Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-11-03

society, NlII bring with 1t all the happi-
ness that can be found on earth.
FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. - The
New York 1Hrro,, of "Wednesday even
inr. has the loiiowng.--
MIdamc he GeH-This brilliant
and accomplished lady. who has
recently won 30 much eciat in Europe,
returned in the Atlantic on Saturday,
and is now stopping at the st. Nicholas
Hotel, where as usual she 10 tho centre
Of an admiring circle Of fashionable
women aud intelligent men. During
Madame LeVert, accompanied by her
father and daughter has travelled over
the principal countries of Europe and
visited all tie persons, places and things
best worth seeing. Probably no travel
lor has ever seen so much, and enjoy ed
SO much in the same space OF Tune
before. Taking with her letters Of In
reduction 10 the best representatives OF
The literary, mercantile, and aristocratic
classes, Madame LeVcrt has had an
opportunity Of tasting the creme de td
creme oI European society while her
rare accomplishment as a linguist
enabled her 10 converse in a variety OF
languages, AMI 10 gather information
from all ella. ses OF people. she returns
delighted with her touI /; bat stiI more
delighted with her own free, native
land. We hope Madame LcNert may
bc induced To give Us a volume Of her
Impressions Her portfolio would be
treasure to the Harpers."
RENTS IN New IoRK.--We copy the
following statement from Il letter from
New York, in the National lnie,Iig n.
Ger:
am perfectly astonshej at the rate
Of rents in this city. In some locations
they are truly enormous, aud every
VIII ere are really exorbtant compared
with most ether cities. / know Il SIN
gle basement room on Wall street, 10
reach which you must descend five or
six steps from the footWay, with low
ten foot ceiling and the room not mere
than thirty by twenty feet,
which rents for $4,000 per annum A
lot twenty five feet by seventy five as
high up on Broadway as the corner of
Fulton street. was recently leased for
twenty-oue years al Sl4, 800 per annum,
at the end OF which time The ground
landlord is besides to have the building,
which is now being erected on it, and
which will cost 100000.
A building OH Broadway, immediate.
ly adjoining Trinity church'yard, forty
feet 'front.' aud two hundred deep, open
ing on side alley, aud cut up into cor
ridors aud offices. brings an aggregate
rent OF 500 0G0 per annum and gen
tleman who has built himself II splendid
uNlhi'lp nc il'Ei III p'phhNHl 40 WV
neighborhood of Union Square, at least
two miles above the City Hall, says he
plainly sees that he must be driven
away m few years by the encroach-
mcnt of hotels, stores, and shops aud
told me he had already been offered Il
rent OF SIC, 600 per annum for his house.
OS ToBAoco AND ToDpY. Lucy Stone
has commenced courses OF lectures to
Young msn, Oh the use Of tobacco ard
tuddy. She says they must abandon
both. or the women folks will abandon
them. Lucy says II is no more natural
Tor men to drink rum and chew the
weed. than to convince the women folks
that fashion Is folly.
NEs a letter in the Hartford Times
from Lichfclj. states that an animal
was shot in that town Thursday. which
was pronounced by Rev. b. l.. Swain,
Drs. Beckwith, Seymour and others, 10