Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-02-28

! q A little 2ker 10 o'clo&k~ the doc twas cpened ~
sts the 2oom with hiJ bat 5sSnd Em, bis ISL
manner Of entering room unperceived and alone.
| He stood for few minutes and looked around some
what asfonishef[t don't KNOW At what, nau he SEEM
| The quick et of the hts Italian mast .r of ccre-
monies then caught the figure 81 his majesty, and he
ratfr - nusie
play marchei The PTesidenty the Pr sidentr-thcl
word went throusk thes ROOM ana the select com.
mittee Of ONE Mr. Smith of Name hastesed to-
escort ~ Pre:ideuf9 the USisd statsstS has po-
siton a the othensn of thu 4aasa ssitse al 80 by
volunteer escort the Adjutant General of the AMY
in full uniform The President hayiag shaken hand
with half dozen of his friends present looised
around and remarked "the company are late coming
Mr.. SMITH" "Why yes" replied NJ Smith, strok-
ing his chin, I" but there area good many here and
more TO come by and by" In few minutes Mr.
Kendall joined the royal circle; and we left those
prec incts and took out little girl to dane O.. The
floor was chalked with birds and hero lyphics
and making effort at the pigeon wing as saw the
others doing, drew all eyes TO our dancing, and
thought was once more at ParkerS.
My pretty little partner, with long curls down
| her neck, who danced so elegantly, introduced
me to her cousin, tall and graceful blonde young
lady from the navy yard who was so kind as TO tell
me the names Of all the bellies. There was the
dasbing Miss from the the west, tall and COM
handing, with green silk dress, and artificial flow
ers IN her hair, which almost looked natural. She
attracted much attention by her fine WA ,.ng, MAX
ing curtesy at each turn. The sylph-like Miss
I-,with pink spencer, dAncing with member
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and danced oftener than any in the room.
got tired of dancing, (my first attempt this
winter,) and went with Col. B, of Va, Gen
D, and several other members, into side room,
and refreshed with both whiskey punch and cold
apple today.
During this time had lost sig ht of the President
who ganto get very tired, and Whispering to Gen
Hunter, the Marshal the hint was given to Carusi
to have supper H...n a..
We went to supper, the music playing the Van
Buren, March-Carusi in freht-then the President
| nd ascf.sf fhapM Eondn rh1y esf Of he ahi
net were absent. -7s~a.-i:.e s'ftu
saw ray friend Bodisco; he remained but a few
minutes--conpliment the resident his first APP
pcarance in company " dis rintSy'i-made the CIRCLE
Of the pretty girls-bowed to fhe picture of Wash
ington, and off, he said, to s'anodder party"
The supper room was well arranged, and had a
handsome appearance7the pillars and supporters OF
the room were circied with ivy and green, and the
chandeliers over the tables were decked with flow
ers. The preparations were abundant and good, the
manages ms no So1e. expecting large S pa ~
tire table, MIR. Kendall on his left and the member
from Maine, took station behind hiS excellency s
chair, and was very attentive. .@9 o. '.
There was room for the whole company to be
seated. . --- + s-,5,ssa : .-.. - .tlbts.. /
IS Directly behind the Presidents seat full
length pictare of General Washington, standing by
hi. faithful charger, and painted the label said, by
George w p. Custis, self taught artist, who be-
'came suddenly inspired with devotion 20 the fine
carts some 10 years since, &c, &C. ~ .,-...
The President after tasting little chicken salad
and slipping glass Of champagne said to Kendall,
in an under tome Where's Forsyth this EVENING"
81 don't know; believe he has party al home, re-
piled his friend. :" where's Poinsett, w oodbury,
Paulding and the rest Of emf" Don't know"
''Where's Blairf4 4" Don't know 90 fthinic we'd
better be going Soon and in little while the Pre-
sident retired from the supper table; one else
retired, however and the table from being very Hat
and dull, began to get quite lively. ~ru
Theball altogether was quite a failure, for as IT
was congressional affair, given by the Presidents
friends, great deal had been anticipated; most of
! the members of Congress who came were wings,
and the President had scarcely body guard. Smith
of Maine, asvery witty on the occasion being ask
ed why the President left alone at such time,
| he replied, "a sure he had large body Of the
administration party, him all the evening.
The fashion were most Of them absent. There
anotne party given at the house Of an eminent
whig in the city, and thither all preferred going.
shall be a great dancer soon, and think Of taking
waltziny lessons. .-'-.t. 90 t O. -1.. ..p-th
The Sec rotary Of the Navy MIR. PauIding has issued
several hundred invitations for THURSDAY evening
Correspondence Of the HERALD
I.i .f- '.it SO s4 Albany, Feb. 25 .
Ths House have today had the New York and
Erie Rail Road rragned at the bar The prevail
ing opinion seems TO be, that there has been fraud,
and corruption, and rascality enough IN the manage
ment Of the concerns Of this company place il
the same bad eminence with the worst Of the swind-
ling corporations of Pennsylvania. II appears, so
far il is possible TO get at the facts, from the
fused and obscure reports from the company, that
about 500 900 has been expended, which is entire
" usac counted for. The laws have been violated
IN variety of ways, and altogether the company
has conducted its affairs, that If the facts could
be fairly presented, yirtuous, con sstan and indie
pendant Legislature, would crush the srottea
Germ, at once. / may be mistaken but such is my
! opinion. -!
bill to pay off the troops for their immense ser
vices and sacrifices, in the bloody Hederbuyg war,
was introduced by Mr.. Lasak, the Representative
from Rotterdam, has been under discussion in the
House. Mr. Roosevelt made a, speech, ridiculing
the Governor, the soldiers, and the war itself, and
Mr.. Wheston made a speech, lridiculng Mr.. Rose
welt. and then the House adjourned ~ g5e,Sf.,
l. Ia The Senate nine small speeches, and four large
motions were made, on David Frcst's bili and then
the Court Of Errors was opened Young Mr. Kent,
made an argument In favor OF the constitutonality
of the General Banking Law, which "a very highly
spoken Of. He is worthy scion Of noble stock.
The Governor is in a state or befwe.nily, respect
ing the New York appointments. II is said that he
has promised every Office in the city, to kalf do
zen different applicants, and in many instances, he
has selected those whom nobody but himself ever
heard OF, lie has nominated DR.. .McNeyep. after
| ALL Perhaps IL tciH be confirmed VIZ 2hall sec.
The Office was promised TO Dr. thilds, and it is pos
sible he may get IL yet. II MrcTalmadge mosss a
non concurrence in the nomination of Dr. Meme ven,
tho Governor will find IL difficult to fulfil his pro-
mise to Pope Power. .. ...r,.. q. u,
! There were some ,alf dozen prgent applications
for the Office Of Surrogate, for Albany, and the Co
turn all -. AZ.