Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-10-20
A Republican President.

A Republican President,
Familiar as our people generally are with
the unosirntatious habits ol the chief officers
Of our government. one cannot witness them.
With the knowledge OF the poInp aud show Of
royalty 10 invite the contrast without inyol-
UNFAIRLY INDUCING il. On Saturday last Pres.
ident Buchanan arrived at the Relay House,
or Washington Junction, rs il is mole proper.
" called, en- route Tor Washington CITY,
There was rumor abroad that he was to ar.
rive, aud the visitors had consequently group.
ed about the house when the tram came along.
We soon perceived The President coming from
the ra,s to the platform, looking hearty, but
thoroughly tmvel.soiled, smiling and cheer
full. BY his side, and evidently Offering with
gentlemanly Difference the courtesy of atien.
ton, was n rather roueh.looking Individual,
whom we took for conductor or brakesmnn.
The gentleman will excuse our laundering in
such matter-but upon inquiry we were in
formed he was Sir William Gore Ouseley.
On passing into the bar-room Of the hotel.
the President threw of his cont and hls white
neck cloth, carelessly pitching them over n
chair, opened his shirt collar, and tucked up
his sleeves for wash, conveniences ior this
purpose being in the apartment. At the time,
however. both basins were occupied by two
YOUNG men, neither of whom seemed TO be
aware that the President was about. He
waited patiently for some time, when some
one spoke and invited him up stairs. He de.
clincd, however, quietly remarkng that he
would "wat for his turn" And as soon rs
the basins were vacated, he stock his turn" in
jolly good wash in the public br.room -
ba hos bo
the arrangement of his neck cloth, and seem
ed likely to tie up his nose and mouth in 1t.
Somebody just then offered assistance, and
the President was brihey equipped. A cigar
was handed to him BY n friend; he took
good satisfying drink of not sold rye" but
-wa'er-had barely fired up his cigar when
the bel! rung, and 'aIl aboard" summoned the
Chief Magistrate of the United States to his
sea, in the cars, and away th"y went to Wash.
ngion.
We took our admiration of this scene of re-
publican simplicity quietly with us into the
cars for Baltimore, and unused with some com
placency over the sterling honor of being an
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:. THE PRoposhD Nav STATE n1ee,as apdz
lie SnIject.-A meeting was held at OntYp.
gon on the 25th ul., says the Cincinnati Times,
composed of delegates from the Upper PENN
sula of Michigan and from those portions .of
Wisconsin and Minnesota bordering on Lake
Superior, for the purpose of considering the
propriety Of the formation of a Territory out
of the Lake Superior region of Michigan, Wis
consin and Minnesota, preparatory to the FORM
alton Of new State. This meeting was call
ed some time ago, and was attended by dele.
gates ffom all the different sections enumerat.
ed in the call.
A committee Of eight was appointed by the
convention to draft an address to the Legsla.
lures of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota,
urging upon theS the propriety and necessity
of giant to the General Government of their
territory bordering on Lake Superior, for the
purpose of enabling the inhabitants to form
new territory, ,asd this committee was instruc-
ted to Submit fkeir proceedings to the conven-
ton. which is'to meet again on the llth inst.
at Ontonaeon, for the purpose Of considering
them In addition to this, "a committee OF three
was appointed TO draft resolutions expressive
of the sense of the convention, and their re-
port was made at an adjourned meeting on
the Goth. The resolutions are devoted to
setting forth of the reasons urged in favor Of
the project, and with which the public are al
ready famifiaf
There is little or no doubt that this move.
ment will succeed in few years, and that
new Freesoi State will thus be brought into
the Union. We believe Wisconsin has already
greed to cede the portion Of her territory ask
ed for. 5,.