Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-01
TCorrespondence Of thc Hers'e.l
WAsHINGroN City, Dec. Is, 1899.

WAsHINGroN City, Dec. -, 1889
Saturday Evening. )
Iouses of Congress have adIouroed over I'LL
a to give he members al opportuaity to leave
IDS visit the President and Secretaries, and
their friends. Things have bees in such an
II state here up TO this time, no directory
.l-that the Interchange Of cIvilities has been
h, limited scale
January. Blair, in the meantime, will do the
q gwen him by the clerk, per resolution, in
! bya wing member, which was very unne-
There is too much talent, with too little
tc,n the ranks of the opposition in the House,
4 eilec any party purpose: each one wishes TO
.most with some speech or proposit on, by
means they are continually playing into the
bf the administration. The New Jersey ques.
Is Lost in this way.
he are very few statesmen among the peliti-
II the Hou eater Mr.. Adams, hardly krow
name who can lay claim to that character.
=. never was a time when the administration
were SO badly off, for even respectable show
ht, so lamentabiy deficient indeed, that there
ie ifeulty IN selecting the Chancellor oil the
sqaer, Ichairmaa If the committee Of Waysand
a. tbs understood that his committee IL IL
iven to the administration; aud there rs some
ulation as to the head of It. Calhoun would be
ght nearer the throne if it was given to Plckens;
the BentDnians are in hopes that Jones, OF Vir
4, late Candidate for speaker, will be appointed
Mr. Hunter has h $ own way, he will likely give
Q the VirginiaD, if either
jr. Calhoun dined with the Prcsideat on Thurs
+. Mr. Rives, of the Senate, and Mr.. Lewis, of
ha IA, accompanied him there on that day, when
&c was msie'-pledges to forgive and forget were
h--and -. 1mises OF cordial support on one hand {,
ot patronage On the other, passed between them.
1t an amusing scene! what a beautiful ccmmen-
on the professions of politicians here was!-
at an illustration OF the shifting shades Of the
teal chess board, Here was the rejected min
of 1882, now trans lormed into the president re :
Ing VITA open arms and apparent friendship, one
had declared himself his bitterest enemy; and
8 e casting vote had been given, with the hopes
sgracing him at foreign court Here they
1.-THE one blinded by ambition, deiuded by the
B Of royalty, imagining himself already III the
Feutial chair-while the other, deep reader of
h nature, was smiling at the vanity Of man, Sc
rejoicing at tie success of his own tactics
may be asked wletner,ifin all these movements,
IN takes no plrtl IC he is not fearful of being
ianted in his struggle for the succession? I'll
lou.
ston looks upon the movements of Calhoun in
lme manner, and with as mach satisfied com
Ne as boy when Watching snow bird hopping
a his trap-he knows he'll catch him presently.
phoun W Ill never get the upper hand of Benton;
only create little division in the ranks.
n iiri person who appears in the struggle for
bu, essiOn Is Buchanan; his PARTY is even now
incon,iderable, though not fully developed, and
y1l only require ttct TO make IT formidable
va DTlu2Uam. sltakItiS Oi lIoEd LiNefpOOi, says
! fnen of middle taleats are most apt TO get into
b Oh places, whilethe extremes either ovcrreach
mselves, or get ousyitted How fully this remark
cr<empifed IN th, modern history OF our own
o.
'he meney in the trashy, ording 10 The secrc-
rs report, on the 3I,t December, Will be a lit e
& million--a Preitt sum for a nation out of debt
'onton has introduced bin to prohibit the circu.
ON OF small notes (lndcr twenty dollars) IN. the
tris' - col,sa'h's sss poor aistrict is made the
cibie Tor all experiments in currency, abolition,
Hing laws sc.
The committees will De announced on Monday. A
" storm Is raging hes today. The vandenhoffs
pla ing the theat't. General Scott is still in
city: he lodges with MR.. Monroe, Of New York
ere Is to be large and fashionable dinner compa-
al the Presidents thisevening: Mr. Preston, Mr..
anger aud Mr. Hoffman with their families, are
ong those III the opposition who invited TO be
sent. shall go TO Carlton House on new years
,. S.--A publs dinner isto he given to Gen. Mer.
(late member) on Tuesday, at Browns Hotel.