The New York herald., 1850-02-18

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conclusions indelibly impressed spon mind, VI
kept on and entered the portals Of the White House
There we're some twenty thirty people with thsix
hats on walking about in the ante room and looking
very much o. though they psrishing with cold.
We left this shivsrng place passsd through door r.
the right into small room, where there nrs and
plenty males Here Jssms took oost and hat but
fearing accidents, We rstosk, and hid them under
chair in We then pulled white kids out -
every body xpscted white kids look
ing glass brushed hair With the solitary hair brush
there and began to take observations The
ladies passed through this to larger whsra
they did their nxings At nine passed In through
the ladies' dressing room, through the hall, TO the
range Of rooms the south side In the nrst room We
found few people. From this entered another
room. Close to the door, all alone by himself vss
General Taylor We shook hands with him, and them
turned out Of the moving column one de where va
could watch him and his operations, at our leisure
short distance from him by the edge Of round table,
and pleasant Those gentlemen ~hs we're s.corsinx
ladies, passed with them from the President to Mrs
Bss; All hands then made profound salasm to her,
to make room for new But ell partiatisa
were with the President aud neglected Mrs Bliss to
watch MIN he q regular trump. There free
and easy way about his of shaking ssuds that
delighted us with the hard featured old brick There
was no nonsense about him. OF course with such .
raft Of his fellow citizens shake hands with aud only
hours to do in he had enter into de-
tailed conversaton guests or to inquire after
their families how their children we're nov many
they had ofem The sautes passed like winking; only
hssty word was spoken on either side
How do you do, Mr.. President 10 (The visitor
male)
- See you" President)
GOOD evening, General" (Ofice holders ssluta-
-" Same.n PRESIDENTS reply)
"Ah! General" Nemale)
g fresidsnt-wen.n (Med.st mani
"How do" (President)
We could see plainly that he squeezed the womsu,s
bapds--there doubt Of tive could IL with
half eye BY their LOOKS though he said little and
they merely q menosyable Happy old chap should bs
the fre,ident! We called to mind the old song:-
"Iwish wa. the President Of these United States.
We wouldn't do that but we'd kiss tie women.
Henry Clay does 1t invariably, and he Is only Sena-
tor old Zack Is equally good looking, and few
not . right to kiss women, who has Shaking kid
glover Every women should put up her pretty lips,
Ileft the Presidenta . few moments and vent to the
great grand East roem. IL was full OF people male
and female: Ihs order OF psrioImanee seemed to be,
Of the room, and stare At the ladies' they formed
procession and marched round the room la the centre
of the room, and encirclei by the moving prscssson
several gentlemen standing using their eyes aud
playing with their fingers We r.msis-d Just twenty
sttentvely regarding this state Of things, feel
ing extremely siily and vOndsng -hsthsr tas prone
nadsrs and the rect Of sn1 vonsnktnd there as
were extremely .,sly aud drss.ssr sssgsl.ts taste
The major portion OF bltn so s-fe Strangers In
Washington The ptomin-e' -..l-s q ths room
Woodbury., Of New HAmpsbre sad sse-t ntts fairy,
Miss Bonade, Of New YORK We sxpsctsd TO see more
beauty. On the contrAy the majority extremely
The wings cannot turn cut - uuch beauty st
Presidential lsvee as the democrats when they
have President. They cant begin To do IL. Lord
what contrast Between ana the days old Hiok-
ory aud even Of young Hickory both now saints In
ties with their red ro,y cheeks poutios lips and pref
ty sparklsrs. We hunted all over the rooms to get
sight Of any Of the cabinet ministers to spot them
to friend who IL applicant for Office and wished
to know the government by sight Not Of the lot
could we find. Mr.. Clayton was probably st home,
spping bis malt beer He has cut strong grg $50 says
report) and has taken to small beer MIR Ewing bsiog
pious man, Of course Was not there 1t being Lent.
the way this fact kept large nunbsrs Of tbs CAho-
lie and high church Episcopal families from being pre-
sent At the levss.
There was . small sprinkling only Of members
piety or Lent had anything to do with their alb
seBcs The Diplomatic Corps Was very feesly repre-
teBted-only MIR. Champion formerly British Charge,
there He leaves TO morrow, and shook farewell
with the President to night We saw none Of the rest
OF Senators, We saw only two-the white head Of
South Carolina, and the DARK haired head Of Virginia.
They both dsnnion and have right to watch
Southern property; for IL the South separates, a. .
matter Of course. the White House belongs to the
rest Of the public property The North may bet their
lives that The greater portion Of the people ct the
levee we're distinguished strangers office seekers aud
q large number OF Office holders, with their fsmi-
lies The office seekers have eye to wind ~afd, and
so do Office holders and both cas.s take every oppor-
tunity ts draw the light OF the fresid-nt's counts-
nance to their own beautiful mugs New York VAS
we'll represented In the Ea,t room vas Mr. Bennett,
OF the Hoaid who looked and acted though he
joysd the fun we'll any o,dy there; aud ~ith de-
vii may care sort OF sxpr-sses his features for all
the men in power from the President down to Jeem'
| the hat and cloak recipient st the door a4d don't
he enves fears or cares copper cent for any
Governor Van Ness Of New York, With his rnaynia-
cent looking wife, there. He Is another trump,
and In fsver With every administration as 1, comes
Col. Mic. Carroll hssdsome Van zsndt. ] B. Muir
ray and Col Grandin Of Ne~ York were proueosders.
three Mohswks, were there also The.e two young
Mohawk squars looked suP-rb they tne only two
people In the room Who kept their hsts They
Christians, and with their brother TO give an in
dian concert to morrow night at the Temperance Hall
And are really Sre,2v Ths lions Of tSs nh, o., w.
hrst. Dr. Gwin Of cslif-rns, who came late aud tho
two great ohe.s players, STANLEY aud Turner Mr..
STANLEY finished hts games yesterday, winning eleven
TO his antagonist nve. He drew the $4,000 to-day
from Coroofsn and Riggs, and pockets Of clear tin,
$1,000.
There was no dancing, no music. no drink aud no
grub. Not biscuit was TO BE- had What horrid
state Of things for ievss Of the President Of country
that had nine millions In the treasury at the making
up OF the last accounts ~ ten clock drew ngn
began think Of our 80 tile aud our ov-rcast and a
We proceeded to the place wh-rs ve had deposited
them, reflected how often th. good vent nr,t,
and soemnly resolved, that N our castor coat had
dsppesrsd to make grab st the best hat aud sostli
est oVtreost left Fortunately both bring old they
we're ,sfe Speaking TO Jsems upon TIM. topic, he
shrevdly remarked, that ~ vas really astonisaiug,
what confusion ensued, whsn geotlsnAn takes the
wrong hat. II don't ebd then the confu-ion goes
through all the hats and there IL telling whose s
whose and every gentleman takes the bit hat he can
find. always vatchs. the chaps shat comes up here
with as thinks its them -hst the hats and
makes the mus" Agreeing cordially with the views
OF Jeems ne bowed and took our departure IRON thu
White Reuse
IA We walked home, came TO the decision that
there but class OF this community that had
been benefited by tie l.ves though expense.
That class the worthy order Of residents kno~n ~
hack drivers
AsHRicsy AcIrsross ~ Cs-aDA.-A correspondent Of
the Montreal Gazsffs 81 the 9th inst onplsius Of
ssitstors from the United states who have come
them 30 further the ends Of the xstions
lie ssys that n people from Csn.ds engaged on .
similar errand In the United States tnsy soad be In
ofbsisg torn TO pieces aud copoud by ~srning
thee Americans Who iptsrferriag In cassdsa sf-
f-rt thst the path they pursuing Of great