, and to associate with him Mr.
Reverdy johnson. For this act of con.
tumacy, the estate of Wankowitz in Pc
land. valued at 100000, was contiScated.
and he was forced to accept an $500
clerkship in one of the departments for
livelihood.
On the evening of the 4th of July,
large party was given by NJ. Robert c.
Winthrop to his gentlemen friends with
out distinction OF party or locality. Al
the supper table, Mr.. Winthrop had at
his right hand Vice President Fillmore.
aud at his left hand Mr.. Speaker Cobb.
Webster and Footc, Benton and Horace
Mann; the members elect from Califor-
MIA, with Clingman and Nenable. who
were trying to keep them out. were seen
in genial companionship. Most of the
| Cabinet and the Presidents private sec
Rotary. Colonel Bliss. were there, side by
side with those who proposed to impeach
| them. The only drawback to the gen
eral enjoyment OF the occasion was the
understanding that it was the farewell
entertainment of Mr.. Winthrop, who
had given SO many evidences of his UNI
selfish patriotism and eminent ability.
and whose large experience in public
| affairs should have entitled him to the
continued confidence of the people of
Massachusetts,.
President Taylor was absent and Col
onel Bliss apolo.ized for his non-attend-
ance saying that he was somewhat in
disposed That day the old hers had sat
in the sun at the Washington Monument
during long address by Senator Foote
and a tedious supplementary harangue
by George Washington Parke Custis.-
While thus exposed to the midsummer
heat for nearly three hours, lie had drank
freely of ice water, and on his return to
the White House he had found basket
of cherries. of which he partook heartily
drinking at the same time several goblets
full of iced milk. After dinner he again
feasted on cherries and iced milk, against
the protestations of DR.. Witherspoor,
who WAS his guest. When it was time
to 90 to Mr.. Winthrops he felt ii, and
soon afterwards he was seized with a
violent attack of cholera morbuS.
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