Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-07-04

" Guns, pistols blunderOus'es. swords and thunder"
aThere's honor for you."-Faisscf.


There's honor for you."-FalsscF
In the immediate vicinity of that forest of mass
which lines the East nver giving TO all foreigners and
non residents in beautiful city, pretty consdera
BILE idea of the vast extent OF oar commerce there is
house Of enerialnment.-There are indeed many-but
there neutrality-suspicious. for Its excellence,
but even more particular for very particular incident
which occurred there day or two since.
We said the house is house of entertainment. 1t
is admirably constructed to form in the same
building dry goods, and wet goods store one and
both The dry goods on the second floor, and con-
sist Object, mutton calves heads, &C. in fine order
The wet goods arc on the first floor, and comprise
brandy, rum gin, whskey, &c. all ready to be con-
verted upon the smallest notice, into lueps, gin sings
or brandy cock talls-ust lncnations may "wary'
as Sam Weller would say-but only for specie pay
ments. No shaving carried on--spece- special
specie, drinks.
The dry goods store has clerk conductor; ditto
rapated, the wet goods store has clerk conductor
alse Now, it seems that the dry goods supervisor
has great penchant for walking Ia oafer into the
supervisor Of the wet goods dcparment-much to the
annoyance of the supervisor superior of both these in
feror supervisors who gave Fir. Wet Goods definite
orders turn Dry Goods out if he should again make
his appearance there.
Dry Goods comes-Wet Goods, with assistance
bundles him out. This is the first incident.
On the following morning Mr.. Wet Goods, pursuant
to a call of nature, lmperous, and not to be tried
with pays MIR. Dry Goods visit 10 get some lining
for his Inward man. He seats himself and com
rnences breaking his fast. Mr. Dry Goods wishing
to have little breaking on his own account comes
| behind Wet Goods and with o well-dlrected blow
breaks his head.
| Down to his apartment swiftly descends Mr.. Wet
he looks into his mirror reflects the sign mark, I'M
press of his disgrace-a black eye.
"Pen ink and paper y demands he in loud voice.
| He gets it hmself-he sits down, and seeing with the
eye that has not been closed writes as follows,
! plain IL
SIR,-The insult you have nfli ted upon me is too
plain (the eye by this time was black blue and green)
TO be passed over without observation; and such as
no gentleman Of the bar put up with. You Will,
| therefore meet me at Hoboken tomorrow morning,
where you will be put downby
| Yours, respectfully
| SINoN SING.
On the following morning without having recefved
| an answer, Wet Goods, making his will and leaving
his pocket handkerchief shirt collars and bosoms TO
his heirs. at-law; as becomes gentleman OF the bar
and a man ofhonor, stalks TO the Eysan fields,
with two huge horse pistols, determined to send, in
that appropriate place. his quondam friend to Para
| disc.
Bat Dry Goods did not ant 10 travel that road, so
argng himself with old hickory, salked below in
/ TO the apartment from whence he had been so sum-
marty elected, and fourishng the shillaeh with the
grace Of nate Irishman said he would click all ma
thur, by de powers
While the two lnferler Supervisors were thus each
waiting for the other the superior supervisor not ha-
wing higk sense of that honor which had inspired
| Wet Goods to challenge Dry Goods and Dry Goods
/ 10 lick Wet Goods dismissed both the Goods good
\ for nothing. Alas for honor! Their occupation
gone-and they have now resolved never TO duel
| again.