The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-04
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 1876.

Items of the afternoon.
Lieutenant Ruggles, of the army, who did good
service in the battles on the Rio Grande, of the 9th
and 9th of May, and who has been up in this re-
gion on the recruiting service, leaves in the morn
ing for the seat of war, and says he hopes to get
to Monterey before all the fighting is over
Lieutenant Todd, late ofthe Texan Navy, who
was recently engaged in the transportation SER
vice in the Gulf cling one of the officers of the
government, in charge of the store-ship New
York at the time she was wrecked, arrived in the
city to-day, and will await further orders.
The Winnebago delegation, in all their fantas'
tic trappings and paint, gave an entertainment
this evening at Apollo Hall, to Colonel Medll, the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and number Of
invited guests With the aid of gipgling
buttons, small bells, and gourds, in each of
which was a handful of beans, and with
the indispensable bass drum, made Dom q
nail keg, in addition to a continued chorus not I'M
like that Of the Mllerites at of their ascension
revivals, they kept up most deaiening clamor to
their various barbaric dances. There was dance
to low monotonous chorus, representing "a
brave" out upon the war path, COUGHING to tho
ground, creeping along upon his abdomen-look-
ing round-cllmbing tree, sprnging down, seiz-
ing and throwing his enemy TO the earth, aud
scalping him, when he sets up yell, in which the
whole party unite with the most Internal uproar.
After several other war dances, they gave one
which wore the aspect of peace. A brave came
out and danced a solo, increasing in the rapidly
of his motions, till completely exhausted. when
the whole party set up shout, followed by q wild
triumphant chorus, half the party joining in the
promenade. The brave then laid down his arms,
and another came out, and SO on for half an hour.
The gutteral music to this branch of the perfor-
mances, sounded very much in the beginning
like the smothered " chuffing' of heavy steam
engine in the basement, increasing after the style
Of the railroad chorus of the Ethiopian MINISTRIES,
to the utmost rapidly, at which point the solitary
dancer stopped with ayel, which was answered
by yell from his fellows, and immediately fol-
lowed by the most savagely vociferous yelling and
dancing by the whole company. These fine spe-
cimens the natives would have a run equal 70
the Swiss Bell Ringers, if they would undertake
the United States and West India circuit in the
way of trade.
A large wedding party, the bridegroom, Mon
sieur Pouquette, Of New Orleans, and the bride
Miss Moncure, of Richmond, Virginia, passed
through the city this afternoon ON the honey
moon excursion northward. Both parties are said
to be almost as rich as Santa Anna. We wish them
all the luck in the calendar. We had, also, Viz
gna matrimonial visitation at the United States
Hotel, this evening, where loving couple from
the faithful old commonwealth, were, under the
ministerial auspices OF the Rev. Mr. Sprole,
the Presidents spiritual adviser, pronounced
a unit indivisible, and indissolubly the same
individual, sort of transformation which
to appears most incomprehensible. The
parties interested, however, understood it from
the beginning, and bore the infection of the
sentence of the law with the resignation OF tho
courageous, when they see that there is no hope
of escape. We feel for the poor husband, not
withstanding he has an admirable bride; but
then, if what the deceased Caudle says, is true,
or the half Of it, she will see sights" before he
finishes the penalty of his folly.
Ten O'Clock p M.-We have had a most beau
tiful thunder shower, exunguisiiiDg half foot of
dust, and flooding the streets with water, follow
ed by soft aud delightful moonshine. 1t has
been long and scorching summer in this lat-
tude. The DocToR.