Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-02-27
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from ne Prshieat aes,lsady d.'sgs6sk
WAsuNsrov, FEB sith. ISIS
psrs0n whiting from here naturally feel,
that the main stay sHd staple for hi, letters
ought n be he political phns, u matters ani
things; that he ought, Ia hsl. 10 rs.o.ss him,cl(
10 rarh letter. into q committee of one 'on the
State 81 the Union Til, Lsins the great %.
litisl headquarters aud rendezvous flf The
thnusAnd, aii tens II thousands u square
niles u thu great oonntfy d ours, Why of
course polites-ever changing he a.
way conspicuous 10 everybody walk and con.
yersalion. Al the gossip hefs derives iuncws.
paper rncnsss and points from some polilica,
bearing OF shade which II has The parties
soiree, and eyec., are enjoyed appreciated and
talked about pretty much IN the proportion Of
their political INCIDENT, or ieysopcncut,
Af,rr al thi., then suppose nav be allow.
ri 10 60 on and tell you that one u the usual
leTee, came Of At The White House last night
at which vast number u people. including
your correspondent, were present Il was said
not 10 have been any great shakes u leyte.
but nevertheless Il rather appeared to your cor
respondents untortcd and un-satiAted vision
a. something Of an niiair So. therefore, II
Eas with no small curiosity that he handed his
coat and his bat 10 one Of the Sons Of Erin, WhO
stood IN the entry room Of the Mansion be-
hind a scui.circuiir row Of chairs for that
purpo,s. This being done, i, was next In order TO
walk 10 the west end Of the main building en-.
ter the first room Of the Southern wing-paSs
through that room into the next east Of it--and
lhere--,here stood venerable Old Buck.
by side With bis white gloved Marshal, Squire.
O.. l..
name, who In turn diluted Il sutii isntly With
the District pronunciation ior the Lancastcran
ears Of Old Buck, who, IN hi, turn, gave your
correspondent most gracious squint Of his
left eye and shake Of his right hand, together
with 4 regular ST. James inclination Of the
Uranium ! must say that was pleased I'm.
Iensely' with the ex Lancaster farmer who,
true 10 the ancient tradition Of that ehiyalrouS
name, was quite white nAesh, hair, and crayat
Your correspondent belonging. ~ he does, to
the rival or opposition party OF York, cannot do
lens than suggest some slight criticism upon the
Lancaster man; which shall be, that he looks too
pnlpy and fiabby physically, and too cold men
tally. The old gentleman, Is soon as he gets
good hold Of your hand, has an exquisite way,
from long practise. Of giving you gentle sling
on your winding way" through the room,
which, 20 sensitive Pcrsnn ike your enrrez
pendent is aS good hint AS the blind mans
warning not to try an sa route button.holcing
manmnvre II was then next in order, simply
to follow the train Of slick.heAded men and low.
nccked women through the room into the grand
Esplanale or place de CarouSal," prescribed
and set apart as the bringing up place Of the
reply to most insulting attack from lis col.
league, johnson, yesterday This johnson, as
most Of your readers well know, is n w.hung
i.brc,l politician Of ilegitiuate fame in South
Western politics; remarkable for the energy and
unserupulousncSs with which he has made his
way from tailOr's bench to his present position
lie seems devoid Of manners or genucmanly in
NIinets, and has that snappish envy or rather
hatred, Of polite gentlemanly instincts aud char.
acter so lamcntably prevalent with men in the
sphere from which he cmanated His elevation
seems not to have soltened these early diSadyan.
,agcs, but rather to have inllamrd them. His
attack, so Tar as could judge from tue faces Of
members aud spectators, excited but one feeling
Of disgust His honest, venerable and polite
colleague, replied most ScatliuSly and with sui.
cient hGuteur Of manner to make him feel that
John Bell was above and beyond the reach Of
his ill.bred filings.
have little item for you that heard let
drop to-day, by gentleman who had been re.
Gently in conference with the President, and
have the proof for it, il necessary. This gen.
tlemau is VI unimpeAchable character for vera.
city-and is moreover thorough going Bu.
chanan man on the Lccompton Constitution and
all other matters lie says that Mr. Buchanan
stated distinctly aud emphatically, in his pres.
ence, that he would to God that Kansas would
come into the Union rs u Slave State" He also
said that he had been an applicant for n Consul.
Ship-had been kept here waiting for it by Oft.
repeated assurances from Mr.. Buchanan-and
now that his substance and his patience were
well worn, he would relate little Of what he
had gathered politically FROM visits to the White
House. This remark Of the Presidents is wor
thy Of note only as affecting many Of thu soft.
soaping assurances that Mr.. Buchanan occupies
strictly impartial position on the question:
c.
Theory n Senator johnson, that MN can be
Honest and Dishonest at ono and u, .mstiD..
The Washington Dyel'-Tas compton
Constitution Ca it po"'-O 3. M,te.
ems Case.