The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-02-01

SC. &c.
JAS. GORDON BENNETT, E:q-
My DEAR SIR
Strangers il may appear, nevertheless, SO true
be it, amid your numerous correspondents you have
none from this place who regularly, at reasona-
BILE intervals gives you " coup drir' st the pass
ing events or personages pretty or interesting, OF
he community. Now can hardly imagine there
S great lack Of food for your unique journal,
but rather that degree Of inertness has taken pos
session Of your friends.
You have an agent in town, who is very civil and
attentive, and appears to be doing a fair business
We havs two daily papers here, and both conduct
ed by bachelors Now as 1 am of your opinion,
that not only the press in its tone, but its editors,
should promote the public veal, and be good ex-
amples in every important light, they not fit to
forward, although perhaps Uhey may fancy they
possess the incnaton) calculated to seek the fair
interests of the city.
In the way Of public amusement we are general.
ly pretty quiet but at present we have the thestre
opened, under the good management Of Mr. Forbes
with good stock company, performing to tslsra-
bly, well filed houses. Mrs Fitzwilliams and Buck
stone arrived last night from Charleston, and will
draw crowds Of the gay and great.
The private society is very good. and has had
quite an acquisition IN some elgnt or ten young Ia
dies, who this year have made their debut, and a
more mating bevy even your queen city cannot
produce besides, we have generally during the
winter, large inhux of strangers, who try the be-
nefits Of the southern climat not as Grace Hark-
away in " London Assurance says, for the sake
of "consumptivc Estates, but actual i'll health or
to avert it. They enjoy one advantage which ira
velers often repine at mean comfort. The Pu-
aski House is far famed as of the most elegant
establishments in the States, and unsurpassed for
the quiet genility of lis arrangements ana eourte-
Gus department Of its proprietor
Marriages are very rare, only occurring, as a pc
neral thing when stray beau, in search Of health
or pleasure, makes his appearance, or the young la
dies evince their charms In a summer tour. The
ysung men can form a very fine battalion OF poor
gentlemcn-a good many merchants whose COM
mission or profit and loss accounts very easily ba-
lance-a goodly quantity Of knights of the lancet,
who conceive tho location wretchedly healthy
and no small scarcity Of sage expounders Of law
and justice, who pronounce (when in caucus col
lected) their fellow citizens strangely tame and
sadly passive-no ruse will work, nor any ingenuity
further their ends. They pretend to be very in
triguing, IN order to make unsus pecting meA de-
part from the path OF virtue and stop in the fields
Of vice, in order TO pay the penalty They are
ever apparently "eager for the fray" and regret
the consequences Of enraged sPirts yet ever ready
TO defend injured honor
This is my FIRST essay to you, Bennett, bat il may
be the last however,, in case yow desire il, and
any little occurrences Of special import Occur
which can be offensive to none, and amusing 10
some, | shall offer it for your consideration and
their discussion.