t I. r LIN & 00., Proprietors. A, P. DII VOLUME 23, frit Wttitlti Oharum A, F. DURLIN & CO., PROPRIETORS. D. r: SLOAN. traitor. 01}'jCE, CORNER STATE ST. AND ,PUBLIC SQUARE. ERIE. • Tr.R:its OF THE PAPE*. . • pnrabenDersby the carOcr. at • . Stab imik i, or at the office, in novena. ij i, u t.4 palii in advent e, or within three months hoot the rote• n.n.g' two dollars will be charged. . I with COilanUitientexie worst be past peke. RATES OF ADVERTISING. P.n.!. lot exceeding I lines. one year. (OM toe .ouare 66 66 10.00 ~, , o. do. six months. 6,00 , ie, do. ' three months, 3.00 ThE.,,rnt advertisements. SU cents per square. of fifteen lines or k . i ., f r r nr•t i n..ert inn: Si eentp fbr each subsequent inserdon. ;.,-;\ ~.r1, . , ad% erti-ers hav the privilege of changing= picariire V.:30,. I nl . :Ir...nliom, ed to occupy wore m an two in u ium . "4 a k : ,,, , ,,i , c t 4.rr rwssediais busaicas. . { reni• rtuni.u. not having other directions, will be inserted till ,„.„.4, n:.- ha reed accordingly. ;PM - Al 083 D[lll if) *4l D. D. WALKER & CO.. Netterl.c. produce and CO l / 1 1111641W11 Merehauta t fourth Ware tr-tt of the Publ is Midge, ';rie Pa. A • In ni t 'oal. Fleeter. : ,, tuceo, Fish. Li ate and Lime E tv oe, I run. 7% a pa. Z`ICA ce. Ca:4lllgs. &c.. &c.,w uueurpaea- N bei , ,,les for chipping either by Steaiioats, Propellers. ichooncr., or by Rail Road ;, r, ts,totte CARSON GRAHAM. Arr a 1 '•ND Coi•wcr.toa LAW, in George A. Ellioes office, se # 'idea the park. Erie. JAMES ROSS• SN 0 W Arrorirt AND Capin lain AT LAW. Third Sinn t FAO vzh. JOHN W. ILIDDk..LL. • r lrrottrt•Lr 11....w.-411fice. Fifth Street, betweea Smith&ld aid bra hi. Streeis, Pitt-lourgli. Pa • VINCENT lIIMROD & CO. leirrnvrtitEits of Et ores. Nohow Ware. Enigma. Maebiatal. Had Road ears. etc , State L. Erie Pa. TI - lUMAS M AUSTIN. ( Lau of the frig& of G. Loon as (b.) yucca to Clocks, Wavlree, Jewelry. *river Spoons. Mullierd last inments, Loot lug Glasses, Lamps and Farley Googol. whole , Lit! retail. , JOHN GOALIHNG. manioc? TAttos, and tiahit Maker—Shopan the east fide or Olaiestrcet. two doors. ndrt h of KIRK and adjoining!. H. -Rib ,et fl Co' • Cabinet Warei.ltootn. Lr. Jr. rellllR. CLARK & METCALF. ftwell F ALE and 'II tail s de. lets in Dry Gonda, ebrpets, and Dry' G , ocencs No. I Reed H. use. - WIELrn - 1S & WRIGHT. Ilrnetr. Collector" and ficalers in Gold and nilecr edict. uncut re:4 Money. Land Marini!+ and certificate:, afDepozitr. 0111410 SltAt I on the principal cities of the Union. and all Parts .1 la" Ind 'vim r 3 for sate. Office, Will i4IUe Stock, corner Of ati.t l'ublie Square. :.1." u LIASS,S. I. 11. J. G. & %V. I. MILLS. tireerres rind Wholesale Croce'. tee. ireeg. Liquor*. 6:3 , ...—A!50, Foreign Fruit. Nutt,. Pickles and Piekledro) s. Lol , ier., l'rerer% ce, and lierlIMISPIallY Se•liled arusler ol .rery rle-erii.i ion nlwartys on hand. No 3. Wililkdi's B/Oeh, o r :csite Rrown's New liotel, Erie. l'a. I New York. Wm. I. Nfir.rs, km, reeds MP in their season. Oysters in shell., (ruin 1. O. Mills lie”st , New York, which will he sold %Yhllerale lILIONV prices A. r. Jsessos, Agent, Erie. ear. OURLIN & SLOAN. pidits in C!:waleal. Febool and Miser!lance:is nooks, Tl:ank nselw, ..Nriioriery, and Printerts Cards, No, D, liruAn's uew •Skst, Erie Pa A P. PURI IN T. W. AWOKE, Dints in Groeeries. l'rovisions. Wines. i. 1 1: 10 rr. Ca 'ld jell. 1 . ' 44 44 tine Door mow Loomis& Co's t) ate street. Eric. _ JiiiiN B. C.CCK . - • 1 ilr,:r a ht Stap:e & Fancy Dry Gr.vds. and the Greatest variew CAI 1:. :'ore in the I . lty. Cheap tide. V.rie. Pt. ' . . —..— STERRETT At GRAY-. lantrov., JuLl - er. and 'nail Dealers in Wet and Pry Graherica frrnalcur. l'reduce. Foreign and Dpnwatie. Fruit, tirdo.lea, ijk.l% and ttQI I C IVilfe. Flour, filth, Salt, Pour dero•la.o, Cara. S iftuv Fuse, lac, 4e. French :31reut,,,oppo aict4c Lerd Howe. Erie. r. tio—S:t4!l/ ro,d' lusts. Veagelf. - 110'f' 1 1. nui Private F:lisikto WI; %% lal stay ur ilwaho%c art,clo. with prourpt -4:1,11 ri•er•P IVM. 8. LANE. Attorney and Counsellor at Law. MICE over Jack,on's store, at North-East corner of the Palk iguarr. f Doc FURS 13E,C.8E & sTEWART. ?guilty.% 1 . 4•,•it inns and SurgoOns. tOSSee ItsS kesideserrs— Pesenth Ir. ea similfas , Streets. • Wire hours Wall 7to 9. A. 111; ItO ift4 6 157. P. M. J. iliesac. ■. D. J. L. lllTEWaltir. W. A. 4, JOHN HEARN & CO. reatritwv. and COIBUIif.IIOA Merehams, dealer Ilk, Coal, f4Lf, ot4l,lid sera( fora daily lute of upper lake Steamer+. 1.16.2 lnxk IC ra. , LIMA ALL & CO. M.oitheturers of Iron Fence. Anlling, Steamboat loiters, ice .1.:e., 2511te. netweenl 11 and VI, Streets. e'rle. ANik:ItICAN EXPRESS COMPANY. Orrlcs E CMG f`d to No. 5 Rood [Block. Sole Otreet. r.ame rp LrKees closes at o'clock. A. M. yl C111..(11 •' •• o'clock, n. n rrrrrrrr r Agent --- - - GEORGE J. fill/It'll/N. , i_die .( !b firm of J. Mara f r - C0.,) Totir.toml awl Cuinuti,tiol, Merchant, l'uLlit LkAlc. Cric.ra. De, , er iq rc.,l. '.!..z,tt, Fish; Flour alp! Plaster. - -- W. H. li.NOWL'FON. Wsehmakrt and Itepairer.illeatet in Watekes, Clocks, Jewelry, )(lest In.trumei.t... Li:inking Glasses and. other Fancy likxxt% ftr , one door west of the Reed Howe. IT. AItBUCKLE & KEVLEit, Lawn In Dry Goads. Grocener. Hardware, Crockery.tae. No 3Jerry -lilac ,:tate strap, Cue, Pa. DR. C._ BRANDES. ant St Rncon—Oniet at Ilia residen!ce on Elitith, Merl. arivrrrn Preach and Notiand, trk, Pa. M. SANFORD A. CO., Dryiri l in Gold. Sllver. Baltic Notes, Drafts, Certifkittri of £* Kew. ke. Ezehnoge oh the prineipa) citief constantly Mle. (Mice fo Beatty's Mock, Put.!ic :Nutire. 'l'. ERON ccTU. szi,A.o4 AND f.nu (../lb tcIAN--. S corner RT of French and Ftfth meet., et, er Moses Koeh's store. Rest coca ou fourth stree4 cltt door eau of the old Apothecary Hall, — RL'FUS It 1 7 ,E 11, D•4ru F.41;1‘.4, German auJ AUICTiCati liardwarcaol %%CP, Iron and ,Steet No. 3 need Houle; 4 , e. I. CADWELII & BE.' • I srocrers,Jolisers:and Retail DWaiers in Dry Goods. Groceries. Cey, ery, Glass% are, Carpeting, Hardware, I rim. eteri, Nadia. ' Spins, ace. Empire dimes State Hosts, four doors. Wool! gown's Hotel, Erie, Pa. llm—Anvils, V lees, Bellow s„ Axle Arms. Spr ngs, an d a -general slsorunent of Coddle and Carriage Trimmings. S. MERVlNsnifril. Anieurt T AT 1... w and' Justice of the 'Peace. and Arnt for the Key titcae Mutual I.ife Insurance Couipauy—Otke 3 doors west of Wright, sum Erie. Ea- • GEORGE H. CUTLER, *notary Girard. Erie County, ra. ruilettiOni and inner runners attended to with promptness and disoateh. .16 - SLAH KELLOGG Ponwardin t &coluzal..lowadleretiant. on he . ruhlie Donk. eau of aliatt .u, 414 • dalt. Plaster and Whitt. Fish. constantly for sale. 1. ROSi.:NZWEIG & Co. Waor taus AND RETAIL Daar.cas in Foreign and DomesUe Dry Coodp, ready inane Clothing. Boots and Sham it.. No. Irithca Block. nude street. Erie. MaRSIiALLdc VINCe,NT, Arinalrrrt utw—titlire up emirs in Tammany lIUI betiding tiorth of the Prothouotary's office. Erie. MURRAY WHALLON. ^" A*totser•an CoerSELLOIL AT Law--Othee over C. D. Wright's SOT. estrasee One door west of State street. ort the Eitartestd. Ere. _ TLBBALS. & HAYES. autnis in Dry Goods, Dry Groceries. Crockery, Uardwarr..&e. No, 1. Bross'', New 800. SMITH JACKSON, - Nara in Dry Coo SMITH Groceries.tlarawnre,Queeps Ware, Llme. Natl 4, kt . 12.1. Cheapside, Etie, . , WILLIAM . C 4lsrmAcruphdirtel. and Underulkw,exameroMateand MegrOthrsynels.ilese. CA,KTER J.SEPTilkat, Wootes&Lr and Brunt denten in Drip. • Palnls.oil~ s .'le-sums 4; la mi. ke., No. 6, Bred I louse. Li JANES LYTLE. PtherAste Merebanerailor, on the public. Jare, a few doors roof State street. Erie. JOHN H. URON & CO. W isusssi.s mils Arni m deniers B in T thii-s, Medic inc., fl Stuffs. 4 n:reties, ice. N 0.6. Reed Rouse. Erie. M. CHAPIN. RIDENT DF.MTIST—Othee on is. i t ES the south rode of the Diamond five doors east of "Siva. the Erie Bank. Pricey remonahle, and all Work Warranted Erie June 19 iKrt. 6 1/R. O. L. ELLIOTT. • Resident Dentist; (Afire and dwelling on the South Side of the Public Square, tat dear East ilia of tile Erie Ban kßu ilding. Terth inverted on • 4•4111 Gold Plate. front one to an entire nett. Carl ?lS l eca filled with pure Gold, and restored to heal(' Sind nee. macs& Teeth cleaned with instruments sad DentHkeanna to my then -of pellucid clearness. All work warranted. , • 440114.11110.144D4114104 _ Atik 4' E . „. 114 44 , -; • mei iti• . / . 7 t' ll 4 l 4 . 2 1 : S 'y 1 • ! . 1, - id. 1• • •;, , , _ • . • 41141 f f . t t.t. • • • r • - . ' •••• • As , • • . L. Dosstap v. v.' in.claN; potful unit .311i5ttliartil. - -itY.,Notuza, ~. BP pi t P. !Alum. • liyMetlieuge mane! - Hew eften - sesepe - • endears, en my lonely- hears. ' Like heeling-en the wings ePtilent). Pt Ow ea Ore riaeowmioes 46 4 1.• re. 2 • •• „ !.tnikiifor,spt her aroltiorproker, • While 'erildeting pleaauros liOndiS.4l; But in Aesdll, unbroken air., Her ite . ntle tones come etealiair by; ' Mid Iroarirofiln and manhood Bei, And 1011V1) Ms at my mother's knee I heielsen oat it eventide. BOnsith a moonlit sky of sprawl. When earth was garnished like • bride. Aid siert bad en her silver wldg: Whitt haveting beds and deli 4 grin. 'And watevejesyting to the Ilflit; ' • ALA/ eil s tbst shakes tkiipulties pus • Wub wiWar JUstnass thronged did sight: When all wu beauty. Ikea lad,* With friends on whom mr 'love is !Igo& Like myrrh on winds of Araby. Gazed on where evening's limp is hail. And when the beauteous eptrii 011, 4 1. • • - • - Flung over all its golden chiJitvi My mother's yokes elm) on tltit air , the tight drOpping of to rile: • , . And, not' ng on 'QM, &goer star. 'The Spirit or a banded knee . • I've poured a deep and fervent prayer. • That ous.esermity'avight • • T. in.. io heaven. him stare by eight. • • - led tress • living pith of light. • • [Fro n Fulnun's , Moothly '.OIIR, BEST SOC.iBT Y." If 'gilt acre only lord.' or fOldrif.O.Yeir• sense, what a fine thing our society would be! If to lavish money objets-ds vertu, wear the most costly dresses, and Okays to hale them cut in the height of faslii:m; "to build houses Girt, feet broad, Ste if they were palaces; to furnish them with all the luxurfoirs devices of a Parisian geilins; to give superb banquets, at which your guests laugh, and wilier' make you misera'aie; to drive a fine carriage and ape European liveries, and crests, and coats-of arms; to resent the friendly 'adraricei'oi your b 3-- keel; Wife; and the lady-of your butcher'(you being yourself alcobbler's' daughter;) to talk much of the "uld families" and of yt;ur aristocratic foreigl fr!e , idls; to *de*pise tabor; to prate of good socie ty;" to travesty and 'paroly, In every ciniceivabi arsY;e'soeiety which we know only in bus aut. by the superficial observation 'of foreign travel, which wetees Mitt • of- iofecbtt OrgsniratioWeitirr-I, utikriewn telt", and which isOpposeil to otit fultdi; menial and 'essential prinelple‘; if ail , ttis tee fine, what a ptodigiottsly tins society ours . would be! `This occurred - to tie ttp-in letely receiving a car i of invitation to d brillisnt hall.' We -a-frt. Tri.7tly . rtirrilnating over our evening fire, aim 1714raell'e Weliington speech, "all tear:," in our hind, 'will; the account of. * giest Maria burial, and a little man's triumph across the channel.' Si, many great men gone, we'mused, end such trait eriiis iinpeorl ing! Tnis democratic movement in Kook; Kos suth sod Alessioi - waitiog for the intomens tai give the - word; the ft-iesids beat. watchfully seeking his pews; the Napnteotti .eitpire'redivions; Cuba, an 4 annexation and slay r; Cififdteis and Aaitratie, and the isonseqeest cos ' rations Gf political etch rimy; deer met excial ire, polling on s 'treat hodful of coal, we must look a little into the state of paities. - " 't ' . . As 'we 'put down the coat-scutile there was s knock a; the door. We said " come in," and in came.* heat Athertilive watered entelopkt.mitaining - the ennottneement'thit the *teen' of fissltion wie "at kind ° that ereiling . ireek.'• Later in the even ing; iame,a friend id smoke a cigar. The card was lying upon the table, and he read it With eagerness., "You'll go OT course," said Ite, "far you.wiil meet all the best society.'" , Shall we truly? shall we see el the "best Sorte ty of the 'city," the picked timer of its genius, char- , actor, and beauty ! What tnakes,the "belt society ', of men and women?. The noblest specimens .of each, of cuurse. The men who_triould the time who refresh our faith in heroism and virtue, who make Plato, and Za'', and Shakspeare, and all ShakSpeare's gentlemen, possible spin. wo-, men, whose beauty anctsWeetneas,,aor,l,dignity, and high acconspiiAhmant and grace,• fatiiie us under stand the gotek Mythology, sad weaken our desire to have some glimpse of thelarivensi•orontea of his- - tory.: The "beat so :icy" is tbat in which the vir tuacare the most alhaing..whiob is the most chari-- table s foggiaing, loag-euireriegs modest, and imso. cast. • The "best society" is, is ifs very name, that is-which-there-is the least hypocrisy and insinceri ty of all kinds, ,which recoils from, and blasts, arti ficiality,,phich is 'aeons to. be all that human na ture cart be, and which 'sternly reprobates all shal low pretence, all coicombry and foppery, and insists upon eimpholty, ail the infallible characteriatic of true worth.. The is the " beet society," which commies* the beet' men and women. Had we nxtale4 arrived fromthe moon; we might, apes hearing that we were to Meet the "best soci ety," have fancied that we were about to enjoy an opportenity not to be overvalued. We ha receiv ed other cards, and hid.perfeeted our toilette many timmt;to meet this same society, so magnificently described, and had found it the least "best" of all. Who compose it? Whom shall we meet if we go trithis ball? We shall meet three classes of per sons: Ist, those who are rieb, and who have all that money can buy; 2d, those who belong to what are technically called "the good old families," because • some ancestor watt a man of mark in the state or 1 country, or was very rich, and has kept the fortune in the family; and 3 :ly, a swarm of youths, who can dance dexterously, and who are invited.for that pur pose. Now these are all arbitrary and:factitious, distinctions upon which to fantod io profound a so cial difference as that which exists in American, or I at least, in New York society. First, as a general I rule, the 'rich men of every oostnanity who make their own' money ars not the moan `generally intelli gent and cultivated. They' have a shrewd talent which wearer; a fortune, and "which hope dam closely at 'the Wert Of iinnasStOi tram - doge' yinig-' e,t yeers until they are old, They are sturdy men, of simple tastes often. Sometimes, though very generous, but necessarily with an altogether falseand exaggerated idea of the importance of rub s/try. They sae a nth.r rough, unsyninathetic, end, perhaps, selliih class, who, therriselves, despisepur pia ind fine linen, and stiff prefer a t0..-bed and a bare roam, although they may fie wcirth . But they:tire:parried to schenieing or embitiou.2, or disappointed ; women, whose lire is a prolonged pa geant, and . tlify are drag_le I hither and thither in it, are bled grAbpir.gQl,:en blood, and forced into a po sitiossAkey dq Rot covet, and which they devaiee.— Thee there itaapihe inheritors of wealth. • How ma e)t. of tissen-ittlseris the valiant geninn arid hard fra ellvy•lehiehbnt, ilt lip their fortunes? how many ae- Itnavrtedge the stren and heavy responeibility of - Their 61515Orti1utils; how many refuse to dream thalr "reel viay in a Sybarite luxury; haw:many are I=El 'sMitien'a l ithithe lofty ambition of achieving ea en cfe'ripinsnieby* works of a permanent value; how esitny.da net dwindle into dainty dilettanti, end di lute their mash° yi with factitious sentimentality in stead of a hearty, tkurrian sympathy; •haw many are not sat isfied*.ith fiavihetlie fasteit tior'ies and the a‘erielceee' eifrriages, en 3 ait unlimited wardrobe. and i weak afteetation and puerile imitatimi*of rer an life? • „ wb) aye thew of our accondly. these ."olpl faceilies"? The aptrit, oI our.thne anti of out coon teyihilf)Wll no such tbiog. but t the habitue et m•acie• tip" he tension ily• *Pia good Censily." It enesoi oWnply, the eeil feet ivor Thaw of Childrien,:nepifews. Aire*, *lid deveendents of sonic moo wheivlleeserved welt of AiN euttntry, tttiti whant his conntry lionnts. eloCied is the li!ri`nge of a greit nirri:i! The '5.01% Or Alike wilt' Inevitab! , y be Measured by Borite..— Ttie'Cle - de'of Pope must shotVaumeaitperiority to otter women (W to speak,) ot. her egliality ie sole- riority. The feeling of men attributes, some meet cal charm to Wood, and we rook to see thidautliter apeare, musical., his sire. H tiloy.ate not an, if they are merely names, and conimon:perrons—if the-, to no Berke, nor biltakripetre.• nor Washington, nor Bacon in their words, or actions, nr livese, then we - must pity.thenti mid pass gently on, not uphrsiding them, Art regretting that is one of the laws of greatness that it dwindles all things in ib•sicinily, whieh wnitid otherwise show large enough. :Nity, in our regard fut:)ite great than, we may even admit to a compassionate huitor, as ponsiopers tipoe our I charity, thbee who bear and transmit his name. But. sc heirs should presume upon that faineciuntl claim any precedence of-tiring men sad Women bei; .Aiase their dead grandfather %rasa hem,• they most.; be ebovnt she door, direetty.o We' ettoold dread 'W.I be born a Percy, or a Colunna,orat Bonaparte. We should not like to he-the second Dolce' uf Wd:lrfig.. is?), vecoitripi Dither/I; It is - it ter - rth!e thine one woblif s l y, to a titind of Ifonorabie . feeiitig,to be i 'pointed out as boinebudy s , son or unc:e, or grand deughter: as if Ilte ezce!re::sce were all derived. It must be ` s little hipnillating to, refloct that if pita; • great, Itttr:e hay{ not heen,Naiebody, you Ould nobady,4thr.t. ra Let, tine are only a name, aied,tlmt if put shouid couseat ta cbange if fur the sake of e fort me, as is sometime, dupe, you would tease to be any thing/but a rich man. "My tether was•Pres-.1 ideal, or Guternor of theellate,"./mine pompons morr,; /nay way. tby Jupiter,• king of grids and Men,— ; what ere yOul the instinctite response. Di'yon not set', our pom, gas friend, that• . youare duty , ptilnt- Intg your own uniMportancel -If your father was po- . tremor-bribe S:ate, what right have you to tise that fact only tofatten your self-conceit? carectodi care; for whether you say, it by your lips or by your tire, that withering ierponse aivoits_you,—." l,hon whit are youl'' If youi ancestor war.useat,lyou are under bonds to greatness. If yea are siMalk• make haste to learn it b • mirnes, cod, thanking 'a -teat - that-yobr name - his bhen taadnilltirtriortterhtite into repine, and kjefi it,ierteast, ontsfhished.!' - Our thirdly, is •si 'Clas3 Made by EundrY Prr,ch tailors, blot-nialsers, daucini-Me;ters, Brown.- They are a eorPh-de•beiler,' for the uSe of private enterteinmenie. They are fostered by FO etety•for the use of yob*. debutantes, and deni.-Telr, who'll/ire darelitwo or three years 'of Ote . "tight" imlttis. 'They ai 4 eultr‘aied I3r'thc:r hee*..=, not their Irearl. Trir:r hits bem!;l3e't ten u'ihr_i; in the ore l oin, and I.l.ita:u,ntil four in, the mlrtiln,r. Thy go heats an) sh:op bout nine; thektlityrir,:,,;!,/ sleepy, to qountinz hott.'4, mod otricee,oull doily de,4o until thinner-thrie..fr, unable todo,tliatoliey are,sctitety at aver:sail ay, and their ehebks grow pale, and their hips thin and thew eyes blond shot and hollow, and they dray, theres. , !yerhortie at 1 0% en• ing te !etc?' nbp until the hall bef_rins, 'dr to dine .and itholte at Their efubk and be ery mdntyi with puncher and coarse "atertes; and then to rush into hot and glittering reor4s, and se:ztive:ry girls closely around the - Wale, end dash with;thern around an area of stretched linen, saying 41 the panting' pauses, "Hew very hot it ior . "How very. pretty Miss Pudge I olio!" "Whit a geodred,wa!" "Are you going to bits.' Potipitor'ar Is this the assembled Flower of manhood ald wo• Manhood, called übeat society," and to see which is so envied a w 'allege? If such are the etenentr, can we be long in arriving it the present - stag, the El& cessary future event of mrties? "Vanity Pair" is peculiarly • Pictuie.of xcpaern society. It aims at English follies, but its mark is universal, as the meditate is. his celled satire, bit alter much diligent reading,..ere caanot 4i - scoter the satire. A state of Society not still superior to that of "Vanity Fair" iS not unknown to our expe rience;and unless truth-telling be satire; unless the moat tragically real On:shore be satire; unless scalding tears of sorroW, and' the bitter regret of a manly wind over the miserable spectacle of *stifle'. ality, wasted power, misdirected energies, and lost opportunities, be satirical; we do not find satire in that esd story. The reader closes it with s grief beyond tears. It leaves a vague apprehension in the mind, as if we shoUld suspect theair to be poi soned. It suggests the terrible thought of the en feebling of moral power, and the deterioration of no ble. character, u a necessary consequence of con tact with "society." Every man looks soddenly and sharply around him, and accosts himself and his neighbors, to ascertain it they are-all parties to-this corruption. Sentimental youths and maidens, upon velvet utas t er in calfpnand librarle., resolletbet it is en insult to hums* nature—L.ire sure that tbeit velvet and calf bound friends are net like thedrame- , • , SATURDAY MO#NING, APRIL, 23, 1851' " r V i M• - o trar , .., . qs,pervonre of "Vanity Fair," and that the dramikis 4ere.f.ite hideous and untwal.. Arey should riarnem lar,,what they uniformlyend universally forget, that wa amino!. ieviuxi, upon the rising of the certain to behold a cosmorame, or picture of the world, but a i ttprevlntatiowof that part of it called "Venify Pair.'' What'its j•irkt limits are—hots far ita unit-anon! T6r ilieu, reach—how much of the world's air is tainted by if. is a question which every thoughtful man will ask himself, with a shudder, and - look Barfly around, I • i i le,answer. if the se,itirnental objectors rally - again , to the charge, and deciart that, if we wish to int- I more the world, its virtuous ambition must be piquet/ and stimulated by making the shining height. tai. "the ideal" more radiant; , we tepty, that none ' shall enrpass us in honoring the men' when. -crea ! thous of beituty inspire and instrtiet mankind. B.+t titheylienefit the world, ii Is no less true that a v.i. sad 'apprehension of the depths into which we are l. • ), Bita4n dr may *IA nerves the soursetmrain, , uuite I as much as the alluring mirage of the h'appy _heights Iwem) a • attain. "To hold the mirror up to Nature," ... 1 4 still the most potent methed of shaming sin mad atongt honing virtue. - - • , j,Jir•tygity'b'air' satire, whet tiova4olsociety :minx 2 Are "Vivian Grey," nnfi'Peilmfoli"saff the isag cattalos - of banks illostrotitm , EirrHth or the teat of Balztes, Rinds; 14 . 1e5; and Mining, that paint irtench Society - , env lOts satlres? Nay, if Yon abotild ester any dandy in troadWay;br in Pall-11411, or nOnii nilevsrds, this'iery morning, and write a coldly true bistOry of his life and actions, his doings and undaings, wvuid it not lte the most scathiqg and trernendutip satiref., if by satire - you mom the epptimmiug- irtplanctioly of .the F.asvietilan, that aie ; las of-that pendant to a iianastactie, is 's►s insula, to UN* possible !ifs of a anal q • : We have read of a hypocrisy an thorough, that it arse sorpriscs,r-You shoutd Think it ifypocritical; and we hale bitterly thought of the , saying, when tear ing one mother say of another mother's child, that she Lad ' , made a trod match," ti -soots shirt . Irrotheit,to aat 17 - 6 , cote I JO) iii Apt,. .-ty .ether was rich.— The remark- was the key to our social feeling. Let us look at it a little, and, first of all, let the coder cous . ider the criticism, and not the critic.— We inay like very w2ll, in our.indiridest capacity, to partake of the delicacies prepared by 'our boat ers' ehiej; we may not be ndverseto pate and a niyr iad objets de "0,4, and it you catch - it= in a Corner at the next bati,puttiitg , away a lair skare o r clin4e . rewires; know you would have at us in a toe of ,greaisuitoral iociignation, and ivieh to know. iiigivelaueiked, into great bowler, 'swig good 'sup. pert and drinliing-clutice wioar.,atuktheo wens swop tejtit.ito indigestion, to writs dyspeptio-diagoste at *misty. - . . aright reply that it ie. - weenier? to know rieineihimrof a ',abject before writtnytibont ft; via.- lWiall 'istait-Wiehba tirdetifiliitheliabite of South . Sea Viz-lder, it ielliete'ss.ito'ko 'Greenialid; we might altieseuardevelualiatity'tur piste, akild a ten derness fur freer.- aid . acknowledge that, cob aiderinecone single absence wila!d nevrit dinve--ek-• qurarent • pompoise parties, ire 'Were not etroitg enough to let iire itinsatia'Aimti into onepteeeitithig inotitb4; or-We might say:Viet if a mail iniited Us to see his new' house. it Would not be ungracious "riot insulting to lits to point out Whiit- . ers;lweak parts we might delect in it, nor declare our candid conviction, that it war'uuilt : upon wrong principles sad could notatind., lie taight believe na if • we,bad, been in-tke house, but he certainly %could not, it, we had peter seen it. Nor would it bq a very_wirie rep,lrapon • hie part, that we 'night build a better if we didn't like that. 'We are-not 'fond of I:arid's rieturee,'but we certainly could never paint hair eJ uettt mfr of 'Poiret tiftelrf, riiverltralL?rertr hear of i;ar ernes. CHtielTh; is e.)l rt:d . 1011, ObStftfill.)ll. \Ce "cola • 6119:18t-s•i:i thing itiacy,T.ort of it,and insCend of slioWirr;:vl:rtiCt ••1 t it t isn . ..ourprcsen. ac~cicty, we Ihottiti ptct_ent a Epeeticren of,petfecti-n, We %eat tat. tits btiiti These was too nincts.rif every Ibine.. keit, sill eating, g, and -flirting. and dress leg, end feit:•ai irking, art.] much ten may 'pbz , pre • : Ount! its ilrst upon iiiness. Hot Mrs. niiiphir given thts ball?" Wein: quired Whil'isarned ft Wei beciuse'shr , ttid r.lt give ono tact year, Ti not it then ;septic', tt,ilo this thini we'with,some trepidation. , !certainly;" was t4e hiaud yuply,..4 l , J r suciei.Y YG 4 i4" .Erury luidy waccaltappy set Airs. Putiyhar's, save a tear - girls and boys, tshu danced violently :ail the evening. Those who hid not dance wa:;k i ed op and dorm tit? rooms as wet) as they could; squeezing by non-dancing cams ' ing them to steed 'T , their treirtts . as the bntrque broadelotb cashed Stray thelight nut-works of goose and gossamer. f dowagers rangedln solid ptial arix; occupied all the chairs and sofas against the wall, and fanned themselves until supper-time, look ineat bath ether's 'diamonds; and criticising the toiletteg of the 3 danger ladies,each narrowly witch ing tier peittlitir Polly Jane, that sl;e did not betray too much iniere'st for any man who was not of a cer tain fortune. It is the, cold, vulgar truth, madam, ter Ira we in the slightest degree exaggerating..— Elderly gentlemen, twistingisingle gloyes is a vary Wrettebri manner, came up and bowed to the dow agers, and smirked,,and said it was a pleasant party. 'and a handsome house, and then clutched theis needs behind them, end walked miserably away, looking aaWfrableitirpossibte. And the dowagers made a little tin of the elderly gentlemen, among them- Bellies, de Ift'ey walked away. Then came . the younger non-dancing men,—a Class of the community who wear black cravats and wsisleotte, and thrust their thombs.and forefingers in their waistcoat pockets, end are called "talking men." 'Some min are literary, and affect the phil. ost!optisr; have, perhaps, written a book or two, and are a small species of lion to very younE ladies.— Some ere of the blase kind; men who affirm the ex leemegt elegance, and are reputed "so aristocratic," and who care for nothing in particular, but wish they bad not been born gentlemen, in which case they might have essaped ennui. These gentlemen stand with hakin hand, and coats and trow sera most unexceptionable. They are the "so gentlemanly" persons, of whoa, eat bears a put deal, WI; which seems to mean nothing ,but cleanliness. , Virgien drey and Pilhankant the.medefs of their ansidtitin, find they socceedithi Wig They in. riio`~7 in, the reputation of being "very clever," and "very talented fellows," "smart chaps," Ste., but they re frain from proving whet is ao r eneroasly conceded. T!,ty are often men of tt...zertain cultivation. They have traveled, many of them,--spending a year or two in Panic, and a month or two in the neat of gu rope. Con/elite:ley they endure society at home, ..yritb a smile, and tt,shrug. azd a graceful supercil iousness, which is very engaging They are per flctly at twine, and they rather despite Young "America, which in the next• room, is diligently earning its invitation. They prefer to hover about the ladies 'who ell net come ont this season, but are littlei used to the world, with whom they are upon most'frlendly terids; and who criticize together very freeltr ell the great events in the great world of These elegant Pendennicses we saw stars. Pot * iplitte:s but lie; ,Isithout a sadness which can laud , • ;, It,explained. • They bad been boys oace, all of them, fresh awl frank-hearted and 1411 of a•nobie asibiA ion They.had ned and pondered the hista i ries of greist run; •how 'they resolved, and streg gied, and achieved. In the puro'pertrattoreof gen rivillisrdf Immured • nrrble women, end . 'etieteyeang heart was sworn to troth and the ser vice .of beauty. 'Those feelings were chivalric and fair.' Those ho-ish instincts clung to whstever wee lovely, arid rejected the specious ansr:.., however graceful and elzgant. They aided new knights iipoq that old.ar.d endless crusaded against hyper, ticy_ and the, debt, end they were lost in Ws luxury of Corinth, Wilt longer seek the difficult *borer be ; yolid, A ,presetu, aside was-worth-a future laurel'. The case of the moment was worth immortal Iran ' nuttily. They renounced the stern worship of the enkratwe' Gu'd, and acitOls%vici! , , , ,ed the deities of Athens. But the teal of their shame is their own stelae at (heir ear dream; and the high hope; of Weif boyhood, their sneering infidelity of simpheity, 1 • I theii skepticism of _motive and of well. Youth% liinger years were fervid win) the resn!u• 1 tioato 'strike and win, to deserve, at least,* gentle I ran if not a dazzling fame, are content to eat, and drink and sleep welt; to Lro to the opera and • - all the balicoo be known; es "gentlemanly," and "srittooratic," lad "dangerons," and 'elegant;" to I cherish a intntions'and enervating indolence, and , to "soceeed" 11000 the chespo repntatinn of having beetf"fast" in Paris . . Theend - orsuch men is evi dent enough from the begin: Ng—l They are snuffled opt by a "great Match," and become an appendage' to a rich, waniaa; oi:tbey dwincll,4 off into - old rouse, Mentaf,the world in sad earnestond not with an el : egtot, affection, blase; and as they began Arthur Peaflosioioes, so they esd in the Afejnr. 'Bet, he , liars ilOitat tad fossil heart is wrong sometimes by, t mortal pang, as it remembers those squandered oppstifilaities and tat test life. ' Flavin these groutts.'wer paged' into the dancing rontrf.' Welinve seen dancing in other , countries, . and We have certainly never seen gen- Vernet dance so easily. gracefully sad well es the ,Amerienn: lint the style of din - tin:l; in its whirl, l l i flry.l4 only NI - tilled by that of the ma.ite s d nt the Friar], okra, and the bails at the S.;lle Valentino, Jardin :11;s1,;l1r, Macau: Rouge, and other favorite resorts of Parisian Gri settses tonettes: We saw a few young men look-1 jog:upon the dance very soberly, and upon" inquiry,, ' learned that they were engaged,to certain young la dies of ,the corps•de-ballast,.. .Sor did we wonder: that-theispectacle et a, Young ts - ustan whirling lira, deoalleta state,-and in the eabrace of a warm yontit,rl aroma a homed room, indueedit little sobriety uponi her lover's face if nit a sadness in his heart • Arn , n iement, recreating ' ,nj, iltme nt There, are nn moce beeutif 41 things. , Poit this aroceeding ( 4 115' 7 under another !read. We watched the various coil lrtitta oLtheee bounding •belles. - They were ''rich, and ta , tertil. 'safest our elbow, of experience end shrewd t?buervatifdt, nigh with it tibetvfor which ivevalled•hint to aetuont, vinery, that American ladies are so rich in charms that they ate not at alt chary in him.' if Li' certainty generous to tut min- treble Wart i.otts." 13 it; 'clWyou itnow, it strikes - me ass generusity.of disp'ay that must necessarily leave the donor poorer in maidenly feeling." We thought ourselves-cynical, but this was intolerable; and is a very crisp manner we demanded an apology. „ icon LUMP .7 MIT WRVS.) , . • • ltth:ii•On S r ali.-oile of no i r coast packetS, (w7iich we will not, pap), wee hulled on . her (Jowl:- wail trip to. New Weans by au old lady, sitandint near a convenient landing, who gave the usual sig nal to round to and take on a, passenger. The bout was eccoriinglY headed to stiore, the engine adop t . • ped, theplenk was run put, end the ancient maiden, with many aisles of trepidation, tottered sboard, lier. fast, querry was, "You baitt none on, ye weft anything.e' the nap'n round Were, have yes" T,he "sap was pointed out to her. She hobbled up wards him, gave him a deeply reverential loot over the rime of her silrer•bnwed spectacles, and follow ing. dialogne ensued: "Be you the cap'n Of this holzr' " • - 3 ""Yes madame:" "Be you twine down to Orleans?" • "That is nor presen.,intarition, toadame.7. "Well,eap'a," (producing a small boodle fro.ot under her shawl) "Iseres elveiag eggs, awl [soot you to trade 'cm or for nso in tlileitae, wad es ate one.spoolpf thread, one skein pi' silk, and the rest in boeswat. Aud coin would ye be k.ina enough to wait a leetle minute. You see the old heu:iisee the nest now, and I want orfully to git another egg to .make up the dozen." TEisTerr or JenosAir.m.—Bayard Taylor, who has very recently visited "The Holy City," thinks it is a confounded dirty bole. "Jerusalem" he says, "internally gives no impression but that of filth, ruin, poverty, and depredation. There are two er three streets in the westeru or higher pnrtiur t of the city which are tolerable clean, but alt the others to the very gates of the holy sepulchre, are thannels of pestilence. The Jewish quarter, which is the lar gest, so sickened and disgusted me, theft shnuld ra ther go the whole round of the city T.:Cells than pass through it a second time." —Virb en we see a neat, pretty girl, with a free bat innocent air, with caeeks like roses, and- heavenly blue eyes, which seem to repo" se in serenity . beneath their silken litslies-,oes elw'ye wish she WAII seer a msd palle t *0; use tisOto kelp boOlosee. - • . •:1 • - - , 81 50 . A TZAR. in Advance,. I Could'ut Come It. "This is a counterfeit bill, sir. I cannot take said theesptain of the Knickerbocker, on her way . 10 Mbany one night last week, to a huirellstila hoo aier looking man, who had ofrer:d the said bill io payment for, hie passage. “Nu} - is it h913:10: * asked the hoosier, seeming surprised. "Well, I got it put on me, and I muss get it otT scfnellow. Could - not you get it off Cue tun r "No, sir, I would not attempt to pass it on any eesount." "Suit io the way of change—T don't ctre bow you rt it off, so long as it goes, and I ain't stuck with it," raid the wan. KI teN yon no:" said theVaptain. (I most have a grmd Siti, in the place of this,frout you, so baud it titer.. The man saw plainly that it wairito go, and re luctantly gravetha Captain good money, and pot thp bid bill 5n his pocket, muttering that it"mestbegot off somehow." When Alie clerk came to eciunt ever the mooey he had reeelVed at the simper table, he found e . bed bill and immediately informed the Captain of the fact, hot was unable to recognize theater' who gave it to him. Upon examination by the Captain, it was f , ,ond to be tLe same, and of coarse he knew his ens- to— er. On at-canding the upper deck in search of the hon. 1 sier, he received a slap on the back that came near pitching-hint on his face, and on turning to ascer -1 tain who hlis assailant was, he encountered the !too sier„,whO., with his face beaming with smiles, confl denlially informed him that be "Passed the bill, and it was all right." "Indeed!" said tit:" Captain.. • . "Vet, by gush, f done it slick u grease. 1 gave I it to the victual;er(down in the cellar at feeding time. Ile never winked at it," said the booster, evidently much pleased et the success of his villainy. /. ".1 kr.ow all about it, and was looking fur yen—. 1 . . hers is your bill, I will again trouble you for good lj money, skid the worthy officer. .. "Oh! git oat, that's a regular swindle on me. I , didn't-know that the,teller down in the kitchen was connected with the up-stairs fizens, no how. and I bolieve it's a set gam betiveen you, to humbug good money out of mg any stow,'', said 'the - dum founded country-man as he Unhinged the hill. "Bnt some4Ody's got to take it any hove. Destrrirct Tuouctrrs.—God bas - sent angels into the world, whore dime it isJ to refresh the sorrows of the poor, end to lighten the eyes of the discnnso late. And-what greater pleasure can we have than that'we should bring joy to our brother; that the tongue should be toiled with - heavenly accents, and. make the weary soul listen for fight and ease; ,and when he perceives that there is such a thing in the world; and in the order of things, as comfort and joy, to begin to break out of his prison of sorrows, at the door of sighs and tears, and slowly begio to melt into showers' and refreshments—this its glory to thy voice, and enjoYeterits lit for the brightest angel. SO I have seen 'he sun kiss the frozen earth, which was bouud up with the images of death, and the colder breath of the north, and the waters break• from their enclosure and melt with j , y, and tun in useful channels.; and the flies do rite from little. graves in at he and dance a little while in the sir, to teN that joy is within, and that the great mother of Creatures will open the stock of het new refreshments, become useful to mankind, and sings praises:to her Redeemer. So is the heart of a sorrow ful man: unds4 the discourse of a wise comfort he break, from the despair .of the grave, and the fetters ea chains of a grow; he blesses God, arJ Ile blesses thee * and be feels life returning. On ti4TAKfi.—A fine stone church was b in Missour i, upon tlit facade of which' lately ' o is stone cutter was ordered to cut the following as ; an inscription: "My house shall be called the holm !of prayer." Ifti was referred for accuracy, to the verse or .4ripture in which these wordivoccur, but tinfortunateiy he transcribed, to the serndal of the I soeiety,the whole verse: .“My,house shall be ealled the house of prayer, but ye have made it a deu of thieves!" A Pasmous Yuu-ru.—Wewere rustisating a few days sine's% a farm hotter, says a western editor, and invited a young lady to favor us with atone on the plane He! , music book being in an adjoining room, her brother, a young gent of about fourteen summers, was requested to go for it. Atte, tke lapse of a few minutes he returned and placed.,an egg on the music stand. On being asked what 'that was far. he replied that it was the "lay of the last tnin strelt and that the composer wail singing in honor of the prod action in the fowl house. The next vela brought us home. 07" An old lady, sleeping-during divine emits in a church in Liverpool, let fall h erßible, with • .essi to it; an , the noise partly waking her, she exclaimed 4 p d, "What! you've broke another jug ynu slat, `h ye yowl" ‘ 4 l/14 J, you are very bandoome," sairi gentleman to his mistress. • "Phoo. phoo," said she, "so 'you'd say if you did not thitik so." "And to you'd Mak," he answered, "irj did sat sty so." err- Thd map tree which relaters its who cast stones at it. Orl'he diamond' falleni into a dunghill, is not the lass precious; and the dustritised by high wings tolteesen, is not the Tess site. Qom? Be slow to cliooe a • friend, sad. slower to change him; ceortemut to all, intimate with few; scorn no[matt for his miannesti, nor humor any fur (hair weilth.- Q2.' A Spaniel) proverb says, that the Jews rain themselves at theiepassovert, the Moors at atilt marriages, and the Christians at their lawsuits. Qom' &widow was asked hiivr she oetarne so much attached to a certaia neighbor, and replied that she was bound to him by %everal cords of wood *hick be had sent her during a hard winter. The imam who is always behind-hand ure ceatly purchased several bottles of ketchup.- ' (C?'A conetry xiewepaper, epeakibg* a blind wood•iiwyer, eaye—"Altboosh be cant we, be Salt saw. ti• MEE NUMBER 50. evil, Is as o slat swan to tbs..* ME!
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