The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-14
AFFAIRS AT The NATIONAL CAPITAL.
washing,on correspondence.

Administration II Il simply because the latter ocaupes
subordinate place tsEing responsibility, aud m'Fsy
aequIeSciDs In the DEGREES OF fate AMI hi tins sA 10
catch every popular breeze be the stsoHs zoe
There Is therefore, nothing tSns5ls TO eght ssHiosh
who would attempt to Hsbt mere vApor woaio %
laughed at and yet position would n1 be less rdicu
lous than that Of party Who sought TO snsass IN
warfare against the present administration fo anything
which thsy have done They have just done nothing,
and herein les their strength
on the dsg-acefuI backing and alins OF the President
And his Cabinet upon every question Of the day
The public, thanks to the Independence OF the Ngw
YoRK HRAno, have been duly informed The
Pacific railroad was the first MEASURE upon which
the "pubho puse' felt Not only did
shs Unioa ont with column after cou n favor OF
the assisting in building the rosdnot only
did President In conversation endorse all the Union
sad, and 1t would have been At that tim, 9 little too
brasen TO have denied it. for the editors Of that paper
were constantly hanging about the White Hou submit
ting the proofs OF the articles Presidents inspso
ton before their publication mot only thse this evi
eence Of the feeling Of the admiustration, bH, the
speeches OF hsssrs Davis ana Guthrie duipg tbs
buauon OF the President .nd his body gu,o to open
Crystal Palace bumbug all prove ,usivsly and be
yond bubble that 1T that time tse Pacific Alfosd
believed TO be tie great card for thu csoest which
Ia up 1 their tdpgs aud 10 rivert aoc Al,
tsntios from their free so pfocllyits Nod W. men
ton how soon Afterwards whsa il f,uoi shst tie
South would rot quietly submit 70 mon coo .iuas tee al
ministrItion backed CoNn. aud Mr. Jefssu Dsyis,
adopting The eIpedie't OF ths prHoadsd his
speech incorrectly repnfied AL prote IL out him
self, no 81 10 get eve tins { III al "
But il is necessary follow the standardization
stsp by step through all its humanns 'sDsi,t.pces
since the Alb OF Hsch II 81 ast-t - hs u,tc.
Their abe N-bTssks nil Is OF p'.s win
Pacific iAaad Fret the President ani G. pne: arongh
their 7ygln opposed 1. rep 81 y the N-oui @
promise when they thoulht however nat Dlagl.s'
bill popular 'her At oees ia apsi relnd .ud VITA
shEme'essress srktels pt-s-ut AZ, est
then words, prRsrg Up ths vary tia. tasy Dc
bounced the day before Is such coutuo! deserving
OF contempt
Although snch Msssrs Orr Brsckeari' es Dug.
las Hunter, 40 decline 10 attack the p-,eat sm
uon, and even go 50 ilr as 70 apologize Tor ,hsa
only because they feel under oors's,int to sp.-k
well OF pon inslly democratic " Confederation
60 ong ~ the party boss tog' NJ Insy urge
shat there Ia 10 po-7r que loo i'aG tuy
FAR overlook party or sr2stins + e'her resi thsm
1elves or attempt 70 read Us aco4trati out OF
party The President ofe,sss eS.ld VIII v-aerstoa
All the ole party issue Tns Caonst % to bed
The ceGocTttic jointly ia .onxr.ts mako
uPon the sdminb ration soout the "pLp,' especially
"spois" win su,L n-y,ive viru,s W oaa It DO ex
pected that Our TatCerp s-otssmep will focgs. .her
interests by quArr.ng win ma \. roa ~hi n
has 10 particular piuo ts snd sotc1 Is r..J
a*sys to ge o. the strong 81 ot AuY qu, bat 10
distribute the tpoiis a. g. tsey .e.umulse mir
friends 4. toa1ts. The re OF pasi,e has dni OFT
And We must not s. un ~ : .r'st
Thu contempt Eel, IL the H,us- p, To nm tie OK
Ways snd Means, As crfsliz b. - ~. an1 ore
sliced over BY M Houston Of Ashsus vgi1eicsl
Thurrcsy BY the dofeal sh- f-n'y MI ,5tsr 4 lad
Preotdt nted in tie sncsl ot Congress ms Doe Sad
that Horson viii reign his position on : lite
oonssqutnce but of courss ihis IA mteiv jest Ae
could not be kicked our any ttaa Marcy could be
elected from Office
Mr. Barry Hibbard 20 recently n9i.v wil1ot proviso
free soiler ia Sew HsE rsbire is srstu leader
IN the House and soeEks hsvi ,sity ali
occasions. Wien tbs Neoi,ssa bill /, taken no in thu
House MIR. HtsbsId III expected 10 hr lis mil <if-;
and Il IL quite probable ZONE OF his qgon friends
viii demand some explain. ion Of hs .ps-ohe' and
votes 10 his state in favor IL the wo, pruviso md
nouncing the spread OF slaVery and hi sltiun
national man. More Il an ors smb-r ful gos.sd,
and lively time may he Anticipated 1t is very ppas!se
that this inquiry INTO tue mty bring G.n Ps-css
mt. cedents, ssd illuminate the aens CT the S,ast
Ce ter" 30 myssriousy lest
The Gndsdsn treaty will be referred to 10 the
Senate Committee on Foreiyu aelaaonr >ui
be printed There Is s,,onc feeling ays NJ. It IL t
SerAte and there he sh,et crlb .oi,
u receive the two ihtr3s s the ~ Che
necessary lumber unless ua,sri. nodded aud mae
20 ireluce sttlersn: Of e.. n- la olsrue os-
tseen this couStry ana Mexico 1t is sissua- fact in
conn.eon with Gen G'dsasns appoint n-as a. M,nssr
TO xco, that lie rscsv IL ~ithoat the knowledge OF
single South Carolina Esnber, as far A. snown
without the Recommendation Of ,oitay public msu 10
that State II WAS prvs:e aOpointmsnt Jf-rson DA
Wis., made under the Imposition that the Gsseai would
putty in his hands and form treaty which .ouli help
Toe remonstranses daily pouring In frsm III. Nerth
against the Nebrssks bill are having m.rtsa .nte
the minds Of the admins raton mb.rs the 'softs
Look out for trouble in the House Thsrs Is strong
prospect Of row.
WASHINGTON, Feb. u, 1854.
Bachelors Impressions Of Fashionable LIE IN
Vashington Receptions and Lecees-F'@ret
at The National Theatre Sc.
II is stated here, on high authority, that Mr. Fillmore
is about to lead to the altar Miss Elizabeth Porter of
Niagara Falls only daughter OF the late Gen. Peter
B. Porter, hero of the war of 1872 and Secretary
Of War under John Quincy Adams. Miss Porter is
80 years Of age and lady of superior intellect, high
cultivation and lsrpa f,rtuna H,r hrnthar nd hnr.
self are the sole heirs of their fathers great estate in
GLIDING Goat Island and other lucrative property at
Niagara Falls. Miss Porter has long been q re gniog
belle in Western New York, and has refused mluy
an eligible part, it is said.
/ notice, Mr.. Editor, with certain de gree Of dis
appointment that gil the intelligence from Washing
ton recently published in TIE HER AID, is OF pot
cal character. That may be all very instructive and
very interesting to large portion of your readers;
put it strikes me that there no inconsideable por.
hor Of them who would prefer getting an occasional
chapter on fashionable intelligence. belong to this
Mass myself. bachelor without any membranes,
md sufficiently endowed with worldly wealth to care
little for business politics, an more Interested
In the movements Of the fashionable world than in
those OF the diplomatic | am, in my simple way,
disciple OF Epicuru', believing pleasure aad enjoy
ment to be the chief object of existence. Aud am
but the type OF numerous class throughout the
country, male and female, to whom Washington is
the Mecca where they periodically resort As self
constituted representative, therefore, o. body which
is Lot without immense pretensions here, sppeaI 70
you fer an equitable consideration in your columns.
To us the Gsdsden treaty is a humblg and bore
and the desert Nebrssl, 10 use Carrie Jelybys H.
lusgation Of Africa, Is brute. We tUed OF see
ing these matters engIoss the attention Of yor Wash
ington correspondents TO the exclusion Of that fash
onable intelligence which would be OF the Iost at.
tracve interest folly one half Of your readers here
and elsewhere. AS an old and true friend Of the
HERALD, your present correspondent 10 his desire TO
supply the deficiency ventures to give You Of
his IMPRESSIONS about the tae Of ashoGa Vie so iety
IN this metropolis; sud II they be hon red with