Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-03-12
Prom he Correspondence q the sunday Times.

Marc
Last November an invisible SIGN Was nlSccJ
on the White uouse-trro LET for n term II fSnr
wears from March g. 1857 The rieTnocroc,, of
the Union bid on the lenso nj auction TTibo,
staked the constitution M tn, YoI, i.,,o;r ~
Ynond Of the party: md Ciay bcfore vostorI,,
they sub.letit to James Buchanan Tho fn,,,,c,.
occupant packed his trunk. AMI the ne,,, tenant
entered into full noSscssiors
What A CleliphtFnl cor,n,entarv IN, o,,r ,-or,,l.
lican constitution at,d its WORKINGS Mr. pierce
is TODAY nriyate citizen-his former servant
in England IL notv President Nh, loj;,h+ -
the democracy has found vent in tho neEulior
huzZas Of popular DELEGATES from, pvnr2, rtat"
including bleeding, Kansas. and even a., 49,
write. the thronS has been lIenlcted ono bSIF
1.-THE pilgrims" as CAPTAIN Rvnders calls tht,
Cfice.seekers alone remain.
have witnessed. now. the 81 ~, in,,,y,,rot;on
The first was that Of President Tsc,s9 NJ III;
first term, when was a Georpetown school.
bow The General had becn in very ,,,;at ,,,
tiers at Gadsiy's Hotel which ,vos 'tton ~ H.
tel of the tIay. This was in 1870 From ibonco
on the morning of the 18th of March hcs was
escorted by few SURVIVING officers md coIdis
of the revolution to the Senate cI,Tber re-
fore leaving the hotel General Rottoone mode,
brief sDeech tn which Tho old 6or,, ,,,E,st e.
" RESPONDED. wRs. Of conrsc very, ,nncb
impressed then. as ali BOYS aro yyit6 n;Iitory,
glory; and never shall i forget one sentence oF
his TcpIv to the veterans. 'FrO have oroOnd ,,,,,
person at this moment of untcrtokin.. tho most
solemn of all NV Clnties co,,ntrSs Tho cow,
pnniOns Of thcfmmortal VvaShinoton' viii ofFnril
me satisfaction and rrnteflll CSconra genonnt y
The Senate chamber 6rocce,lin0s dill Tot ,;.
ness. but / was in the 5ortfco' Of ,hc tsa,,itoI
and saw old Chief Justice Marshall ndminis,ar,
tho OATH Salutcs were fired after thn inonr,,,.
raj, and a large procession accompanied him
the White House 1t was n beautiful dsv II
remember hearing il talked OF cveryyrhere' that
the retired President, John Quincy Adams. did
not call upon old jackson. and was NOT nrtsent
Rtthe inauguration!
When Van Buren, was iDaug1rotel in 1897 7.
remember the f.autnre Of lie occasi,n 5,,,,I
that Clay was remarkable brilliant and snE;nor
slike) was the riding of Mr. Ya11 BI,Te,, and pc
sident jackson in a beautiful nhaton made from
the wood of the frig0te CONSTITUTION and ,,y.
aentcCl to the old hero y, Tn, IrGocrSI f So,
York. Tho nhaaton was cscortefl IN; ;nf,ntr,.
8nCla large concourse of citizens
When Harrison was innu0nrafnjl tho r4so.+
notoriety of the Clay was the Immense ni,n,hrr
of ladies' in Washington. ,yhercat III" h,cbslor
ofice.holders rsFum6led for thew conl5 nor ~
fuse to give u6 their Ciinninp.ro9n1 cots o,,e
The old General IoTl to tI nv,
did white charger the very, nirfi,rF fIaSIth I
little thinking how soon he was 20 |,e Carried
along that very avenue To the ssyrEit.. honseo
appointed for all the living The number Mt
the Harrison inauguration exceeded those If the
Buchanan by many tholsonfls - lcTS,,sc in
those tlsvs SSb5SsT bai IN ;sstsI, II.
of President ior many vearsi
The Polk Inauguration dav yraS yer,, sfcrr,,
and the rain entirely tnorreit the enjoyment If
the occasion. except during the Inauguration
sisnfe bS emu, ss FEssusnt ana
this inS1,es,tS t Al
lcrp SDd 3he fsI,S an. "