Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-02-19


Mrs ODogherty's grand "bal costume ''and fashion
able entertainment to take place on the 9th instant
the whole city has been in commotion. and numer-
Gus have been the enquiries as to the early history
origin, and pedigree Of Mrs. O'Dogberty, of O'Dog-
herty Place, O'Dogherty Avenue.
The ancestors of Mrs. O'Dogherty were undoubt-
cdiy all Moorish princes, in the male line; whence
the present fascinating Misses O'Dogherty derive
their bewitchingy thick lips, unique broad snubby
noses large rolling eyes, and exquisite brown tinge
to their cheeks, arms and neck which by the elite
usually termed "teint la J,un" The young la
dies themselves, state that among the fam
lily chronicles, with which their grandmother used
to light the fire in Ireland there was one parchment
pedigree which traced their descent from the Mo-
r'sco Spaniards, through them to Musa and Tarask,
and through them to the Kings Of Ethiopia, and
through them to the first colourea upon the face
ofthe globe whose names they cannot distinctly
member-most probably Sesostris, King of Egypt,
whose exploits recorded the halls and columns
OF karnac. This once powerful, noble, enlghten-
ed, and chvalrous of Morisco Spaniards, it is
well known, have long ceased to be nation; whilst
in the plentude of their power, their victories from
Gibraltars rock to the Pyrenean cliffs were unpar-
alleled even by the achievements Of the mighty Mos
lens in Egypt and Syria A majority of them dis
RIGA; and the few that remained, emgrated to Ire
land in the 18th century, and settled in county Tip
perary; these were immediate ancestors Of Mrs.
ODogherty Nor should the brown blood, still vi
sble in the veins ofthe O'Doghertys be despised BY
any means; it is evidence Of their noble descent
And indeed had not their Moorish ancestors been
checked on the plains Of Tours, all Europe would
have fallen under their dominion, and brown blood
might have totally usurped the place Of white.
BY the maternal side, Mrs. O'Dogherty is unques-
tionably descended from Zorayda the celebrated
slave of the equally celebrated and somewhat infa-
nous Abul Hassan, who put to death the thirty
brave Abcncerrages in the Court Of Lions, the Al
hambra. Some Of the chronicles and choice vellum
missas in the possession of the present O'Dogher-
tvs attempt TO trace their descent through the anna
BILE Ayxa la Harra, the mother of FL Zogoybi Boab-
del ell Shico but the evidence is in favor of Zoray-
da being their great ancesress; and indeed the bar
sinister in the arms Of the family, which,
like all those mobiles descended from Nell Gwynn,
the Duchess Of Portsmouth, and other mistresses 90
Charles the I'd, they highly prize, is conclusive,
that they arc descended from the celebrated slave
Such is the pedigree Of the O'Doghertys. OF
their ancestral property and real estate cows pigs
and potatoes, left behind in Tipperary we have no
authentic account. We find, however, that unlike
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families, Mr. and Mrs O'Dogherty paid their own
passage over to this country, in the steerage Of
transient ship, from Sligo, sixteen years since
and like the renowned General Jackson, the two
Misses O'Dogherty were born in this country some
two or three years after the arrival Of their
Being naturally Of an industrious turn Of mind
| Mrs. O'Dogherty, on the passage to New York
washed the clothes, and Mr.. O'Dogherty BACKED
the boots, Of the cabin I,apsengrrs. The money
thus accumulated enabled Mr.. O'D. to hire a small
potatoe patch little way out Of town, where he has
raised cabbages, potatoes, pigs, and other vegeta-
bes, ever since, and which he has sold either at a
stand in the market, or hawked about town in a
scientific manner. Mrs. O'Dogherty has continued 10
wash shirts, Sheets table cloths, baby cloths che
misses, chemizettes, pantaloons, pantaettes, and
other fashionable apparel, to this day; which fully
accounts for all her fashionable propenstes and pre-
objections, which she is endeavoring to promulgate
at this particular PERIOD in the shape Of bal cos
tune. Mrs. O'Dogherty, Is we before stated, gave
birth to beautiful daughters within two or three
years Of her arrival in New York. These elegant
young ladies, whose Moorish descent is plainly TO
be traced in their amiable counte nanees have been
brought up to the wash tub by their amable and ac
complished mother; and the wood cut which we
give above is faithful representation Of them at
their daily avocatons, taken by an eminent artist
at time when their mother was engaged in the We.
ry matrony and valuable occupation Of feeding the
pigs, or peelins potatoes for their daily dinner
After having spent the last sixteen years, at the
wash tpb, and saved sufficient to make a splash.
Mrs o'Dosher'y, very properly, intends, with her
own and her husbands surplus revenue, that her
daughters shall give Grand Fancy Ball, the even
ing Of Thursday, the 9th instant and has issued her
cards. accordingly. in the following manner printed
green and yellow paper embc NAUTICAL Of the green
cabbages and yellow soap by which they made their
money:
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