The herald., 1837-04-28
(Curespsndsnce Of tho N. Y. Herald I

WAsHINcToN, April Is, 1897
The third trial of Richard White has been in pro-
gress for some days His wife still clings ts him,
and leaves stone unturned to snatch hm from the
hands Of justice. Her exertens are and have been
interchangeable, and he seems to rely mach upon ihena
She has contrived to bring forward new witness IN
his behalf whose testimony goes to dscredit tnat OF
Hicks, ard to prove him good deal OF Villain
White appears 10 be good deal broken down since
his last appearance in court; his long connnelneh' ~
prison does not seem to agree with him ana he ooAs
rather gloomy and disprlted. The trial mas not ygi
termina,ed but the impression now is that ne WIN
be acquitted. Among other Distinguished lrias al
this court, during the present tern was oae pe.Meen
the famous Madam Royal q Co. ana messenger q.
the capital, named Barney Parsons. Barney, II
seems, was not at all disposed 10 submit to the abuse
of the pen or tongue of this vlrago and taxing me
law into his own hands, nc undertook very ungai-
lantly nct several blows on the tender corpus OF
the old lady, with very indecorogs weapon called
cowhide. He was accordingly brought into court,
and, after very amusing trial, fined aboat hve dol-
lars for presumng to tres; on the eorporea rights
of the ed,ress of the Hunress. Barney was as mucn
amused as any one but swears he VIII hereafter iet
the gals alone" !,
We have been honored during the last week with
visit from Nick Bddle, whose business was connect
ed with the branch bank of this city He seemed dis
posed to be ncog; but had well nigh being brought
before a magistrate in consequence of It, he took
his seat in the for Baltimore on Saturday morn
ing and when the c)nductor called round Tor the
tickets, Mr. b. offered him five dollar note OF the
new bank, which the worthy had never seen before;
He turned il over and over, looked al ~ again anu
again. and at last cried out
g Sir, this is forged note, and I'll Lave you ar
rested"
Bidde looked confused, endeavorcd to find one less
exceptionable, and while dong SO, gentleman VINO
sat near him, and conjecturng who he was observed,
"Mr. Biddle, if you will allow me, will pay your
fare or change your note" =,
"Mr Bidde," cried the conductor, "is 1t possible,
Mr. Biddle; ask ten thousand pardons-l did not
KIN 5Ol m honor
will excuse this mistake. | ought TO have known
better; a man with half an eye might have recogniz
ed you, and thus he went on bowlng and scfapmg
and apologising, till the cars departed.
The only remedy for the present distress OF TINS
country in my opinion, TO call congress t0geiher,
make Biddle Secretary OF the Treasury and establish
a new bank, or ievolutionze the whole government.
Blair says there is dstress-no pressure. Vhat
bru,e Certainly me does not feel it with sirty Moa-
sand year from the government for insulting the
people Of this country Of what valne IS govern
ment that will not protect its own citizens! we might
as well have despohsm.
Ball nj Niblo's--Large and Small Sleeves, sc.
On Wednesday evening, we anticipated, Niblo's
was crowded with youth and beauty, and gayety and
spcndor, enlivencd with music and dancing. The
only pressure there tho pressure of delicate hands
the only failure, deficiency in the eatables and
No pains had been spared in preparations
The saloon was decorated magnfcenuy. brilliantly
lighted, and every thing went of with ecia, like the
Herald on the electro sneic double cylinder print
ing press We have ne structures to make on the
dancing of Mr. G.'s pupils. Their proficiency delight
ed every one The shawl dance, a Ia TagoRi, by
Miss C. and ten lovely sylphs, was beautiful the
most beautiful thing of the kind we ever Witnessed
but cannot stop to crtcise. We were dazzled and
enraptured by brilliant eyes and lovely forms, and
graceful movements.
Every body was there. There were brokers clerks
an broken merchants, gay the gayes students
at law and students love, Italian csuats and Ger
man barsns with their ugly mustaches, but what
stupid set they would have besn-how abomnably
awkward would they have acted had there been
women there. Man is bad enough, and awkward
enough at the BEST and nothing but the society Of the
beau ser keeps him from state ofabsolute barbarsm.
Women are the real salt Of the earth, and the sugar
too. So thought the prince of bucksh grocers, Mr..
p B, as he gazed in rapture on the beautiful
ewes of the accomplished Miss +. So thought Mr..
G. as he pressed the hand Of the elegant Miss R.,
and thought he would give all his sroken china for
one sweet kiss. And thought we too, as we gazed
delightedly on the hundreds of happy faces happy
and Joyous then in spite of bankruptcy and ruin and
all the ills of this unlucky era.
The gentlemen were almost uniformly well dressed.
As general rule, the men in New York dress better
than the women. We are sorry that frocks are no,
DRESS they are so graceful Weobserved few. Cen
tlemen must not wear white stockings with black
pants nor rice rersa Now let the gentlemen go for
the present.
Thc fashion of small sleeves is so new, and the Ia
dies have 50 long been accustomed TO the enormities
of the last mode, that little awkwardness is at first
10 be expected. The large sleeves had several advan
tapes or rather pecularitics. They cffsctuay con-
ceal bad arm, and good one also They were so
large as to conceal any awkwardness, constrant in
using them Dancing masters do not pay attention
enough TO this point. Ladies should be taught how
to use their arms as well as their feet any con-
straint is extremely awkward. Some beautiful ladies'
in Broadway, carry them as il they would rather
have left them al home.
Large sleeves concealed the dcformity Of too small
a waist-one Of the worst because artificial. The
ladies should study antiques more,-look moreat the
forms Of Grecan sculpture. Large sleeves allowed
the frocks to fall of the shoulder farther than is
sstent with symetry, with the small. Where the
sleeve fits closely preserve correct proportion, the
arm must positively commence at the shoulder. We
hope the ladies and their miners will profit by our
hints
Ball dresses should be shorter than ordinary, es-
pecisy with pretty feet White rosos in the hair
n.