The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-06-04
CiOHHEs pONDEnCE
Nsw YORK., My 21a 1864

IN washington was very Plesahb III
deed I made the acquaintance IF
several very high officials, all Of whom,
treated me with much consideration
| found the President an afIible,
agreeable gentleman, and although
prejudicsd against him, | left The
White House, with my feelings much
changed in regard to him personally
With Marcy | am much pleased. He
is certainly the great man Of the Cab
met, and IN fact the only Statesman
among them all ] also made the
acquaintance Of most ofthe prominent
members of Congress. among them
Mike Walsh. by The by, Mike is
one Of the most popular men in Con
gress lie spoke on the Nebraska
bill while | was in the city, and at
tracted great attention His speech
was bold and eloquent, md was reoeiy
ed with.appla1se. Members gathered
around him, and at the conclusion Of
the speech, they rushed forward and
shook h i'm by The hand in The warm
est mariner Of congratulation Our
Representative Judge Perkins, has
taken n high position here with all
parties, and think that his copstit.
uents will find that he will be true to
their interests in every way la the
Senate | was much disappointed. II
no longer is that proud intellectual
body tli5at it ones was, commanding
the admiration Of the world. Bat a
large number Of small men have cfept
in, and sapdidly take out four Or five
men ofgenius, and our State Senate
Of In, lis its superior. Everett has
resigned, the greatest man Of the Sen
ate-Cass,. Clayton, Butler, Benjamin,
Toombs and Douglass, are The only
great men Of the Senate. The rest
are small concerns, Or at most very
moderate men. am surprised to
find that Douglass has such influence
in the Senate. lie is the great man
ut present, ahead Of all bis compeers
! have always regarded him as an i'm
mence denagogue, and an unserupul-
ous partizan Of the pot house order.
But he certainly has influence in
Washington, far beyond my thing
had ever dreamed Of His cource on
the Nebraska bill has made him many
friends in The South. lie is a short
legged, big headed, boyish looking
chap, and resembles very much our
fellow citizen, r. .. Thorpe,
Esqr.
/ visited all the public buildings 10
Washington, and saw all the sights
that could be seen 10 Strangers eyes
The Capitol and grounds are magnif
icent The White House is no great
thing, and the bronze statute Of Genl
Jackson is perfect bunbug. In
order to make the thing balance on
It's pedistel, they have made tail 10
tbe horse, about the size Of ten com
mon tails alI bound together, in fact
IL is al tail. The grounds around the
White House and departments are
beautifully leveled off, and neatly kept.
The patent office is interesting, full of
surjosities. | think it is the finest and
best building lever saw. The Smith
sonian Institute is fine building, not
yet complete--has a library, picture
gallery, and Philosophical apparatus.
! found the Federal City very inter
,sting, could have spent several weeks
very pleasantly and profitably. But
New York is the place. The great
Emporium of this Continent. Irode
% day at least ten miles up broadway
md found no end TO the eternal city.
Such crowds and crowds, ever walking,
sver rnnning up and down this great
.horougbfare. / visited to-day (Sun-
lay,) Trintey and Grace churches
models ofelegance in arch
lecture, Here the people all look
we'll dressed and healthy, and walk 40
{ the very devil was after them. /
;ame very near being run over two Or
,hree times to day, not by men, but by
women fnotice one thing, that the
women here have very large feet, !
suppose they walk 50 much is the
;anse Of it-and when they tread on
1our toes, it is no menacing jay-bird
tep, but fiat savage crushing tread