New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-10

TBE RonAscE OF DvsT-HEAr.-Our neagho0
opposite ia having his cellar cleared out bAske'4oaa
after basketoad lie brought up those four orswnV
shoulders and del osited in the street. Whit an IN
slightly pile Of rubbish and coa+ashes! and lowering
around IT, napping their smuched wings, the city har~
pee, win eager eyes, raking with their iron taons.
les, unsgh'iy altogether, nuisance, eyesore-
| but stop what's that 4 chad's shoe a very ting
thing pink and PRETTY ribboned telling of tot
tering baby -sters, Of household daring Of tyrauA
| two feet high, of desp0t that babbled. Who Is d
who says that of sllthings the little shoe recalls most
viydly dead baby 10 its mothers eyei Wekasw
not hut who that has read Victor Hugo's thrilling
story Of N6reD Dane in which just such shoe plays
serious part can fail to acknowledge the truth of thA
testimony, borne by some maternal heart
An old hat ah, the boys have that; now for Q
game at football with rs fallen majesty. The crow,-
ing g.ry ii the outer man is at the thirty toes
ends Of the three barefooted urchins, whose ir.v
ererce is equaled only by them rsgyedness, dit and
;rcipnt yickoGn,ss. The hat of dandy, on the hce
of it-sadly battered and detected by its recent hard
straits. but with the unmstskabe signs Of original best
ouaty-nattly shaped graceful I'm so far rs that terra
NAV be applied to the modern style of fashionable
tlel, fine and dekca,ely curved in the brm Whilom
reposed Just the least in the world to the le on the
ofiest snbrosal cur rcdoent of Macassar the artistic
half circles il described in the welsunped air in honor
ofair Amelias and Anna Marias rolling by roars. %
floating past in voluminous maze, carried triumph To
the respective bosoms Of those ladies'; and such smiles
as were bestowed uponits dazzling backness IN retunt
That selfssme ha,-at this moment, alas igaobly
moored in the eutterhas seen the interior of Mrs. Pot
rhars mansion--.ndeed has found itself, without
tr,mor face face, with the far-faned lady herself;
for delightful ball night, il actually slept beneath
that august roof, in the gentemens room. At tho
opera, theater conceitroom, and Grace Church; as
matirees and soirees; at dinners, morning calls,
and evening pnmenadss, it assisted during its brief
| but brilliant season. But Genin opened style.
sixteenth of inch wider in the brim and
| poor friend is here.
The busy eh.foniers pick away at the increasing
heap, detecting at glance an availability glass
bottle, or scrap of rag paper-to consgn to their
| bags OF baskets. A very Topsy of a little colorcd
wench drsgs out satin slipper Of such Cnderela-at-
ting proportions that with great pulngson and pinch
rgs-n she can barely succeed in getting her toes into
IT, It's even now quite white and smartly decorated
with rose and buckle dancing shoe, instructed IN
forwardwo and chasste, in e pantalon and ladies'
chain familiar with polka schottisch and the German
waltz accustomed to the best society only to gas
light and the dazzling dear five hundred; once won
dered at for its Lillpuan smallness and watched bY
envyng and admiring wall-fowes as its fairy me-
tress swan in the dance
Her feet, beneath her pet,icoa
Like little mice stole in and ont,
As thoughthe feared the light
And all! she dances such away.
No sun upon All Easter dsy
Il halt So fine sight"
| Had the pretty giddy-hcad read Hans Christiao
| Andersen's story of the Red Shoes, and how Ger
tain little maiden was proud of them that she was
compelled to dance for years and years all over the
world, morning. and night, Summer and Winter.
over mountains and through thomy thckets, pun
i,hment for her vanity and that the she
| threw these away, though still so new ndpretty
A silk apron-one Of those bewitching coquetres
| worthy the seductive waist Of femme-de-chambre
| or a giisette-is recovered next; Of hues once
Brighter than the silks Of ssmarcandi"
with pockets Just large enough 10 hold the saucy.
dmped fists of the wearer gaily nbboned and much
bedizened with gmps and aces. About what fragrant
| bodice were entwned those silken cords, and what
harpy lover knotted or oosed them at his WILL mo-
| forgetfu of the old German form of betrothall
| What becomes Of all the pins was once much
vexed question We think might easily be answered
by any one fortunate to have seen yonder rosy
eeked frau, whose extensive bosom is converted for
the into vast expanse of toilette cushion CHS
tenng with the pins she is rapidly picking out Of tho
refuse.
A sheet of an old etter-ah you may be no
love letter to to such a sorry pass; or if IL be,
the oracle is dumb, for time and dampness and
mode,ing burial amid household ruins guard its con-
fdences more sacredy than did its owner.
Battered tinpans; spouess coffee-ps; the remains
of a feather brush welded by my ladys own
dainty fingers to dust the costly senselessness of an
etagere; old boots scrubbng-brush bits Of broken
china and countless relics that defy antquary to
guess at their original shape use chips and stray
splnters for kinding, collected by dozens Of little
brown fingers; bits of coal eagerly gathered for
scantly-fed res and ashes, ashes, ashes enough 70
have supplied the momning-season Of Babylon.
And 80 let lis shake the dust from off our feet and
move on.
The MURDERED MAS.-Frederick Stumpf who was
deliberately shot Sunday afternoon by John Cum
uincs Mns lieIunn ahnnt 70 Years of and had