The New York herald., 1850-04-06

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rn-a3sRx IS 81 Less. Ssc that tomorrow Is Good
Friday. We ASvr an official notiee that the recep-
tsaa sz yssSay svralns. a, ,se Presidents, viii be
dssy<EscS with. THIS ls particularly annoying TO
4 large ccEeosrse OF strangers and citizens, who
have mace Ihelr prepsraIions TO go up 10 the
White House tomorrow evening. Your cores
Pos6ent "Rahelais" has managed 10 throw an
Interest about Ihesr receptions which they never
pcsssssed before, ano thy are now quite 1.-THE
thing" Prople lind out that there Is more fun 10
be had st the White House, and Tor less money,
than at any other public entertainment save Tie
Senate chamber. The advantage IL altogether In
favor OF the White tiousr, Tor II IS utterly impos-
slble, as general ruiz, To get bil cf iare before
hand OF what - to oe dished up In the Senate.
You must go and take your chances, winch Is ex-
ceedingly inconveni,n Mt TO good people, who have
something 10 do.
Sun Draper is still lowering about, or was four
days ago. He annoyed that the Herald should
have placed him ofhee-holder. Sim says II 8
no such ihing-,har he Is gong to California, not
with commission ot General Taylor but merely
as flyer, to see what's out there.
Last night, Carusls Saloon was open for the
Shakspearcan readings 10y Miss Kimberly. The
performance was, As You Like l." There was
an out and outer snow Storm going on at the time,
and when we arrived. We found that II had had
one good effect Of the storm. The Goths were
not there. The audience assembled was exceed
ingly refined, and hIgh5 critical. The room was
well lighted, hut terribly cold and the far reader
must have suffered some. did the audience.
AT about quarter past eight, Sambo placed a
couple Of susssvr zones, buund with red morocco,
gilt edges and gold clasps, upon 2-by-4 table,
placed upon a stage SIX candles were placed
upon the SAID table; and shortly after, the fair
haEa fhar
She Is rather pretty has highly intellectual look,
and is probably % or 2S years OF age. The cele-
brated George Roberts. of Boston, travels with
her, and II s said, hTst discovered her powers, and
developed them with great success. She certainly
has them and she read "As You Like IL" in a
style that the discriminating audience liked very
much, and they tesiftd 10 the same by repeated
stampIngs, which served the double purpose of
encouraging the fair reader aud warming their own
frozen toes
There were few ladies' present; but we recog-
missed the really beautiful Mrs Ashley, upon whose
classic features age does not seem TO make the
slightest kind OF impression. Mrs. Reed, an
other lady of classic mould, the wife of the Deputy
Attorney General, WAS there The Senate was
represented by the Hon Nh Mason, of Virginia,
and General Shields. of Illinois The latter was
accompanied by the beauuinl Miss Davis, who,
report says, is the GeDerol's ielr flnce.
The House of Representatives had one delegate
IN the room, and long one he was and Is, VIZ:
John Wentworth.
General Literature represented by John
Howard Payne aud MAJOR Grandln, from the Ir
Nlre House.
The Press had its most distinguished hons on
the spot, called together BY the fact that brother
Of the order Interested IN the arrangements.
There was Col Fornry. OF the Philadelphia Penn
syiuaa,aa; VIM. T. Robinson, and Mr. Powell, OF
the New York PIrss; also Dir Wallis, of the New
York Herald, and Mr. Wallack, of the Neto York
Globe.
California was represent, d by the mayor of that
extraordlnary country formerly OF New York,
and the handsomest aud wlftItst man In the room,
except Senator Wtsicott oi Florida. who actually
seemed to enjoy the fun amazingly. Mr.. Secor, OF
your CITY, who rs d yisit here, was rot present.
as well many more IL our nOtables.
At ten pTecisel the party broke up, very much
pleased with Miss Kimberley, themselves, and
everybody else. Couldn't You spare the Chrs'y
Ministries for a few weeks 7 They would sing
down all The bad feeling which the African music
sung daily al the Capitol engeDders.
Death rs preliy busy sbogt here. Last night a
very estImeblc friend Mr. Willis, formerly OF Rir-
ginia-ditd d very suddenly, Of disease OF the
heart He has left very Interesting family, and a
woe cDcle OF attached friends, 10 mourn his ab-
sehce Sena or Suale, oi Louisiana, has been in a
very critical situation tor some days. IL Is ex-
tremely doubtful YET whether he Will survive. The
weather is dreadful, changing every day. Yester-
day the public gIuunJs were clothed In the deepest
grstn-'o day they are covered with Purest white.
James Meher, E-q., the public gardener has be-
come disguised with 50 much speechliylng oi
nonsenslcal aud uninIpottant character in Con-
which has been exclusively secured by the Uat0n
newspaper Father Richie designs To suppress II,
and refuses To give ny tnr msnuscrlpt copy. II is
said thai Mr.. hsher has spoken rather favorably of
General Taylor, watch causes this hostility the
part Of Mr. Richie. A SUIT will probably grow out
Of the Transaction, as Mr. Maher swears he will
prosecute " that d-d old Richie for puroining a
valuable State paper"
Tomorrow Good Friday, and alter il is over,
II is hoped that there wall BE- some let up" from
the wiekedness, v'ce, immortality, drunkenness,
lechery, gambling, ch-aiIng, lottery dealing, steal
ing, commsndmeni-brraking ing aud general rascsity
In high end low places. for which this struggling
village Is famous. II So, will advise you.
There are great many defalcations gong on in
Washington. In the month OF August last, proofs
OF fraud on the government, through the pensoa
office, were placed In the poss. sslon Ut Mr. Ew-
ing, and the knave sNet here, pursuing HIS voca-
tion unmolested, Mr. Ewing having taken no steps
against him | will give you the particulars, II
Mr. Ewing don move IN the matter.
People don't understand here how duel can be
avoided between Messrs. FOoie and Benton. You
mny rest assured, however, that old Benton will
crawl out IN seme way. ALEXANDER.
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