Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-31

the very verge Of iretre vable ruin. Nothing
them but general bankrupt law. Thecouniry cannot
go on any longer without some general system Of this
nature Pass it, and you restore commerce, restore
manufactures restore agriculture, restore morality,
restore religion and restore to society the healthy
tone it has long lost and without which all must
shortly perish.
FAsHIeHABLH INrELLIGENcE.-SPLENpID Sor-
RE TONIGHT The movements of the fashionable
world are now splendid and superb. During the last
lew days, about $50 invitations Of the following kind
nave been Issued among the members Of the elite
90 o. c c 9 y" 90
| MASTER Miss CHEEsMAS requests the plea o
| sure ci Mr.. so'and sos company, Friday
O evsnng the 3st instant.
JANUARY % leI0.
47a BRoApwAy.
| oee : c : o 800
This Is engraved, very beautifully, gold-edged
paper, and sealed with cream colored virgin wax on
which is the letter c, quite plain Doctor Chees-
man. who gives the party for his accomplished
daughter and his young son, is OF the most dis
tingnished physicians Of New York. He is
tive of this city, and descended from Quaker
family that originally emigraed from England
HIS father, old MIR. Cheesman, was ship builder,
and constructed the President frisate. Tire late
| Henry Eckford, when he first to this CITY, be-
came the foreman Of his ship yard. Old Dir. Chees-
man, without button his coat, and in broad
hrim, used to be well known on the east side of the
cry, among the ship yards and Whereabouts. He gave
| ms son, the present surgeon, fine medical educa
ton, ON which he has raised a durable reputation in
the practice, besides large fortune. A couple Of
years ago, nc removed into his present house, 413,
broadway, which is OF the neatest granite man
| slons IN New York. Every season DR.. Chee sman,
who is rerued to be worth $500 Co., gives his family
large party, to which invited the large circle of
his friends and some of his patlents-not the d, ad,
Tor that might be unpleasant but the living and re-
covered. His daughter is young and splendid
woman OF great intellect and accom- Dli shmen,s-
capable and ambitious of bein he centre of one OF
the most fashionable circles in New York as Madarae
Recamier once was in Paris
Last year, number Of the parUeaus attended this
soiree without invitation They tad better take
how they repeat the thing this year. One of nu-
merous Aries has received an nv alton, aud will be
present; and the name Of every parrenu who goes
without invitation, or behaves improperly, will be
reported at length in our description of the gala.
e3- The Anti Slavery meeting ia Elizabeth stree,
church last night was failure Mr. Dooliule the
president, wasrishtly named; fer there could not be
less done any how
HIGH PRIcEs OF PRovIsfoNs.-Meat shops are in
creasng all over the city. Scarcely day passes
that one or or two do not spring up. Beef mutton
pork, and almost every kind of provision can be pur.
chased In these shops at large per cent less than at
the regular and whaare called lawful places. These
shops arc Kept open with some little danger TO the
occupants thereof for they liable 10 be heavily
lined when detected Bat, notwithstanding, thew
are enabled To uaderscll the regular butchers in
meats Of every kind Such being the fact, the peo-
A., ,h~a.- r
them It's certainly against act Of the corpora
ton passedm many years ago--at time when the BUSH
ness was about As much understood as was manv
other things IN those days. But We tell the shop
butchers to go ahead. They have the people with
tnem, and by proper organization the law can and
viii be repealed cntirely and the trade made free IL
rs most outrageous for any set of men like the Com.
mon Council, to grind down the poor, and make
them pay every isrhng they for the occasional
Enjoyment OF piece Of meat Ii is either self in
terest or ignorance and perhaps both that has nre
vested the abolition OF the monopoly a long time
ago But the shameful negligence and want Of ac
ZION ON the part oi the Corporation, will wsrk IL,
own cure There lisa deep and determined fesi;nc
on tue SUBJECT, with the people, which will speak
at the next Spring election in tones not 10 be mis-
understood. Aparty is organizing for thi. pur
pose. and the question, in April, will be- mono.
poly or free trade in meat" We 20 for free trade
MsRE LrcTUREs.-A Mr.. Raymond made an at
tempt to lecture on political economy before do
zen people last night, THE rooms Of the America,
Institute. II would be well for Mr.. RAYMOND 10
Hocure more information the subject Of bsnkip, |
currency and trade, before he attempts to turn pub
lac lecturer on these subjects lie stated that Tho
excess Of imports for the last three year, was three
hundred millions. Is il not time that these Ch,rl, |
tan lecturers were put down.
The wEArHrR.-For two DAYS we bav. hal \
very mild weather-warm, rainy, and foygy. Yes /
terdsy the atmosphere was thick that Won could |
scarcely cut IL with knife, and early in the morn
ing there were many collisions in the streets |
for the people could not see, although they
could feel each other. There must have been some
difficulty overhead Either the air would not rarif,
or could not.
p. 8. Las, night at eleven o'clock, the wind fresh
cned, and by twelve il blew IRENE ndously. The fog
cleared away, and the weather became some what
colder. The officially above was probably settled.
srNsULsR Two boys, with claws for fingers, both
natives Of Ohio are exhibiting at 23l Broadway.
Beat this. Europe, if you can.
HrsroRY Col Augustus Aston, who recently fell
in duel near Tallahassee, (Fa.) was nephew Of
Aaron Barr.
sIesoE RUizl-Is il not a monstrouS thing that