Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-04-03

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jealous of those amusem~nts in which
we are neither ''Hcccmplished" nor ac-
customed ~ par,icipnl, but we are
compelled to sny, that the modern fash
ion Of Wnl,xing 10 an indecent exhibit
ion that ought 10 be impera,Isc'y ban
isl'ed from respectable drawing-roo'ns.
II i. one of those foreign imrorlations
that never sI,uld Fave been encourage
ed by Tie class of crixens who give
character snd ioar 10 American socie-
Il ty. II had it. origin in the voluptuous
orgies Of the ungudly Parisians, and is
gross scandal even 10 that city of IL
centiousness. Ii is nothing bat hug
and Il whirl and when a couple uiS-
bruce for such violent performance,
modcsty would suggest that every 9TH
cr person should leave the room.
And yet this walizing seems to be
the en- ire end and aim oi the lives OF
al. The fashionable young men" OF
New York. Many Of them We pre-
sumo have whirled through space
enough during The past season, if re-
.dueed TO n straight line, TO reach across
the Atlantic.
So accustomed are they TO this ridicu-
lous motion, that they cannst even walk
the streets without trctering upon their
toes. How unlike the stalwsrt youth
who became the heroes Of the Revo-
luton and the Fathers Of the Hepbblic
What a miserable muster these dainty
snips would make on an occasion ito
try mems souls" Their children, too,
if they ever have any, will be born to
An inheritance of ieebleness, and grow
up candidates for the poor house. o
for the good Old days Of Sir Roger de
Coverly! When strength, and not ef-
fcninncy was considered the highest
attribute of manhood Think Of Richard
OF the Lion Heart, and then look at
Broadway dandy IN Y. Mirror.
MR. CALuous 1t is unfortunate for
MIR. Calhoun's present fame that he has
left no successor. Ii ~ the fate of
mind like his to have no heir. When
he faded from this lIic his mantle Tell
on no one. OF those who aspire TO fill
the vacancy produced by his death
and their name is legion-,hcre is none
in whom the country will recognise
representative. They have divided his
garments amongst them but upon
any one Of them the fragment looks
"new cloth in an old garmSnt" where
by the rent is made worse
Assuming that MIR. Calhoun was sim
cerc in ! 10 reiterated declarations OF n
love for the Union; aseribing ts his Ia
bors in behalf Of Southern rights pur.
pose which he cons,anty claimed for
them-preservation OF the Coniedcra-
cy; what would probably be his course
now, WAS it permitted the mighty dead
to revisit the scenes Of their triumphs 7
Imagine the CONSERVATION Of the great
founder OF a political school. when he
returned 10 his disciples, radian, with
genius and glowing with patriotism, at
finding them selecting the vaccinations
Of his sombrc words ~ tho basis Of Il
scheme Of practical politics. His invo-
cation to the spirit which guided the
trainers of the Constitution in the labor
Of organizing Republic are forgotten
in the zeal with which his denuncia,ions
OF those who endangered the works of
their hands are dissecicd for n text his
pancgyrcs Of the Constitution as the
p riecton Of human wisdom. dcrided
by preparations for Withdrawing his
native State from the Coniedcracy
which IL created. There i, glimmcr
Of Mr. Calhoun's greatness in the collcc-
tion OF his sclfassumed SUCCESSORS no
glimpse Of his craftsmanship, none Of
his talents. nor yet any of his patrio.-
is'h' ihC p'e"iici ou'Iohihhbh, "IunP
from al ovcriraught hear, by exigen-
cies that are disappearing, and the i'm
aginngs of mind startled by apprc-
hcnsions which are not likely to he re-
allied, are indeed dlsccrnibIe. But
these are such conserve of the essence
OF his teachings as the passages against
sinners present Of the promises OF the
Holy Scriptures.-N. q. Pic.
BkirIsH olsPLAYA The GREAT ExHi-
sITioS-The nave OF the building wasn
furnishs VIII be magnificent sight,
embcllshcd, as it will be-, with the rar-
est and most remarkable specimens
from each of the 80 sections into which
the whole section has been classified
Collosal statues-great iountains-a
gigantic tclescope-pIl!ars Of granite
and coal-an extraordinary dome of
glass and iron, cast at Coalbrook dale
and 40 feet high crystals ofspermace,i
oil as representing animal substances,
and which cost their exhibitor $1,000
crystals Of alum several feet high = mod
els Of the Brliannia-bridge and of the