Evening star., 1923-12-30
NEW YEAR IN D. c..
CENTURY AGO.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS on the ami
versary of that battle.
In every paper were to be found
numerous advertisements of sales of
slaves and rewards for runaways; and
of stocks of wines and liquors; and
wet refreshments were provided, not
only at social functions, but on nearly
every street corner of the "Appian
Way" and principal streets.
Such prices as are mentioned OF
that time are astonishingiy low.
Meats, fowls, vegetables and fruits
while not supplied in such variety
as now, were ridiculously cheap.
We are told that board and lodging
at the leading hotels of the city.
American style. Including liquors"
! was only s1.50 to $3.50 a day.
New Year then was celebrated gen
orally here, and attended with liberal
libation. the younger men in society
going, during the afternoon, to the
residences of all friends and promi-
nent people to call. People who did
not care to serve the usual refresh
ments or. for any other reason, were
| not receiving, hung basket on the
outside of the front door for cards
of callers.
find no notices of church services.
and even though the day had not fall
were so few places of worship that
probably such a service would have
been conducted in the Hail of Repre-
sentatives (now Statuary HalD at
| the Capitol. where there was preach
| ing regularly on Sundays-by the
/ chaplains of the House or Senate CT
distinguished visitors.
| 1t was. as now, social holiday.
ending alIays with one or more balls
after numerous dinners.
Mrs. Decatur, who had remained in
seclusion for a time after the un-
! timely death, in a duel. of the Com
modore. was, entertaining lavishly at
, the Kalorama mansion-late home
| of Joel Barlow, whose brother-in-law
an Army officer, was a close friend
of her distinguished husband. and
who had had his body placed in the
tomb there for the time being.
/ Announcement was made of the
sailing for Norfolk from Alexandra
of the steamboat Potomac with a num-
Der OF passengers, including Commo-
dore Hull and Capt. Elliott, United
States Navy.
| In the dearth of news in those days.
papers We're given to extensive quota
tion from. exchanges. and numerous
letters on all imaginable subjects, and
one of the items quoted in the In
telligencer from Philadelphia, headed
i"Office Hunting" said: There are up
ward of 500 applicants for the office
of flour Inspector for the city OF
philadelphia"
| Niles Weekly Register and othe I
papers were distressed over the pub
! lication Of confidential correspond
ence. between Mr.. Jefferson and the
| late President Adams, in which Mr..
: Adams appears to have made some
| slurring reference to Mr.. Jackson, and
| when this was brought to the atten-
tion of the latter. he sent a letter to
the press, in which he said: This is
a nefarious attempt to poison an old
! friendship, at time too late in,life to
be repaired by new affections
[ The one letter carrier for the whole
| city tramped the entire distance from
| Georgetown TO the navy yard on foot
Ia distance of four miles-"with h
! great rapidity."
| The two busses. afterward named
for popular commodores. made their
| trips along the main avenue tthen
mostly a quagmire) as regularly a.
possible.