The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-06-25
FESTIVITY.

The New York TontIne coffee house,
that central point of commercial enter
prize, is at present undergoing extensive
repairs and alterations. The improve.
ments in the merchants room have been
completed, the subscription books were
opened on Wednesday weeks the mer-
chants invited to splendid collation. CIV
en- by MIR. Bunker, who has hired the
whole building. The Commercial Ad,
vertiser thus humorously describes the
whole entertainment.
GA finer collation. than was served up
by Mr.. Bunker, at the Tontine yesterday,
we have never seen. The room was
thronged from IL o'clock TO 8, and all
the choice hams, rich surloins Of roasts
and rounds of a.la-mode beet, disappear
ed in rapid succession, yet fresh supplies
presented themselves to every new bat
talon of assailants. Merchants, auction.
GERS, brokers, lawyers, editors and all,
| forgot their business and mingled with
the eating multitude. Not question
was asked by the importers respecting
the war in Europe-the grocers said little
of sugar,rum.or enthusiastically now then
when an auctioneer cried out "going,
going, gone !" as tursen of picked
oysters vanished from their sight--the
\
lawyers swallowed gooseberry tarts with
better relish than they ever did Black
| stone-and the brokers one and all de.
clared they were in better business than
shaving notes at 8 per cent. month";
Mr.. Carter dined entirely upon yegeta-
bles, and thought of nothing but Linneus,
Flushing, Mr.. Walsh, and doc. Mitchells
col. Gardner being new recruit in the
editorial corps, ate more mustard and
Cayenne than beef while MIR. Noah, up
to his elbows In good things, forgot that
there was any such man living as MIR.
Craw ford, AND only halt uttered some
dozen or two of deep and hearty curses
against the republican general commits
lee, for placing the great Tammony Seal
of appreciation upon the front OF the Pat
riot. The collation. was served in tha
large room on the second story, which
were tastefnlly decorated with flags and
other fanciful and patriotic emblems :
every one appeared glad to find Mr..
Bunker sat home )" and what is be,ter
than all, the subscription book was rea
specially filled. AS gentlemen retired
from the table upon Change, business was
never more brisk, and the merchants
speculated upon each other in the best
possible humor. We forgot to mention
huge punch.bowl, large enough to
swim flock of ducks, or to contain
all the gun boats which remain
Of MIR. JeffersOn's navy. This article
attracted very general and marked atten.
ton until ebb-tide, when curiosity seem
ed to cease" -
TRIAL.
The New York American, of Thurs.
day' says-"We have given a TepOr, Of
the trial fChaFles Het,ick, for robbine
Dr. Carmichael, of Mississippi, of the
sum OF $4,000. There is nothing of par.
ticuIar interest in legal point Of view in
this trial, but the prisoner. having, by
MS proposing manners, and appearance,
obtained admission into the families Of
some OF Our most respectable citizens,
and made himself in various ways, noto-
rlous, we thought it might not be pro6ta-
Ole to publish his history, as detailed
IN the evidence. We understand that
since his conviction, he ,bae confessed
l The robbery"