The New York herald., 1845-08-26
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.



WASHINGTON Saturday night, Aug, D, lSa5.
Something not so Bad-Jsdge Mason and Beau
Hekman-Description and Character Of the Beau
HIS Desire to "Ring in" upon the Msricans-
Another innovation from the North-NeD Om~i-
busses for the Apenme, and a ne,o Steamboat for
the Ricer, tcih Reduction of Fare Husrah =
n neW Fashion-Ant,- Onderdonk Dresses.
The music came off at the Presidents this even
ng in good style. Heap Of fashionable people there
Everybody discussing the decision of the Court to-
day, upon young Elliott-very few dissenting-ma-
ny heartily approving it. Justices Morsel and Cod
dard have certainly taken the safe side, in leaving
the question OF bail or no bail, to the Judge or
Judges ofthe Circuit Court. and the Grand Jury
Judge Mason, genuine republican and scholar
Of the old stock OF the old commonwealth of the Old
Dominion-Judge Mason, we say, somehow or
other, got into palaver with Beau Hickman You
know the Beau. He is a trim, dandy-looking per-
sonage of five feet seven with long hair, and an in
offensive, inexpensive, cadaverous countenance.
He prides himself upon his figure, and ailore in his
palmy days, have been glad to show off their work
upon his back as a gratuity. But the Augustan or
golden era with the Beau is past. The Beau is rum
ming to seed. The sceptre is departing from Judah,
and the Beau is nearly like
Or the usedup man"
Nobody, not even the oldest inhabitants great
grandfather, has ever seen the Beau do a stitch Of
work. He thinks it quite sufficient for all purposes
that he was born among the slashes of Hanover and
that his name Is lnfalby thereby associated in his
tory with those of Patrick Henry and Henry Clay
y But IT the Beau doegno manner of work he also is
singular In another point; ne has never been seen
eating since his arrival in Washington last fall. He
disappears at reasonable hour at night; but no
body can tell where he sleeps. And he is unques-
tonaby possessed ofthe power of wtchcraft or ubi-
quity He has been seen within the same hour at
five different taverns in Washington, and nobody
has been able to tell whence he came, whittier he
went. Some say the Beau is after an Office; while
we know there are some mems places he would fill
with advantage to the Government, or we are mis-
taken IN the classical education of the Beau. Well,
the Beau talking this evening with Judge Ma
son, IN the Presidents grounds. The Judge asked
The Beau promptly replied that he should like
above all things to ring into em, for he was apprised
that there were some bully churches in Mexico;
and ciet Gmis, he would not object to bringing
or SIX of their silver Jesuses." The Judge said he
should have an opportunity to 60 in the event of
declaration Of war; "Very ,well,' said the Beau,
call on your bully friend, and shall ring in upon
the images worse than Sam Houston did into the
yellow skins at the battle Of San Jacinto'
The spirit of progress from the north is creeping
to the has already reached this region.
In the improvements in agriculture and hotel keep
ing, there has been, within year past; perfect
volution The next onslaught is to be made upon
the hackmen, and the elevenpenny bit six-passenger
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Nailor q Co. We have nothing "agin these
'busses They have been of great service plying the
magnificent distances of Washington; but the YAM
KEGS are going to supersede them, and the hackmen,
the greatest nuisance at the depot with which the
travelling community were ever tormented, will
have to back out and turn their horses grass an
article to which their stomachs are unaccustom-
ed hai, put many of them lntoa green clover field
they would stand al! day as If waiting for
customer, without knowing that clover was
altogether different vegetable from paving stones.
Actually, not few OF the hackmen, as wei! as their
horses, look as though they were ted and clothed
with the dust and paving stones of Pennsylvania
Avenue. But new era Is dawning upon us. We
are soon TO have chain of omnibusses in Washing
ton after the fashion of Broadway, and at the Broad
way price, SIX cents per passenger for through or
intermediate ucket. This IS the age OF progress.
This is the enterprise of. the north that is coming
down among us,to the astonishment OF Mailer & Co.
and the negro hackmen
And what's more, the Joe Johnson is to be laid
up IN ordinary. You don't know what is the Joe
Johnson, hey? Why, it's little steamboat Of five
hack.horse power, that plies between Washington
and Alexandria, (seven miles,) at Virginia nlne-
pence, Maryland levy, or York shilling per pas
senger. We have often gone to Alexandria and
back at rate exceeding seven miles an hour in the
Joe Johnson. And considering the exorbitant
charges upon our railroad, the Joe's charges are
not SO bad after all. But the Joe will have to lay
up:
JohnAnderson, my Joe Johnson
When we were first acquaint
You were as snug a craft, Joe,
As painter e'er did paint
But the pesky Yankees think, Joe
To give your trade the slip;
By bringing on inner boat,
And knocking ofa ftp
That's just what they mean to do. We learn that
beautiful steamer from Baltimore, whence the new
omnlbl are also to come, ls forthwith to be brought
up the Potomac, to run between Washington and
Alexandria, at a ftp instead of levy.
We regret to discover that since the conviction
and accommodation OF Bishop Onderdonk, the
ladies' have introduced fashion their dresses that
will exclude Bishops in future from Onderdonklng
1t is the fashion of having the body of the dress cut
so as to button around the throat The miliners call
II the anti-Onderdonk dress. This all comes from
the folly of lecherous old Bishop Lord have mer-
cy upon Bishop Onderdonk. Why, there is somc-
thing gross and greasy in the very name But ii
grows late, and we grow tired.
WASHINGTON, August "a, 1845.
Stirring news from Mexico this evening. Ten
thousand Mexican troops within eight days march
of the Rio Grande General Gaines makes a requi-
sition upon Louisiana for thousand militia Really,
it would be severe joke if the Mexicans were to
drub our fellows on the first onslaught.
A traveller from the White Sulphur Springs, Va,
says that among the distinguished visitors he left
there, were JohniTyler, senior, and his beautiful
Before two years are past they will have railroad
to the White Sulphur and then Saratoga will be
utterly thrown in the shade
BALTIMORE, Aug. 25, ls45.
The War News-7ne Gambling .s6air-sentence Of DR..
Houck-Reform Contention and the Sherif6ify-Dr.
Ondpod, &c.
The from Texas Of the approach of a Mexican
army and the requsition troops the Governor Of
louisiana has caused quite excitement in city
drawing forth the expression of pure national feeling
that highly creditahle the patriotism of citizens