Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-02-11

rressjonal debates In calling up to mind
INV recolIections of what was then and there
spoken-especialIy that great speech of Clay S, |
commencing This is the winter season, and u
is also the winter of my life, III could not help
thinking how like the picture Of the white plume
of Henry of Navarro at the battle. OF lvrys de-
scribed in Macready's trumpet tongued poem,
must have been the hoary head and tall form OF
old Harry in that his last great encounter for the
Union he loved SO well. He seemed always
calling to the almost discouraged opposition,
and in those heroic words of Navarro, saying,
'tMy children, if you lose sight of your colors,
rally to my white plume-you will always ind
it in the path of glory"
"Press where you my white plume shine amidst the
And be your eridamuae to-day. helmet of Navarro"
But did not expect to consume all the space
you would possibly allow me with my reflections
over the old Senate Chamber-especially since
you have already published the eloquent re-
marks of Crittenden and Breckenridge, made at
the time of the Senate's adjourning to their new
Chamber. Thad intended to tell you something
of what have been hearing since my arrival
in the way of discursivc gossip inside and out
side of the Capitol buildings. The great excite:
ment and almost the only topic one hears talked
much about is the tariff. OF this l shall per-
haps have something to say in my next have
seen Mr. Clemens, at his room. lhardly recog'
nized him-so emaciated and pale was he. His
healing. His appetite is good, however, ond he
is daily accommodating strength. He expects to
get out home this month. His physicians say
that he will have the full and perfect use of his
limb, and that its disproportion with the other
will be scarcely perceptible. Among the Whee-
| Iinsites have seen here are his Honor Judge
Thompson and Mr.. Edgington. The Pennsyl-
vania delegation are q unit on the tariff question
and it is universally conceded, so far as have
heard any mention, TINT that State under the
tariff lead of Simon Cameron, is gone sure for
the opposition in 1860. Q.
A pisit to the White House Presidents Leree-
Appears before jas. 4tt an Full Dress-Gets
a pull at his Digits-Sees Miss Lane and
otIers-AstOnished at Daniel Lambert and
amused acknowledgement Of the Waite
House, hon much furnished by Uncle Sam.
wAsnMoroN, D. C., Feb. 9, 1859.
In sitting down to this letter, hardly know
what end Of the Avenue 1 ought to commence
at. That is, whether ought to follow after the
| style of the jenkins" class of newspaper cor
respondents, aud give you the Court" gossip,
or else turn in and fill my letter with the heavy
discussions now progressing up at the Capitol.
Last year, | recollect, when | was here wrote
out some little account of one of the White
House, Tuesday evening evees, giving you my
impressions of the beauty and chivaiTy, music
and promenading, rush and tumble, to be seen
on such occasions. Well, another OF these
levees came off last night, and as every body
else went so did !. Our company went up a
little after the hour appointed and on reaching
the gates of the White House grounds, found
the carriage way an almost complete jam oil
hacks and carriages, cmptying their loads upon
loads of pretending and unpretcndlng rePuoil-
cans, foreign and democratic, dressed in their
| best bibs and fuckers, in anxious waiting to
grasp the hands of Jas. B. and his niece, see
Lord Napier and the rest of the titled diplomat
&c corps and TO hear blast or two from the IA
nous Marine Band. Being late, as said, one
of the saddle.colored gentlemen in waiting,
who receives the overcoats and hats In the en-
trance room, and give checks for the same, in
| formed us that his supply had run out, that all
the pigeon holes were filed aud that we must
help ourselves the best way VIC conld. Know
| ing that "full dress" was the height of ton IN
some countries, we concluded to appear in that
way before his majesty, James the 4th, thinking
| that if we could stand the uncomfortable heat
/ he might strain point and get over the ap-
/ pearance. So we marched to the West room,
| fell into the swarm that were hockiDg Blu
| chanan.wards, and in due time drought up
| standing" in the presence of his serene high
/ ness in the middle room. There stood james
/ in the identical posture we had left him last
! year-one arm extended outwards-his upper
half STOPPING graciously forWard-the other
! white kidd hand laid around on his coat tail
1 For about a second or two we were in imminent
| danger Of being swept past the venerable "Old
i Chlei, (nS Dill montgomery HTeNeTehtIy sgIsu
him, but he saw our anxiety to grasp his digtts
he extended a helping hand-giving us, how
ever, in parting, gentle swing forward on our
winding way. Floating EDWARDS through the
next room, we had birds eye view Of Miss
Lane. We made no attempt to Ground to, !" but
held steady on our course, and in moment
more were at sea in the vast cast room, midst
careering mass of living, laughing, whispering,
talking and walking humanity-male and fe-
male, old and young, handsome and homely,
and intermediate grades innumerable-w to
be appreciated must be seen. Even the Jerk
/ ing style of Rufus Choate's explanatory para
graphs in his Webster euogy, wouldn't convey
an adequate idea-if it would, would say ::
| OIL such head gear as some females wearl
oh such quantities of rouge as met the eyel
Oh such sweltering attempts to look compla-
cent, at home, and nonchalant! Oh! such bare
necks and "buzzums" 1--WE thought of that
verse that blushing Belle Britain quoted on a
similar occasion, commencing--"Hide, Oh!
hide those hills Of snowy And then the men.
Oh! for the enthusiasm of the old chap in Bar
! naby Rudge, who went into ecstacies over ST.
mon Tappertits spindling shanks. We appre-
bend that "Sinun" was no where along side of
some specimens here. But then, per contra,
i ,.h.1 oontraetS ro1iacad tha