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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
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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. ,
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• 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
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!.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: •
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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-
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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.
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