Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-12-10

Park and 5WheuE they had formed in line, af
EdePntauonS ofs the ~ ashihg ton ght Ipsl
antry, y ho were theiEescoEts, came.ups
the house and attended him down TO Ee-
view them. HE went down aud invited
them up-a ddressed-a few brief words of
twelcome to them. They all then, the
Head of their magnificent baud, came up,
and stacking Etheir arms in the poFtico,
twere, marched Two in two. c 4S in all into
the East room. Here the major of the bat
tallion, a hoary shaded old man, hose
locks were Us soft as silk, as white as
snow, and long and curling, introducedfto
the President what is called their Judge
Advocate''-aA Mr.. Stuart. he addressed
the President most eloquently. Indeed,
have seldom ever heard anything. SO inn
pressive, so full of feeling as were his re-
ference to the younger days of the men of
this grand phalanx. They were all "sous
ofthe sires" who bad won our liberties and
founded our government, and they had
come to visit the tomb of him who was
the friend and companion of their imme-
diate progenitors, and who, in life, was
we'll known to many of those here preSent.
The President himself seemed deeply aft
i fected by the scene and the remarks, and
his reply was marked by u great deal of
embarrassed emotion. His head shook,
and he uneaslly maintained his place on
help plying his cares, and regretting that
one SO ill-6tted for times like these had
ever been chosen to the Chief Magistraey
of his country.
After the reception was all over, and the
people had gone, n number of Republican
members of the Senate and House, among
whom were Mr. Speaker Pennington, SEN
/ ator King, of n. Y, Doolittle, of Wis, and
others, repaired to the private room ofthe
President. 1t was the FIRST time l had ever
been in that part of the stately mansion;
and there We found and saw the Presi-
dent, as he is in his every day life. He
had thrown aside the store clothes he had
on few minutes, before, aud had donncd
his gown and his slippers, and was al
ready deep in the merits OF cigar. His
room is quite barren of furniture, and is
simply library of Congressional aud
Executive documents. The President is
not much of talker-indeed poor one
compared with many men who have filled
the place he occupies. He lacks the
"small change" of conversation, as Addi-
son says. Some Pehnsylvauiansw were among
the company, and he had a few words to
say about place called Marsh Greek, in
Adams county, where he said his mother
was born. He was invited by gentle
man from Gettysburg, who was present, to
visit that place after he got through with
Washington. NO" said he, II shall go
home and stay on my farm. Inever cx-
i pect to travel about much more" He
spoke of the kind of people who lived
about Gettysburg, said they were origin
ally Scotch-1rish-"a good breed of peo-
ple," he said, land great Presbytertans."
They had been crossed up there good
deal with the German Lutheran element,
he said: and that had helped the stock
He quoted line from Hudibras about
/ Presbyterians, all of which could not
hear, but it was to the effect that so Sc
we're and incorporating were they that
Hudibras said it seemed as il they wor-
shipped God from perversity. This re-
mark was complimentcd by quite a laugh
from the company. who were pretty much
all Presbytcrians, | believe, so far as they
had any religion at all. After sitting
about fifteen minutes, the company rose
up, and Mr.. King twhom should have.
told you, the President advised to get
married), took him 10y the hand and re-
marked, that it had been a long time since
they "sroe,l i" political policy, but, said
he. I'VE ali mean to stand by YOU in this
lemergencx." The President thanked him
very klnuly, ana ErGninrkeu, This is what
We all should do now" One by one the
company present, some dozen in number
shook hands with him and bid him good
bye. G.