The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-16
BAN GREEN, JUN, At THE CAPITAL.

BAN GREEN, JUN, At THE CAPITAL.
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Our Washington Corrsspondence.
WASHINGTON, Dsc. ., 1854.
10 JANIS GoRpoH BENNETT, ESQ.,
Dear Sir-Wont you open your eyss when you
aee my familiar fist and the name Of the place where
dses THE jetter. "What have been doing with
myself his long whiles" You may very re asonably
ask NAT question and IL 10 Only right thss should
answer h; bat l don's want you to pOhish this
lstaer.
Issy this 70 bsgin with; and then III tell you
Why. The fact is, have gos 50 jumblsd mp in my
niad, on secomt OF my halEsecret, half-dplcmasic.
and threefourths Independent sort Of position win
eur governments, that don't exactly know what
nay AonorAbly communicate to you TO publish In
you1 extraordinary paper. The last time wrote
yea wss juss before LETT the United stasss. Idare
~ zen wondered What the dsuce had become Of
ma. / nave In. Marcy "ietchedn me. l had to
lsave. Il Va no use stopping in Warrington; aud
4lis and went home to New Hampshire to practise
Nv again in Green Valley. Yoa may think hard or
- thAt didn't stop and sse you whsn passed
thsoueh New York; but was 80 Gus up and dis
gastsd q the way things had gone in the capital
~ I. didn't want to SEQ nobody except home,
asd ths wife and child. Do you believe IL,
Nr. Bennett, that that mean, uncertain chief,
Frank Pierce, sent me ak letters, within .
. week sitter got home? ! showed 'em all to my
VII, and she advised me to have nothing moro to
o Win Frank. and took her advice for : month,
and never replied TO one Of his documents. In ono
q Franks letters he was characteristic-says he,
s'eAn, I've got trouble enough in New Hampshire.
Dealt talk to the neighbors." Blame his picture.
me nsighbors had got wiod Of my letters, which
you published, and they as mo about em and Frank
bnA kept shady, and "mum'' was tho word.
wasn't II very curious how true some of the prophe-
cies made in those letters came1 Everything tia.
I sold Frank Pierce would take pace has tAxen
phse. Well, never MAD that nov. They say .
chap tales fancy to steal once he will always be
tAief; ard somehow or other, my career at Wash
hgten and associssiny with Frank Pierce and his
crowd, gave me sort Of hankering after pubic
Ne, and at last got tired Of being at homo; and
then . letter came from Marcy; wanted me to
return 70 Washington slap bang, right OF. went.
Tsas did me up, Marcy coaxed around me. Frank
Ses No up at the White House, and tho I'm half
ham asbamed to let the cat out Of the bag and own
night mp, yet Twas poor, and 70 agreed, honor
hight, not 70 write you any more letters long as
To agreement stool. To be bearer Of desp atch-
ss-$S per day--s50o down, and travelling expenses
raid; and was cent ont nouinAlly a. bearer Of
despatcAes, but really 10 watch Dudley Mann aad
70 keep an eye on Soule, Mason and Dan. Sickles.
l had lofty dime while was abroad, and have
he matei iAl for dosen letters II liked 70 write
thsm. But, to 60 up TO the top notch as once, I
-
tks French Emreror. In fact, he didn't want me to
lsave when dill Leaving France and its Emperor
u sAit for themselves at present. must mention to
zen that I havehad variety Of things 70 do con
nsesed with the adm nistraton. Not alone Was to
watch Dudley Mann, but also Mr.. Mason. carried
. letter TO but one person. II was Mr.. Mason. The
httsI Was written and signed by Frank Pierce. He
teal the minister who was. To Mr.. Mason I deli
veyed my dispatches immediately ON my arrival IN
Paris found him very agreeable sort Of joker.
Ne IL one Of those man that takes tho world easy.
ehsst, TT. AID extremely good nstured. 6sidh to
-, after he had read the Presidents letter: 49,
% yeu are Sam Green, the man wo. nomina ted
Prank Pierce"
YES, sir" saia /.
''Gsn," said he, /" you won't like living in Paris,
mless you come and live with me; shall be very
glad to have you take up your quarters, while you
arc here, II you can live a. do. live very plain
myself, but like to see on my table all the good
things that are around. Your pay win go on, for at
Any moment may have to send you or"
Isgfeed instantly. Stopping with Mason accorded
with my instructions from Mr.. Marcy. could tell
JON some very curious transactions that was .
witness to; but I reserve them for future letter
wheA shall have completely shaken on my diplo
naaie harness. It fits me 30 tight now that can
ut write easy.
left Europe quite unex pectedly. Ihad been to
Ossend. aid on my return Mr.. Mason requested
In fest, crdered-me 20 take dispatches home.
bad made . full report Of the Ostend meeting
which, by the way, gave, on my arrival, to Franz
Pierce, who said he wanted to communicate it K
Congress. He abbed, and didn't do it, and 1 viii
send the report to you on my own hook.
Invent from France to England; spent one nigh
h London, and went with Dan SickIss to the Goa
Hole-a place kept By . friend of his. lef
Liverpool by Cunard steamer for Boston. Nothins
remarkable occurred on the voyage, but on my ar
rival something did turn up. have a slight &C
qusintsncs in Boston; but when got ashore,
Son1d hnndreds-aye, thoussnds--vho knew me
and they ali asked me, Have you seen sam to
"Whax Sam 2" said /.
"esm GreeD,n was the reply.
well, as am that patriotic, happy individual
reckon have seen nim."
At this they opened their eyes, and took me in
their arms, and respectful thousands escorted me
70 my lodgings at the American House:
SAM" said An old white head that looked AZ
venerable % the head Of of those tea tossers in
1774 might have looked, "Ssm, you have more
freGds in Boston than you can shake stick g., aad
Masss cbusetts IL ruDnihg over with them. Sam
yeu Will be In the White House in less than two
years." All this has puzzled me exceedingly. sm
ii<ipg-I feel IL; but staid only day In Boston,
ard then hurried on to Washington. Old Marcy
received my int visit. / was alone with him on
hour. He catscbized me ~fnls:-
Ttll me about Soule- all about him."
/ did.
"Wlat 10 Mason doing?-what dress dees he
wear2"