Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1881, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JANUARY 2, 188I—SIXTEEN PAGES. commemoration of the day, and that was all ag that it was New-Year’s Day at the IN ARMY STYLE. The soldiers of Chicago were yesterday tendered a New Year’s reception by the members of George H. Thomas: Post, No. 5. G, AL Tt, at the Grand Army Hall, No. 167 Washington street. The reception lasted fromm 10,in the morning until 4 in, the after- avon, and was attended by hundreds of old Veterans as well as by warriors in embryo, although (he number present at-any one time was not large. AS soon as a visitor ap- peared Commander-elect K. A. Blodgett was | European countries to allow any spectators Waiting to grasp him by the hand, show at the interviews between representatives of hhn throngh the handsomely-fitted-up rooms, and finally conduct him to the dining-hall, where there appeared in reckless profusion hard tack, excellent coffee, and cold boiled | for international Courtetiquet. However, this hom, “Not a tew of the visitors were old sol- diers who had selected from a similar bill of fare many a time on the battlefield or camp- ing-ground. A few of these were’ only too #lad yesterday tobe provided with such a dinner: with clay pipes, tobacco, and cider, these serving as a dessert for the hard-tack dinner. All in ail, the reception was a great success and a really enjoyable affair, EVANSTON, Yesterday was given up by all good citi- zens to the usual New-Year festivities. All the places of business were closed, and the Streets presented a true holiday appearance. All day long they were made musical by the sound of sleigh pells, and those who could afford it found riding most agreeable, while those who waiked fuund it neither too cold nertoo warm. ‘Those who received numbered 292, and these who called were numberless. <A sreat many places were noticeable for.the elegant appointments, Among the places which were inost numerously visited were the residences of Mrs. J. H. Raymond, Mrs. J.J. Parkhurst, Miss Belle Blanchard, Mrs. X. B. Hurd, and Mrs. Simeon Farwell. The calling began early, but did not in my places continue late. Parties were the order of the evening, and at the time for their beginning there was a eptibie falling off in the Bumber of pedes ans. WASHINGTON. FROM THE BEGINNING. Tn the large hall was table loaded | questions of etiquet raised as to the order in household, or whom, for some renson, it is desired to honor, and of personal friends of the President’s family. -'‘The various grades of Washington suciaL and official life are ad- mitted at the times.and in the order designat- ed in the program of the day. ‘The President has been somewhat criti- efsed for assigning different hours to the Diplomutic Corps and. to Congress, the Su- preme Court, and other dignitaries, by those who think that.etiquet knows no Jaw in a Republic; but the capacity of the White House makes some regulations of; that’ sort essential; besides, it is not-the. custom in the foreign Goyernments andthe Monarch, and itis claimed that some regard must be paid class of distinctions is not very rigid or im- portant... ‘ : = QUESTIONS OF ETIQUET.” There have some times’ been troublesome which the different classes should be re- ceived. One point has been, whether the Cabinet, the Supreme Court, and the army and navy, take the precedence of Congress. Congressmen, particularly Senators, gener- ally insist, with a good deal of indignation, too. that the Cabinet officers are merely clerks of the President, tat the. Supreme Court is in great measure a creature of Con- gress, and that the army and navy sould go tothe rear. And Congress often has its own way. I remember on one occasion that Sec- retary Fish gave Gen. Sherman and hiscotps ! of gilded staff officers a very sunimary order to wheel about, and to go to the rear of Con- gress. . GEN. SHERMAN: has never been slow to magnify the army, Unlike Gen. Grant, Sherman has always en- deayored to put the army tothe'front, even in civil life, and hns made the most of gold cord, cocked nats, and brass.buttons, The uniform which he introduced uvon his re- turn from Europe is avery gaudy affair, and, as the officers who were compelled to buy it out of a small . income found, very’ costly. Gen. Sherman wished to make a grand display of. his simple. Hosts of persons enter, without be- {ng announced, and march through a cordon of rooms in order, stopping only to shake P hands, and to exchange a word with the} a; President and the wife of the President. The guards, who are generally District police, | ¥' assishto keep* the crowds in-line, and oc- casionally pass the word to ‘please move on? It ig necessary to keep -moving, in order, that all, may be presented. Onco through .the narrow. passage-way leading from the BlueRoom to the East Room, the crowds remain to:pass each, other-in ‘review. : + THE EAST. ROOMS. 2! o the historical, pinces:at the Capital. {74 It is 120 feet. in length, 30 feet in. hight, and | 9, 40 feet-in width, Jt was in this roonr that the hideous carpet which was woven in one piece by order 9f tus Sultan of. Turkey, and | g presented «to Gen. Grant, was laid.- It has |. long since been: “removed: on“account of its extreme ugliness. This is the carpet which | q is said to have'made that jolly tar, Robeson, whena member of the Cabinet,sea-sick to walk over it,on account of its serpentine stripes, ‘There are four elegant mantels in this room, each rich ‘in design and carving;and eight mirrors, which teach from the'ceiling to the floor. For many years, portraits’ of former Presidents—Weshington, Pierce, Quincy Adams, and soon down to Tyler—occupied places on the walls in this room. ‘She scene in the East Room’ is more | brilliant than itis in the room occupied by the President’s family. :, HOW THE PRESIDENT RECEIVES, The President in receiving stands by ‘the side of his wife, and exchanges the greotings* of civility with all who chose to call upon | him. There are no aristocratic calls. ‘There isno Court gazet to announce the éveént, | ¢ unless the printing of the reception program’ be so.considered.: There are no soldiers in uniform to show the strength of.a great na- tion. A few policemen in the vestibule and” corridors “are, present to--preserye order, ‘should there be ‘occasion for it,” but there are no more of them © than are generally present’:at the - reception of a private citizen in any commercial city. | f The citizen with his family may pass in, un- invited and unannounced, and he will reccive pensation for this duty, not evew ‘lives on Capitol Bill, in on although ealth; but some find’ it difficult, r $8,000 a year, to maintain the style which is expected of them bere, and to sup- ort also itsummer home. As the Justices re required to do elycuit duty, they aro ab- sent from-Washington several months in the ear. They are allowed no addittonal.com- ileage.. COTEF-JUSTICE WAIT! ‘The. Chief: Justice tives: in comfortable style on Rhode Island avenue, in. a hduse rented-from: the widow of the late Euward Stanton, son of tho ‘The house is well adapted to entertzinments. The household of the Chief Justice consists grent War Secretary. ft hi: ife\ and an unmarried’ daughter. /They are well suited to the.sovial duties re- uired of them. Mrs. Waite is something af in invalid, but during hér illness her see is always well filled by her daughter. “None of the houses of the Justices are more sought m New-Year’s Day than that of. -the Chief ustice, , P : JUSTICE FIELD “ ‘of the ‘fine resi- ences, which have been constructed ‘out of the old “Capitol Prison: He is- 9 man of wealth, and entertains lavishly. “JUSTICE BRADLEY lives in one ofthe lionses builtby Stephen A; Douglas in the now somewhatunfashionable part ot Washington.: It was in this block that tha houses “which were presented to Geus: “Grant and,Sherman soon after the “War were located, ws: SUSTICE STRONG is now an ex-Justice, but his family still re- nain here, and retain the social. rank of the Justices. He hus four daughters in society, and always gives brilliant receptions. " JUSTICE SWAYNE has ‘a large liouse ow K street, near that of Secretary Sherman, Miss Swayne is one of the active ladies of soclaty. j ‘The Justice him- ye elfisnow getting old, ing about 74, and, he’ goes out some, he takes great are of his health, JUSTICE HARLAN boards at a fashtonable boarding-house, and isassisted in his receptions by his wife and daughter, a “JUSTICE CLIFFORD is slowly “dying a-top,” as did Dean Swift, in the’old roonts-at' the National Hotel whieh :ne has occupied for a quarter of a century. ‘He has not mind. enough to recognize his riends, or to write his resignation, WASHINGIGN SOCIAL LIFE, - Nothing better illustrates the superficial | Chief-Justice and the’ Associate Justi Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Wasnrxeton, D.C., Jan, L—New-Year’s receptions were commenced by George Washington when the FederalAdministration was located in New York City. The name given to these receptions was “‘ Presidential Levees,”—a designation which they continue to receive in some social circles. Those Jevees were very stilted affairs, and were one of the distinguishing features of the series of pageants which characterized wnat the social people of those days were rather proud to call “the Republican Court.” In our own Times the great American constituency would designate such affairs as snobbishness, and a President wouldsoon lose his popularity who assumed new uniforms at the first New-Year’s recep- tion after his return from Europe, and had the staff assembled and directed it to move in advance of Congress. Secretary Fish, who, in Grant’s time, was the presiding spirit on such occasions, and. who unnerstood what etiquet was, and what the relative rights of the Congress of the United States and of the General of the Army and his _staff-officers were, seeing what was aboutto be done, has- tened to the officer in advance, and bluntly told him that he was outof place; that the staff corps must give precedence to Con- gress, And Gen, Sherman’s gilded staff had to go to the rear. ) ORDER OF ADAISSION. ‘The question of precedence being settled as to Congress, the usual order of admission is as follows: The Diplomatic Corps; the Chief-Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court. of the United States; the Judiciary and Goy- ernment of the District of Columbia; the Secretary of War, the General and officers of the Army, and the heads of Bureaus of the War Department; the Secretary of the Navy, the Admiral and officers of the Navy, and the heads of Bureaus of the Navy Department; the Assistant Secretaries of the Executive Departments; the survivors of the War of 1812; and the citizens generally. TRE MARINE BAND is always stationed in the main vestibule, with their flaming red coats, and play during the reception hours, which last from about ll to2. The ushers of the Presidential house- hold are dressed in black, with white neck- ties. THE ROYAL AIRS which were exhibited in the every-day life of the Father of hiscountry. Indeed, the chief distinguishing difference between the society of “the Republican Court” in the early days ot the Republic and the Tory Court, which it immediately succeeded, were differences mainly.of name and of location. It is very much doubted whether our fathers themselves contemplated establishing so thorough 2 Democracy as the present Amer- ican Republic-has come to be. At all events, there was no such distinction between ROYALTY AND REPUBLICANISM at the beginnmg. The society connected with the Federal Administration sought to retain the essential features of the Royal Tory Court, and even clung to the name “court” itself to designate the President’s reception. The Royal Tories gave red coats to theirfmilitary; the Royal Republicans gave blue coats to theirs. The declaration of prin- ciples of government, of course, widely * differed, but the social characteristics re~ mained the same during all of Washington’s Administration. So far as society goes, it was simply the difference between the “ins” and the “outs.2 | Reqeuneentan , as the starting-point of their diplomatic ca- MODERN REPUB [CANISM, Lise > reer. Washington, as‘ x -city of diplomatic This was specially noticeableat the New- | residence, is regarded by European diplo- Year's receptions in the first days of the | matists asa mission of the third class. Even Republic. To-day, when. ‘citizens gener- | the petty Italian Court has higher rank,— ally” were admitted to the White House, { for the reason, perhaps, that the Republic of one could not only see prominent business- } the United States or America is regarded as men and society leaders from all parts of the | plebeian. But, insignificant as this body of country, but, side by side with them, and | men is, taken asa whole, itis. central figure sandwiched in among them, were the colored | of Washington society, and, on all state occa- men who open the doors at the departments, | sions, is made conspicuous by its tinsel and the still humbler class of persons.who | and fiummery. One of the” chicf occu- attend the stalls at the market. The thread- | pations of the corps is to act bare and tattered waterproof of the laboring | asa sortof ornamental appendage,or a fringe, woman brushed roughly against the silk of | to society. . The diplomats are made particu- the modern belle. No distinctions were | larly conspicuous on New-Year’s Day. Sir made at the President’s door. The only dis- | Edward Thornton, a most estimable gentle- crimination as to incomers within the peo- | manand very able man, and areal Repub- ple’s hours was that which prevails in a | lican in sentiment, is the Dean of the corps, horse-car—“Drunk and disorderly not ad- | and a thorough friend of our Republic. ' mitted.” This was not so in the days of The salary-list of the British Government Washington, and probably was not true | shows the relative rank assigned to Wash- until the days of Jackson, when the mob | ington asa diplomatic station by the Euro- first began to take possession of the White | pean Powers. The British Minister at Paris House, and when receives an annual salary of '$50,000; at GEN. JACKSON, Vienna, $40,000; at Constantinople, $40,000; to emphasize his Democracy, served in the | at St. Petersbura, $39,000; at Berlin, $35,000; the East Room a great cheese on New-Year’s } at Pekin. £30,000; at Madrid even, $27,000; Day to his guests, fragments of which, the | while at Wasbington Sir Edward Thornton society chroniclers of the time state, were | is obliged to live on $25,000 and a very con- trampled into the floor, to the ruin of the | siderable number of allowances (2). 1n point carpet, and to the disgust of. those who dis- |] of grade. the Europeans rank Washington {kéd the mob. In those days there was | practically with the missions to Brazil, to cider, too, in the cellars. Japan, to The Hague, and to Lisbon. But in Washington’s time the strictest GEN. SHERMAN’S STAFF, rules of social etiquet and decorum pre- Soon after the Diplomatic Corps came the Vailed, No motley crowd could approach | atmy officers in their gorgeous uniforms. the powdered and bewigged presence. The | Any one who stood in the Blue Room to-day President of the the United States was an when the army officers entered to pry.their : AUGUST PERSONAGR. respects to the President might have imag- His receptions were not for the vulgar. | ined himselfin the Palace of the Tuileries, None came who had notthe- right to come | or at the Court of King William. The plain by official station. or who were not entitled | uniform that fought the battles of the Union 10 special privileges by reasou of established | has given way to the feathers and flummery, merit and character; and one could no more | gold braid §and horses’ tails, of foreign venture into the presence of George and | Courts. The pickle-haute and the cockeu- ‘Martha Washington on that day in any | hat have taken the place of the uld-time head- other than full dress, than one could now in | gear. ‘The Generals and leading officers plain clothes obtain an audience with the | wore the same old chapeau which was worn THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS is a great social feature in Washington. It consists of a few distinguished persons, but for the greater part is composed of small men and apprentices, who consider Washington Queen of England. by . the Cent Garde, covered | with THE FIRST WASHINGTON NEW YEARS. rich and graceful feathers. Their The New-Year’s ceremonial has now be- | breasts were “festooned” with heavy come a conspicuous feature of Washington | pendants of gold cord. The artillery officers wore the helmets of the cuirassiers of the line. There is much grace and beauty above the hips, and pin blue, lank and un- adorned, below. The uniform is beautiful “atop,” and cheap and ordinary at the bot- tom. It is elegant. but cumbersome, and not serviceable. Cestbeau mais ce n’ert pas la guerre. The officers, when called to the field with this brilliant toggery, will be obliged to resort to as many bandboxes and carriages as the Pompadour employed when she went down to the wars. And this is what comes, they say, of sending Gen. Sherman to the the Courts of Europe! If the Burnside Atmy bill should ever pass, and ‘should make Tecumseh Sherman the military and civil dictator, which its opponents claim he would under its provisions become, European snob- bishism and Yankee ingenuity could not in- vent a more gorgeous military costume than that which Gen. Sherman and his staff ofti- social and political life.’ The custom of mak- ing New-Year’s calls, borrowed by Mfr. Madi- son from the old Dutch practice of New York City, was first introduced into Washington in 1810, when Madison became President. ‘The custom has been preserved to this day. The small-clothes, knee-buckles, and pow- dered hair of that period have been abandon- ed, but the calls are quite as frequent, the formalities as conspicuous, and the social zeal as great as in the early days of the old Republican Court. But it was not until 1824 that the doors of the White. House were opened to the general public on New-Year’s Das. THE PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION. The chief social feature of the day is the reception at the White House. The prograin of these receptions is always carefully ar- ranged by the person who acts as the “Grand ahearty fshake of the hand and a pleasant word from the Chief Magistrate. The crowd of citizens who present theinselves is, of ‘The ‘boot-black” wlio * shined ” your boots in. the morning may precede you,;—the man who will take your hat at dinner may follow you; but the Presi- dent will shake their: hands as cordially as he will your own. THE LESSON FROMTHE WHITE HOUSE. The leveling influence of the Republic has perhaps no better illustration thin'in the New Year’s ceremonial at the White-House. ‘The simplicity of the ceremony does not.de- grade the President to the boot-black; it helps to elevate the boot-black to the plane of ‘The Blue Room on New-Year’s Day is'a good place from which to watch the operation and results of republican institu- tions. If this social system continue without epublic course, a medley. friction and without danger, the R ought to endure, : * The shams, mockeries, and hypocrisies of the Washington New Year’s Day.are not at the White Honse. They are in the set“of'so- ealled “society ” people, who are.“ gracious- ly pleased ” to so magnify themselves that they do not include the President of the United States in their set, and do not consider him as belonging to “society.” They to not go to the White House. “It is too vulgar, you know. -One meets so many. common people there, you know, and one dislikes to have one’s ‘skirts trodden upon by the gum Shoés of tie woman who washed them for you “know.” re of the sham “society” of the National’ Gap- ital, and, if he does not belong to “ old fdimi- lies,” it is’ a. household which no hotest American ean visit on New-Year’s Day With- out haying increased respect for the Presi- dent and the family.of:.the Chief Magistrate} 4: and withont.2:higher.xegard for,.American 4- institutions. : The Republic may endure in spite of the parvenus the new rich and, the old families who like to be considered . so- ciety” at the National ‘Ca! ress will not-be promote A ‘The lesson of New-Year’s Day at the White House is one which teaches simple domestic virtue, common sense. and_loft ‘The lesson. of the ‘New-Year’: [: Society snobs is—first, pity, then ital; but Its ptog- because of them. atriotism, jay -at:the _ CABINET RECEPTIONS. a The recéptions of the Cabinet officers are a leading feature of the Washington New- Year's. This year, for many reasons, they were scarcely as brilliant_as formerly.» The wife of the Secretary of very feeble, was scarcely able to receive; the wife and family of the Secretary. of State are War, who has been character of cerfain phases of social lite at the National Capitul than the ceremonies of New-Year’s Day, Insincerity and the hypoc- risy of politicsextend to soviety, The only con- siderable number of persons who have any society, aparf from’ the general whirl of political life,.aré embraced in tho old resi- dents, who belong mostly to the pro-slavery set, and who meet occasionally to revive the memories of -the War, and to regret the in- roads of ‘Yankee civilization,” and’ the larger ‘class of people, who are satisfied with church. sociables and — mite-socie- - tes; but the “great society,” the society by which Washitgton is known, is a dress rade, asocial walk-around, in this fash- ionable winter camp. ‘This social life is_ full of “futile dalliance,”—it would have been fuller of it had. certzin things happened in 1876,—of shanis. and of pretenses. Persons who, oceupying the same grade in the social seale i other cities, would be particular ‘as to their associates, here open their doors to |, the mob, All doors, are.open. Everyboay calls upon everybody, and nobody Knows who calls. ‘lo make it mure certain that the host shall remember, the troops of callers provide themselves with cards. The card engraver here has.a royal revenue,—but the cards need nok be engraved. They may be often had at thé stationery-room at the’ Capi- tol, and be writteri‘by a page, Cards must be left fromzevery society member of the family of the person calling upon every soci- ety member of the family of the person called, A half-dozen cards will not answer. : Phere must be baskets vf them. These eards are. deposited th immense receivers,—a: sort of sccial hopper,-rand, as the persons enter, their names are announced by huge colored, waiters who are metines termed “Colim- bian orators,”’and who ‘mix the caters up”. in the most Judicrous manner. But it si- | isa matter of nb concern to the persons-who receive what names are announced at the door, The card-receiver tells the story, “Ehese cards perforin a very important func- tion in the sadial life of the Washington winter, A régiflar ledger entry is’ kept of them by she'svtiety ladies, and etiquet re- quires that Cabinet ladies at Ieast shall re- u all, J agh, card-lott awith them on ew-ear’s 1 gh is is a very bitrdensoine socisTality. “Mrs’Becrettry Fish seldom had Jess than 3,000°‘names upon her soelthlist, and it was her pride that she always made one call upon each. person wlio had called upon her on New; Year’s Day, no matter how huwpble the situation of the caller. The car- riage of the weéalthy Secretary of- State could have been seen ‘in all kinds of weather, in remote quarters of the city, stopping at the door of some Department clerk.-long enough to allow ‘the footman to leave cards. Itis a suflicienteall for a Cabinet ‘lady to leave cards at the door. This system en- ables the Cabinet: people. to “return. their eails” with great expedition, and without the embarrassment which might occasionally result fro unannounced “personal visits. But it is all ashfim and 2 mockery. ‘**So- ciety” people, who stop at the end of the season te count -the number of permanent friends they have made, would, perhaps,-find still in. mourning: the Attorney-General has | f no wife; the Postmaster-General does not | i Keep house; there is no Secretary of the Navy. However, the forms were maintained, and the day so dreaded by -the ladies of the Cabinet—it is the day of their greatest social torture—is over. ‘he Cabinet ladies have much more onerous duties. than does the family of the President: The Cabinet ladies must sometime on New-Year’s Vay. The President and ‘fam- ily are required to return no calls. 3 THE SECEETARY OF STATE. _.. Secretary Evarts occupies ar elegant. fur- y nished house on K street, two blocks north | g of the White House, and he pays exactly the amount of his salary, $3,000, in rent for it. ‘The house belongs to Hutchinson, one of the -proprietors of the great Alaska Seal Company, who vacated it to rent to Mr. Evarts at the beginning of the present Ad- ininistration, and who himself lives at his large farm near the city. The next Secre- tary of State will not oceupy the building, for the coming year it is to give place to a large model French . apartment, block, the .plans for which are now being prepared in Paris, where another part- ner, in..the Alaska Company resides, Mr. Evarts’ honse_on New Year's is largely ented by the Diplomatic Corps, and the wieked society fellows say that the Diplo- matic Corps receive much better entertain- ment there. than “citizens generally.” Yet Ar. Evarts cannot afford to expend $50,000 a year, as Ifamilton Fish is reported to ‘have done during the eight years of iis Cabinet term. Fish had an almost limitless rent- | roll; Evarts: has no capitalized fortune, al- though he isrich in income. The Evarts are varied ene Os br eonversationalists int Was on, they- hay ing inherited their father’s wit. ‘The visitor at this house probably carried away more bon mots worth yemembertug (tian he did from any other place at which he-ealled. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. = | . Mr. Sherman received in the .new house which has just been finished on K street, adjacent to his modest . old house, three e blocks east of the house of Secretary Evarts, Mr. Sherman’s house is in one of the most eligible locations in Washington, and his. hospitality is of the conventional order. Mr. | 't Sherman has the reputation of .being cold and austere, a reputation which has been to his political disadvantage, but, to his friends, he isa genial man, and, on the New Year's day which precedes the Senatorial clectionin Ohio, he could scarcely be otherwise.” ~ SECRETARY OF THE. RIOR. 5 _ Secretary Schurz and his two daughters live on ¥ street, in the fashionnbie West End: - The house is furnished in rare taste, and its accompaniments show that its posses- sor is a man of at least moderate weath, and of much culture. The house of- Secrétary Chamberlain” for “His Exceltency,” and is published a.day in advance. The chiefs of the Executive Departments, the General of the Army, the Admiral of* the Navy, in turn, issue orders to the bureau officers, and to their respective staffs, to. be present at a certain place at a specified time in full dress, or in full uniform, as the case may be, and | to appear at the White House in the pre- scribed order, and at the appointed time. | The volunteers insist that the regular-army The President’s custom is to assemble | officers dislike to see the volunteers:sitting at all his family and the guests who are toas- | army receptions and wearing the old uni- sist in receiving in. the Blue Room about 11 | formis of the War, and that the new uniforms o'clock in the morning, The wife of the | were adopted to sustain the aristocracy and President always invites the ladies of the | snobbery of the regular army. Whether this Cabinet, and a few other ladies, to assist her | story is true or not, the uniform is very gor- in receiving. It is considered an honor to { geous and natty, but useful only for gala be invited to Receive, and such an invitation, | service. And the difference between this according: to ae Hoe at code 1 equivalent tp and the old uniform, as defined by a suffer- comand. 4 A 2 tion 24, the wives of Cabinet officers, general- | i#Z young okies sowie Darel oe $300, he wives of some Senators who ‘ F peta eate with the President's ‘The reception at the White House is very f cers wear on gala days. So far as the gold fripperies of the staff corps ‘went, the | stranger: might well have thought bimself a spectator of 2 European Court. * REGULARS Vs. VOLUNTEERS. ‘There is a story that the volunteers tell about these uniforms. The jealousy between. the regulars and volunteers appears in it. Schurz is one of the favorit places f New- Year aller. “ orn ai SECRETARY. OF WAT. _ r. Ramsey, Seeretary'‘of Wir, occupies the house built by “Mr. Creswell, of Stary. land, ex-Postmaster-General, which-was the scene, of so many brilliant ‘entertainments when Creswel! was in the Cabinet. Itis ouc of the Jargest horses in’ Washington, and is ja the immediate vicinity of the house of fit Secretary Schurz. Mr. Ramsey. is a genial Story-teller, and is very happy in. entertaining his guests. As he has the jiusition both of Secretary of: War and Secretary of the Navy, there was ‘an. unusual nuinber of uniforms, and vast amount of gold lace, at bis recep- eturn the calls that are made | the ‘Tape—and are introduced as the Hon, Pumpkin, of Pumpkinville, and the Hon. Buffer, and the Hon, Pumpkin, -and the Hon, Sealing-Wax, and ‘the Hon. in. every. . corridor,» and stately room of ‘the- President’s sidn. the Government could supply was lacking to t difficult to record the name of one. It is alla maze and a’ Whirl of idle compliments and of meaningless salutations. go everywhere, -Their occupants enter. the house of one officigl, the head of the Bureau of Sealing-Wax, and are introduced as the Hon, Ofd Buifer“and . family, combe Town. They: enter. the house of Carriages from Bun- next otficial—the Keeper of Red- ki ed-Tape are well PI eased. ‘They have all performed their duties, and are satisfied, REGEPTIONS. To the Western Associated Press. Wasmoton, D.C. Jan. 1.—The New- ocial ; Year’s receptions of 1881 have fully equaled in brillianey. any our city has ever known, The crisp, cold, and good sleighing..gave novelty no other New-Yexar within the memory of the present generation has known, and added greatly to its eiijoyment. ‘The White House has, as usual, been the scene of the greatest interest. The Marine Band, 25 customary, played in the Jarge.entrance-hall during 0 The long central corridor was festooned with flags, and further decorated with flowers and “potted plants, adorned with flowers and. hot-house ‘Yhe program of.the order ot reception -as exhilarating atmosphere the reception. The parlors: were also ants. reviously published was strictly carried out. rs. Hayes was assisted by Miss Maria Her- ron of Cincinnati, Miss Mills of San Fran- cisco, Mrs, Elizabeth ‘Thompson, and others. Secretary Evarts’ made. the pfeseutations of members 0} President. were assembled to-ilay that ever appeared here on any one occasion. x f the Diplomatic Corps. to the The largest number of these YESTERDAY. Specta? Dispatch to. The Chleago Tribune, Wasmineton, D..C., Jan, 1.—There was something of the spirit, “The King is dead, long live the King,” about the New-Year’s | The populace of ‘Washington, even if the mercury does notin- dicate Lt degrees below zero, naturally turns’ eremonial here to-day. coward the rising sun.’ The last reception of an Administration is ‘given when the cour- tiers can no Jonger entertain a tively sense, of favors to conie, and when‘any manifesta- tion of gratitude is~a duty that: is casily omitted.+ ‘This was. the. case to-day. It is. aid that Mrs. Hayes had expected that the White-House ‘reception of to-lay would be the most brilliant: of the Administration. Elaborate preparations hail been. made with that object in view, but the President’s re- ception was the least brilliant that. has been held since he has occupied the White House. ‘The feast was prepared, but ? +. «THE. GUESTS DID NOT COME. - The Executive Mansion was in gala costume. Albeit thé “belis were tolling anthems roll- ing.welcome to the coming year,”? the Gov- ernment gardeners were. placing the floral decorations, rare. tropical plants, choice training ©-vines niche, and man- resources of lowers, and: graceful Nothing that’ “the tion. make the White House a fairy land. Within of ae COURT RECEPTIONS. b e Supreme Court is generally assigned tank next to the President. Every one en- | p) deavors to make the Justices ealls. “In the old times, foreign Ministers often sent letters to the Justices upon their arrival, asking shen it would be convenient to accept an in- vitation todine. Several of the Justices have fine houses here, end many of them are’ men there -were. the atmosphere,’ the trees, the lowers, the odors of the tropics. ‘The official rogram, tha nearest” approach to a cour gazet known to our democracy, had. been announced. in all the japers. ‘The Bureau officers had been requested by their Cabinet chiefs, the army and navy staff had been commanded by their respective superiors, to be present-at the White House in due order and at the designated time.to pay THEIR ANNUAL VISIT OF RESPECT to the Chief. Magistrate. The order was as follows: . r Ati1a. m., the members of the Cabinet and the Diplomati¢ Corps; at 11:15 2. m., the es of the Supreme Court of’ the'United States; at }11:30 a. m., Senators “and Representatives ‘in Congress, the Judgés ot thé Court of Claims, the Commissioners of the District6f Co- Jumbia, the. Judges of the Supreme Court of the District’ of Coitimbia, *ex-Members of the Cabinet and ex-Ministers of the United States; at 12:00 m.;.the oflicers of the Army y at 12:50 p. _m., ‘the Secre- tary ‘of the Smithsonian Institution, the Commissioner'of Agriculture, the Assistant Secretaries of the Departinents, the Assist- ant Postma iter-General, the Solicitor-Gen-. eral, the “Assistant Attorney-General, the’ Superintendent of the Const Survey, and the heads of the Bureaus.of the several Depart- ments; at 12:45 p. m.' the associated soldiers of the War ot 1813, the associated veterans of the War of, 1816, the members of the Oldest Inhabitants’! Association of the ‘District of -Coltumbia, and the Grand. Army of. the: Re public; at 1 p.m., reception of citizens, which terminated at $ p. m. ‘The approach to the White House was in a condition that would have been A DISGRACE TO ANY PRIVATE CITIZEN, The sidewalk had. not been cleaned of the snow, although the municipal regulations are very strict against citizers who neglect to clean the snow from their sidewalks. The driveway had not been cleaned away, al- though the Government had plenty of carts atits disposal. The codsequence was that during the long reception horses were com- pelled.to stand knee-Jéep in snow. Entering the White House’ at 11 o’clock, the hour designated for the reception of the members of the Cabinet and Diplomatic Corps (traditionally the most brilliant feature of the New-Yeur ceremonial at the White House), found the White House almost de- serted. There was not half the usual num- _ ber of carriages drawn up in front of the house, and in the vestibule one saw only a dozen cdachmen “holding the wrappings of . the visitors within. Promptly at 11 o’clock the President and family and the invited guests took their places in thé Blue Room. THE PRESIDENT AND ARS. HAYES were preceded by Maj. Farquhar, of tho En- gineer Corps, and followed by the Vice- President and Miss Mills of California. They took their positions in the centre ‘of the room, the other guests oceupying Blaces behind them. Col. Casey, Commis- sioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, was assigned the duty’ of making the introduc- tions to the President, and Mr. Webb Hayes, son and under-secretary of the President, presented the guests to, his mother. The gossip writers say that the Presidential fam- ily were dressed as follows: THE LADIES’ TOILETS. Mrs. Hayes wore a dress ‘of creamy white- ribbed silk, very soft’ and fine, which was , Simply made and trimmed yery elegantly and ‘becomingly. White cream-tinted satin and pearl passementerie were the garniture. ‘She wore a silver comb in her dark hair and no jewels. Miss Lucy “Cook wore 2 éream- colored brocaded white satin combined with plain silk; the same .shade trimmed with pearis,—a very handsome toilet. Miss Dora Scott, of New Orleans, wore an elegant cos- tumé of Spanish blond over satin, trimmed swith field-daisies, pond-lilies, and strands of yearls, ‘The Attorney-General’s niece, Miss aignes Devens, a bright youug school-girl, wore a heliotrope cashmere trimmed -with royal purple velvet. . Miss Maria Herron, of Cincinnati, who. also has not yet made her’ début in society, is ‘a fresh, hand- some young girl She wore white nun’s cloth, trimmed with. white Japanese ‘silk, with poke dots in cachamire colors. Little Aliss Fannie Hayes’ bright. face and perfect complexion appeared to advyantajce in“her childlike dress ot wilite summer camel’s hair, trimmed with .satin ribbons. “Mrs, Hayes- invited Airs. Elizabeth Thompson, of New York, ‘to pass the day with her. She Wote a superb: black velvet trimmed with white ostrich plumes.~:Her ornaments were pearls. In addition to the young gitls named above, Miss Morgan, the daughter of the Rey, Dr. Morgan, of St. Thomas’ .Church, New York; Miss Russell, of Provider and Miss Mills, thedaughter of D. 0. Mills’ of San Francisco, are also visiting Mrs. Hayes. All three were handsomely dressed, and were able assistants in ENTERTAINING THE GUESTS assembled in the Ble Parlor. _ Promptly at the appointed hour the foreign Legations en- tered... The following countries were all re- presented bya Minister or Chargé d’A ffaires, and most of thein by several gentlemen and one or more ladies: Hawaii, Germany, Brazil, Hayti, Belgium, Turkey, Japan, Italy, Sweden and Norway, France, Mexico, China (the largest legation of all), Portugal, Spain, Austria, Hungary, Chili, Guatemala and Salvador, Russia, ‘Colombia, Bolivia, Nicaragna, the Netherlands, Venezuela, Denmark,and Peru. ‘The Legations entered from the Red Parlor, and were introduced by Secretary Evarts, his plain republican black clothes presenting a cenrious contrast to the gilt ‘lace, tinsel, and ornamental dec- orations of the Diplomatic Corps., ‘The Rus- sian Minister and his‘ wife were considered the most striking of al! the noted men and beautiful women present. ‘The Court dress of the Russian Empire is very elaborate and imposing. _ ‘THE SUPREME COURT JUDGES. Soon after 11 o’clock the Justices of the United States Supreme Court, or what-is left of them, entered in a body, dressed in plain clothes,-to pay their annual re- spects, @& cereDlony which was emit- ted at the opening of Court -this fail owing to the absence of the President in California, hey ‘were preceded by the Chief Justice, and followed by the officers of Court. Of the Justices only Messrs. Waite, Harlan, and Bradley were present, ex-Justice Strong accompanying them. Of the rest; Justice Clifford is slowly. dying, Justice Hunt is too feeble to go out, and Jus- tice Swayne did not care to risk himself at his advanced years in. sucha temperature. There were some curious Incidents in the anteroom owing to the pressure. | CABINET RECEPTIONS. ‘ New-Year’s is n great day with the Cabinet people. The ‘ridiculous form of visiting which prevails here is perhaps’nowhere so noticeable as at the New Year and regular. receptions of the Cabinet Jadies, It is the custom for the Cabinet to keep open house on New-Year's-Day, and troops of people, the considerable portion‘of them strangers, throng the. parlors of the several heads of the Executive Departments. New-Year’s is dreaded by the Indies of the Cabinet more than itis by the President’s household forthe ‘reason that the mandate of society is that the Cabinet officers shail some time during the season return all the calls that are made upon them New-Year’s-Day. ‘This custom has increased within the past few years and become an established social fact. . While Mr. Hamilton Fish was Secretary of State the wife of the Secretary of State was TeCOFS nized as the leading lady of the Cabinet. it is on-record that one Cabinet officer’s lady returned between the opening of the season and the arrival of Lent 5,000 calls. ‘This in- volved leaving a card apiece for each person upon whom the calls are made. ‘The .cost of the cards themselves is a very considerable item of expense. % ELSEWHERE. ST. LOUIS. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Sr. Louis, Jan. 1.—Just»at tho closing of the New Year last night, awhite man named Michael Nolan and Jeff Williams, s negro, quarreled. and fought in. the saloon on the corner of..Columbus and Soulard. streets. Williams was getting the worst of: the fight, when he drew a razor and. cut Nolan’s head nearly off... Williams was chased through Several. alleys and fired ‘at by a police officer and citizens, but for all that made . good his escape, John Sensenberger, living at No. 733 South Fourth street. celebrated the opening of New- Yearinastrange way. At 10 o’clock this morning he got up, and while asleep walked out of a-second-story. window, alighting on the brick pavement ‘below, He broke his right «hand so badly that it had_to be ampu- tated, and crushed in two of his ribs. -, “@ALENA, ILL. : Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, - Gatena, UL, Jan. 1.—The New-Year: was ushered in here with the ringing’ of ‘all the church and fire’ bells, and the explosion of cannon and small arms. The day has been publicly ‘observed -as a ~holiday,—all the Stores” and businéss-houses having: been closed, “The customary New-Year’s visits” have been omitted except by afew, to the | disgust of scveral of our society ladies, who had mate extensive preparation’ to receive. ‘The Methodists held their-usual watch-meet- ng last night. ‘This evening the Galena Dramatic Socisty gave-an* entertainment at Turner-Hall.”* Weather clear and pleasant. Mercury at Zo’elock this morning 12 degrees below zero; at 7 this evening it stands at | zero, 2 UAT: Ba : ; *GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Spectat Disvateh to The Chicago: Tribune. Graxp Rapins, Mich., Jan, 1—In this city to-day Martin Drast, a milk peddler, was thrown out of his crtter on the street just in [| front of a hose-cart running to afire. The cart wheels passed over, his breast, killing him almost instantly. He was an industrious young man but poor, and leaves @ widow and ve jauall eulluren. Besides ais Secidint ‘6 day has béeti a happy one, and generaily observed, the blizzard has. left usand the temperature has risen to 23 above. WATERTOWN, Wis. Spectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Warterrown, Wis, Jan. 1:—A rise of some, twenty-five degrees in the mercury within as many hours, along with clear skies and brilliant sunlight, contributed to render New-Year'’s here .2s pleasant and auspicious as could be. ‘The day was ob- served by anenrly. total suspension of busi- ness, and the conventional calling was exercised-to some extent, chieily by the younger portion of society. BLOOMINGTON, ILE. Seecial Disvatch to The Chicago Trina. Brioomreroy, Il, Jan. 1.—New-Year’s Day was observed in this cityin the usual WASHINGTON. }Gen. Garfield’s Experience with His Newly-Acquired De. voted Friends. The Office-Hunting Army Divid. ed into Five Distinct "Groups. Testimony of the Man Giro in the Christiancy Divorce Case. ‘A General Suspicton Prevalent that His eee Story Is: Not Trustworthy. The President to Divide the Navy Work Among the Osbinet Officers, GEN. GARFIELD. _ _ OVERWHELMED By Spectat Dispatch to The Cie atone Wasnincrtos, D.C. Jan. 1.~An intimatee personal friend of Gen. Garfield, who re cently spent several days at Mentor, said in conversation with your correspondent to- day that he knew nothing about appoint. ments to the new Cabinet, and did not believe that Gen. Garfield “had yet ar- rived’ at any conclusion in his own mind even as to any single Cabinet officer, and, therefore, that he, of course, did Tot believe that an appointment had been ten- dered to any one. The gentleman related manner. “All kinds of business was suspend- ed, and the day given up to ‘the customary festivities. During the afternoon. sleighing was generaily indulged in, while the number |. of New-Year callers were unusually larg2. This evening a number of elegant pr.vate parties were given, as well as several public dances held in different halls of the city. hb e COLUMBUS, 0.* Coruames, O., Jan. 1.—New-Year’s calling was generally indulged. in here to-day, and there was a notable absence of wine or stim- ulants at private honses, and the disposition was for an unusually large number of ladies to. receive together at well-known residences. Gov. Foster’s reception at the Executive Chamber from 2 to 7 p. m. was largely at- cue DUBUQUE, IA. £°" Bpeciat Digpaten'to The Chicago Tribune, . Dusugue, Ta., Jan, i—Jan.1 was a mag-9| nificent day and large numbers of ‘people | took advantage of it by indulging in sleigh- ing. Calling was also one of the chief amuse- ments. But few ladies received, and even the gentlemen did not turn out as-largely as in previous years, The custom seems to be dying out. . E ADRIAN, MICH. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. ‘ADRIAN, Mich., Jan. 11.—The New Year opened bright and clear, the mereury at noon reaching 20 degrees above zero. .Busi- ness was generally suspended, but the-usual social observances of the day were less in- dulged in than’ heretofore. F GALESBURG, ILG. ._. Spectal Dispatch to*The Chicago Tribune, Gatespune, Lll., Jan. 1.—New-Year’s Day has been generally observed in thiis.city. ‘The day was beautiful, and a large number of the Jadies entertained callers. The gen- tlemen were out in ful! force. = MADISON Specigl Dispatch to The Chcago Tribune. -Mauisoy, Wis,, Jan. 1.—New-Year’s was celebrated: by nearly 9 total suspension of business. But very few: ealis.were~ made, very few ladies keeping open house. 3 >» WIS. _, BATTLE CREEK, MICH. +" Spéctat ‘Dispatch to "The Chicago. Tribune, “BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Jan. 1.—New- ¥ear’s Day is generally observed by open “houses and many ealls, The streets are alive with fashionable turnouts. THE YEAR 1880. OMATIA. Osama, Neb,, Jan. 1.—The forthcoming annual report of the Secretary 6f the Omaha Board of Trade of the progress of Omaha and the tributary country of the Northwest, igontlined as tollows: The Secretary esti- mates the grain crop of Nebraska in 1850 at upwards of 80,000,000 bushels: in spite of the disasters to growing crops. One-half of the grain along the Union Pacifie system found a market in the mountain regions Westward, and the Eastern movement was much. less- ened in volume. The cattle receipts ‘at Omaha were over 150,000 head, and the busi- ness of packing and canning beef for the European market is growing important. The rapid development ot the Far West, indicated by the fact that the tonnage received at Omaha increased over 1,000,000.000 pounds in 1880, The proposed branch of the United States Mint is strengthened by the showing that Omaha receives annually 100,000,000 pounds of bullion and precious. metals, esides_ 2a large amount of coin, dust, and refined gold and_ silver bars. The public improvements of Omaha exceeded $1,250.000, including many. new business blocks, factories, ail opera-house, , water- works, Government and other buildings. ‘The aggregate trade and commerce of Omaha reached $50,000,000, and the total volume of banking transaction $250,000,000,—a gain of $50,000,000. A large immigration is noted, and a rapid advance in ‘wealth and real estate values. The Nebraska railroad sys~ tem and mileage was larzely increased by construction. Articles of incorporation for the new Omaha Railroad have been pre- pared and signed by the Omaha Board of ‘Trade for local territory, and expects to penetrate the new coal-fields ot “the North- west. A new Chamber of “Commerce build- ing is. recommended in view of the new Oihaha, bridge and the certain concentration of the grain and _live-stuck trade of Ne- braska and the Northwest at Omaha. i - LOUISVILLE. = Louisvitie, Jan. 1.—Louisville’s batik clearings for-1880 exceeded” those of 1679’ by * $44,000,000; or nearly GO per ceft; 1873 by $83,000,000; or nearly 40 per cent, and those ot’ 1877 by $70,000,000,- or about 30 per cent. ‘This is certainly a most remarkable expan- sion. . The'following were the collections in this district for the year ending Dec. 31. Lists and. penalties; $15.26; distilled spirits, $2.254,876.70;" tobacco, $538,015.02; cigars, $100,771.05; beer, $114,108; special tax, $72,- 888.47; total, $546,401,616. We Wasn't a Clerzyman. Wall Street Datty News. ‘There is more than one broker in Wall street whose genoral look might deccive a stranger foto believmg that be was 2 member of the cloth, but the pirticular- broker we have in. mind looks the profession more than any of nis fellows, . Business called him into Peausylvania this fall, and at the ‘village tavern he was sup- sed. to be atleast. Bishop. He heard the Boys talking about 2 borge-raco which was to come off in the afternoon, and, without asking any useless questions he Ese up his cane and put in. an uppearance at the proper time. Three horses were to start, and there was a crowd of fifty or sixty villagers and farmers at the track. By-und-by' everything seemed ready- for the Start, but there was a hitch somewhore. Nearly av hour passed, ‘and yet “no one mounted the judges’ stand. "The broker had held aloof from ull, and was becomme impatient, when one of the crowa edged 1p to him und asked: E; ‘ Waiting here to see anyone in particular?”. - “O nv." 2 ee “nis isn’t a county fair, you know.’ “No; I dida’t expect it was.” “It’s a borse-race,—a regular horse-race.” “Yes, I understand.” The mun returned to the crowd, held a short confal peace then approached the er again and said: . ‘Say; stranger; I want'to ask you a ques- tiol “Go abead.” - ; : “he boys have set you down for a clergyman, and they-hute to: hurt your feelings by startis this race.- Would: you -take it kindly if I shou! ask you tostep outside the fence?” . «Id -Uke to seo myself. stepping outi” ex- cinimed the broker. "I came here ‘to see the race, and l've waited awhole bour for the horses to start... Hing.'em right up, and, in ¢ase you are ee judge short, il see rair play for every starter.” = 5 The bays followed his advice, but they haren’t gotitail straight in thelr minds yet. and the broker is referred to a3*that fallen clergyman from New York.” + ie Pe the substance of a conversation between Gen, Garfield and himself which shows that the President-elect takes @ philosophical view ot his present situation, and illustrates. the nature of some of his reflections, as well-ag indicates something of the pressure to whieh he is already subjected by oftice-seekers, “Gen. Garfield,” said the gentleman, “ has always considered himself fortunate in having a large number.~ of WARM AND DEVOTED FRIENDS, but he never had any true iden of either thelr uumbers or the warmth of their friendship until he was nominated for the Presitlency, Since his election they have increased won- derfully in numbers and enthusiasm. * ‘tne . only way in. which Ican estimate the nun- ber of ‘my. acquaintances, said Gen, Garfield, ‘isto group them. First, there isthe neighborhood group. I have always lived in the neighborhood where I was born, and for forty-nine years my life here hag brought me a continually widening circle of acquaintances, until I can say with almost Literal truth that I personally know a majority of the voters of the Nine teenth Congressional District, and they all, or nearly all, know me. Second, there is the school group. All those persons that I have gone to school with, or who have been my pupils. thosa- whose acquaintance .[ formed at Teachers’ Institues, Educational Conventions, ete., when I was'a teacher, and all whose acquaintance 1 have made by cor: respondence and otherwise during my pablis Jife—persons who are especially. interested in education, and who have sought. my ace quaintance or. assistance on. account of my interest in the same subject. Third, \ | THE CRURCH GROUP, The Disciple Church, from the very nature of its organization, being a “new charch,” as it is‘cafled, on account of its origin, isa sort of protest against the creed formu- las of | other_ religious ~ denominations, thus ~ evoking opposition, lias ” tended to make the Campbellites what - is called “clannish.” * Membership in any new |. Organization naturally ereates a strong bond of fellowship and sympathy, and this was especially the casein the early organt- zation. of the Church«‘of “the Disciples. So . from my, connection with that - Church many - of. its: mémbers. in. all parts of the country have sought my ace quaintance. They feel thxi they have a pe euliar claim upon ine, such, I believe, as no other President bas ever had made upon him for a similar reason.. Fourth, there is)’ ~ THE-ARMY GROUP. The Forty-second Ohio Volunteers, of which | was Colonel, the two brigades which I commanded afterward, then as Chiefof Staf to Gen- Rosecrans, I’was known by sight to 100,000 men, aad personally known to nearly all of the officers in the Army of the Cumber Jand. And, besides all these, of course, my connection with the army brought me many more acquaintances, Fifth, there is the political group. All those with whom I have served in Congress during the last seventeen years, in which time there have been about 2,000 different members of the House of Representatives. Besides these are the political acquaintances made during political campaigns and in stumping. tours, and other acquaintances which grew ont” of the fact that during my publie service in Congress many hundreds of persons have appeared before Committees ot which I have beenn member. I already find that a‘per- centage of thrse groups will be disposedto take advantage of their acquaintance with me, whether it be intimate or casual, to . ASK OFFICIAL FAVORS, appointments, ete. _ Of course, many of them will be persons who. wonfd be unfit. or un- worthy: recipients of the favors they will ‘seek, or for other reasons it will be imprac- ticable to give them what they ask. I shall be compelled: to refuse them, and thus shall cause them as'well-ds myself paim I sometimes think of myself,’ continued Gen. Garfield, asa ‘man. going. to prison, You have heard the advice given toa man who has been convicted of a crime and was to goto prison to bear manfully the punishment for his offense, to obey ali the. rules: of the prison, and when his term expires to. come back ang live it down. Iam going to see ifI can obey all the rules of the Presidency aid then’ come back home and live it dows.’ Speaking particularly. of ag THE TENACITY AND PERTINACITY OF OFFICE SEEKERS, é and the pain which. some of ‘them have already begun to inflict upon him, Gen. Gar field remarked: ‘It may appear very-foal ish to ‘be’ greatly annoyed by what seeia to. be little things, or by the dogged persistence of those we term smail-people, but it cannot be helped Sometimes. Someof my recent experiences in this regard remind me of the story. of the {chneumon and the crocodile on the bank of the Nile. Thé keen, cunning, cruel.creature ealled the ich neumon watches until it sees the ¢ fastasleep with his mouth open. Itthen rushes quickly down bis throat and with sharp teetit and claws takes: hold of :the very, vi af the great crocodile, which with ail bis strength is utterly _ powerless to looseD the’Hold of this relentless little tormentor...: He rolls and writhes’ in his strong agony and: desperation, and at last |< dies. “Imigine a crocodile with nundreds of ichneunions down his, throat, and you have a picture of the torture that may be inflicted upon a sensitive, sympathetic pature by the - horde of officé-seekers which attacks anew President. or any other man ‘who .ha3 patronage to-bestow at the coming of Aduiinistration, *4“President labors ander 3 disadvantage that the’ crocodile does nob; added ‘Gen. Garfield; ‘the. iehnéwmons thet | assail a President do,not wait tilt he is asleep, nor do they come singly. They comé | in at all'tinres, and seasons, and In squads, and in regiments.’ ” °° ° (RE CHRISTLIANCYS. > * @lno’s STORY. . Spectat Dispatch to Tne Chicago Tribune. Wasursatox, D- G,. Jan. 1.—So far theré are few. developments .in the Christiancy. case beyond tho damaging testimony of Gir who allegesthat-at‘one. time Mfrs. Chris. tieney bad in ber possession some $1,000