Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-03-22

UrThe following letter from Washington
WAS written by Col. Fuller. editor of The New
York Mirror, and gives some idea Of the
pies. ure of attending an Inauguration -
The Balls are over, the Cabinet is complete,
the presiden, is in the White House, the tide
of travel is beginning to return, the crowds in
and around the hotels are subsiding, and quiet
will soon be restored to the capital. The
Hon Jacob Collamsr, member of the House
from Vermont, il nominated 10 the office OF
Postmaster General; and Mr. Ewing takes the
Home Department. The final change in Cab
iue, officers vii he highly acceptable to all but
disappointed politicians. Judge Collamer is a
nan Of the highes, excellence of character, a
sound Wing, hard worker, with largo expe-
rence in public life. He is about fifty-five
wears of age, and has filed the office of Chief
Justice of the State of Vermont. 1t is conced-
ed hy all tina, ihs transfer Of Mr.. Ewing to the
Home Department places him in the sphere
b.si adapted to his abilities. al the other
Cabinet nominations were sent into the Senate
10 Jay, in accordance with my last reports,
and referred TO the usual committee.
The President, has decided to make no re-
moyaIs from office where the commissions er-
pire within six months, except from special
cause 1t is also promulgated that the Presi-
den, will receive no personal applications for
ofi,e; but will refer all candidates TO the
nan bn t,ill la canvaScej in
Cabinet Councils, where services, sacrifices
and qualifications will be thoroughly discussed,
The wisdom ofthis arrangement will be appa-
rcu, 10 all and il will save the Executive from
Infinite annoyance. In the meantime the tens
of thousands Of patriots who arc eager to serve
Il cir Country in some official capacity, will re-
tire like the winds in the W,ad, murmuring
to their caves" The lady readers of the
Mirror must excuse me from attempting to
give them full description OF The balls. | at
,snded hut one, the Grand Inauguration" and
the eco e, ton Off is enough TO make one faint
Ii was attended By some five thousand persons,
AMI ,hough the pageant was beautiful to look
upon. it was terrific TO encounter. The hall was
10 the form Of paraelogrsm, covering about
an acre of ground. The walls and the ceiling
were formed of pink and white muslin; and it
was lighte by an innumerablc number of
nasty candles, stuck in circles suspended from
the top, which rained a shower Of grease upon
tie moving multitude beneath. There was
scarcely coat OF dress in the hall that did not
come out covered with an enamel Of spurious
spermaceti The damage done to dresses is es.
tmated at $4,000! The supper and cloak
rooms were badly managed, and there wassal-
so large business done in the way Of ex-
changing hats, overcoats, &c. One lady lost
shawl that cost $iO0, and gentleman ofmy
acquaintance came home this morning with
" shocking bad hat" and the shabiest kind Of
an oyercoat, losing some fifty dollars by the ex-
change Adding to this" profit and loss" ac-
count SIS for boquets, $40 for ticket and
.25 for hack makes the ball rather e1pen-
sye whistle but " those who will dance
n W, pay the fiddler As an Offset to these
items, there was much to compensate in the
excellence of the music the beauty of tn. wo-
men, the celebrity Of the men, and, above all,
in the presence OF the nations favorite, the
Chief Magistrate Of the Union, who moved
about among the crowd for nearly two hours,
shaking hands, aud making everybody happy.
lie did not leave the room until after midnight
and then WAS almost toreby taken out by the
Mayor of the city and the Speaker Of the
House.
Tomorrow evening the President holis
hi. first Levee
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