Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-11-30

loeofoce preacher, who. though pretender," 10
thoroaghgoing sliesr' The President and his See.
sstarss s.:sasd the ana A%1s = s..S %
Another marriage IL spoken Of - about to take
plaes in few months: Theusptias, il IL supposed,
will exceed in splendor, any thing Of the kind ever
before witnessed in this district The happy man 10
the polished and magnificent representative Of the
Emperor Nicholas, and the equally happy fair one
is the young and beautiful daughter OF citizen OF
Georgetown. Every body thinks il will be bril-
liant match, and every body has right to think So
The ladies are alb envious of her good fortune The
'other foreign ministers unmarried, and possibly
some Of them may fancy American wives, as several
have done before. The American women are de.
cidedly superior in point OF personal beauty, and
facina'ion to the European, and how can foreigners
resist! M. De Pontoises place has not been kled BY
tuH minister as yet Mr. Pageot IS the hGrge
PABa, -, and none bat Mr.. Bcdisoo will entertain
this winter But his sontes and fstes arc always
brilliant, and*amply compensate for the defcrences
Of the rest. secretary Forsyth has arrived and
Benton has been here for three weeks. II Is sup
posed that the contest for printer Of the House will
lie betwsen Gales 4 Scaton, and Blair & Rves--
and possibly the publishers othe Metropolis, loco
foco paper Of this city Alien will be dropped, and
the Madisonian will very likely be discontinued.
terence.
GENTLRaaNLY FxAcAs.-yhe Washington HALF
has long been known place OF resort for the gay
gaants OF the town, and those who ape the manners
Of the dstingfs in the reign of Charles the Second,
who daily promenaded the Mail, took boat at
Whitehall stairs Latterly every part Of the house
has been closed except the bar-room; and here pro-
badly the frequenters have
.Psarea the red liba.ion FORTH"
in style tall that of any other part os the city,
At any rate, is very certain that much strong
drink has been consumed here as in any other
shanty Of its size in New York. in the same space of
time.
This bar-room, 10 is we'll known has long been the
resort Of all the bcods and swells Of the day; and
amongst the most iaaous, where all are to certain
extent disting ushed there who frequent it
more dashing, well dressed slap up, genteel their
manners, fat in their patter, cosey in their cogi
Bill " and Charley W. Charley is always
remarkably well dressed and Bill is quite remark
able, only little more Indeed. the latter should
excel the former, for he is in the silk business,
whilst the other is satisfied to kick his heels hourly
against hardware.
or the merits Of the gentlenanly fracas in ones
ton, utterly unable to speak; and indeed it
would puzzle their best friends to tell which had
the best or the worst Of the argument Charley and
Bill ave queer blades: they have been friends for
years, and enemies for months; they have been all
things by turns and nothing long; however, as silk
never did sit well upon hardware, il is not to be
wondered at that there was occasionally split be-
tween them From the earliest recollection Of their
associates they have qnarreled and drank and made
quarrcled again. But the proxmate cause of the
present pretty QUARREL dates its rise about year
back, and owes ITS origin, all gcntemanly quar-
rels Should do, to lady.
rolly polly that we have to describe, must have
date; we wont say it was thanksgiving night, we
wont say il was month before; but will say il
between the two periods that these old friends
and new enemies met in the celebrated bar room Of
the Washington Hotel. They took drink and eyed
one another Gerceiy; they took another drink, and
looked still fercer; they took third, and then,
blood and thunder, their blood up. Why do
you look so At me, sir 70 said savagely. Be.
cause please; and il you say much, Il spoil your
looks" replied the other furieusy. !" You're
sccundrel p .you're liar ~ soon followed, and
the csmbatants assumed the attitude defensive
RouSp bill all game asd adjusting his nanli.s
looked very much like Jack Ranas his graceful figure and
elegant ATTIRE seemed destined to destruction; nevertheless he
great game and bottom Charley the oh.r hand
seemed disposed maxi smashing fight Of it, he made play
fret, and h right and left in rafting style without much e.
feet Bill planted his smeller which drew the
elected Of applause from the
ed SPECTATORS Charley rushed IN ted rafting hi
suvv,rags box stars In rush Cor the
closing II both down; Charley unaermo,t esss,
shouting from Bills friends, and horn piece all
round
ROUND 5-Both piping and canous Charley showed
force but the science lay all will, Bill hill put
Charley stopped by scientific m Of the head; return
he planted neat rather upon Bs hos Of domino,s which
made the ivory rattle. Bill put between Char
in falling came contact Bs breathing bag and both
wn down Bill dsrmost [Grest shoutipg-chee~s for
Charley, and cries Of Slang 10 him Bil.nI
RoUrD 3iWe call this half round because il fought
entirely upon the ground AZ the fall instead comisc
,he combatznts like young bear Try
hug each other TO DEATH They fast locked in
Others grip Soda the embrace Of Swan Fz-
James that Of koderck Dhu They pulled and
roared and rolled and twisted and and stormed
Each looked to stove, and ram, and floor,
As what they neer might see more.
Tsr elegant dresses completely spoiled, thir hats
Anocked into all shapes; their hair and fsss
with blood and 6h their best friends would
known them and IL doubtful which would have
Of it, when by singular Of the and Is fortune
Charley got his knuckes in Bills ncckcloth add with
like twist he turned and ill Bill
black the face he seconds nierred and separated
them.
Thus ended this chvalrous affair; which after all
was very much like the fight between Steve Price
and Farrell the actor which was thus described BY
Tom Cooper in the Court room. " There 4
good deal Of brute force used but il nothing Of
fight after all"
90 CHo,cs SEeARsarc found at "a Nassau street
the Regaas-very old Cuzadoras-and heavenly Ia
Delicias. Their aroma is equal to that Of Para
disc.
A SiaHr.-Go TO Wall street today and see the
granite columns, - tons weight. lifted to their
base. They were raised three feet yesterday