The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-03-04
JONES HorsL, PHILADELPHIA, !
March l, lS4Y. {
The Pilgrimage to tVash,mgtss.


Let US be thankful We are here al last. An
other precious band Of pilgrims to the shrine of the
new saint In the political calendar has been safely
delivered in this good city Of brotherly love and
excellent cooking. Poor Mr.. West, our most
worthy host, hasn't closed his eyes for week. and
The cry i., "Stll they Gomez Such a crowd
wish you could see the patriotic admirers OF Gen.
Tay lor, they reach this point the r pilgrimage
Such congregation OF the lame, the manned, the
halt and the blind never was witnessed, save at
Tough Dearg, or the Pool of Sloan. Hundreds of
the wounded, In the time OF Gen. Jackson, come
hmplng along, and the poor victims Of fate aud
President Tyler are plenty as blackberries.
Poor Gen. Taylor the hosts of the enemy are
rhckening around him. Only think OF lt-,hree
hundred and fifty desperadoes, who will be- content
with nothing short OF first. rate diplomatic ap-
polntme-t, arriving by every tram from New York
Is it not fearful 1t reminds Que of that anxious
moment when the great English geoeral exclaimed,
g l wish that Blucher night were come -
There is feroclty in the aspect OF the throng-
ing crowds of office beggars, which is absolutely
appalling. ] am not much given to boastlng but
think may say that am not positively chicken
hearted. Yet. confess that | was somewhat ner-
vous this morning, when ! found myself one OF
the three hundred and fifty who left your respecta
bic city for the purpose of taking Gen. Tay flor by
storm. am a man of peace. do not admire
any physical force" demonstrations. You will
not, therefore, be surprised when l tell you that
the hungry air Of desperation which characterised
my fellow travellers made me rather uncomora-
BILE. There have been, lately, quite u number Of
'srocious assaults not to speak OF several muir
ders-and there's no knowing what rabid Office
begear may do when his ''blood is up" Two
muscular llews sat directly in front of me in the
cars, and there was belgerent curl In the enor-
nous whiskors Of one OF them, which occasioned
me good deal Of serious uneaslness. Then Sc
veIal athletic, burly, red-nosed chaps, who swore
very loud and consumed an immense amount
Of tobacco, often eyed with no little
apparent suspicion, and seemed to say, go! no!
| II You think To get chance 1T the General afore
us GU must get up leetle earlier IN the morning,
ana be d. d to your On the whole, then, 1t was
perilous journey. But what will It be TO- morrow,
| to Baltimore? - Sutiicient unto the day Is the
| evil thereof" Let us not anticipate. One conf
tort ,ht Ie is In the fact that at least two hundred
IL dies will be In the Dear creatures! Their
| talht re-, husbands, and brothers, are SO modest
| that they can't ask anything Of General Tay lor,
aud SO these angelic beings, with self-sacrihclag
| man II, aven speed them! They have my prayers
| for their safe arrival at Washington, with their
bandboxes undamaeed, and all their
| Irresistible eloquence Of eyes"
| IN first rate condition.
Meanwhile, we pilgrims at this resting place, re-
| Ceive all sorts VI lumOrs from Washington Awful,
during the passing week, has been the consumption
| FL 81 urlOus champagne, and brandy by no means
| doLblidI. What dinners have been gwen, and
" hat ht adaches afterwards! Pennsylvania Avenue
has been absolutely reelIng for the last two weeas
and "tbe West end" is probably now In the first
stage Of dellrum tremens. Let Inc tell you, din.
ner at Washington, with abundance CT brdndifled
| wine, Is gr. al thing. y! how often have seen
| the INC omt arabic patriot, whose stentoran lungs
had thundt red against some bill IN the morning at
| the capitol, returning ut the /" witching hour"
| from "cosy dinner party"
! "His eye in q fns frenzy rolling
and his voice awakening the echoes with the Jo-
| cund chorus OF
{" D.noy Jim, Of the Caroline"
fully prepar. on the morrow to correct the blum
der vi tie previous day, by voting on the tiYnt
,ide Of the question. Nor are you, New Workers,
unwisc In your generation. Why, there Is your
| own Col. Webb, the reGUutable, u New Yorker In
whom there u little gule--wlth all the harmless
ness Of the dove, ano, alas not the wisdom oi the
serpent. He Is dining and wineing every BODY at
| Washington. Tgere g the mischief. lie IS push,
ing an excellent system to an excess, when,
| lear, may be rulnous. The Colonel IL too lmpetu-
Gus All by the by, Major John Smith, OF the
Coney LELAND Battalion, VINO Is now mere, mas Jus.
told US that Gen. Tay lor do not send In his friend
| Colonel W.bb's pOmin alton to Madrid, within Two
DAYS after the Inauguratloa, the Colonel will trans
mil II himself "a miserable fling at tho Colonel.
| Pop En,mons, OF Washington--a reliable mao
avows thatihe cool Judgment, remarkable modesty,
| placid temper, varied accomplishments, and I'm
meDse popularity Of COL Webb must secure his ap-
| pointment. q + ID.
But must close this desultory epistle. From
the ladies' parlor a strain OF delicious music, pro-
duced by fairy fingers, comes echoing along tie
| corridors, and steals into the room, like per-
| TUNED gale from "Araby the blsst." 1t would be
tre ss0n all that's lovely to think OF aught else,
/ TIL the morrow calls us--
| ITO frssh fields and pastures new" go