The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-02-05
Carbide, Pa.
Correspondence the Herald.l
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Lectures and Ladies' erisaI-C hurchss-Nesc York
Hisiters-F Fire. Currency Weather, &c.
DEAR BENNErr,-
| The lectures, of which gave you brief outline
my last, still continue to attract full houses, and
wide spreading enquiry is started; persons;h here
tofore Indifferent on the subject are brushing up
every old relic with the hope of some discovery
| which will add to the stock of general informal
ton.
Oar learned townsman, James II. Devor, Esq,
OF whose name gave you the initials in my last,
favored us with his lecture on Finance and SPs-
culation" The hall was crowded with the elite of
the intelligent, the fashionable, and the beautiful
Inever saw q more brilliant display of female
loveliness; and so happy was the lecturer in the
application of his remarks to all cases and grades,
that the ladies were in for full share of the be-
nefts and evils Of speculations in matrimony This
gentleman welded his subject with more tact,
adreitness, and apparent ingenuousness than could
have been expected, in a lecture on such topics He
lit up many beautiful face with smiles of self
complacency, he expatiated upon points come CT
ed indirectly with the married state, and if he has
| not made impression more than one heart, I
have mistaken those long wistful looks, heavy half
suppressed signs, and the rivalry eviAeed between
these fair daughters, to attract the attention of the
speaker. He lis a very handsome man, tall and
erect graceful in his carriage melodious in voice
perfectly rhetorical in gesture, with more of hea.
ven and love in his eyes, than you meet with in
many lecturers.
Directly in front Of the speaker sat the beautiful
Miss ]. Hill, her raven ringets dangling in con.
trast with the ruddy brightness of her cheeks; BY
her side sat the lovely little Miss II. Dr. the pic
ture Of sprghtliness ripe for coquetry or Irritation
She was annoyed by tall athletic soap lock, who
and anon distracted her attention by obtruding
his face under her bonnet: The .quivering curl Of
her lip indicated her disPleasure and he bushing-
ly retired; others, however, put up with such
knocks, without murmuring. A little further to
the right sat Miss r. BID, sffull stature fair hair
light blue eyes, and q complexion Of mingled snow
and vermillion; a. she smiled, she was beau
tiful, but whom she scowled, she was tigresslike.
hope she will not destroy her bcxuty-fcr she 10
very beautiful-by the unlady like habit of drawing
down her brows know one who would not think
it nice In the midst Of the group, ON the other
side, sat the sylph-like Miss Z. LIN, long dark
curling tresses, kissing her swan-like neck, her
sparkling hazel eyes, speaking hope, love and fear
and an occasional qu zzical leer at some Of the
soap-lock gentry, who WED with each other in
their attentions to her. In another part of the au-
dience was the pare white lily Miss C. BIN,
dazzling every one by her rich ssllies of wit. the
expression Of whose eyes and smiles would fasci-
at present. There werc numbers Of other ladies,
beautiful in the extreme. am only sorry to say,
without disparity 20 the other ladies, that the
GROWING piece to the picture, the queen of beauty
and grace, Miss s. H-n, was not there, being alb
sent on visit to Philadelphia. But more Of these
angels anon
The revival under Brother Slieer is enlarxing,
every day. and scores are Joining the Meth0dist
Church. Brother S. understands superintr nding
= controversy with the Devil, and If he does not
force bis Satanic Majesty to evacuate Carlisle, il
will not be for the want of ANIMATION well used
in the way OF psalms, hymns, and spiritual
vent prayer. He has band Of singers and prayers,
who will carry the war into Africa A ludicrous
mistake was made by of the singers, after ris-
ing from prayers. The contest being who should
raise the next hymn, one Of them in The hurry Of
the moment opened with
"Tippscanoe and Tyler too,
And with them we'll beat little Ven,
Van, Van, Van is a"
with " Haleluj1h, we arc our journey home"
There is much lethargy in the other churches -
Rev: Mr. Norris, of the Episcopal Church, 10 con.
fined with the variolod, and his flock il starving
for spiritual food. The told in the Second Freshly
terian Church Is without shepherd, and the lambs
are scattered, but as they believe in predestina-
ton, and the perseverance, Of the saints, they
no, be lost nor :sa they finally fa.i away Brother
Sprale of tine First, has been laundering from
Mount Sinai, bat cannot awaken his people day
after day, and night after night, does he preach,
exhort, threaten, entreat, demonstrate, and adm0-
nish, but he might well fiddle jgs to mile
siones;'' their hearts are hard. and Their neck,
stiff; but il he will listen to the advice ofa fiend
he will abandon the present mode Of getting up a
revival, and betake himself, and his elders, TO
fasting and prayer, and the Lord will mercifully
answer and break mp the great deep of the heart Of
his hearers, and powerfully awaken sinners. Pray
er Is The proper means pointed out by the Gospel,
TO shake and terrify the guilty wretchcs, and make
them bow their necks to the gentle yoke OF Chris
n m fer siunil radv VII
and the Lord prospertd his efforts. Let all our
prayers be " Lord revive US"
There are lady and gentleman in town from
New York, and curiosity is on the tiptoe to end
cut their history. birth, parentage, object their
visit, &c. &c. They intend spending some time
among US, and being private visiters l am not at
liberty to give their names. She is q ma gnifceHt
lady, and he is professional gentleman. They are
bona jide man and wife, but in consequence of some
misuIdcTs'a nding among themselves, their sineu-
lar conduct towards each other, had excited some
doubts on the subject. hope our community will
treat them with that respect AID attention which
their rank and standing cn,tle them TO. The hns-
band ought to know that beautiful women, married
or single, will be zcd at and admired it becomes
from habit their daily bread-they lsok for it and
will have II but thenit is no evidence OF infdei
ty in married lady TO seem to court the admiration
Of the gea,le He ought to be proud Of such a
wife.
A fire broke out on Friday morning last, at
o'clock, in the suburbs of the town, which destroy
ed two or three old buildings and hut for the
Guinness ofthe air, which blew haricane the day
before, the half OF the town would have been de.
stroyed. As usual, the under current ladies were
all in attendance, encouraging, by their presence
the activity Of the gentlemen Nierciful sOwls -
they don't like to see any body burnt
Every ling seems so be paraly zed here, by our
wretchet currency, excepting births Thank
Heaven, it can't affect thcm-dsaths, marriages and
divorces are nearly suspended by it. Dame Nature
presides, aud being real souls and bodies, unlike
artificial ones, they are not affected by fluctuations
in trade and currency.
The weather has been charmingly clear for some
time-as soft and fine as in May. | would rather,
tor the sake OF the grain, see deep snow on the
ground Yours, FELIX
Yearly Report of the City Inspector.
Through the politeness of Daniel T Valentine,
Esq, Assistant Clerk of the Common Council, we
are enabled TO present the following abstract of the
annual report OF William A. Walters, Esq, the City
Inspector, presented TO the Common Council on