The herald., 1837-01-31

Harlem, sir, Harlem 2"
"Manhattanville, sir, Manhattauvills?"

aWant sleigh. III kus sleish2"
"3eautiful hoEses!'
"Och, to be sure yer honor, won't find betther
than mine, no how, any how"
All these sounds, with many Others full and sono-
rous as pack of hounds fall cry greeted the
of bachelor gentleman whose steps were Just pa
cling from off the pavement opposite SANDY Weisns
towards that mammoth building Astor 8 Hotel, with
its bright grde of magnificent stores.
His steps, arrested by these multtudinous sounds,
in every compass imaginable, from double bass TO
squeakng fassto he paused and took full survey OF
the scene before him.
The precise position upon which this bachelor gen.
eman stood, is perhaps the most interesting IN the
whole of this great Immediately before him was
displayed the Park robed in sheet OF snowy drapery
against which the black and skeleton looking lronpa-
ngs were traced as distinctly as the masts and ng-
ging of vessel driving along under bare poles are
against the sky-o his left, the mall OF beauty and
fashion, Broadway, with its magnificent hotels,
stores and dwelling houscs-to the right the Amerl-
can Museum, Park Row, the Theatre, and Chatham
street Each Of these great thoroughfares, the chief
arteries of the city, were thronged with pedestrians
seighers-the air was filled with the music OF bells
it was most inspiring He saw, IN some 9ea9tiui
warmed He half resolved. He looked up to the
City Hail. which in the distance immediately be-
fore reared its cold marble 'front.' and looked for all
the world surrounded by the genial snow-the mon
arch of the ice haunted time, or at least ne mon
arch's head quarters. He looked up. He gazed up
on the clock. "There is time" said he he resolved.
Selecting the driver of one Of the most superb vehl-
cles, he made instant arrangements-caIied upon
friends, male and female-Wall street gave up It's
specuators-and on this OCCASION at least It is to be
hoped, some poor devil of victim escaped-oonih
street gave up some merchants. The fashionable
boarding house Of Miss, in Broadway, contribu-
ted whsker or two, OF approved cut, not 10 menhon
the mustache.
The sleigh, horses and caparson were CONNIE u
faut The gentlemen drove TO Beekman street-t
give up its beaulieso Broadway It gave up its an
gels-to Albion Place out tripped its fairies.
Upon the box sat the driver and Sambo, and away
they whirled as if the very devil (no ausou to Sam
boz were there. Every laugh from the sleigh was
echoed by Sambo with huge waugh"
"What you tink, massa dIiber Oh de gals :"
This irreverent speech OF Sambo s. In application 10
the ladies, was answered by Jehu-
"Well, guess they're pretty slick-but look al my
team"
"Em berry good team-go like debbil after Bone
Squash-waugh! But de gals damma fine"
sFine! tarnation look at these Beautiful critters
there's shape. See how they cut along Ike KNIFE!
"By golly-waugh!"
"What you take me for, massa drv'r?'
"a ngger."
Gamma color What profession, sar?"
swell, guess it's a darn'd hard calculation to fix
at, unless You a shoe black"
"Tm nebber black him shoe in all i'm life, for"
Well, then, you're waiter, guess"
"No sar, I'm professor OBJ music"
"Ha! ha ha!-Tm darn'd if you hav'nt made the
horses laugh"
And surely the horses did whsk their tails, and kick
up their heels and snort at .hIs precise 9omen Ss
speech or Jehus 9 whip, which at that moment flank
ed them, may be questioned.
In this merry need, at forty minutes past six, Il
love to be particularly Harlem heights were passed,
and by ten minutes the ladies were ushered into
an apartment whose beauty was not considered, in
the contemplation Of splendid collation. spread out
before them.
aHeres metal more attractive"
n alI,,t tho,, UOd n yahlc We
burnt oferidgs-(rom careless cooks)-roast offer
ngs-boiled offerngs-stewed offering-meat offer
ings and drink offerings faithful arc thy votarcs1
supreme art thou. Rich and poor-great and small
-wnrriors and poets-(when they get either cash or
credt)-and ladies who look SO divnely ETHEREAL, as if
they could participate in one feeling Of mortality
open their ruby portals to take down the choice NOR
ceau; all pamper thee.
it. There is not single sound understanding heard
but the rafting of knives and forks and the profound
"ofsone strong eater in his agony"
of boiling too huge morsel rs Byron would say
Al length the vctors satisfied with the spolls
they have demolished-nsw the beauty Of the apart
ment il commented upon and the beauty Of the ladies
and the goodness of the gentlemen.
"You fiatter, SIR
"lndeed, madam"
80, LAP
10 dear"
"By golly, waugh" as Sambo would say.
But where Is ne
"ComiHg, sar."
The room is cleared, and Sambo makes his appear
ance grinning from ear to ear In wonderful delight
and showing couple Of rows of ivones, which many
might envy Under his arm was bag, which he
carried with great care, and nging his leg and duck
ing his head, with a
aHo, ho no, waugh" he stood before the wonder
aWhat have you got there, Sambo?" said one of
the ladies'.
"What de pretty ladies' (Sambo dropped the gals
here) berry fond OBJ. Dis meat, aRd drink and lodg-
mcnt to en- though in de bag"
"Let us see il" said Harriet.
"Show il us" said Maria.
"Out with IT," exclaimed Sophia.
aDon't plague U.S." cried Adelaide.
mDon'tteaze U.S." said Angelne-"l let me see it."
| GOV I'll show you de old boy" said Sambo.
Much curiosity and little fear was excited amongst
the ladies' ut this annuncation, some fancylng mon
key and some the devil, or at least ssme hldeous
| thing, was therein contained.
| Sambo was all the time untying the bag. him
no dcbbil no monkey" said he, at the same time dis
playing fiddle-thai sovereign panacea for creating
| delight.
II did not fail on this occasion.
"De Spanish dance" quoth Sambo, now n hs
own opinion, greater than king and in thousand
whirls the ladies' and gentlemen were floating over
the room
'Old wirgnny reel" said Sambo. This was fol
lowed by the waltz and the reel jig itself; and with
this The amusement at this delightful place ended.
Sambo bagged his fiddle, the ladies' mounted Their
a,sJ ho olcioh hut the