Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-01-27

In the absence of any thing like news from
Washington. we give the following descriP-
i'm, &c The Presidents Levee, written by q
icorrcsnorden; Of tn. Missouri Republican.
WAsH,scTos, Jan l. 1888.
The holidays are over, Christmas
welcomes and New-Years greetings,
are all gone. gone, gone-gone to mark
new notch for every mans life-.o /
add 10 his years. and bring him one
step nearer TO death and the grave
..Merry Christmas .sHappy New
Year, .sTokens of Remembrance,
l"Annual Visitations," good bye to ye
all for another brief year. Eighteen
hundred and thirty seven has departed
this life-eighteen hundred and thirty |
eight has begun, and like stale that's
told. unexpectedly and unwished for
lbv the merry ssthirty-nine will burst
upon us. New Years day at the me-
ltropolis has heen merry one. isir
weather without and fair weather with
in. Pennsylvania Avenue and the
= public walks Of the city have been
Ithroneed with the multitude OF citi-
zens and strangers The Bazaar OF The
Grand Turk was never more crowded
than have been the few mansionsthroSn
open far the entrance of all. To-day
, at least, we. have all of us-P-esi-
dent, Es-Presiden., Cabine. Ministers,
i Foreirn Ministers, American Secreta-
lries, Foreign Attaches, Charge de Al
fairs. People Wings, Conservatives,
RI Loco-Focos. prince and beggar-siaVe
i and master. all of us have been merry,
: Den1cratic-NERRY | assure.
| will weary you with an account OF
. Mr.. Van Buren's Levee for 80. You
J. have seen hundred descriptions. and
n the one is but repetition OF the other.
e The crowd as usual, was immense. and
e as one thousand left the splendid last
j. Room and the beautiful drawing rooms
); adjoining. another thousand entered.
!, Exits and entrances continued from
moon al;nos, TO evening. and probably
): the end proved. if Numbers were count
IN ed and sexes divided by the rlle OF
n simple subtraction, that the wnower
il President had taken more ladies oy the
z. hand than any Executive before him,
! since the DAYS OF Washington Mr..
b Van Buren, is still great beau--,s iond
of ladies and ladies society-can hold
&c as agreeable tete-a-lete-ehatas pleas
i ansly-smile as lovingly-dress as gal
a. w, as eyer-and yet strange to say, In
spite OF the fact that rumor has given
e him more wives than the Grand Ba-
shaw. Mr.. Van Buren, is still uanarrl-
Q ied-slill widower.
i. The Marine Band were in attend
le anee at the Presidents mansion, which
* with lis national airs and fine music.
a gave great life and animation % the
:; !, scene. / heard as usual, a haIf-hcndred
y tongues spoken by the foreigners pres
ce emf, from almost every part OF the
T. world, England, France, Prussia, Ras
= STA. Spain, Mexico, Texas, were July
represented. | saw no Tartars, no 4.
,e rabs-no Chinese, no Malays. But the
o confused and co.,founded tongues o
ne Babel were seemingly all broken
Here was Dutch Minister in hiscouF
!. dress. with his nouthful of consonani
be biting them, grinding them, and chew
er ing them, as if he were eating M
s breakfast Of bread-crusts. Here va
!, Prassian like Paul Of Tarsus betor
he became Christian convert. Their
al was Frenchman with the powers
oh cnpidiay seemingly, for half dozel
" men. by the aid perhaps, OF little An
o. o. irnaI Magnetism and Clairroyance, sa'
;.e him in half dozen places at.the sam
moment. The American officers c
the Navy and Army now in the cit.
were all there in full uniform. Tn
Senators and Representatives wer
DIN mostly in attendance The citizen
the and strangers in the city were ther
ale en- naasse Big as is the White Houses
~ - the American President. it is not bi
10 enough for all that would bid the Pre-
ia ident ga happy new year" at his yea
o. liz icvee. As time passes away, In
40 time honored custom seems TO gro
A. either upon the peoples taste, afie'
hal tons, desires, habits, or something {
the the kind, know not what, for in i
an self, it seems ridiculous enough to 81
up thousands Of persons entering at or
,,,e door and striding through crowd
his round half dozen rooms and on,
another-gszing and gaping at ca.
his other-criticising the color OF one
,ps, eyes, finding fault with woman
rmy nose, liking black hair and grey ey'
ugh better than light hair and blue eye