Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-01-20

can Minister appears At foreign Csurt-Engsnd France
1r s S a ss ' .c how a.
sers appear hen they present Court
The question may appear simple you who seem to know
erey thing but many have been asked without being able 70
Sense say tits the Military Unorm Of The they
present SOME say consists 81 gown or ROPE Msrs
90 JIG.
No subject is simple that forms part Of the customs
and observances of a country; in the old world there
is great deal Of importance attached TO FORMS and
that person must be fool or pigheated bockhead,
who does not conform 10 ST. Paurs precept OF world
ly wisdom and do at Rome as the Romans do
court dress in England consists or civilians, who
are not cabinet ministers, military men, or officers OF
or under government) Of coat of dark color, prnc-
pay black mulberry, with high standing collar,
with steel buttons knee brooches of the same hue silk
stockings, shoes and buckles, with dress sword ;
and in this paraphernaa our excellent friend Della
van presented himself to his sacred Majesty King
William the Nv, pacific memory Any person who
wishes to furnish his her house with the choicest
and most ornamental cutlery and hard ware, Or 10
obtain specific information as to coury observ-
ances, can be supplied with both in the fullest and
most satisfactory manner by applying 10 Mr. Della
van at his store in Maiden Lane Military men wear
their uniforms, and Cabinet Ministers, down TO De-
putty Lieutenants Of counties have their appropriate
costume. In France, there is not now any partlcu-
lar court Dress there is Court for receptions,
&c. The military have their dress, the ministers
their peculiar habit principally embroidered,) and
the deputies have their costume also attached to their
position. In Russia, the ceurtly dress IS militia
ry. At Washington, the ministers present them
selves on ceremonial days according to the dress
they would wear before their own sovereigns but
the Court Dress peculiar federal capital is de-
cdedy Locofoco, that is out at the knees and elbows
We have thus promptly answered our correspond
ents query, always happy to contribute
our qnota 10 general knowledge.
LONDON GossIp, &c-we have received a letter
from an American gentleman now in London upon
matters and things in genera-politics, the drama,
the arts literature, the LADIES' and the gossip and chit
chat of that most gossippng of all places, Londo n
Our friend writes, at would have done yoa good t.
have seen our minister's carnage on the evening Of
the Queens dinner in the cty-plain and simple,
with coachman and footman in black, and no live
ry among the gaudy galaxy of splendor. The grand
spectacle produced al Drury Lane called Caractacus
is dead failure and is nightly hissed-it cost ten
thousand dollars in the getting up-so much for
hsrses dogs, donkies, and two buocks on the stage.
Ii now so ioggy that you cannot two feet before
yousplendid climate! Celeste has turned the heads
and hearts Of the Londoncrs and holds quite erfe
every morning at her apartments in Tayistock
Row, Covent Garden, where her beauty, mai
retf, broken English, and earnest articulation make
her apartments quite fashionable lounge She has
b.en vastly more successful than any Of the Amer
can importatons Hills grimaces, Rice's droer-
les, and Forests frowns and starts, are quite eclps
cd by Celeste" We predicted this, and say again
and again, braro Celeste! She appears 10 outstrip
her rivals in London, as her namesake does the Wall
street and Jersey loafers in the of our Bay
Bravo 10 the twin herones, conquering and 10 con.
quer
Mrxtce.-Dates have been received at New Or
leans from Mexico TO the 22d Dec, 1887. The
journals are silent upon the subject of the invasion
of Texas The Mercurio teens with the necessity
of change in the present form of Government
Public opinion appears to be favorable return TO
the federal government OF "a.
Nature appears in Mexico TO be as convulsed and
apita,ed as the public mind Successive shocks Of
an earthquake have almost entirely destroyed the
town Of Acapulco, while the gorgeous city of Mexico
itself subjected TO vo en and prolonged shock;
happily however in the latter instance no injury re-
suited. The details o; tbs earthquake at Acapulco
are frishful. Repeated shocks of extreme violence
and devastation have nearly reduced the city TO a
mass Of ruins. The houses overturned and
dashed 10 fragments, the churches reparably injHred,
the walls of the Campo Santa destroyed, the whole
city thrown into state Of deplorable constern-
aion, and the inhabitants compelled 10 pass the
night in the fields and roads adjacent TO the town.
When the morning dawned hundreds beheld them
selves houseless and reduced 10 utter indgencc. For
mnaely for the safety Of the citizens, the destruc-
ton occasoned by the shocks was SO gradual. TO
afford them time save themselves, hence the loss Of
life was nconslderable.
Fnon FLoRlpA--Further particulars of the late
dreadful engagement al Florida have been received
The whole of company X, Of the 9th infantry, are
said 10 have been killed except some7 or 5-of ihe
Indians only eight were found dead on the fsld
Though il is SAID some forty or fifty bodies
dragged.
report reached Tampa Bay, on the 10th, that Brig.
General Nelson, oftse Georgia volunteers, had an en-
gapement with the Indians, between Forts King and
Clinch-a ofIndians, captured by Capt. Winder
of the I'd Dragons has arrived nj Savannah. One
OF the squaws is sister 10 CoahadJo.
FRom TrxAs-we have received the following from
Texas II appears that General Houston is taking
leaf from Martin Van Burens Treasury note system
TsxN srATisncsTrrssury notes nov issued, $4,000
Due governmen nj Tor lands TO be hquidsted atthe
notes maturity, or land forfeited, 10000
Fort duties per quarter, iV~ o.....
The above must he paid in Treasury notes gold
and silver Houston has issued a proclamation, re-
caI,nu All auents of the Republic Of Texas hitherto