The Washington critic., 1885-07-16

of an Appointment-Who IL Richard
Sevins - Why Postmaster WAS
Wanted Out - Comptroller Cannon's
Removal.
The correspondent of the Memphis
Ardidnche has been gathering various facts
of society interest from a Washington mod
istc, who informs him, among other
things, that great many of last seasons
dresses, as is customary here, will be
worked over again, and this is done in
such way that IL takes practical eye to
recognize them. The process of transfer
nation is accomplished mostly with new
fronts and new trimmings. As the dress
maker says "You can get a new front
for valuable dress for say $50 or so.
Then you can get for as much more the
necessary amount of trimmings, some lace,
some glass beads and this sort of thing
Then you put the new front and trim
mings on the old dress, and it comes out
quite new, so that 1t is scarcely recognize
able. Then the front and trimmings that
were in this dress last season are trans
ferred to some other and so metamorphose
it that it appears TO be new. And 50 1t
goes on Indefinitely rehtting the old
dresses adding little new stock con
stantly, and thus keeping up the ward
robe at much less expense than
is generally supposed" As for the
new dresses they mostly come from New
York or Europe. The really fine dresses
are of Paris make, but the majority of
evening dresses worn in Washington are
of the sort that would do to wear in day
light. 1t has been found that certain
classes of cheap goods show quite as well
by gaslight as do the finer and much more
costly goods, and the result is they are
used by all except those who have abso-
lutely plenty of money. Being asked if
there would be much fine dressing here
next winter, the modiste said: "Undoubt-
edly. Jeffersonian simplicity is very nice
in its way, but will not get the ladies to
agree to it as long as they can do other
wise"
Commodore Montgomery Sicard, who is
to be reappointed Chief of the Bureau of
| Ordnance in the Navy Department, met
| with disaster in the Pacific Ocean fifteen
| years ago that was romantic as well as
tragic. 1t is thus retold by the Philadel-
| phia Tines correspondent: "He COM
| manded the United States ship Saginaw,
| and while cruising in the Pacific Ocean,
| half way between America and Asia, fell
| in with breakers on the lonely Ocean
| Island The ship went to pieces and one
hundred men escaped with their lives to
| shore In few weeks Commander Sicard
| had rugged up whaleboat saved from the
| wreck, and started it out to sea to seek for
| relief. In il were Lieutenant Talbot and
| four seamen. Thirty-one days after they
| started the boat was thrown up among the
| breakers of one of the Sandwich Islands
group, and but one man, Halford, the
| was resuscitated he told the story of the
shIpwreck, and the Hawaiian Government
fitted outa steamer and schooner for the
! rescue. In few weeks Sicard and his
wrecked companions were found subsist-
| ing on fish and animal food. The flour
| taken to Honolulu, where the big black
| King gave them grand reception and
banquet at the palace"
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early in the war;" saws the Washing
| ton correspondent of the New York Tri
| Junc, "a brother-in-law of Attorney-Gen
| eral Garland was made prisoner and
| sent to Camp Chase. While there he met
| a Mrs. Wilbur who showed the prisoner
| many favors. Mr.. Garland's brother-in
law was exchanged III due course of time
| and re-entered the Confederate service
Soon afterward a son of Mrs. Wilbur, who
was major OF a colored regiment in the
| Union Aamy, was captured by detach.
| ment of Confederates in which the
brother-in-law OF Mr.. Garland, whom Mrs
Wilbur had befriended, was an officer
An order issued by jeff Davis required
all white officers of colored troops to be
shot. Interference of Garland's brother.
in-law saved the life of Mrs Wilbur's son
Remembering this, perhaps, the Attorney
General appointed younger brother OF
Major Wilbur to a place III the Depart
ment Of Justice"
~
Concerning Mr.. Richard Nevins. can
didate for Public Printer the Inter Ocea
correspondent says: "He is prominent in
Ohio state politics, and for many years
has been editor of Democratic paper al
Columbus. The late Governor Samuel
Medary, well known in Minnesota, was
his grandfather. 1t is said the appoint
ment of Nevins was made condition pre-
cedent to the candidacy of Governor
Hoadly in the pending campaign in Ohio
Mr.. Nevins is now East, and was recently
in Washington. His wife has gone home
it is said, to arrange for the removal of the
family to this city,"
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A few days ago, if the Philadelphia
Ne,rs is to be believed, the Postoflice De
partment received a petition signed 10y
half dozen citizens in n small Illinois
town praying for the removal of the post
master at that place. The charge was tina
the official in question had several time:
last fall called out from his front door, il
| Il loud voice, TO the crowd assembled IL
front of the store: IF you want to vote
for gentleman and statesman vote fol
James G. Blaine; if you want to vote fol
$50 pounds of bull-beef, No. Is collar
and No. 5 hat, vote for Grover Cleve
land" "What do you do in such cases.?
was ash ed of the first assistant. "As {
rule, " hereplied, these communications are
tossed into the waste-basRet, and nothing
is done until specifications of gravel
character are preferred.
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Recent reports Of prospective changes in
the number of sub ordinates in the Office
of the Comptroller Of the Currency have
led to some gossip as to the possible re
moVal of Comptroller Cannon. Those
familiar with the situation, however, say
he will not be disturbed. The Washing
ton man OF the st. Paul Globe says: Treas
urcr Jordan is warm personal friend o.
| Cannon, and has also q high opinion o
his ability as financier. and as especially
| fitted for the place, and it is believed Jor
| dams influence will counteract any eilor
from other quarters for his removal"
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Says the Paper World Two ofthe bid
ders for the Government envelope con
tract, on their way from Holyoke t.
| Washington, were talking over the situa
ton with much assumed candor. 1t wa
readily agreed that, rs the bids had beer
registered, there could be no risk in com
| raring notes, so each promised to mari
| his bid on paper and pass it over. Boil
scratched away, the papers were OK
changed, and both were blank Each wease