Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-07-22
am Sir Oracle,
And when lope my lips let no dog bark.

.-I IN Sir Oracle,
And when lope my lips let no dog bark
Merchant Of Ftnice.
l have received several notes asking me, shave
youbecome politician ~" are you to abandon your
noble independence ?'-"do you follow the wake Of
The Wall street prints?'
To these l reply, "neves-never-never"
am only engaged at present in a work of charity
and mercy. have taken The democratic repub-
can party on trial for month or So l am, it is
true, the organ at present, but only pipe it for few
weeks till they get over their difficulties. am the
midwife Of all politicians and all parties. When
The wings were in labor, attended them--when the
lscofocos got the cholc, also gave them the benefit
ofmy experience. The republican party" are now
drawing TO accouchement, and who can help
them through their troubles better than L?
During the years 1896 '27, '2s, 29, 80, 81, and
part of 1892 the iohdt organized and set up
the Tammany party in this city. When my friend
Col Webb showing off his whskers, and my
friend Major Noah talking about himself in Wall
street, was engaged their papers, hard at work,
night and day, in building up the Tammany party and
in giving honest and honorable principles. In those
years every election was carried, and four several
times, broke down the workies, wings, and locofo-
CO.'S through the columns Of the Enquirer and the
Courier and Enquirer Since that time "our ,renero-
bic party has been in the hands Of charlatans doc
tina;res and blockheads. They have driven it al
most to the devil.
G arity and old friendships have therefore melted
my heart, and have taken up their cause only to see
them out of The woods, as took up The cause of the
sweet seamstresses the Of any other class of
unfortunates. For fortnight or a month, will be
the organ of democracy" l have seated myself in
the old coach box, and taken, in my red night hand,
the old heavy whip Of true democracy. All republi-
cans, therefore, must look out am an old driver Of
democracy. know the animal better than Mat Van
Bubble does the Fast Trotter I'll make the crit
ter" mend his PAGES, or bring the gravy of him.
The range of my whip is immense. II goes over the
whole country.
This, therefore, IL my position now When the
wings The locofocos get into trouble, The repub
licans now are will also give them a helping hand
With this explanation must mount my box and
AWAY" crack, crack'-"gee up-damn you gee
up" leaders, mind your paces and be damned to
ye'-"crack, crack, crack"-"gie up-gic up
"stesdy, leaders, steady" wo-o-o, there-wo.o-o
therc'-"up, up, UP, up, and away" &c. &c.
HOUSE Blows Up.-Yesterday morning about 6
o'clock the house 247I Green witch street. occupied by
Mr.. De Grofe as gun store, was blown up The
previous evening some powder transferred by
Mr.. DE Grofe from, keg 10 a canister. In doing
10 a small quantity spilled on the fser While
sweeping out The store yesterday morning, he threw
down accidentally box Of locofoco matches, and in
picking them up one Of them lgnIted. The keg and
esanistsr had been left standing the floor CEN
tanning together about ten pounds Of powder. In an
instant the whole exploded tearing away the front as
high the second story, and Of the sides Of the
building besides lifting the second aud third floors
from their position. SO violent was the concus
son that the windows in many Of the nechboring
houses were broken. The shop front of Mr. j. Hart
the merchant tailor opposite, forced in, although
the shutters were closed The grocery of Messrs
w. g. @. McCluskey adjoining the house blown up,
had the windows smashed to pieces, and he house
wa. otherwise damaged. The most unfortunate part
of this accident remains 10 be told Mr.. De Groife,
was burned, and otherwise injured His clothes took
FIRE, ose of his fingers was broken of, and dread
fu wound was made in his back, hy some missile
being discharged against him. He was conveyed to
the City Hospital, where he now remsips in dan
gerous state.
Mrs. De Groffe, escaped. almost miracuisusy, with
but triflnp injury She had kettle Of boiling wa,e.
in her hans Just taken off the fire. when the powder
exploded. The kettle was blown into the yard, and
she herself thrown into the fire. by which she wa'
somewhat burned before she had presence of mind
eK,ricate herself
The journeyman Of Mr.. DO Grofe slept in the gar
ret. lie escaped, without injury, by crawling out o
the window into the next house.
Apcrson passing the pavement at the time, wa
cut and bruised severely
GoISo TO THE SrRisos-If you are bent on roin,
a she Springs go by the wsy Of the Troy ralfoad.-
We learn, from several tsvdcra, tina, the inssl no
ofthe Albany and Schenectady Raii Road Compan