The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-14

Taylor. nave pa0 their respects TO Mrs. TAYLOR,
also to Colonel Bliss and lady, BY short visit; but
observe that The gentry who are looking for office
stick like leeches to Col Bliss.
City Intelligence.
ST. VALEnrISE's DAY.-well, St. Valentines day
has come round again, and columns will again be
written to mystify people upon the subject of the
name Of the worthy saint the day Of Ills birth being
connected with the oflove missions from every
body to every body else Tho why wherefore Is, as
yet an uIsolvsd problem. st. Valentine was, uu-
doubleday, very worthy saint, AMI excslent
bishop, and there 10 doubt that he brought down
upon his worthy head wrath Of the Emperor Clau-
dius, who had him barbarously executed because Of
his Incorporating devotion and fidelity the Chris
tisn religion 1t may be that this fidelity of valen.
tines suggested to the swens Of early times the idea Of
selecting this day to declare their fidelity to their mis-
tresses. Not the church, but the hundred and odd
pounds Of female fssh blood bone and beauty, with
which they POLITICALLY assumed 10 be greatly
mored as Bishop Valentine with his mistress the
church. In old English days, believe, It used to
be the custom for young ladies to claim their
Valentine for the ensuing year. the young gentleman
whom they chanoed to meet first on Valentines day,
or else the young ceuutry gsllants Of those times
claimed to be the Valentine of the young lady whom
they hrst encountered there were forfetures to
be exacted In case Of noncompliance with the law
Of custom. whichever way It was, we have NO doubt
that the young Valentines, our grand papss managed
to be met by their fsvoes lay with our grand
msmas to male the exaoons We have less doubt that
they arranged matters to be by the young fol.
lows at whose hands they were particularly DESTROYS
Of receiving favors for twelvemonth. But old GUS.
toms, like all sther old things, are changed for new,
and, from step to another the celebration of the
dsy has gone improving, or enerang until 1t is
now come to be looked upon with greater favor
by print Keller. and penny postmen than by any
n kAY ~ nil N hans "
citizens manage the frat class by getting up at.
tractive prints and the others by establishing special
tbousands little billet and large cards.
with bushels of nopsensical trash, and large qusntes
gone on increasing regularly from year to till it
has Come to be enormous. The day l. looked for by
many Of our young ladies with as much anxiety as is
the New Year festival Fortunes invested In pro-
psrirg and printing the little mssivss, which
sold fr oil prices, from penny to $3.50. The
mort extensive business Is done in vile ooored carri-
cature prints which carefully bought md directed
by some malicious bipsds, to females whose feeling.
they hope to wound the other hand, by you ng
ladies' who mischevously desire to perpetrats joke
at the expense Of rome Of their male aoq
This busineis would all be very we'll, II done in a
decent and good natured way; but it Is not
COZ Quoted Numerous instances have been known
where young ladie. have been wounded to the
and the records Of the Corosers office chow least
one casei which the feelings Of pure and youthful
bs II. torture. OF DS nnd
che seized and allowed deadly drug for the purpose
Of DESTROYING her life and she succeeded in her at
tempt. She fills suicides grave, and her affords
. Fad Lesson to the inhumsn who would wantonly
trine in this manner with the feelings Of Others But
the little pgers all Of this kind Many of
them ars beautiful and chastity prepared and afford
agreeable food fer curiosity "Who could have sent 1T"
is the interrogation with which received and the
pestnan Is welcomed when his ring IL next heard at
the door. Some Of the I" Vale ntinss" are really
worth receiving. containing as they do in addition
full handkerchief q ring, . pair of bracelets or q
pretty little gold watch, and intrnsics,ly worth,
sccG,dies to ,a the , articles h they soa.sn from
O higher price than this last mentioned sum. These
are connected with the valentine trade many
"dodges" or in other words, impostions 10 is well
known that the city postnen employ great number
Of extra bsn to assist the delivery of letters this
spd teveral ensuing days The carriers therefore being
tiers taken at and the postsgs paid Knowing
this there individuals who buyer have printed for
the asion hundreds Of the cheapest Kind Of Va
lepns there cost them from rs to 80 cents per hum
drea and carefully done and directed to young
means beet known to themselves In this way thriv
ing business 10 done. The girls wonder who sent the
pictures and the self appointed postmen pocket the
pennies But all trades must live and these worthless
only humbugs . small scale Perhaps It s Just
as we'll A Valentine is Valentine and II one don't
knew where It comesfi ON, It may be all the valid
able IL counts one, and is etill Valentine
The AMEkIcAr SYMPArBisERs.-The complimentary
dinner to Messrs Bergen and Ryan tsok piece at the
Coliseum last evening. The late hour at which the
festivities terminated, preclude from saying more
in toJays paper than that 1t was happily carried out,
ana that exceept epeecnes were ueltvere0
the course Of the evening. We shall give pretty full
sketch Of the sayings and donss tomorrow.
TWELFTH ARrIvERsARY OF THE CoLoREp ORPHAN
ASYLUM There was large audience ut the Tsber-
nscle att evening" to witness the exercis the
Asylum The exercises Of the children consisted Of
singing residing solving arithmetical problems, re-
citing lsssons from geography Dialogues ana other
fcf COL tfcna in all OF which the children acquitted
them,elves we'll In addition to this DR.. J. M'Cune
smith gave very interes;ipg account OF the Bushmsn
iscs and was GRABBED to illustrate many Of his re-
AXIS respecting their chronological Developments by
the pre,ence of Henry, the Bu'hman boy, which Mr..
Chaie brought to this country some time since Henry
exercises Iast evening He speaks good English aud
displayed his knowledge Of the Language by appearing
as Of the orators 10 dialogue gotten mp for the
occasion, DR.. Smith did not detain the audience
lens but his remarks very interesting, and
received with monstrstons Of applause The
ptpdtures fer the YEAR ending on the 3lst December
last according to the last report So 2S 80. The
receipts were 165 60 ess than this and there were
ur raid bills to the amount Of S179e "a. The total
Of he cys pauper colored children kept At this
a,yun, and the comptroller paid for their support
last yssr s2l40ts
AIMS HorsE PKrsioNEns-THE Our Doom Poon -
Yesterday and to day we're the days appointed by the
Lou Of the Aims House for the pavment Of
money and coal itkets to the out door DOOR, aims
bou,c perfiorers This payment Ia the semi mont
aoeaLoe fer February dttiibuted to persons who ap
ply fer aid but not wish 90 the Ain. House. Tho
Con msoDsr bss found, BY that 1t 10 beat
to encourage this mode Of relitv the poor the
expended though In many tri ng, prevents
wEee families from fesdns home at the Aims House