The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-03-31

WASulHo1ox, bdAren =, lsoV
Dssv Eiisor-Let tho people Of loss vhe
gTsnbls absus the wind conc 70 Washing
ton, and spssd wesi . Masch. ssd theJ
viii repent. Talk sboss dust jase step osl
on Psnnsylvanis Avenue, and If you DOM
get ehoksd, blinded, maddsnsd with dust.
you ase different from mortals in general.
and then the dust 10 such supremely NASTY
stsf, the hotch posch mess dried in the sun
And beaten fns with the hoofs Of thou.
sand horses, 10 odorous With scents internal,
and the wind whisks it up and stuff it into
your nose and eyes and mouth With the mosi
perfect nonchalanee.
had rather hear the whirlwinds Of pas
sion in the big house on the hill, but since
the election Of Speaker. those fierce gusts
have become thing ofrars occurrence, and
tho legislative dsings Of Congress are mild
and dry enough. believe these long SEES
sions are nuisance and ought to be sbol-
ishsd. Did they como much oftener Con.
grsssmsn would bs ruined with lazincss.-
The plan Of the coming campaign 10 cost.
ing deal Of hsadwork. And the dreams
Of the aspirannts for presidential hopors ara
getting fsverish.
Who will be the nominee Of the Charles-
ton and Chicago Conventional is . ques-
ton asked here thousand times day, in
every circle and BY every body old enough
to talk. politics. Stately matrous whose
heads are aecked with silver anxiously ask
it, and laughing girlsyes in their teens who
usually care moro for lover than twenty
presidents, are deeply interested, pndlsad
their respective championslwith AL the zeal
Of old politicians, and with all honor to NO.
men, be il sid, that whenever. she tsks
politics, she does it with an honesty and
sarnestness worthy the study and imitation
of the other sex.
The Presidept's leveesArs generally usll
attended, andevery BODY who wants to see
James Buchanan and Miss Harriet Lane, at
home, with swarm of human humble bees
buzzing.around them, must 60 to the White
House, levee nights, and mix with the
crowd. The marine band 10 attendance,
discourse most excellent music, and any ono
who don't fancy the mummery of stalking
about through the halls and rooms can get
amply repaid for going, by listening to
them, but to almost all who 60, tho music
forms but small item Of the many good
things to be enjoyed. Miss Lane, must be
seen, and to say that she is not admired BY
good judges Of womanly perfection would
b. grave mistake. She 10 not pretty, few
would call her 6ns looking, but she 10 Of
good size, we'll framed, plump and fair
She wears good natursd expression OF
eonn.enancs with more of the dove than the
eagle in her blue eye. She has . good big
nose, q mouth we'll set and wide enough
for all useful purpose, good tsesh and :
double chin. Her hair Is brown and is not
frousled up like pigs back, nor does it
hang in ripglets, but is put up very neat
and looks we'll. She dresses maznids'ntly,
and with excellent taste, 80 far ~ can
Judge. II she is ~ good ~ she looks, she
would make good wife, and it would BE- .
pits for her to throw herself away on such
an ordinary Johnny Bull as lord Lyons
Mrs. Senator Thompson, Of New Jersey, is
one Of the greatest bellies in Washington
and the notables of tho other sex futter
around her With perfec: devotion. She Is
q little above middle si1s, has light auburn
hair, wi.ching blue eyes and regular fea-
lures and varies in appearance, from thirty
to thirty five. She dresses sxquisitely, and
abominably. lf.soms Of the Ia
dies who 60 to the levees, fully realized the
potent fact that aeshless shoulders and low
necked dresses, don't look well together,
they would not pain oil lovers of the beau
.iful with such frighsful exhibitions Of the
human form divine. 1t is said that in the
olden time when the hats AMI caps and the
coats Of those who attended the levess were
mixed, that ofseu some fel-
low, not having the fear of tho law before
bis eyes, took glossy tile in lieu Of bis
xreusey plug, Or costly coat, instead Of his
his old paper mill candidate, tut times are
changed, and now when you enter the outer
hall, you see two sides Of it lined Nth shelly
ing, fxsd up in the form of big pigeon holes
and each pigeon hoie has number, and
corresponding brass check, and . polite
takss your hat and coat, tucks them
snugly away, and hands you check, Sam
DO stays At his post, and no on can get the
things but tho holder Of the check. When
he hands them outfit you simply thank him
it 10 oil right, but if you give him a dime
or . quarter it is RICHTER. The ladies have
another room whore they stow away their
&c combustrbles," but - l dido't get in
there, can't describe the arrangements.
You have all noticed, at least all of you
who read Harpers' Weekly, have noticed
the Congressional portraits in that paper
Well, want to caution you against forming
your opinion of our Congressman from
those pictures. Some of them are tolerable
licensees, and tew are very good, but
most of them are mere caricatures, and af-
ter scanning them carefully, you would
hardly recognize the originals were you to
meet them face to face. John Sherman's
don't half do him justice-Henry Winter
Davis is very good, but you get q very
erroneous idea of Senator Toombs, from
his Harper portrait. If the Harpers should
take it it into their heads to publish the
fairer halves Of our legislators, 1 hope that
for the honor of American matrons, they
will employ better artist.
w. X.
sTANDING BY HIS FRIENDS.
In the flush times of Vicksbnrgh, Miss,
when the phrase ''hard case" meant some
~. tkun