The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-03-04
wAsHIseToS, d c.. March I. 1850 !
Friday Night

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The Characters at the Levee &C., &c
DEAR Sir :-Levee at the White House, this evening,
and the worthy President exceedingly smsbls cosy,
and socisbe Take II all Ia all, II has been Of the
most delightful lsvses of tho season. The last Assem-
bly, Ball for this winter or night at Jackson
Hall, and large number Of strangers from Baltimore
and Philsdelphs down to be there sudstsyed
until to- night to attend ct the White House
There certainly II some sort OF understanding with
the weather and the hsckmsn that, on lsvee nights,
There s to be any quantity Of wiad rushing through
the streets and kicking particular dust Pennsy
vanis avenue. Tonight, you couldn't sec nve steps
before you. However, oil the dust that raised
didn't stop goodly company from going TO see Old
Zsck, and the rest Of man and womankind who were
there. Political parties we'll represented; the
abolition and free soil party particularly SO
General Tsylor has taken kink into his head to Gull
tivate theee people lately. lie gave Q dinner
very recently the eoiiers II the Senate And
House A nice dinper party they must have made !!
Fred Douglas should have been sleng. What Old
Zsck Is driving 1t, God only knows 8ut one thing 10
morally certain free soi~re AMI abolitionts can't
be cosxed into ship shape killed with kindness Old
Zsck should study the fable IN sop, where honest
farmer half frozen moecssin rsstlesnaks and
paced him on his heartneteLs TO warm the poisonous
chap up, and-got Bit for his kindness and trouble.
Moccssips and rattlesusses are gentlemen compared
with sbolioniss and free soiers and the sooner he
cuts their society the hciter his friend. will like t No
COED csn come out ~ it. The wings Aud democrats
have alternately pet-d them tor fifteen years past and
what has BEEN the result Both parties their III
luck, that they didpt frateruz- aud stamp their
heads when they little hadn't the power TO
do much mitchief Nov th-y eudAoeer the federal
Un.sn A stitch in time raves nine, rs one Of the
trainers cf the federal Constitution once raid
We reached the Prssidents ~ nine aud Immediate
ly placed our surplus furniture III the hands OF the
Presidents Jeems, who remarked that we had dofed
cap, and made gyTstioD OF his thumb to his crna.
Tsn.H organ as much as 70 s.y M tha. cap Is ,sis We
ed directly to the President He receiving at his
usual stand and ss passed tb. door aud extended
our hand he ebo.k it very heartily And gave know
Ing wink with that LETT eye, which said ss plainly
words could do, ~ hsipt forgot you; didn't have
Jolly good time IL among the Virgi-
mia lsssss 1t Richmond sna Fredericksburg?" We
very much Delighted, tor smopg such lot OF
quantsboes aud friends a. President lin power) is
cure to have 1t quite remarkable tsat he remen-
bers them all hrs Bliss was Ia the old place by the
round table ia the u her her
side elder sister, Mrs Wooo OF Baltimore that
before; hem a sevy of fair girls
and variety ef the gender nse Satisfying ourselves
ina tbsy we've setups on 'sry We'll we psss,o to tne
East Room. which found uot uncomfortabiy filled.
Judge of our mixed up surprir- ana horror at run
ring slap up agaipet Lewis rsppaD We got oil
To decent distance ana too another gaze. IL Was
Levi, end no misahe There not two exsctly sue a
rsLctitsd looking indi idusls the continent He,
(the brother If hrthnr boenotbng WITH other sooi-
IL wasn I our fault. How ans things change How
old ,imes and their Pleasant memories thronged about
Looked at Lewis and thought of past scenes!
how well we remem bered the Niger riots In New
York. when "nggeIs spock under" vas the cry OF
ssken being Cburenss were sacked when men prescn.
ed op such uncailsd for doctrines The old Chsshsm
Street Theatre Chapel which the police had TO take
pof session of-Lewis TapFsps house la Rose street.
neat 60 the Qusssr church. where Mayor Harper has
since lived but which "a. Quilted on that night for
Tsppan's own beseht. We hadn't reached . long
tailed those dsys and . small urchiH viii
q roundabout Jacket but our patriotism and love OF
ceaItry her nstitutions IN was ust
beginning 20 burst out ssd mad the felicity Of
ing email brick into the psror window by way Of .
card New YORK WAS some IN those days set OF
scsmps couldn't jeopsrdze the Union by sicking up
Jolly about the ain of slavery with
out l.'Dg promptly put down. However, fsppsn was
at the esee To- night aud felt that of the org
nal b. eed of sboiiticnirts hsd nc businers there
All classes bus free sDers snd aboht'ousts should bs
These ar. traitors to the Union and
h.y. busiosts anonr patriots ana LOVING
To- night there r-pTrs-n,,es FROM all ciasse
% the United Ststes community. There were North
ernsrs ana soutbeIners ~higs sBa democrats aud OH
osrs the army ana navy, aud clerks aud citizens
sslbstoD, who have no politics az ALL bat for thu
bnicn, and the President tnst is IN We struts-s
about smrpg tie cro~a, and took quiet birds sy
% all The sfrangu and stared generally ant
particularly at ali the pronenaiers There serl
the escort o gallant snd g-od looking mvo \ friend
iscstIous .Ed witty kIickegbocser, tapped on th
sbcuiosr. and Observed
sorea, is that you ~
To b. sure ite rsn
"Nhst you locking for ,"
ITO rnd sax foot good looking fellow, like you
| 10 tell Who all thrse people are -
Sim your nsn-tsks ~ arm, and Just stand ter
minute. sull where v. are.
Look yorder DO you pee tbst beautiful Gsorgisr
s,yi. ~ brru.y-liebt complexion, agburn ringists
blue eye sud the sweetest features y0u
ibe one lsAniDs On the arm Oi that Parsen looking
person -
d.; che u beautiful ~
Well che 10 all thst and is the belle Of this town
She 10 iss Dssis Her iath-r fcughs In the Nexics'
wa .~as burned out In ST. Louis and ~as reduced q
scoep,,ngA el.rkship In the land once There, yo'
have loos~d ct her long enoughte OF no use for re
port tsy, the !, artc 10 General Senator froo, FREE
STATE Nov. l9oh up@u this picture just nstics ths
besuiiiol blsek'sJtd gifl' sith raven hair aud Oh
/ fs ~ fffa lgnff na
u both ere lovely 10 their style ~ beauty One 1
the tfeasyiau. the other th. Deorgiau she u sis
BIsdfrd niece Of col JeEssion Dssis, he Mississipp
s.hnfcr and 81 oour-" {. relative ~ Tho fr-sidens
That One looking man. sho ~ e-cnrting her, ~ col
"Nhon that msn with -ueh q plrassut smile ol
hs face usirz this sey. sith isay on his arm ~
1Lslf Why wscdy 1bomp-on General Thompson
formerly 40 N. G., snerecsntiy ss Envoy ana Minsts
10 Mexico. Tts sfzisbis ysuBg lsdy SAILING will
him. IA Niles Johnsos daughter Of one of the Csbi
net.
We had seen enough a. young ladies' and pss.et
around the room aud haak O. where ths Oeo@rsl "a,
bet be bad sons, snd.e started 20 nnd hm. lie hss
OILY gore into the other rcOm to SIR tinssf and i,
smcrs the crowd. Here fousd grosp. Near
window vas The frs,issat aud -itb hisn ga Of
csptly vas out fcr there Ots Zses honest srd
ssrnsst, sud evidsstiy lsyiax do1u the gospel "a
that Msi,iaud ba.ises. ..s osrtalaly tbs topic
That STATE bed Es~a evident gns thstshs 90. 20 be
ioupd nth her sissr. d ,ts South, usessv-r -.ntsd
The Esss fezchsd b-fs this nornicg The Nahoaai
Infeita DIDN'T, sbd esui5n't. snd w0uiint be-
lsve ~ There .ss soms ulst.ke, spd orsndms
Gsiss fet Ike the lsli hen that had hAtched more
duck than ctickens IN her nest. -hen she ss< the
fsrusr put tor the pond rd Do has ben tryias ID
MARE hnss hssse sud h-s told ~. readers sv-ry fsr
that al the brood of states ohicssns sad domestic
dry lspd birds sna he is most tnfsrusy astoaisbed
when he nnd. that be has bs~a telling -no'mou'
Abs and that hir chickens BY turning out
to be dGs ~, sBd e. h. .aset by the ansBus
cscsps o. the od ben but a tor The de-p waer'
OF dhunicn he nopsn they arr forced a. l.ss. ths
old hens meet. hsrysBd had proved al antu'ifsl
bro snd the President .a- ssking f~sfrs q tell BIN
ell s0oUtts Al respectful Gistancs frcm th- group
and watching every mov. ~ss that fcst bnos butcher
the Hon kiank Granger. vita him his friend
sam tugsiss Esq OF your city. uaoninx Tor chsB~e
and they nnsy got H. by gina no o. the President
In ccrner ~ the form tue Sectional Dpox and
party ~ very rrstty isfiss Near the hssTisss sns
Professor Espsick, erpistntns IN -oa.sedy aos ths
sntthscrsn IBftitutton (cf vttcb he hs
cdsi srchtecfD came t. fuabls fosa the other day
at IN pense ~ some 5000 ~ soa.b5dv Jast tu
the a them the lhsf - tue surgaa q sYnlh
America and Wet lndis sussvis donr the sasia Ms
to party 81 lsoies a sorih Csreiira snemb-r 40.
prosctes the Prr,iesnt. 10 n Mr. N-rsb~. q
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