THE PRESIDENTS LEVEE.
From the Correspondent of the Bait. Gazette.
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FRIDAY MORNING, Washington City.


The Presidents Levee last night went off very
agreeably. His Excellency stood within view Of
the door of one of the smaller rooms near the end
OF the grand suite of company apartments, and the
guests shook hands with him, received word of
compliment, and then passed through the entire
range. The passages and the various apartments,
were literally crammed In the room next to
that of the President, stood Mr.. Clay. Of course,
he received marked respect. He seemed to stand
there sort of acknowledged successor-ac-
knowledged by the visitors, | mean, for it was
evident enough that he was there only by chance,
and detained in one place merely by button
holders.


The department of Mr.. Van Buren was ex-
tremely dignifed and courteous. have seldom
witnessed more unaffected grace. Behind him
there were numerous groupes of beautiful lockers
on, watching, and it may be, critcising, the va
rious presentations. Nothing could have been
more thoroughly republican than the scene, where
all classes were SO blended, conducted in better
taste, nor displaying greater elegance. The
crowd was so very great that it was hard to single
out individuals, but there was scarcely a person
Of any standing in any department, whether po-
litical, commercial, literary scientific, mecha-
nical now in Washington, who did not appear on
this occasion.


This Levee gave SO much pleasure. that trust
it will prove only the commencement of a series
1t is good policy in chief magistrate to encou
| rage these assemblages. Persons thus gathered
under the roof of the chief man of the nation, ant
all alike treated with kindness and attention, arr
the more likely to get in the habit of looking a
each other with cordiaty, and to feel in some de-
gree like brothers. Perhaps the next time there
will be some way contrived to get the lines as
they pass to and fro from jostling and interfering,
this is the only improvement to be desired. There
was band of music playing all the evening in
the rotunda, and from the gentle glances exchanged
between numbers of the fair and of the gallant,
who knows but many an example may grow out
of this occasion, to persuade Mr.. Van Buren, who
is known to be very agreeable to the ladies, that
at is not good for man to be alone.'