Show POTOMAC POTPOURRI atle at the walto bouc arthars social trent treat to tho of lilt iii s cabinet ac jeroni tl roni our regular correspondent the din dinner at the housa last a at night was what the president wished it v to be an bc casion 01 PLEASANT and social intercourse the private dining ro room omas is very homelike its to ic being warm andelich and rich without the that usually results from t lie fo so c called aesthetic w all paper and coloring oring the walls are lighted with heavily gilt patterns pattern japanese howera arsand and bizarre designs and capped by a friezo frieze of oj velvet relieved on each cach side with a narrow beading of gold cold the curtains arc are of plush lush I and bans hang in full folds folas from roy rods an and rill rings of of burnished brass and the mirrors ir bors and chandeliers aro are of such fuch a size as to add to tho tile effect of light and color last night an all abundance of trailed its delicate beauty blaut over and about the two last and azaleas t aas in full bloom shone a against a background of darker shrubbery placed against ast the walls the table was vas laid dittli with twenty covers and ornamented with flowers light sand the hiawatha boat the four flower pieces were an improvement on the set greenhouse baskets for they nodded from n long stems and fell into the graceful crace ful positions nature teaches lier her children tv two were of roses oh such rosa roses and the others of hyacinths pale pink cream rose colored and white the usual horal boral greeting lay at each plate rk a bouquet do corsage for each lady and a boutonniere for each gentleman there was some slight change in the list of guests sirs beale being substituted for mrs lincoln who was too sick to bo present and miss vrelin fre ling huysen for miss aliss and mrs wadworth for mrs brewster Brewst cr mrs wadsworth ads worth by tho the way ar ai is s one of the most elegant woman the north has ever lent us and her liar toilettes toi lettes this season have been marvels of richness there were sixteen courses and six va varieties of wine ivine with liphum liqueurs lique urs after the guests sat eat down at the table at half past and rose at a quarter to 11 hours for visiting and evening parties are gradually growing later and later the president rarely sits down doun to dinner before even when he lie has no specially company the invitations ho lic hrs issued for dinner named named half past seven as is to the hour instead of seven the fashionable timo for formal dinner given here liere for some somo years THE confines CO rial LETTER IV written ritten by gen garfield to secretary chase when the former was chief of staff of tho the army of tho the cumberland w which found its way into print yesterday creates a great deal of sensation and it is likely to mako make a great deal more before the matter is finally disposed of it is not known liow how the document became pubs but with those best qualified fled toju dvo on that point there is 13 no doubt of ais ita authenticity neither will its contents surprise those familiar with and who still remember the events of which it treats the letter shows that mr blaino blaine was not without authority when lio lie alluded in liis his eulogy upon upil mr garfield to tho the complications which affected the effi efficiency clency of tho the army of tha cumberland when the latter resume resumed his responsible connection with it Is I rs publication will also probably bring to light other interesting te documents from various quarters and it is safe to assume that before the discussion doses io cs tho the public will know a great d deal al more about the tennessee cam campaign than it ever knew before it is as true of the history of this country as of any other that tho the private correspondence correspond enco of participants P throws more real lighten light on important events than the more inore studied documents which treat of them in an all official 11 and formal ma manner wiler sr SENATOR MILLERS BILL to enforce treaty stipulations relating to chinese passed the sen senate at yesterday the last treaty with china mila contained a clause providing that if chinese laborers should be excluded from froin the united states the chinese government should have tho the privilege of examining into the tho reasonable ness liess of iho the ground on which it was dene rather straining this unimportant feature of the treaty the tile bill dill which has just passed proposes to prohibit tho coming cc mil ig of chinese C I anese laborers skilled or unskilled to this country for kwelty tv elty years and forbids any court state or national to admit a chinaman to naturalization within that time the bill met with sturdy opposition on the ground of violation both of the constitution and the treaty tre a t with china it was held also to bo b contrary to the democratic spirit and traditional policy of this country J AUGUST I washington D C march |