The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-28

The proud position of President ofthe
United States OF America has enough of
eare;s anxiety and trouble connected
with it to fully counterbalance itsglory.
The Washington Star, thus describes n
single day at the White House,:
We're it not for the relief from daily
Rnnoynnces, afforded by the Cabinet
meeting on-Tuesdhys and Fridays, no
physical constitution however strong
could endure the eShausting labor peT.
formed by the President OF the Tnitad
States. There. is no office of the goyern-
mentso buEdened with responsibility
andanXiety;a and no man living reouir red
to listen TO such an endless recital of
private grief, as ophfsticated Visitors
pour into the. PreSident's, ear at every
PnplHleL interview. President Johnson
has few equals in Industry. He rises
at six, and until breakfast, which is
served at half-Past seven, looks over
the. newspapers. Immediately AFTER
breakfast he goes to the Executive
apartments and commences the labor of
the day.-,First there are bundles of let
ters to be read and the replies dicfata1
70 the secretaries, Applications for mp
Pointments,p promotions, discharges from
the army. and navy, political advice.
petitions for Executive cleTnencv and
innumerable eothershbiects are fIiSnosej
Of butbefore hal completed the visitors
have commenced to flock into the ante
LOOMS TooI1s anu thrust their cards upon him.
fardon seekers swarm on every hand
FORMER owners of confiscated property
pace up and down before the door Of the
Presidents room, and females with
indescribabl effrontHy insist upon i'm
mediate admittance. =
After the most important business
OF the morning has been disposed of,
1IsEafa
and the President submits himself to
the artesian process. This lasts till
about half past one or two. sometines
three O'clock, when the doors of his
apaEtnent are opened, and the whole
crowd admitted AT such times. Colonel
Johnson, son OF the President, or Col.
Browning; private secretary. stands
near the Preside dent, and takes memoran-
da as DIRECTED by him on the cases of
the visitors who succeed one another
with subjects for Executive actiOn. like
the dense throng at the post Office win
dow. The Presidents manner al such
time is; alive Us pleasant, and gives con-
naenee 70 the most timid. His decis-
ions. are quick, and eachC individual
who lays his case before the President
learns IN half d dozen courteous words
the decision, When all have been
listened to, and the halls ara once more
empty, the. President turns again to
papers on ms table, until four o'clock
the hour for dinner. After dining he
returns to his Office, and there general
" remains until a alate hour, seldom re-
tirtng before eleven O'CLOCK. .itl< IHllf
In addition to all these duties it
must be remembered that there are dis
tingutshed visitors CONSTANTLY present.
ing themselves. Representatives of
foreign courts, Governors, Senators.
Generals, and hundreds of lesser mag
nitude must be received, each having
some important subject requiring care
the great and ever present problem oT
reconstructio Cabinet days and the
Sabbath afford three days of rest, from
the petty and e&hhustinR annoyanoss
that beset the President, but at no time
IS he free from the oppressive weight Of
9,atlonali I,s dlIheplties which now, more
than ever before, obscure the futupe.H