Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-08-16

proprietor or factotum of Congress Hall The even
ng arrived and escorted the ladies Of house to
INC PAIL and found ourselves conducted into bit Of
mat even now, while think of its tensity my brow
streams with perspiratlon. There were few cotons,
leweI wai!zes and still few frtatons. Twelve o'clock
a. as' arrived, and We ushered through narrow
door way into the supper room and ssafed. The sup
per wns pretiy enough got up as 70 meats and teas.
and ornaments-buts tartle not Mr. Editor al the men
~, olsnes inerspersed along the table of
NOT Dohed ears OF corn nearly old enough for flour
ing, and certainly most excellent food AZ noht.
| especially for the invalid and dyspeplic Picture 10
yo1rseI inc cue OF our fashionable socieiy-the ton
Congress Hail. sitting in full ball costume with each
an ear of corn in their delicate hands, munch;no fror.
the cob A truly delicious sight wish had bsen
there-nothing so charming as a pretty young girl
| musching corn OH the refinement of our modern
aristocracy! Champaign was brought on-snn-
posed of course the, fine appendage TO, and as cons
tnnng an'indspensibe item Of the supper-[our cor
respondent is cob of green corn ruly]-but no an
elderly and highly respectable gentleman, subscri-
| Der rom the United States HOTEL refused by
manager glass of wine with the remark that il was
private wlne"-[" private beef steaks Prince
John would sayl Surprised end mortified at this
want OF common cvility-even decency, he mmedi-
ateiy ordered bottle, which twas brought upon his
giving ms card for the responsibility none take the
responsibility without card but Gen. Jackson and SO
were served nearly all the strangers present
Now sir, what think you of the TON and superior
genuhty OF TINS famed establishment. fall rght-per-
feetly right. Solicit your subscription to their ball
give you ncKet ior sepper, and then compel you
to call for wine at your own ost,-[certainly-why
not beautiful specimen truly Of aenteel mnnaer.
vering! [undoubledly-oh green horn Why. such
an outrageous proceeding such meanness, was never
heard OF here before and IT is to be hoped never will
again: Phaw! il happens every dayl The custom
has always been at the balls here to charge the sub
scnption price only TO strangers, and if wine was in
PRODUCED al all to give freely and divide the expense
thereof among the subscribers of the house where the
ball was gwen We have changed all that in 1897
TO tine polished the refined, the genuine and boosted
members OF the ton was left the honor of inviting
guests 10 SUPPER and then to lessen the expense nv
charging them for wine !! certainly Then SIR what
tn nix you of the generous-the highmnded fashioha-
bes, these patterns Of gentility of the present dav
think OF them think well surely-thou id
economical fellow
| l have just been Informed, and it is bnt Justice
to state that only some tho three of the half dozen
managers were prvy 10 the champagne affair." who,
II appears in violation of good faith and duty to their
fellow managers privately gave the order to the Bar
called for their solitary bottle refusing even glass
Of il to stranger while the uniformed supplied their
notions of table Literally with some dozen or more
bottles as part OF the supper of course, and in ac-
cordance with all former precedent.
OLD v1SGISrAN
| CoURr OF SESSIONS Aug. l5.-Before the Recorder
Aldermen Greenfield and Smith.
1ohn walsey was put upon trial charged with hav-
| ing committed a burglary in company with rogue
named Flynn, at No. Fl Blocker street.
Samuel Bateman deposed that he kept store No.
II Bleecker street. The store was broken open and
quantity Of copper coin carried of.
James Bruce deposed that as he was passing in the
street on the night in question he observed the prison.
| er on the roof of the house.
Thomas McAllister corroborated the testimony of
| the last witness.
This the evidence offered against the prisoner
There was no defence made Guilty.
| Ann Mclntee was put to the bar charged with
stealing S2UO IN bills, from James Sullivan.
Sullivan dcposed that he came TO New York on
Tuesday week last, and took lodgings the house of
/ mrs hoV hado H.
the pillow, when he rose in the morning his treasure
was gone. Upon this the prosecutor held bit ofa
colloquy with himself whichhe very naively related
to the court. An sure, said TO myself is il Msther
Sullivan yez are or no? Haven't been changed in INV
sleep or 10 1t draining am BY the powers I'll
st bite the tip Of my finger to detarmn tine question
Blessed ST; Pathrick, Jimmy Sullivan but we've
strong teeth, and yer fingers mighty obleeged to ye
Fait its no draining am and my money is gone
| och muither
Descending to the bar, the bewildered Irishman
called for pint Of cider and upon the landlord pre-
sentng II to him, ne demanded, "is it Jim Sullivan
that's spanking to yez, jewell?' "Ye may say il is
and not lie ather," replied the landlord, "f We ntind
to kape the name We went to bed with last night, ma
| b0uctel." "Do intind-it's really Jimmy Sullivan
! am thin-but where's the two hundred dollars that
belongs 10 him gone to2' To this query the land
| lord gave very unsatisfactory reply and Sullivan
FASTENED TO the police, which ended in the recovery
sion of The prisoner whom il was found. The
jury discovered kind of mystifcation in the bus-
ness, and acquitted the prisoner the ground that
she had taken the money for the purpose of safe keep
ing. and not with any criminal intent.
! The prisoner is very old woman, and previous TO
this charge has always borne excellent character.
Edward Mahony was charged with stealing tur-
nip and frinmings-a watch and its appendages
the property of James Mulligan No. ll9 Grand
street.
Mr. Mulligan deposed that the watch was hanging
over his mantle-piscc II taken away by some
one. discovered it next day in possession Of the
prisoner had a suspicion that he had stolen il. l
cannot say if the watch is worth over S25 or not.
On his examination at the police, the prisoner said
he did not intend 10 steal the wach-hc took il of the
nail where II was hanging, but intended 10 replace H.
witness, named Hargrave, deposed that the pri-
soner called upon him and offered 10 trade chains
/ asked him what he wanted for the chain. We finally
made a trade.
The jury returned verdict under the charge of the
court, Of petty larceny only.
A few petty cases were now disposed Of after
which
Charles McNulty was tried, charged with assault
ing n watchman. The fact was fully proved.
The Recorder sentenced the prisoner to one months
research after stone.
The court then adjourned
Police, August l5.-Nohing worth paragraph,
with the exception of the robbery of steamboat, the
particulars Of which we are requested not to make