Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-02-17
Correspondence Of The Philrdeiphia Ledger.
WAsuINGroN, Saturday Feb. 10, 1874.


ty are alternately initiated, according to the
knowledge and means of the amphytrions. The
President, who is the most amiable and sociable
man in private life, and whose suavity of man.
ncrs is the theme of general admiration, conducts
himself with as much ease, as il social inter.
course and the cultivation of general good feel
ings, and not the Presidency over the mammoth
Republic of the nineteenth century, where his
chief occupation and delight No man like him.
selfc so completely throw aside the rancor
engcndered by partisan warfare, or meet, at his
own festive board with unicigned cordiality
those who have opposed, prosecuted and SANDER
cd him. have no doubt whatever that the
President cntcrtains, at the White House. many
Il man whose better feelings upbrad him for
having made his acts and tlpsc of his admins
tration tlc theme Of rude invectivc and party an
mostly. 1t is for such and similar reasons lap
prove of the most extended ciai intercourse for
there is nothing like the familiar Interchange of
thoughts, under the mod"rating influence Of cti-
quette, (Which properly teaches us 10 respect
ourselves in othcrs,) to file away the rcugh edges
of public life--thc ant.social and destructive
passions, reused by the strife of factions Wash
ington, more than any other city in the Union,
offers ample opportunity of this sort for it is
not merely wealthy clique of one or the other
partisan persuasion which here dictates the law
of society. The resident citizens are poor and
il is therefore bnt rank and station has ID on in.
t"llcctual emincncc, which rule the fashions Of
1I,, I,ht Of,
meeting each Other, from day TO day. on neutral
ground. FOR the purpose of exchanging cyilitcs
with one anoth n, has had sdlu'sry influence on
their mutual appreciation of each others quail
ties An ultra, in society, ceases "a b. a gen.
1lrman; and it is n current saying her" that We
hrmence in politics. especially in conversations
shows al "mee til" stranger" in Washington.
The Cabinet arpoIrtm mis-, as The time for the
Convention approaches, ase to be of that alb
sorbing interest, and to create that politiccl an.
xiety, which III y at wont II do, al thr period
Immediately succeeding the death of General
Harrison, and We learn now, with some conpo
sure, that Governor Gilmrr will, in all prohabil-
ity, be nominated on Tuesday next as Secretary
OF the Navy, and, as might be supposed confrmed
The Senate has buried its spite, or rather exhaus
ed II, in the late reflections OF the Cabinet nom-
lations, and will not soon again provoke the ILL.,
will of the President
The confirmation of the Hon Horny 4, Wise,
Minister TO Brazil, by SO large a majority.
oust be considered as pace offering, as an car
n est TO retract the heavy vcrdcts pronounced on
iHrmer occasions. aud will evidently place the
in position less hostile to the
Wings.
Judge Wilkins. who was formerly talked ofas
Secretary of tn, Navy will be nominated for the
War Department. Mr.. Spencer will probably
remain where he Is, His talents and business
ar" universally ackuowlads"d, and tho
President is well aware ofthem but if there be
little disposition VA thH part Of the Senate 10
worry the President, there exists also no dispo.
sitjon the part of the President to harass the
Senate with calls for reconsideration of their I'M
mcdiat"'y expressed opinions. Mr. Spencer is
an excellent Secretary ofthc Treasury, which is,
perhaps, the most difficult post in the whole ad.
mnistratjon-and as the President is not called
upon TO part with him, the hardship of his re.
irctious Judge OF the Supreme Court of the
United States is thought to fall less on him than
on Mr.. Spencer, whose hostile position 10 Mr.
Webster, coupled a. tn latter hero is with
Mr. Clay. would alone b, sufficient, al The prcscn,
organization of the Senate, 10 prove fatal To his
confirmation.
There was a ruInor that Judge Tpshur was 60
ing to France bat il was not founded on fact
Mr. Upshur, in all probability, will go to Eu-
rope; but Berlin is, if mistake not, the resi-
dcnce he has selected. Nh Wheaton, i, is thought,
will eth r be recalled, To ill the vacant Judge.
ship on the Supreme Bench of the United States,
or he will be transferred to Paris. He is amply
qualified for either station, and especially for
that of Minister TO Paris, being not only tho.
rough diplomatist, but also an agreeable and flu.
OF the Institute,
There is as yet nothing definitely known about
the successor of Mr. Upshur, though overturcs
ire made in certain quarters which may astonish
the country, | will in due time inform you OF
all at this juncturc 10 say more would be indis-
erect
To-day, Mr. Webster continued his argument
in the Supreme Court for the heirs OF Stephen G!-
rard, Lawyers say that Mr., Binney made a most
powerful argument in behalf Of your city, and
that Mr., Scrgeant's argument, though highly in
tellectual, was less to the point. Webster's name
alone is host the subject one on which he has
bestowed more time than on anything else in
his life, save the Presidency, and he appeared