The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1843-11-06


for old clo', jewelry, and other goods, circumvent
the Five Points, where the patient Israelites
for ever awaiting at their doors in their duty OF
benevolence, stand around the sacred quarter
like Gordon of guardian angels. But without
uespassing upon this ante-chamber Of pandemo-
MUM, where swine, drunken men and women OF
every color, luxuriate in the fermenting filth Of
the cutters all the day long, shall proceed,
with your indulgence, to a few of the character
istic incidents Of Life in Gotham, en- PEASANT.
In reference TO the foregoing observations, /" ON
mia bona bonis, including the evils half described
For further explanation, refer to Horace Greeley.
You may rely upon his certificate.
"a BIS and a blanca brown and white
where shall begin The arrival Of Gen. Ber-
trand last Saturday, the military procession in
honor of the brave old veteran on Monday, his
visit to the u S. ships in the harbor and to the
Notifications in the vicinity and the salutes fired,
and the public dinner at the Aston, given him by
the French citizens on Tuesday, and his visit on
the same evening to the Bowery theatre to wit
ness the grand dramatic spectacle of Napoleon,
is, Of course, old news, or some description might
be attempted. Three sons of Mr.. Van Buren,,
and the promising poet laureate of the White
House, it is said, were with the General In his
visit to the ships.
On Monday evening, when the spectacle Of
Napoleon was first performed, there was lu-
the performance, the patrons Of the pit COM
menced hurting, by dozens, the newsboys on TO
the stage, and when score or two were inter-
mingled with the actors, profusion of pennies
was showered among them, and the competition
for the centimes was spirited in the extreme.
Meantime, the Mountain party were not idle.
Procuring supply of cabbages and esculent
roots, they showered them down upon the stage
with most liberal hand The whole scene
cd RI tho MOS
tons, in view Of the unrestricted freedom of our
republican institutions. Woe la Republigue
On the same evening at the Park, Mr.. Forrest
appeared in the character of Richelieu, and in
defence Of his own character. Mike Walsh
4 through his G Subterranean," charged upon For
rest the basest mgratitude toward the widow
Leggett, whose husband had been. the means of
the great actors elevation. The article was
| copied into the Herald and as it was generally
4 known that Forrest is very rich and Mrs. Leg
gett very poor, the inference was an apprehen-
sion that Walsh might have stumbled upon the
/ truth. The house was thin--the first act passed
off in dead silence. Ominous. Forrest came
upon the stage, and denied Walsh's arraign-
ment, reading letter from Mrs. Leggett in
proof. Satisfactory. The play went cheerily
off. Willis was present, and applauded the
actor most heartily. Apropos Of Willis: it is
rumored that he is about to enter the political
arena, as the editor of a new political paper to
be started in Gotham. have never been able
TO make out the politics of Willis. From his
dress, one would guess him to be a Conservo-
nue; from the sixteenth page of the New Mir
ror, e-woud infer that he was an arrant ruffle-
shirted blue-light Federalist; from his manners
in the street, that he was full-blooded Demo-
crat from his being established at the Aston,
| that he was at least an Otfce-holder under the
Administration for $4,000 year, and of course
a transparent Tylerian Jefersonian Republican,
| On the Same evening, as aforesaid, the Rev.
Mr.. Mafft, who has excited another revival in
the Methodist Church, was battling trumphantly
against the arch enemy at the chapel corner of
Catharne and Madison streets, recently pur-
chased Of the Millerites. He appears as young
and enthusiastic as he did ten years ago, when
| encountered him in the w est. AS he lives more
extensively than the Apostles and travels hun
bred leagues while they would be occupied in
enumerating the mile stones of a Sabbath-day's
Tourney, he has recourse, to meet his extra
expenditures, to lectures, series of which
he is now delivering, alternately with his minis
terial labors. Success to his labors, say for 7
believe that they have resulted in a large bal
ance of good credited to his account per coat,o.
4 Colonel Johnson is in town, at the Howard
House. What course our city fathers are going
to pursue in his reception they have not inform.
ed me; but arrangements will probably be
adopted tonight in honor of the Colonel's ar
rival probably not. Though the friends of Mr..
Van Buren, are here all-powerful in the party, I
go for fair play and no gouging," as they saw
in Kentucky.
i lem. Tammany Hall, which has been con-
verified from very plebeianish, antiquated,
Knickerbockerish, broad-sterned old house. into
a stylish and commodious hotel Of FIVE stories.
was yesterday thrown open by the landlord to
his friends, and a general invitation extended
for an infracton Of the temperance pledge. Num-
bers obeyed the call, and among them some mis-
cradle creatures, who had become sober from
excessive poverty. / concur with Hamlet in
this matter, that it is :" a custom more honored
in the breach than the observance" and would
appeal to friend S. Of your city to second the
resolution. A VIRGINIAN.
The Rule of Three.-The locos kindly allow
Mr. Clay SIR States, and allowed General Harri-
son four. If with locofoco allowance of four,
General Harrison carried nineteen States out of
twenty six, how many will Mr.. Clay carry when