The herald., 1837-03-06

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WASHINGTON, March 2,

able--the refreshments abundanl-the music good
the dancing ncessant and the whole party agreeable
The hostess IS lady Of great amiabty and Kindness,
and justly esteemed BY all who know her. She is
the daughter OF the Judge whom certain attorney at
the bar sf this city IS endeavorng lmpeach for cal
hing him. not during the session OF the court but after
II had adlourned, "poltroon and scoundrel." The
old man Is little freful and constutionally excita-
BILE but means well, and is, moreover, fine belle let
| tre scholar.
| The Judiciary Committee have been investigating
the charges and examining great number OF wines
ses, whose testimony, in nine cases out Of ten is ia
vorahle to the Judge.
Mrs. B.'s party was one of the most agreeable and
pleasant given this winter, though the jam was I'M
mense. The ladies, too shone with great splendor,
and the eye was delighted by the display OF beauty
| every where visible The number OF strangers was
SAID TO be greater than any party this wlnter-thus
manifestng the hospitality of the host and lady; The
sister OF the hostess neat pretty spnghtly and SEN
sible little GIRL assisted TO do the honors OF the eve
nng and performed her part with great satisfaction TO
| the company was introduced 10 Miss y, OF AL
| exandra, a magnificent looking woman who seemed
to me to be in her first bloom, but when she ntrodu
ced aierward to youth upwards OF six feet high,
as her nephew, was rather staggered.
| One of the most prominent beaur here is gentle
man from New York, and now q clerk in one of the
public offices. He has the most agreeable lisp in the
world and the ladies fairly doat on him-a distinction
which he perhaps deserves for his attention 10 the
fair, and the anxiety he manifests to make them hap
py, He attends all the parties, and has become one
Of their indispensibes. His pleasant smi, and very
| agreeable badinage give him welcome IN all the
fashionable circles in the metropolis. A philosopher
of the sect OF Democritus, he suffers misfortune to
darken his mind, and no accident TO interfere with
his enoyments-but rewarded by the smile Of beau
~, he laughs and dances away care with the most
Joyous hillanty.
''How do you do Miss -" said he to pretty
girl from Virginia, on visit to Washington IL am
SO happy to see you. What made you SO late (? l
have been looking for you this hour"
"Have you, indeed. You are very kind, declare
but sister and were detained at a sort of nulfca
ton affair on the Capitol Hill given by an old widow
er, who took it into his head to give party TO hN
friends"
"Then his friends cannot be very numerous" OBJ
served the beau as the company, understand, con-
sisted OF about Dozen"
"Why the ladies', you know, don't tolerate nullif-
catien; they always go for union" replied the fair
one, with smile.
''But the host mast be unionst, / am sure, not
wlthsanding his notification notions especially when
he looks on that sweet face"
"No, have made no impression on him, and Gu
pld seems to have shot his in vain, for he has
missed his heart altogether and merely left scratch
on his head"
"Ha! ha! Then he must be rcig."
"Yes, and means TO be reformer."
"T6ujours Gail see. Well shall have the
pleasure of dancing with youP
"Cerlanly;" and away they moved to thread the
"Who is the correspondent of the Herald9' said
| most bewitching creature along side Of me to aer
companion, New Yorker, whskered up TO his ears.
II should Ike of all things TO know who and what
| he is"
| "Thcy say in New York" replied the gallant with
great importance that Bennett is himself the writer,
and that the data are furnished 10 him by some one
here"
al am sure that can't be so" said the beautiful girl
"for how could he describe the ladies accurately,
and tell many little things about the society here,
| if he were not presentW
tall hat hat
"No, il is no fancy. know myself several things
he has told be true only he makes Of the la
dies too witty and IS too severe upon them and has
| such fondness for the ridiculous | should 80 like
to know him; he might say something very pretty Of
| me-"
| And so l have. The truth is your paper is quite
| the rage here. The fashionable and unfashionabe
are alike ANXIOUS 10 see II and IN the ladies' gallery
| Of the House if solitary number happens 10 be
| brought in with letter from Washington, you may
see il going the rounds from circle TO circle, and
groups hanging over the person reading, all eager 10
hear what the correspondent says about them. This
is fiatterng, but take no pleasure IN II.
The House being IN sess on on the night oil Mrs.
b s soirfe, but few members could spare time TO at
tend, and there not quite so many honorabes at
il as usual. How they would have been accommoda-
ted had they gone, / am at loss TO conceive, for
there seemed 10 be room for no more The party did
no, break up till three o'clock.
Yesterday Peyton let out small portion OF his gas
on the Speaker and the House. He called the former
lille great man. who had been put IN mat chair as
the poor tool Of par,y-that there was but one lnde-
| pendent member OF the committee TO which nc be-
longed the rest were mere slaves bound hand and
| foot and that the House was degraded even below
contempt. He arrested in his career by the or
ders of the day.
The House ls now engaged in earnest in executing
the business before il. The bills dashed off with
great rapdty, and the speaking fever has subsidod-
Nightly the galleries filled with the fashionable
| and curious OF both sexes, who seemed TO be more
amused, aud much gratihed, as at the most splen
did party. The Ete-a-tefes are carried on with great
/ spirit and interest, and they return home much more
pleased with eachother than with the eoqEence Of the
/ House to which they never listen. The attraction is
so great that the Honorabes are brought UP in crowds
to gaze and look, and sometimes to participate in the
| fiirtahon gong on.
| Yogr little representative Mex, continues TO ma
nisest his democratic prcpenstles by mlnglng with
the e,ite and The Questionable, the ds.ingut, and
the Obscure He was yesterday paying marked at
tentons 10 couple of fair ones Of no grca noioreiy
but who haun, the gallery during the session, deter
mined not 10
Waste their frarrancs the dcsart n.'
The gallant General from yosr State paid flying
| visit 10 the gallery last nght-moved along with a
perpetual bow and most rcsisess smile kissed the
hands Of the beauties within his reach, said
| agreeable nothings, en- Passdnf and dropt down, IN
one corner Of the gallery alongside Of married lady
| 10 whom he was excessively compaisant. | oh.
served that the Generals attentions were recsivcd
with considerable GOODNESS by the young ladies he
addressed in passing-to whose ears the scandalous
story 10 which alluded in my last has been com
| mnncated. They are night. They should discoun-