Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-01
Small Potatoes--British and American
Growth.

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press of Wall street, has been felt, not only in the
gradual change of public opinion and in the bust
ness operations Of those papers TO most alarming
extent; but has recently displayed itself by Produ
cling some very laughable events in what is called
social life.
The Wall street papers and the Vail street
cligues have heretofore regulated every movement
in fashionable financial social, and political life;
and in consequence of the of the ''Herald,"
they see with establishment and terror, that their
regime is coming to an end In the endeavor TO pre-
vent this inevitable result, they have for the last
three or been continually crying out against
the morality, the profanity, and the responsibility of
the oHerald - and those connected with it, Finding
that their Senseless Trades produced effect upon
the inass of thinking and intelligent individuals
their contemplate and puerle opposition has dis
played itself in and truly laughable mode.
1t has heretofore been the custom with the own
ers consignees, aud captains of cur splendid steam
and packet ships, of the various lines that be-
tween this port and Europe, to invite all the self
constituted leaders of finance and fashion in Wall
street, the gourmands, who alike take share in
good wine, good toast, good humbug, or charla
tanism amy kind, and amongst the rest all the ed
tors ofthe city, matter OF course But il seems
that the Wall street papers, and their leaders, con-
scious of being able either to impede the growth
and progress ofthe IIerala, or to compete with it
any way, arc venting their spleen in much smaller
and meaner way than ever could have thought it
possible for them to have stopped to-
1t appears that last Friday sort of fete given
on board the British Queen at the expense of the
owners, nominally by the consignees, Wadsworth &
Smith, and Capt. Roberts When the question came
up of pursuing the usual of vtations there
great deal of intriguing backwards and for
. Al :
Wall street small potatoe clique, to who should
and who should not be invited to this little affair,
small and trivial enough in its way, but for the sake
ofappearances and to produce a certain effect the
other side of the water, gnified with the of
! fele. There is no doubt that Webb and
Phil Hone the selfconstituted leaders of finance,
olly fashion and politics in this city) heard of the
intended blow out on board of the British Queen,
they held caucus with the consignees, and repre-
scented to them that, in order to make it recherche,
select, genteel, and fashionable of the vulgar
persons connected with the New York cash press
must, any account, be invited The result that
the consignees and Capt Roberts weak and silly
enough to lend themselves to this paTrenu proceed
ing, and in excluding carefully the members of the
press excepting Webb, who cnt there, as he sta
ted, not reporter for his paper, but private
gentleman, but very private that body
heard of il before not even Duff Green, who made
him once scamper up the Capitol;) they collected
together all the oaers, and rowdes and parvenues of
Wall street, with Phil Hone, Jem Hale, and James
Watson Webb at their head regulators Of chastity
honesty fashion finance and fighting. In fact il was
preposterous TO suppose that men who had actually
pcrsonated Cardinal Wosey at fancy ball. taken no
less than eleven lessons in pugsm off uer, in order
to fog Duff Green and regulated penny post office
aud two penny news room, could condescend to
dance cotillions the tune of Stoney Batter on
the larry quarter of a steamboat with any Of the
members Of the New York press.
The dejeuaer a Ia fowchette, however, was given,
and the members Of the press carefully excluded,
under the judicous management Of that moral trio
juncta ia uHo, Phil Hone, Jem Hale, and James
Watson Webb. The company numbered about 80
60 Of the most nondescript characters in the city
A table spread in the cabin, which was
placed few oranges, apples, almonds, rasins, pea
nuts, plum cake, plain pound cake, dough nuts, and
several other delieacies, including of plenty
/ of wine, Jarsay champagne, and forth. The
feast rather got up Tor show than substance;
but the deficiency in eating made up by all par
ties in drinking, and many got most deliciously
| cited before they emerged from the cabin TO dance
on the quarter deck. On the latter place curious
| scene TRANSFERRED; two three very tolerable i'd
dies, brass trumpet claronet and triangle, gave
forth such delicious music to draw forth all the
dock loafcrs, negroes, and badgers of all kinds from
their holes and corners TO look on and laugh more
heartily than dccorously The sol disant Cardinal
Wolsey, and the 1ogger Of Duff Green, no way dis
mayed by the coarse jeers, jests and shouts Of the
vulgar crowd marshalled the ladies in dancing ar
ray, and as well as they could with their unwieldy
! carcasses danced up and down the quarter deck to
the fashionable tune of "The Roast Beef of Old
England" After dancing and caperng there till
they tired, they all took another glass of cham
| paigne, and went home
Such was the fete, literally and truly, as we tell
IT, for the correct infor nation Of thousands Of
readers in England and elsewhere who may other
wise be deceived by partial and specially prepared
accounts TO order by those interested and such was
the manner in which it was gst mp and managed 1t
wa, small potatoe affair to say the most of il, and
as such will be appropriately appreciated. In the
old sailing packet ship arrangements, no such small
business exists and none such should find their way
into the steam ship companies, satisfied as We are
that they would not be sanctioned by the owners Of
those splendid vessels
Mcssrs. Wadsworth & Smith are very clever men
in their way, bat they must little more Of
the virtue Of frmness and responsibility in future,
and they apparently have much TO learn before they
correctly conduct the business OF catering fer
a liberal public a liberal scale They must learn
that all street not the world ard that the eli,,