The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-11
Our Virginia Correspondence.


ON Porn COMFORT, Va, June q, 1856. !
Leto from Cd Poini ComforOUr Correspondent Sympd
gises u1h Feorie who Can't Get Away from Nse Fork
Bsaviies q cd P0st- TrgsRid Society," and Trginsa
Dinrvs-R,iarc,i0nt 4 ~ Aris1eraey, DC, dc.
!, requires no very active exercise OF my imagination
TO picture the appearance Of Gotham during this charm.
nfy tropical weather, the delightful sensations OF
such orlorn and unfortunate individuals compelled
to remain In that vast and purgatoral wilderness Of
bricks and mortar. can, without doing violence 10 pro-
liability fancy that my friend the compositor who "scts
mp th. epste has Witnessed the astonishing phenomenon
Of eyapora,ng ink, exploding Thermometers, and pre-
pared 70 testify that the very speeches Of the
repctc with thoughts that burn while that important
parsonage the devil finds the atmosphere entirely congo
NAL TO his Satanic dignity. Thinking Of these things,
can scarcely realize the fact that few short days ago
was enduring al the agony Of rail aveoppresscd with
dust ehoked with erders and terrified AZ fierce discus
sion between several coioncs, majors judges, or
edi,ors-vhlch discussion embraced American policy
foreign and domestic much 10 the edGcaion Of such
enlightened sovcreigns AZ myself Bat looking abroad
from my window, when froats upon the nobest road-
stead on tho globe. feel treasured and the heat dust
otnE sieamboatng and politics fade into mere recolec
verify and or truth am N virginia: and strange as
may seem 70 the people Of grand metropolis find
ho company here assembled instructed in the elegant
amenities II ic and Stvely civilized high DEGREE
~ President Tyler heads the list while military men and
civilians q high position embelHsh the society Dinner
which bad test goes on with scupul0us propriety
People take soup A. regularly children DO The meases
their forks scndGn Grfem and drink wine they
used 10 H. while sort of antique courtesy
corous quiet prevail which j. very refreshing amor
seeing the animals led" at certain places which need
not name.
And enc word II dlnrer. Il e, may say an nsttu.
ton peculiar ~ this hotea grand array Of all that on
the dtarth or the waters under the earth IA contr
button from and land, display Of fab, (such ash %
oysters (extraordnary bvaves) and crabs (atonish
nr crusiacious decaces) which might tempt the snguid
appetite OF a confirmed invalid, captvate the rosy
checked and robust disciple Of Apcus. But not only
the aquatic delicacies 81 exquisite quality and in great
abundance but the more ambitious displays Of culinary
ar are quite worthy Of the 81 Nicholas But WINS writ
about the people, when wandered Oh into this dgres-
sion. 10 return In addition 70 their quiet department,
they wear clothes which really in excellent ttte You
not horraed with tr eight Of trowsers irrigated BY
juvenile rivers blinded BY vastcoats Of such magi
native pattern suggest their designs az probable
copies from insane Kaleidoscope.
Another evidence o Of their civil zation and fashion s
presented every evening when the beaux and bellies az
sembe in the capacous and handsome ball room (sad by
the way ~ be the largest In the South for the pur
pose OF displaying their graceful persons in the mazes
Of quadrille, the evouiioni peculiar 10 those
plex indefinite and accidental looking performances which