New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-17
THE TRIBUNE.


lis PROCESSION. III was moi merely lnhi lfOlts-
son was seden,ary and kept him from manly, ath-
etc exercises. neither that his art devoted to
he furnishing Of rament for the body alone. The
latter the bosier the shoemaker, shared with
lin these difficulties yet they might if entitled to
them by character, receive the honors due to whole
men or wbole-sooled men, while the Tailor must in
cease be regarded as better than fraction of man
10 matter what he himself was, his profession east
over him shade of ridicule nobody could believe
that tragedy or herosm might be associated with
the eDose and the heading Of a page The Melan
choly of Taors' prepared not for tears but laugh
ter Yet that bore the title Of sufficient energy
and providence TO be the founders of innumerabe
families almost of a separate race, is manifest by
the extent to which their posierity have retained
the name The Clan Taylor is only less numerous
than the Clan Smith and boasts a still larger pro
portion Of distinguished members. Among these
Jeremy alone is sufficient to atone for all sins of the
race, whether committed by way Of cabbage or
otherwise.
Bot we rejoice to sec that in the march Of mind
which is scrambling cumsily but surely over the
old walls Of prejudice, the tailors keep pace with
the best The needle il longer q weapon void OF
offence nor wadding nm Intellectual shield against
he darts of satire They hold their heads high aud
hold their full purses in firm hand. Among other
signs Of the times. which shows that they take at
la. their fair place in the Circle Of Industry may
be mentioned that distinguished novelist has as
signed a most honorable place in one OF his works
to Tailor and that, not only Prince Albert, b'&
also the Duke Of wellington, Prince of Victoria
and oil victorious Prince has enrolled himself in the
Talors' Guild We fear, indeed, that they cannot
make as just preensions to the honors of an useful
AT as the Oriental Caliphs did to be good watch
makers.
Apropos 10 this subjective find in the last
Courier des Etats- inns the following amusing
sketch of the famous Stutz and see, with pleasure,
both that he might have assumed the title and rank
Of a noble in the country which lays most stress on
such distinctions but that he had the good TO
refuse il, and devote the winnings of his needle and
shears to better use This is the true Democracy,
and we are glad to find spark of il in the breast
Of 80 MaohiaycliaI Tailor Not TO Womsn alone.
il seems does il belong 10 touch the true centre
with the point of that little sharp implement which,
if considered with reference 10 its benefits 10 man
should be venerated above the sceptre, TO say no
thing of the sword. And yet, as we write these
words, thought strikes But for the fault which
first obliged Adam TO ply the needle, neither scep
tres nor swords with their long train of attendant
miseres would have been wanted. And, perhaps
this remembrance is the very of the prejudice
against tho Tailor's trade. Well if il be so, it is
still time for il to in common with all unjust
aoi1 moi Oufim
isl were almost weeded now from this garden of
the world Meantime LEI read this page from
the annals of the Dandy King and his Premier
Stultz. Ii is from one of the amusing letters OF
Pierre DHrand then on his way to the Beethoven
Festival OF which, by the next arrival we may ex-
peel an account from his and hundred other pens.
"Alichting OF Gutenberg, looked up TO admire
the beauty Of the heavens. and found myself be.
heath triumphal arch. With the best will in the
world SO to do il was impossible for me To suppose
that this monument of verd.re was erected IN my
honor There are, indeed at Paris three or four
visitors who might have had such an idea. | need
not name them you know who they are, But /
was told that this arch was in honor OF the Grand
Duke of Baden who was coming 10 open new
railroad track between Gutenberg and Frbourg
not Fribourg in Switzerland, but Fribourg In Bris-
gau. famous for its magnificent Cathedral deter
mined also 10 make the Inc bidhu
Duke appeared presently. He is man IN the prime
Of life, with an open smiling physiognomy, the al
fable air and simplicity common e. The German
princes he was accompanied by his son. young
man OF eighteen or twenty. who is not YET General
nor even COLONEL but wears modcsily the cpau-
ie,tc Of Sab Lieutenant The people received the
Grsnd Dukc very warmly; he received the compi-
menis of the authorities and then set OIL with ms
escort. was obliged 10 await the second train.
Each side OF the route was bordered by hedge
Of various people These were the peasants rus
TIC Inhabitants Of the Black Forest who came TO
admire spectacle, new. strange 10 them the
non track the locomotive in the exercise oil i's
anciions, the train passing with the rapidHy OF
lightning Nothing could be more charminGy pic
i0resque than the costumes of these astonished WI
ayers Here ancient habits have been relieiOusly
Kept up. The men wear the dress of Louis y =
une-ihc broad brimmcd felt hat the red worked
shcr wsisicoai. velvet brecches with high and
Gse boots the women vests covered WIN hand.
Sne embroidery n pci,icoat of two very decided
oolors charming hcaddresses of gold or silver
suh with wide black ribbons, aud hanging down
upon their shoulders sometimes even TO the ground,
their long fair hair But the railroad will dispe all
ols and soon the men will be IN blouses. the Wo-
men hike the griscttcs OF Paris.
In this region and throughout Germany there -
now passion for NJ building old castles ms ans
heratic fever has been raging ever since the hng
@Prussis renovated the castle OF Siclzenicls where
Ne Is at this moment receiving the Queen OF Eng
AID With the ruins disappear The old chivalrle
ssends which arr replaced by very prosaic modern
chronicles. Ike this which CLEANED on the rail
rad passing by the lately rebuilt castle OF orlen-
berg
: Aeou, forty years ago young workman named
s'altz born in the village of Lahr near Or,enberg'
Ell has country to seek his fortune IN Eng
and Siultz was youth OF good gifts; he
Pned to German patience and sagacliy hnesse
snd ingenuity very Ia the land oil ms
orIh, The willy German is like cold SCUM
ron be has great chance IN succeeding IN what ne
undertakes Fortune ought thus to smile ON me
!oang S,utz who chose profession OF which ms
sonparots are iond-hat of tailor he learnt OF the
oes masters then took for himself a little establish
nert IN which he succeeded well. He was soon IN
god circumstances. "a 10 money, but ms ala ao'
satce his ambitious mind he dreamed OF wealth
,la glory, and wanted to be the hrs; tailor IN Lon
1o His employers were citizens, merchants ana
as'ofneys clerks; while doing justice TO these sood
pvopie who paid him well he felt himself wortny'o
aone those Of another quality. His shears iremoied
DIS fingers as he thought Of the brilliant gentle
aeh who SET the fashions in Hyde Park and heseh'
.aeet That thought he is the custom 10 makea
lain itr