New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-22

:. Nrr nv ntcrds" said W., with besmiug
Ao.,leece cleaning thruugh his spcctaolc', polit-
t,.I, wAshnston expands socially, We remain
,,.,All, contracted While the wings ot our Capitol
,s,irue 60 srrpNd Society has its twenty-five feet
ga, and holds its cvcoe whore her vo,ar'es have
.,,r~Dl, r>cw e. breathe EAis to me seems strange
a., hns,, AAcr all is the only common ground 10
,,sl, diversified lnion whore all may meet and have
.>,.l ex,sie.cc. We should cultivate and enoOur-
.-N Planned hy tho great Father Of country. il
,NsuA hc the pct and not the stepchild Instead Of
h,a~ srcw,cd az ard abused. It should be honored
snA Im,uCVci. Sending up representatives from all
r.r,s NJ the luion. should here have society
tAAi in Is pleasant ntcnOunc would be buried all
>,.N,aal Differences and thereby realize TO one aud
A. that We have common country.
Ii Saculd be. continued the divine man, "a great
national schcN. The representatives called here
urAlly hy our political necessities from all parts Of
,Au vast country, could here be taught much in arts
ssa science that, returning to their benghted con-
sNnents in vifginis the far West, the wards of
Nev-York il would disseminate aud thereby be not
cr', ConSrc~Smcu but social missionaries. How much
have sctn taught in this way Our eloquent friend
lycucSrs Bnck who this day will hold forth
KArsss O. some other wclghty abstraction, when he
6rsi came 20 Washington pondefed uneasily over
,stin, cayi not understanding its innocent import,
sod tie servant to tske that towel out of his tum
be- thus Designating harmless napkin, and Away
endangered bis eloquent mouth by the somewhat i'm
psadcnt use of the cutlery. Now contemplate Lycurgus
sSciAny. lie is, so 10 speak, a d Onay-s cornfed
osay il istrue but improving You remember him a
the last reception and contraSted his appearance with
extracts frOm speech said 10 be delivered by tn
Hon Brick on the stump When speaking from thai
institution LyCurgus denounces fine linen and broad
cloth-alludes with intense sarcasm TO the rufle
sAirtsd k-stcckng gentry who, he asserts seek to
ride rush shod over the necks of the dear people.
Yoa had great difficulty in realizing that before you
stood the suthor Of these hearty sentiments These
touches OF sansouotic, red republican, progressive
Looo.Focosm could scarcely emapate from one whose
exireuss incased in patent leather and yellow
kids, whose cloth of blush texture sported multi
tudnous srIay of brass buttons, whose manly bosom
exhibited cascade of snowy, rufiied cambric, in the
midst OF which reposed breastpin Of the modest
dimension of snuff box. Now turn TO Mrs.
Lycargus. Did you ever more finished specimen
Of an American lady Yet when Mrs. Brick first
came 10 city her ideas of social intercourse were
severely crude. She was shocked in soul at the de-
ceef style Of dress She abored under the delusion
that modesty existed in the clothes and not in the bear
ing and eSpressions-a thing innate and not dependent
on millinery. Little knowing that Ninon de PEncos,
rolled in draPery, would make blush, while the
Greek Slave, without any is the persOnication OF
modest purity. So Mrs. Brick lives and learns saw
the dress night after night fall from the shoulders inch
by nch habit fought against fashion, and the skirts
lnsthen until Mrs. b stood before us beautiful and
fashionable lady. She has capacity for change,
taste for improvements, unknown to her ruder lord,
and returning TO her native home will inocuate an
entire district.
"Great glory, then TO our National Capital; and as
We make it social school, let us also look well to the
Arts and Sciences. Here will we have our galleries
Of painting our specimens of sculpture that will give
elevation of tone to our entire country In this last
we have not made much progress, but must not
despair Tbis Session of Congress WILL doubtlessly,
make itself eminent by giving Healy panel to paint,
and s great picture of Franklin Pleading the Cause
of the Infant Colonies before Louis xVith. will,
with the eye and hand Of genius start on. before the
world Until then we can contemplate Jackson on
the Brass Horse defyng the laws of gravtatien and
the colossal Washington, freshly risen from cold
bath, and pointing mperously to the Patent Ofee
where bis smsll clothes are-and small clothes drank
in silence"
A goodly privilege this, in academic groves as II
were. TO hear such phlosophc DISCOURSE Speaking
Of Washington, it reminds me of amusing anecdot
heard the other day of an innocent admrer of on
Of our greatest orators who said in reply to heart
felt eulogy of the Father of Country: Yes, he
was great man. but il remained for Mr.. Everett to
bring him out"
Lent puts an end to the larger gayetes here, and
after Lent, comes the Spring, when the Marine Band
PLAYS complicated melodies in the public grounds, and
the Government PAGES sOlemnly about under severe
sense Of duty But you must not suppose that, IN the
above sentence you can find conclusive evidences OF
a serious time The larger entertainments are gwen
ID but the smaller and less sinful go on, and
never was go fatgued with gayey as during the last
season OF Lent | am so tired that / have ceased
giving you notice Of them.
KLast Thursday evening, Mrs Banks, wife OF our
distinguished Speaker, commenced series OF enter
tsinmens snd judging from the first, they promise 10
be among the most brilliant Of the season arrived
late and was somewhat startled by the heterogeneous
ssembage. Senator Toucey, extreme South, MADE
background TO Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Senator
Wilson who does not hesitate avowing the most ultra
doctrines from his place in the Senate was conVerS
ing COrhdertially with General Houston Ana SO eA-
remes meet in Mr. Speaker Banks hospitaole mansion
want the words to tell of the charming ease, grace
end tact with which both host and hostess received
and entertained this checkered company. Ii any one
supposes for moment that j. is easy to amuse large
assembly st reception, let that one try ana discover
bis or her enot But when it comes TO such Narl-
ousy selected crowd such diversity OF taste anu scu
ment it requires more than finished talent to SATISFY
and smuse. Such tact approaches genius.
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