New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-02-25

sages in our quotations leaving the reader 70 %.
serve for himselfhow thoroughly self sdulstion ana
her own more than limited fsscinstions OF mind anu
manner are the burthen ofMrs. Msury's song even
when she seems 20 be absorbed IN the lsudarlon OF
Others
The other volume whose title We nave Pisoe-
at the head Of this notice is Of Ike nature WIN 'ue
foregoing, but Of less pretension, and may be oe'
patched on the principle that A short horse IS SON
curried 1t processes 10 give the names OF me nse
or six hundred persons living IN Brooklyn and " u
harnsburg. who are worth $4,000 each and upws'o'
at the head Of whom stands Senator John A Lou
with q comfortable Democratic fortune OF S79cVv''
and there are ll3 others set down as worm iFon
100000 up 20 600 900. we should like an est
mate Of the property remaining to the remaining
90 900 people Of Brooklyn after Seting on al tha'
belongs 70 the FIVE or SIX husdred whose nainc'
are found written in tins golden book lns com.
miller. favor their readers with brief biographies Of
some fifty or sixty Of iher subjects, telling bow
this one made bis money aud where that one go'
his-bow this one e a clever Wing and that one
No. Democrat--how A has always been popular
while has been chosen 20 the latest Offices while
c. i. destined to stI higher bonoSs. On the whole
we commend the Wealthy Men and Women Of
BROOKLYN. etc to all prudent mothers who have
manageable daughters, as well as TO young gen
.leuen who have survived the fever OF youthful pas
sion and are beroically resolved to marry dscreety
and eligby ifata 1t may save great deal OF swk'
ward searching of the County records. provided al
WAYS its statistics are in the main reliable. The
Young ladies' we are sure would sccrn the idea OF
looking into it, la this view, it would be hardly
TOO much to say that no prudent young bachelor
of Brooklyn or in the habit Of visiting there can do
without IT,
There is lust one little bother aboutit The pup
fishers, in soliciting material for more extended
and complete edition pledge themselves not F"
state any facts which would rebound to the disad
vantage Of the sphized-a pledge which they
have thus far fulfilled. This is very well as re-
CARDS the fifty or sixty deemed worthy OF biogra'
phic bonors but what is TO be inferred from the
silence preserved with regard to the other six or
seven hundred Isl not expressive sliencef
So it strikes as. We counsel each Of them TO pay
V or X and have frstrate notice IN the next
edition
- And this reminds Us OF circumstance we had
overlooked in our notice Of Mrs Maury. She, too
preserves the strain euogistio save 10 single IN
stance Hon Joseph Grinnell Of Mass on whom
she called with the modest intent Of making him
report bill to the House to compel passenger yes
sells 10 carry surgeons, appears not to have shown
himselfso entranced cavalier as those whose rare
qualities she has sdmirlngy recorded. She course
narrates their interview after her own fashion, talks
OF Mr. g. as the exponent OF the blind and Ignor-
ant seIfshness Of shipowDers, accuses him OF mis-
cradle personality because be limited that his lady
vister fresh from Britain. was stepping out Of her
sphere ia debating law 10 Congress talks OF bis
betraying awkwardness, when she overwhelmed
him with the information that she eminently be
loved and esteemed not only by Buchanan and Judge
NJ Lean but by Clay--whereupon Mr. q. looked
nsne rays at once her own ltalics) and surren
dered at discretion promising her hearing before
his Committee lof Commerce) next morning. If
any one can read this narration up POS g. and not
agree with that this sort of book is deserving Of
something else than countenance from those who
may at any time be subjected to like widespread
accusations of want OF courtesy and 'rudeness
rom the next travelling woman who chooses to
claim his time and regard without exhibiting salts
factory credentials, we can only say that judg.
nent is quite different Mr.. q. cannot of course
expose the defects of this account Of their inter
view, and Il he did. not 0ne-tenth Of those who i'm
bibe the SANDER would ever see the reply. We
found disgust aud aversion