The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-02-21

ssnce Of very legitimate disgust at his upyr,,-fnI
return for past favors. The present nomin.. 6,r
secretary is DanielP Tyler, q LAWYER Of Rroos-
lyme He is not, perhaps, like Yorick, "a f.lle,r
OF infinite humor," but he has some testing abou,
him, and he employed his "quip, end his ou;aa;-
iiss' In stump oratory in behalf of General Har
r"on. He went TO the Baltimore Convention and
GOV ms pocket picked Of some three or four hun
dred doiiars-of the mention of which he made
capital at the Bunker Hill meeting BY shew ing his
Snt pocket and charging the loss to the raseally
,bs nou; me present treasurer resigns, and
~ nouihee Tor ths Office has sustained the duties
~ heretofore He was formerly loco(oco.
snousn nor very rabid one, and was off red the
supp "s e. OF .ae Wig (Which here amounts to
as this would have been rather too hroad . I;sc"
oi apostacy, he laid by little; however eonvic-
ZION ZION o. the rsht side uppermost quality OF Hart
and ths scales of ~ length Possessed him,
his eyes, he is to be the next Treasures '.
while the Convention was being held. IN. lih.r-
~ pole winch surmountea the Union Hall with the
nag hyIpg, suddenly broke, which has AFFORDED
rich topic OF sportto the democratic press Of this
city. " 'n''
AS you know every thing. can you favor veur
patrons mere WIN an account Of the distinctive
costume Oh the different colleges of the United
states The students ESQ called) of the Wash
ington College in this city, are distinguished NV
the length and fantastic arrangement of their cap
locks, and.some who are more than ordinarily am
biticus Of the asinine baccalaureate. couri The
growth OF mustachois, and Gas if in defiance Of
corporal presidential chastisenent) they carry
clabs, with one of which u man Of less strength
than Hercules, might easily Say Nemnan Lion
Homer wrote the llliad; Camoens the Iusi.d
Peter Pindar, the Lousiad; voltalrc, the Henriad:
Pope the Dunciad; why does not some az pirant for
poetic fame invoke the God of Dizziness 10 his aid.
take these young gentlemen for his heroes, and
write the Stultiad!
Oae word about yourself. 1t was buzzed about
(and the buzz excited almost as much interest As
the Esz) that you were to he at the dinner given
here to the latter; and great assure you was the
DISAPPOINTMENT felt at your non appearance; nor
was our chaerin diminished by the unwelcome
sapposition that your absence was caused by those
indictments Tor libel
Why do not some of your New York nantua-
makers originate an Improvement in female dress,
and instead Of the modern frock, bring out 81 me-
thing on the principle Of the gown oar good old
grandmothers wore. Those worthless could dress
themselves, but our women must have some one
to button or hook their frocks behind. Iwitn essed
lauehable scene the other day Entering room
rather unexpectedly, where there were four ladies'
each uttered an involuntary scream, and A-d to 4
corner OF the room, where they stood with their
backs to the wall, motioncss with horror / could
not divine what il meast; but ultimately one Of
then tainted, and the others ell ran to her asss-
lance, when found the cause Of the catastrophe
was that none Of their frecks were but,ened OF
hooked. Yours, faithfully, NEMo.