The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-04-28


only difference that the New Workers. look up to
wealth little more fawningly.
This, IN fact, Is our great political arcanum, the
most certain preventive against showers, either OF
wine or cartridges. Probatum est. Yes, they are a
sanguine, pushing people, these New Workers. who
live and let i've, acquire gold by the peck, and
come to himself Even the calculating Yankeeism
of Boston, and the Quakerism OF Philadelphia,
change here, and one would think that whole con-
tnexts lay between the flat, plain, quiet Quaker
soles to their shoes, lest they should disturb the
slumbers of the dear citizens, and their still dearer
wives-and merry, busting, noisy New York;
During the last eight days it has been lively beyond
all measure. Presidential, gubernato1la and mu-
ncipal elections have put the three hundred
thousand souls, OF which the high and low
word ID composed, into such commotion, that it
has been impossible to obtain coat OF inexpres-
sibles, honorable tradesmen being too much 0ccu-
pied with the common welfare.
My shoemaker looked at me the other day, with
so much Importance, that almost supposed that he
also had eye to the twenty-five thousand dol
lars; and certainly the good fellow had gained
something; he had been chosen TO assist In guiding
the rudder OF State at Albany. Even his shame
fully neglected art had to contribute TO increase
the splendor of the political drama, and all the
headquarters OF the victorious and conquered par
Ies, were hung round with immense transparencies,
in which the victor OF New Orleans, with his war
steed, was represented at one time like a Goah-
at another, like Cncinnatus following his plough
Adams-men, on their side, however, did not neg
fashion, representing Old Hickory with daggers
and pistols dlspatching few dozen free citizens to
the next world.
A lively "Hurrah for Jackson - sounding up
Murray street, indicates something new. The
scene is, indeed, unique. Some forty hack drivers
| are marching In procession toward the Park, with
the most extraordinary cavalcade hankIns them
that mortal ever looked upon. Sunburnt, Draw ny
men ride two or three at time upon the same
horse, climbing up and tumbng OIL alternately
Every tall OF the awkward cavalier is accompanied
by loud huzzah from the multitude, that makes
the windows rattle. All possible styles of dress
distinguish these mounted tars-pitch-black hats
caps, jackets, and trowsers One is dressed in a
fashionable trock another IN a "Tom-and-Jerry"
which has Just found Its way from Chatham street
to his back; third shines iii roundabout of fiery
red altogether, the most crazy, varisgaed mass
| that ever was congregated. They are the crew OF
the trlgate Constitution, who have been called in
and paid of this morning. aboring with all their
might to relieve themselves OF the five six hun
bred dollars which each of them has accumulated
| during the three years crulze. stranger observ
ing this merry mass passing along, amid noise,
yelling, and shouting, each with fair damsel by
his side, and bawllng as ii it would burst his lungs,
must form rather queer opinion OF our city po-
| lice But this does no harm These men who GER
tainly had never read julius Caesar or Cornelius Ne
pos but their hearts beat quite as warmly for their
country as If they had been familiar with the he
| roes Of Plularch. Show them British frigate,
and they will treat IT as true reemen will always
treat the pride of dull and servie mere enares
Let the storm burst upon them, and they will stand
| like rocks amid the roar of the tempest, hanging,
perhaps, to the frozen sail, their hands and feet
clingng, benumbed, to the cable and II, amid the
breaking tmbers and the waves rushing in, they
| sink in the bottomless abyss, their last thought
will be OF their c0untry's glory Such men
deserve to enjoy themselves in their own way
They will again become sober, without po-
| llce, gens.darmes, or watch house. Their
rough, unrestrained amusement is not half so
dangerous 10 public morals your refined bon ton.
In three days, third of these four hundred and
fifty men will not have single copper let in SIX,
the second third; and, in ten days, all will be
pretty well Z" cleaned out" Embarked once more
IN their red jackets, on voyages to every part of
the earth, excepting perhaps, few who seek their
| own hresides, or Ind themselves detained by cir
| cumsances.
After Joining few times in these foes, they
grow wiser, get married, and settle down good
family fathers. At first they act a little strangely
and as seamen are apt to do; but their sound sense
gradually teaches them to comprehend their new
| position. These men are characterized by a merry,
free and independent spirit, together with strong
| and daring valor, which anlmsting the whole ma
| ton, has produced excellent fruits, as the world
must have seen during the last war, on the defeat
of our enemy. These men have learned to deal
with New Zealanders, Chinese, Turks, and
Frenchmen, and to look proudly down upon them
all, since they have beaten the mistress of the
The British sailor returns home to his yoke more
stupid than when he went away the American,
ever more enlightened, for serviude, compels the
| mind to retrograde, while liberty urges it forward
| The one knowe that knowledge Is dangerous, or
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Greenwich Hospital; the other knows that he
must acquire 1t, that he may enter honorably and
profitably upon the active life Of free citizen
| And John Bull, IN his stupidity is astonshed
ten of his, and driven him from our seas IN two
principal battles. He, who sends away his poor
sailors with fifteen shilllngs, and, IT they forget
themselves moment, sends them for two or three
months into black hole We have many faults
and are far from being angels-but we have one
| virtue, which covers multitude OF sins VIC re-
spect the dignity of man and the rights OF citizens
aud this has won for us, from the greatest tyrant,
the highest earthly boon man ever sought for
| Liberty, In our country and upon our
| II was six o'clock, when, with Richard en-
| tered the drawln2-room OF my future moher-n-
law. The good lady almost frightened me, in her
new gauze t9rban, which had Just arrived by the
Henry w 1t made her look like one of our Mis-
sssipp owls Richard also was percentlbi. fright
ened, and the good Moleand stared al the won
dcrful head-dress, as II II were the dial OF clock.
Margaret III green silk dress, her hair smoothly
ccmbed down both sides OF her forehead d Ia
Mar areftewe have our own phrase ology of fash
on-looked pale and resigned, like Jephtha's daugh-
ter. slight tremorwas perceptbe IN her elegant
figure, and It was easy TO see that she mourned lam
gushlngy for her absent swain, aud no wonder in
deed. What difference between Moreland, q
man of fifty with red face, who sa, there cold,
| tough and broad and the light, dashing Stanton
who lived on oysters aud rasins, and, at worst, be-
| came intoxicated on one of Bulwer's novels Ihad
brought the q" Tales OF Grandfather" for the de.
licate Margaret.
| "Walter Scour' she exclaimed with gentle,
| melting voice. "Ah this vulgar man has not a
| word to say" she whispered after while.
| "Just watt" replied. "Such affairs, YOU
know, are generally awkward at irst-fear and
| modesty Account for silence
| The grl looked at me. She was quite angry
| "Coid hrartless scofierr' she said
| Yet what could have said otherwise she was
| so rdculousIy sensitive
| Richard had meanwhile commenced conversa
| with Bowsends. The poor fellow, who did not
| know that his host was an Adans-man, and had
lost five thousand dollars in bets and in attempts 10
change the opinions of the sovereign people, had
| informed him that sold Hickory" was about to
| leave the hermitage.
"The bloodthrsty backwoodsman, halfhorse
and half-alhgator," Interrupted Mr. Bowsends
costs you a good deal of money" added More
| land smiling.
"And smokesa pipe, like these vulgar Germans"
remarked Mrs Bowsends