New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-13

vented another object for bis activity He er,s
hes bis taste no longer men, bat On coats. h,,,
loEg hair, canes, pipes and caps Ia the Spring :,
lsa9, when Gen. Weldon was collecting the r,,'
nants ofthe army sofesrfally broken up by the Hu,
garans, and was advancing backward by Como.
Gen. BONN, bis substitute in this city put On. ma
msmstion, in which he warned the world against
wearing low caps with Prussian visors, long pio.,
long hair, heavy white neckcloths, thick cana
&c. &c these being the insignia Of the men Of a.,
archy who aspired 10 bring in Communism. Tia
Stadthsuptmann then in Office opposed the en-.
forcement of this document and il was allowed 4,
rest. Bot bis successor, after two years Of "a.
stored quiet, has taken the matter in hand. Tia
pupils of the Polytechnic Institute were forbidden
to wear students caps. big sticks, long pipes
long hair, coats such as were worn by the tOrns
Academic legion, or hats with wide rims. At the
same time the police were ordered to arrest everv
person who should be found with the prohibited
length of locks or forbidden garment. In visnn,
nobody has ever observed how people went
dressed, but sl have followed their own fancy.
In city where is congregated the utmost Va.
riety of races and costumes there n nothing
striking in any form of a coat or hat and We have
always enjoyed the freedom of clothes So much
the more oppressive was it to the population when
the police commenced this interference.
"At the beginning nothing more was suffered
than arrest The prisoner was brought before the
Commssary Of Police who asked his name, con
dition, &c, and then according to the traditionsy
fashion, inquired II he knew why he was arrested
Hereupon the subjec. declared his ignorance, and
the examination went on. Usually the whole
ended by the Commissarys saying TO the pris
oper: "Take of your coat, or Have your hair
cut"
"Not seldom the police were embarrassed, o.
pecially when they fell in with the genuine sons
Of vindobona from the Faubourgs They usually
put the question is it law Show US ths
law once : and as the Commissary coudat do
this. they always replied, Then We won't do it.
To help his subordinates out of this difficulty Mr.
Weiss Won Starkenfes ordered that every wesrer
of long hair should be marched oil to barber
and the delicate Job at once executed. Here il
bannened again that the sufferers Of this act OF
violence refused to pay for it. Accordingly, the
notice ianis.aries received new order, to ask
every delinquent il he would pay for cutting bis
hair and in case he refused he was taken into
the watch room, where barber stood ready who
shaved bis whole sconce smooth aud clean. Ia
truth. il the thing were not 50 wretched one
would be tempted to call ii the perfection o.
comicality.
"Snce the time of Gear Peter such a thing has
not been in Europe, and yet il is only three years
since the March revolution. Peasants were ar.
rested for wearing their usual brosd brmmedhstI
sloveks, whose tangled hair was never desecrssed
by cutting, were mercilessly shorn. The anger
Of the population became palpable. In order Ia
some measure to appease public opinion the fabls
Of conspiracies discovered, clubs, 60, was pro.
| pagated, but nobody believed it, Do you ask
why the press was silent The reason was, that
the measure was regarded as proceeding from the
military governor and no one dares to criticize
what Weldon commands. The war against hair
| and hats continued till an order from Weldon pat
an end to it, as it is understood, by express direc
ton of the Emperor. Several very reputable
persons had been maltreated in this way, among
them an attachS of foreign embassy, which pro-
duced reclamation to Prince 6chwarzenborg.
! Both Bach and Weldon pretended to be ignorant
| OF the whole matter and the Stadthauptmann had
to serve as scapegoat. However, they continus
to keep up the idea at Court that the costume Ia
question was worn by way OF political demon.
stration, by young idlers aud demogogues, aud
that accorJi1 ely the state OF siege must DO con'
timed"