Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-03-14
Letter from O General Scott.

Nav YoRS, March !, lS51.-l have just FecelS'
Ell, ibtoug9lGe Hon MI Elibbatd, N, od OF WARN
ington, your otut letter dated the 9Th uIlmO, in
Which yon soy 10 me that in some recent political
address, delIsetcd in your neighbOthool, and ia
your presence, The speaker declared substantially
tbut III the last Presidential canvass.
GBishon Hughes, OF New YORK, proposed to
General Scott, 10 sell The Catholic vote, who hes.
ialed to teplyj when the proposition vas made 10
General Pierce aud accepted, and Jesuit vas
placed al the head Of the Post Office DEPARTMENT.
that Bishop llughess demands wete assented 10 ~
the party 10 whom he FIRST proposed, except that It
demanded q Cabinet officer, upon which you hes.
itatel and The proposition was made 10 Genetal
Pierce, and 10 assenIed."
And your letter 10 me is thus cuncludeti
Ullelieplns The statement TO 10 false Bllll basey
calumnoIs Of tie lnir FAME Of yourself and tle
other distinguished gentleman implicated Thereby,
we would respectfully request Of you 10 inform
US at The earliest convenience whether lilo slate.
menl Of MI -, so TT rs Il relates 10 you, true"
hasten 10 say that tho statement OF statements
hove quoted from your lettef as above, ute, In
respect 10 myself, 0btolattly (aist and have io
doubt they ore equally SO, In respect 10 my 20.
litical friends and oppOnentsin The canvass alluded
10. ...
! remain, genllonlen, with great respect your
obelent servant. WINFIELD SCOTT.
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SHORT CHATTER or SLEEr.-If one only
thinks Of II, says The DfoOklyn Eoele, sleep in
great city Is queer thing. Fhink Of fly thou.
sand in this Oity all asleep at once. Fifty thou.
saal IN tiers, one, lwo, thee, (Onr, FIVE deep.
tom cellar 10 gauet. Flny thousand in red night
cupS-tuSSeled and uniusseIej, Ten thousand in
dinsy ones that Esre white on Mondays and Mon.
days $50, Five thousand IN silken ones. Come
edged beautifully, some hemned with toll nee.
die, and some unCAppet alIogellerj with ucks
diSheveled, and RULED like quilts upon the ftetfl
pOtcNpiuG.' Five thousand snoring alto, five
thousand snOfng bass. Five thousand under rags.
Twenty thousand under calico bundled OF SO
beneath silk. Some weeping, some smiling in
lhelt deans, others dteamltss MS The grave. Ring.
els twisted up IN cigar lighets-TeSsee streaming
over The pillow--no trcSses oil olI. SoNlc Writing
under oyster supper nightmares, chased in imagt.
nation by Salem witches with Sn0ky brOUmsIlckS,
or creditors with iujsMcnlsanl scarlet nubs. 9th.
cts enjoying visions,
"Sow melting IN mIsts and now breaking IL Eeanls,
Like tie gllnscS Ealnt has OF heaven III Ills dreams"
Sleep, llo sweet rchoreE equuli2es The condi.
ton Of folks wonderfully. TIE sewing girl enjoys
an imaginary sleigh rle, drawn by tie stccds Of
Morpheus, aud dances with nine young men, in
ball rooms where lie floor manager is Mr., Nod
while the leiress, lnuyban bewuils sick lap log
OF spoiled silk dress. Give us pleasant deans,
and one.holt Of our lives will wear golden
linge, while We forget thai IlIc oiIet isspUpt in
scrnping together The wlle:ewithoI to meet The de-.
manls Of lunIlOm's and butchers bills. Our life
is twofoId, as byron hath ii, ald sleep has lis own
world;