The New York herald., 1863-10-02
THE PRESIDENTS DAILY WDsK.


II Is rarely that the appearn le and IN nner of tle
President of tho United Siaos in The discharge Of his
ohci aud executive duties made the subject Il popn
lar comment though they belong 10 class OF legitimate
and pleasant GOSSIP Of which the people nover tire. The
popular xey The Of tho pcrs nal move
and habitgdos OF gro1t mcn, how they eat,
drink sleep and accomplish all other manifold duties
pertaining To public aa private nfe has been
grcat popular this poct too has always
been amply grahed, tho hundreds Of columns
touching this thog in mo newspapers Of tho past VIII
attest. Tho ayidny with which the personal movements
OF he late Daniel Webst IIcny Clay, John G. Calhoun
John QUINCY Adams Senator Douglas and General Scott,
Secretary Seward Governor seymour, aud ndeod OF all
pcoas Of pas, and present history, bor
doris well upon tho ludicrIs Column after column has
been spread before mentally gormandizing pubic
| how Mr.. Webster was wont to go to market,
| and how he comportcd hnsof when lie got
there oil remembering In the connection that bo
OF the United States Secretary oi state in
q powerful Cabinet or tho great Mlsaachusettsensiap.
Indeed it only few months ago that read IN the
grave and stately Boston Post that after ton years Of
puIturc harbor OF tho Pilgrims the doors of tho
swung soemny beck and the lid OF the sarcopha'
gus raised by tho friendly hand OF surviving friend
ship eter Harvey, Esl 10 what traces decade OF
years death had le Of The usrious departed II was
found that "the noblo brow yet Ierfect in oil ls
features and that the "contour OF that impressive ace
preserved the on tho day when the funeral
Of ten thousand whose head President elect Of
the United sates in all hs supernal PRIME took Up iis
solemn march from tho library at Marsbneld to wend Its
way TO the "Tomb by the Great Sea-" Only few days
the bercayed widow Of tae statesman OF glorious
era visited for tho lrst time tho laying away tho
| present homo OF her llu-trious spouse.
To this day plgmages OF affection and tho oftias! pnr
ty frlondshp mado to tho mortuary rcsting place
at Ashland OF the sashors child who died the persuasive
orator OF the republcthe great ioilzed OF great party
Western New York is to-day all agog, 10 speak, intent
upon witnessing tho personal movements Of Secretary
Seward and his magnificent retnue Of high titled dipo
mats ambassadors and legations II Is thus that We arc
borno in the that tho people dolgh, in tho
personal habts eccontrces and movements OF our dis
tngushed II Is the writer's purpose to go behind
al this instancng Of the pcculiarIiss OF tho
present Chief Magistrate OF the United States, and TO pro-
tho people faithful sketch Of the President In ho
Office engaged in what may rot Improperly be termed tho
discharge OF his daily dai!cs Just tho President
reaches his business ONCE which IL stulted In tho
portion Of the second story Of pc Whko House from his
summer residence the Soldiers Homo, about four miles
from the national capital, precisely eight O'Clock A. VI.
| Taking leave OF Ls cavalry guard, he proceeds
at once to Tho executive room, whcro no
| holds conference with hs accomplished and
engaging private secretary, John Hay, Esq, one Of
tho nues, types Of our young American manhood This
Interview upon tho corrcspondencc received durn
the interval beginning the previous evening all Of which
is arranged dgescd and disposed Of by tho President and
his confidential secretary. This usually occupies some
two hours the succeeding hour beng devoted TO perusa
Of the leading journals Of the country Tho leading of
which-the HsRALp--the writer remembers 10 have
lying upon hs immediate table during recent inter
| yies From eleven o'clock unless 1t DO Cab act
day such persons may elect that they have business
with the Executive are admitted % aGdencc. The exocu
tive spacoas apar,Ilen, uberally furnished,
and ornanented with Are portrait in oil OF ex lreden,
| Andrew Jackson and large number Of maps o, tho
various seats Of wM Tho President occupies the es
reme rear portion OF tho apartment, With his back 10
the Potomac, aud where sits the traditional and historic
chair OF tho American Presidency, the sano occu-
| pied by all tho prosiients since the coIsLructlon
| or ,ho present whio House in Isl6 ant 1917,
All around this s tho ouger throns zach havin.
some fanccd private grievance TO present for redress
and IN long interval thc presonce OF WHY polil
csn may be noted who desires confer with the repub
lean head upon prcecnt and future Tho President
with dsheycei hair through which hc frequently
incossanty ns long, bony fingers, receives every
one with a splendid courtesy and unaffected yet dix
nhsd gesalty. lie stons faithfully. decides promptly
and kindly and evnces the deepest possible Interest In
the caro- King his ininodato attention. few examples
Will admirably serve To show the carnes, and prac,cl
method by which the Presdep. dsposes OF this class Of
| business.
| young, trembling blushns boy approaches hs Es.
| celancy aud hands hun recommendation, asking thaY
tho Presdcn, will appoint him a. large 10 cadoshp at
West Point Tho young boys heart "a rapita,inyly eyer
cissd by tho varied emotions Of bopc and fe7r-hops
that he may be nstantancouy transformed into brh,
buttonei cadet Of the United States TO reside Tor four
| yosrs wih bis Unclo samuel, In the moan,en.
| ously oppdnmed homo OF military science on the
Hudson. The President reads the scriptei oonmenda
| ton 4" How old you" the Executive inquiries
Twenty last March," tho frightened youth rosponds
Tbs application be rejected Of 700 nd
vanced yeas tho President. removing bis spseaoos,
most tccorolsiy "squolches all tho young hopes by
fenteptolsy observing, Ny young frsnd, have only
TO- o. hes appointments 70 make In year. and Tor this
year have 1yo thousand applications. Ny term of o1ce
will osiro OF these days. and expect % leave ~
record ae here twenty thou5ani Just such appca
lins yours You vii, thus what prevent me from
Immediately 9polrtng you eau DO 10 mrre than nlo
your DUPLICATION" Under the oppressive weight OF TITS
nirsbHous poser "twonty years ast March retifes
from the Executive pre,euce, Handsomely uuoadeed, 70
| forn nov boIcB ani construct aniicGaii1us
The ncxt interview Is accorded TO ashn.ng, shecnirg
| strapped major OF volunteers. who was actually
| guilty q appearing before the Executive for tho
ruro8 % asking for leave of absence directly at BIZ
hands. When " ~ uniera,ooi that the "reEaIltioaa'
upon ih rue impora,iyey req sre that such roge,s
sh-u ony b. Considered through tho regular ohlsue,
namely the colonel commanding the regiment. No gene
raj comuaaing brigade, the major general commaadlng
department. tho msior general commanding oofps. and
The ecrs.'ry of wariho nas accut rdculorsneFs aud
the tqnendous rtupdv o. this pngorh, sool naigrai
but uvrl 81 major gni DO fully appreciated Tle ire
s1eni r-gcrltc'ess quietly istcrs y TO Application
and removing h sp.ctaclcs atircssos himself ttra 10
| ths rofa .siug Ignoring masor.-
| HN D. urierEfo0d th1' efcryb0sy en- rgn Gr hero
ana p1rcare elvos Il 40 ouiste tho regular cbsn
pra 9lr shrud az opoa hf rcfleei % s1T rlIaref
elk n secretary q War MAJOR oanuct Interfere
| IN your h.laf reph yOg 70 y4ur cli9l cl.'
f1.H s.ff tLc nalorF N0fIT. Having lfcvfrne'v fr.
haa.sI is "feCfar tbalueis" be couklies binl ~,
wuI.. ..ul4f ir.n no aar.tt chIcf with tte .ti.i
f1ir t1e rl''ci 70 X 10 rsgsoi raeaA
l1 tfar rurhi ftce
rhst BE- ast appfo. riAa W his case a. auy oiher
| yQct.y.
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