Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-12-02

ionable quarter" of the city, would not
hold all their friends in one evening did
they wait till "the season" proper begins.
Last nights sssemblsge was a pleasant
grouping of Supreme Court diguitaries. in
Guiding the Chief Justice and two of his
Associates, old Washingtoniaus, specialists
IN art and science In various recondite
bureaus of the Government, some of these
doing work whose value money cannot
measure, at very modest salaries authors,
poets, and few foreign ministers and Sem
ators and members who have come back TO
Washington early. Mr.. King was Dem.
ocratic editor of Maine, and came to Wash.
ington under Buchanans administration as
Chief Clerk OF the Postoffce Department,
aud afterwards Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral. Then on the reorganization of the
Cabinet which followed, upon the retire.
ment OF FLOYD as Secretary of War Post
master-General Holt became the latter's
successor and Horatio King Postmaster
General. He has ever since resided here
a private citizen, non partisan In his
relation to affairs, and very public spirited,
especially in encouraging literary sooiabil-
ity. After long widowerhood he married,
some seven years since, the amiable lady
principal of fourishing private school
here, considerable younger than himself
but entirely congenial, and their home is
one of the very pleasant cepters of social
life in Washington. Mr.. King is fire.
quent contributor to the magazine and
newspaper press.
A week ago General and Mrs. Sherman
gave reception to army officers and their
~ no nffI all in full
form and the ladies in brilliant toilets. 1t
was much enjoyed as family gathering .
of army people. The next social event of
distinction will doubtless be the annual
birthday party given in the last week of
December at the Louise Home to it's
founder, the benevolent old banker, w.
w. Corcorau. He will then have attained
his S4th year. He is an erect and beau.
tiful old man, with an aureole OF
silver hair and the choicest man
ners of the old school. Every year
his hosts of friends say apprehensively,
evil hesbe with us on the shores of time
next year to celebrate his birthday ?" BIT
his vigorous Celtic constitution holds out
as YET, and he may even round out his
century. His present project of bringing
home the remains Of John Howard PAYNE,
author Of i" Home, Sweet Home" for in.
tsrment in Oak Hill Cemetery, meets with
universal favor Tomorrow the fair for
the
GARFIELD EQUESTRIAN STATUE
Fund opens in the Capitol. l am of those
who hold it to be a sacrilege to use the
building which is the embodiment of the
national power and dignity for any
purposes of barter or gain, and let US hope
that this will be an end to innovations of
this kind. 1t was not so in the elder DAYS
OF the Republic. Then the nation was
held TO be greater than any one man. We
belittle our costly and solemn ideals here
in tying them as tails 20 some mans in
dividual kite. The fair is said to be a
thing of beauty in its preparations, and to
have cost Its managers SIS, 900, all of which,
and more, they hope to get back next
week. Wien our conscript fathers return
to duty they will find the Capitol cuttered
up ike dollar,store. EMMA JAMES.