Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-14
correspondence OF the Herald ]

WAsHINGToa CRY, April IL, lS40.
" The ,crRg so,c by the ear"-Ihe proceedings Of
Conggsss-NO Senate---Ihe Hon. Thomas Butler
King-Ar. Sherrod k&iiiams-lkr> Brockaacay,
of Connecticut
A few evenings Since body of"ny respectable
friends and cotemporaries," who, often assemble
at Tammany Hall, and there do things ahout right,
were informed that the Hon. Moses II. Grinnell, in
stead of being in his seat in Congress, had gone
to Albany to consult Gov. Seward, and press him
to,adopt some measure, TO lend TO the hungry OF all
The members OF The party WITH which :" have the
honor to act IN part" As they had made up their
minds that Mr.. Grinnell was id rascal for
attempting any thing of the kind they proceeded to
the Pewter Mug, where they liquored all round.
and
Screwed their courage to the sticking point"
and then went up to College Place, to dc to Mr.
Grinnel those things which ought not 10 be done,
and to leave undone those things that Tught to be
done.
Arrived at Mr.. Grinnelrs house, they proceeded
to make up their ugly mugs, to say nothing about
good many odd noises; and then they proceeded
TO pull up the iron baustrades of the steps, and the
marble steps themselves, that were in front of r.
GrnnelPs residence. They demolished ALL as Lord
Duberly would say, in "less than pigs whispe
or the twnkns of bed-post"
1t was somewhat of hard job to effect all this
but the work was accomplished; and To- when the
work was done, my respectable contemporaries
marched off and when too late, discovered that, in
stead of desroyIng the steps of Mr.. Moses ii. Grin
nell, the wing, they had destroyed those OF his next
door neighbor, Mr.. James Mcbride, as good, and
worthy, and wealthy iocotoco as ever crossed the
Threshold of Tammany Hall.
AN flesh ia grass, all grass is hay,
We are here tomorrow, and gone today"
beg leave to say to all my respectable locofoco
friends Of Tammany Hall that they did not do the
''clean thing for Mr.. Jenny Mcbride and they
ought to be ashamed of themselves and let me add,
for their information, that Mr.. Grinne so far from
and ballustrade Of Mr.. Jenny Mcbride, was at the
capitol doing his duty, and endeavoring to do some
thing for your good psople-whigs and llocofocos
alike. And let me whisper in the ears OF my loco
III. Grinneli is no arstocrat-that he is one of the
people, and, whenever he is candidate for the
Mayoralty Of New York, will receive their unlmi
ted suffrage.
The House has been in session all day, in Com.
mittee Of the Whole, on the Civil and Diplomatic
Appropriation Bill. Mr.. Giddngs, Of Ohio, Wing,
has made long speech about reform and retrench-
ment-about which, am not disposed to say much.
The Hon. Thomas Butler King Of Georgia, a gen.
tleman of distinguished worth, of talents, and
who is honored and beloved by all who know him, is
i am sorry to say, on the sick list. He may, how
ever be out in a few days. Mr.. Sherrod Williams,
Of Kentucky is very ill., so much so, as to be
fined 20 his bed. He is, unfortunate gentleman, most
sadly and sorely afflicted with the in1ammatory
rheumatism. His limbs are so contracted that he
cannot walk. / sorry TO say that he is very
much depressed in spirits. Ii is believed, how
ever that he will rapidly recover as the warm
Their approaches.
The wings Of Connecticut full Of rejocngs on
the issue Of the elections in that state They go il
very philosophically on hard cider. The Hon. Mr..
BrocKaway, one Of the most estimable men in the
world, and a man OF very happy talent, goes mo-
thing but " hard cider" He is tce-totaer, in the
fullest Of the word. BY the way, Connecticut
sends to Congress a delegation Of unsurpas sed
worth and talent composed of decidedly the best
looking in the United States. But, after ALL I
can't go their hard cider.
The Senate has not been in session.
Yours, &c.