The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1844-11-23
CORES PONDENCE OF THE WING,
New YORK, Nov. 10, 1874.
My Dear Ricketts,:


My Dear Ricketts,:
have lately dis
covered that Resignation is a Christian
virtue, which, when you receive a full
broadsde OF dlsappoinlments. it is very
difficult to practice-al least have found
ii so since the defeat of Henry Clay. /
little expected that the American people
would place at the head of their govern
menl, man of such ordinary ability,
when his opponent, was distinguished
lhroug bout the weird for his talents, elo-
quence and craftsmanship. But the SEN
ence has been passed, and have no doubt,
my dear friend, if anything should belaI
the country, you as one Of its citizens.
can wash your hands of the offence, in
the consolation that you done everything
IN your power to obviale the catastrophe.
But will not burden you with polli-
cal letter, when | know you have been
swimming in nothing but the s'sea Of poll
ties for the last six months; so with your
permission, ] will not beat the eternal
ding dong in your cars any longer, but
give you curSory view of some of the
attractive objects Of the great metropolis
of The Western World
slept i'll Palmo's Opera House last
evening to hear Dr. Lardner's leclure-il
was miserably attended. Poor DIR. Lard
ner has had all his apparatus burnt up in
Providence, and the proceeds of this lee
iure were TO contribute to the purchase
money of a new one. Misfortune seems
to follow science. If dancing master,
who keeps apartments in Park Place,
should fall and break his Leo, he would
have thousand sympathisers who would
rush to his benefit ball, but great and
scientific aIlanments have but few vola-
rIes. star seems to be admired as it falls.
but forgotten the moment It's light is ex"
tnguishcd.
The lashionables Of Broadway have
had an important addition to their num-
bers laiely-in the shape of two Chinese.
who appear on the SHILLING siden every
morning at eleven, in complete national
dress, which take to be the Pekln fall
fashion for 1914. The edes, wears
huge Tibet Of fur which covers his ears
and leaves his lungs exposed, and the
other has a robe Of blue muslin which
makes him look like bundle of clothes
just from the indigo tub of a washer wo-
man. They look like enlarged copies of
The figures on preserved ginger pots.
straight from Canton, and are as Chinese
as green tea. spent few hours in the
dlssectlng room of the Medical College
day or two since, and met these nhabi-
tants OF the Celestial Empire, book
in hand, watching one of the juniors per-
forming some leats of his skill in anato-
my. From that, judged they were au-
'hors on the road to Fame, which have
since been informed is the fact.
The cosmopoite attraction of the city
now, is a bijou of a Turkish shop at SOS.
Broadway, where two Turks dressed in
costume expose for sale every thing pro-
durable only by a voyage to the Orient
There are beautiful embroidered
slippers, small carpets aud ottoman cloths,
odors IN gold bottles, embroidered
handkerchiels and gllded pastiIes-every-
thing, in short, that one buys of old
Mustapha, near the llippodrome in SIAM
boul, confectionery included. You ough,
to taste some Of that same candy, my dear
fellow, and see the Persian inkstands, ham
die the graceful scmetars, look at the Bru-
sa silks and seragio slippers, and on
would set your Imagination at work in
such earnest, that when you left the door,
IL WouIu require lne waking o! several
blocks before you could convince your
self that you were not III the Sultan's do
minons.
Since Ole Bull has bid us adieu for
short time, the lovers of Italian music
have gathered up the fragments of the late
exploded opera company and with the
lovely Sgnora Pico, the prima dona from
Milan, and the magnificent Borghesc to
play the heroines, they will have bril-
liant season. To night they open with
the beautiful opera o! La Cenercntola, from