The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-04-18

fails to do so, if the sitter is good looking man.
or pretty woman; lie delights in perfection, for
in copying II he makes himself more perfect"
Nv no is that he has just joined p
:" Ills wife. That couple behind is King the
painter, and the beautiful brunette with him is
Miss Lamb. wonder if she knows the kind of
man she is walking with ~
onder come the Vice-Presdent and his lady.
lie is fine looking man, and his lady is most
superior woman"
g Is Seward here tonight -
Certainly not. But there is lovely pup-that
man with pulled red cheeks, who looks as though
he was blowing against the wind"
is he?''
Yes, he has, and, what's more he knows how
to take care of it. Ii is the Honorable Truman
Smth-a Senator in Congress, and one OF Zachary
Taylor's especial favorites Truman is pious, and
used to sing psalms IN the Presbyterian church, be-
don't know what he does now, but, as general
rule, psalm singing, piety and politics don't jibe
well together. There is another Senator"
:" Where abouts 7"
"Oh, there is two of them together, one is Lee
Wy, or Yulee, as he has Christianized his name, of
Florida, and the other one, with short neck and
turned over shirt collar, is Mr. Green, of Rhode
Island. Don't he think himself some pumpkins 7
That short gentleman conversing with friend is
also Senator, and the husband Of Mrs. John Bell
That's her walking with Morse of louisiana"
She is the most dignifed-ooking woman in the
room; don't think she'd make bad-looking Sen
ator herself. Who is that young man, walking
with sweet girl, now passing us y
81 He is young man that don't often walk with
anything else but a pretty girl He is namesake
of your own, son of General Walter Jones, one
of the most respectable permanent residents of this
village. do not know the name of the young
lady. BY the way, Jones, do you notice that young
young lady with the moustaches -
g Young lady with what o.
"No, no-hang it, man that young lady who
is promenading with young gentleman that is or
namented with moustache. Now, do you under
stand %
Yes, what of herr 1t is Miss Doty."
"No, it's not its"
You told me so last reception night"
We'll, if | did, told you wrong. It's Miss
from Mississippi. Her father made sound South
em speech in the House, on the 4th of March, the
day MIR. Calhoun made his great speech on the
same subject in the Senate NOTICE that gentle
man walking with two ladies. That is Captain
Hunter, who took Alvarado in the Mexican war.
He is a glorious fellow, that the mediocrites are
attempting TO pull him down, but it can't be did, by
any Perrian pens"
"There are lots of lions here tonight"
"Of course. Some of them SMALL though grow
''There is a very pretty lido you know her ~
"a Miss Wilson, and hanging on the arm of her
father, who is clerk in one of the departments.
That young lady in the pink is Miss Jarvis,
daughter of Russell Jarvis, who is just behind you.
Halo! there is Charley Stetson, of the Astor
House, New York. What is he AFTER | wonder
That good looking young man he is talking with,
is his friend, Joseph, recently from California"
''Are there any more Cafornans here %
''Any quantity. Californians are getting very
common now"
"Who is that queer-looking young man. with
such a saint-like looking expression of counte
nance 2"
and moustache -
eyes"
"You've hit it exactly Saint is the word.
Some chaps have stuffed him up to the belief that
he LOOKS llpp So md ho ic lou
"There is an immense number of young men
here, with mousaches-are they coming the same
dodger'
"Oh, no ; their brains merely shoot out in that
direction. They are either great travellers who
have spent their time in Europe, where it is the
custom for officers Of the army and navy TO wear
them; or they are attached to the foreign legations.
The foreign legation business will do. Count them
as that The fact is, our officers have right TO
wear them I; but they are getting so Internally COM
mon, that CTawford-who wants something TO do
that he can stand on-should issue orders from the
War department to abolish the custom"
"There are an enormous quantity Of strange
faces here tonight. Where do they come from 7"
From everywhere. They are the transient
boarders of our Washington tavern. There Amt so
many white kids here tonight, usual. Where
are your own y
"Mne they've got soiled, and don't do as
many do-come here in dirty Kids. New whites
every reception night are outrageously expensive.
can't stand dollar for every 60"
Why don't you do as all the knowing ones
here do1 There is place down the old
theatre where you can get 'em cleaned for bit,
and then they will be az white new ones"
"Im your man. Where's the place. I'll go
there Tomorrow.
" Ross & Smith, young and talented African bar
bers close by the old theatre, in Maher square,"
"Well, it's getting on to ten. What do you say
TO making move l'
=" Hold on a bit. There is any quantity of letter
writers here tonight. DO You know what old
Benton says about themi lie says he don't keep
any w about him in the shape Of letter-writers."
"Old Bullion is down on them, amt he T.
"Rayther so. But that's game that two can
play at and my own opinion is, that in the end,
the old humbug of Missouri would get the worst Of
il. There are many men Of superior ability to him,
with all his pomposity-gentlemen by BIRTH man
ners, and education, who earn an honest and re-
spectacle living by their brains, and whose con-
sciences have never been scared by committing an
unpunished robbery or murder and who can write
old Benton out Of his boots, IL they ever think the
game worth their powder and shot"
" Come, let us be of, and go down TO the Irving
and get our supper grub"
Agreed, with all my heart. Good night, Mr..
President" RABELAfs.