The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-05
Our washington Correspondence.

tiicai Tbptcs-CIbdn Messdge-Warlike Appearances
-Aarcy's Resignation-Probable Reorganization Of
the Cabinet, de-, dc.
Farewell, departing year farewell
Thy reign Is almost Ger.
And during its brief existence through what and
changes have passed Who would be willing again
to encounter It's dangers and hardshp its fears and
anxietess And yet how few, comparatively speaking
have realized permanent improvement morally, ply
sically intellectually during the year which is now
closing forever upon the world
Tomorrow the year win be welcomed into exist
amid of general dissipation and rejoicing
the Presidents levee being the great centre of attraction
here The old and the yoang, the proud and the hum
BILE the rich and the poor will hrong the Presidential
wishing the other many returns of tho same happy sea-
SON. TO all it will be grand annual holiday, except
to the President himself To him 1t will be day Of
severe toll and fatigue. Just think Of having to shake
hands with ten or fifteen thousand vsters and oil for
formali,ys sake And in addition to the shake Of the
hand every expecting smile and some kind ex.
preston the President reply to his her
gratulations. When this ceremony ia all with
may expect rapid discharge Of business in the two
bers then to go to work in earnest and make for lost
time.
lower house, and perhaps many by the Senate and
great amount of work has been reported by the several
committees and ready for disposition by the respective
bodies.
In the political circles here we now have for subjects
oil discussion the Kinney expedition, Molinas protest
and Marcy's reply, the Dominican treaty, the action Of
the British and French Consus and the Caznean pro-
test the American mediation resolutions Marcys being
backed out by the Dutch aud his Forthcoming expana
ton and defence; and lastly the expected executive
message to Congress on our Spanish relations urging
towards Cuba IL is believed that this message will re-
suit in Marcys resignation and reorganization of the
Cabinet. E.
WASHINGTON, Jan. /, 1855
Nep Year's in Washington--7ae Scene at the White
House-Crood Of Visiters-Cabinet Receptions Calls
ofhe President upon Gen. Cass and Others-Lierary
Celebration in Washington.
Washington has been all alive to-day with greetings
of the New Year From morning till night broadcloh
and white kids have been perambulating the Streets
lodging into this door and at that the patrican and
plebean josting each other in the best demo-
cratic harmony. The White House was the centre of
attraction, and the sarting point of the day
with strangers At eleven ocok in the forenoon the
diplomatic corps received by the President, and
presume, Toasted upon whatever the stomach inclined
to- from plum cake to ginger snaps and from egg nogg
to soda water As this corps received by ITSELF
outsiders being admitted, only know of the treat
ment met with from harsay evidence AT the hour for
the reception however hundreds of the sovereign peo
pe crowded around the mansion doors the outsde
get glimpse of the representatives of foreign courts
they ushered in. 1t exhibition interesting to
those who had not witnessed it before These guests
in all the pharaphernalia of court costumes
plumed with feathers and lace others in simple
military uniforms The Court reception ended at IL
O'Clock when the doors thrown open to all who
wished to pay their respects to the President In the
entrance hall was stationed band of music happy
auxiliary to the The crowd tremendous and
the pushing amming and squeezing industriousy kept
up for two hours time. After beng borne along noe
poens through the outside DOORS the visitors
fxyna
of the President and his wife. Here Jonas D. Hoover,
Esq, the Marshal of the District of Columbia was the
Master of Ceremonies and taking the of the visit
er, introduced him to Mr. Pierce, who took HIM. she
as the case might be- by the hand and said SHOW
you to-day, sir '' bowed his head and then turned
TO the next customer After the presentation to the
President some introduced Mrs. Pierce who
was in the reception room for portion of the time.
From the reception the crowd pushed through the
grand east room and thence out doors again. through
the east hail. This is the substance of call upon the
President. 1t was a constant throng from IL till
o'cockin at door and out at the other-in which
time about 1000 persons passed " through the mill /"
Now, whether this visit was agreeable or not Is ma tier
of taste upon which any two may differ. But am
inclined to think that very few only of all this crowd
after the initiation woule have ventnred back again
to have met Franklin Pierce surrounded with all
his iliustrous predecessors The green ones" only
call upon the Presidentsrangsrs in the city, who are
ignorant Of the trials and harshps of this New Years
visit Washington people generally know too much to
be caught in this crowd, in which is mingled together
morals. The bluff bach woodsman elbows himself along
with the highly scened"Shanghae' Of cities, and
the divine and pckpocket join raternaly in the
squeeze Ladies were scattered through the throog
to-day in large numbers, some OF them coming away
from the White House with smashed oonnets and rid
died dresses, to remind them OF their visit after
wards.
Besides the President the Cabinet officers with one
two exceptions according to the usual custom, kept
open house, and at the residence of each about the
scene was repeated as above described. Secretary
Marcy put his blandest manner and ran the Presi-
of from
the receptions OF the public by the above publc
wants, New Years day here differs nothing from New
York. Public men who are stopping at the various
hotels we're generally down with visitors, where 1t
known they Kept open house, 10 other words,
provided anything for the good OF the appetite and
stomach.
After the President had ended his respects the pub
lie and the White House closed he took the of
Secretary Davis and had his turn in visiting He called
Gen Cass at Wizards Hotel several Senator's the
Cabinet and few Of the foreign ministers. Frank
looks used up. In dress he perfect Broadway SWELL
but his face looks haggard and careworn.
literary entertainment is 70 come off here
Wednesday evening next, of some momeat. hs Delta
Kappa Epsilon fraternity hold their annual sosyention
here that night, when Grafton is to be delivered
by Edward .. Billings OF Yale college ana poem by
to be represented The affair promises to be Of spe
csl interest TO college graduates all the country
dy Durrg the week the fraternity sit down to dinner
at Wizards Hotel. NELLIE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 1855.
Congress at Work dgdn-Antcipated Speech Of Senator
Summer nMedidtion-Speculdtors in Congress-Sendor
Aallory--Hon. Nathdniel p. Banks, Jr., and the
Massachusetts Senatorship.
Legislators have buckled their for winters
contest, but oil they have done to-day only Ito
march up the hill, and then march down again" The
House opened with the consideration of Cobbs gradua
ton BILL an amendment to the act approved last Au-
gust entitled Gan act graduate and reduce the price
of the public lands to actual settlers and cutvator
This bill has attached to 1t heavy load Of amendments
more, in fact than II bear. After Improbable
debate upon it, it re.committed to the Committee
Public lands 1t isn't likely that Congress VIII waste
much more time this nonsenscal bill.
In the Senate the day passed in a discussion of
Brodhead's bounty land bill Like the bill of Mr. Cobb
above referred to, this Is cogged with amendments
which will probably defeat it, Senator Sumner IL IL
derstnod will the lrst OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES