Daily Iowa State Democrat

Buchanan's Daily Life.

One of the Washington correspondents of the New York Tribune gives the following as to President Buchanan's routine of life at Washington:

"He is exacting in the department discipline, and, like Nelson, expects every man to do his duty. He works systematically after his fashion ten or twelve hours a day, and is by no means pleased when members of the cabinet are absent. No former President ever explored details in the same manner, and this may be one of the reasons why he is subjected to so many small annoyances, and hears so much personally that had better come through a preparatory channel.

"The door of his reception room is thrown open regularly at one o'clock, except on cabinet days, and then a promiscuous crowd by a sort of conventional courtesy of precedence, tell their griefs, expand upon their services and submit their applications. The scene is generally amusing, but some sad episodes of privation and distress often tinge these most unceremonious receptions, at which everybody walks in unannounced, and waits for his turn as in the line at a post office. No introductions are required and no formality is observed, when the gentle sex appear, when Mr. Buchanan rises to offer civility. Otherwise he is seated with a sort of Dionysius' ear to receive everything that may be thrown in. He is a man of methodical habits, of Conestoga constitution, and robust health. He rises early, breakfasts early, reads the papers and then sits down to work more methodically and laboriously than any one thousand dollar clerk in the departments. It is said that he reads every paper connected with the public business which may be submitted to his inspection, and very often dissents from the reports made by his secretaries, and even the legal opinions of the Attorney General. His exercise is taken in the evening, after which he returns to his office or the drawing room and either fulfils private appointments or receives company until ten o'clock."