New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-09
4 HUSBAND TO BE RAFFLED FOR.

M Pertam las solved the problem Of the age; thr
Union is cafe. Every body knows that since the ex
pansion of crnone and the requirement of thirty or
forty yGId. of silk FOR dress, marriages have become
lsm.ntably unfrequent Only the rich can afford the
luxury of wife the Flooding clerk with his seven or ten
OF fit hundred dollars year must be content TO look
frcm sfsr .pon the promised land. Young ladies' who
thought a year ago that " he would propose in a
week or two at most, have been astonshed at his
confourded patience" and could not for the life of
them see why be kept them waiting go long. Mamma
too thought very strange forgetting in her anxiety
to make coed market for her daughters, that she
bad accustomed them to sn extravaganza to whose
sier attractions Ulysses is prudenty blind, and none
but the reckless ard the d signing yield. Meantime
the "yourg ladies" are attaining a certain sge and
there are wrinkles in their hearts. He mag not be
forgotten, but Old Crimes heavy With pott, takes a
fancy Ike Dayij, to have damsel to lie IN his
bosom and gets bis choice Of the lott the rect shive
body and soul.
This lsmestabs state Of affsirs has at last attracted
the pauotic Briggs and the phisnthrop
c Perbam. Briggs when he retired from the coatrol Of
the city by the periodical eruptons of bis bottcmless
wit ard wisdom in tie Board of Aldermen returned,
Ike a second Ciscinu stus, TO his cert. lie had not
been long engaged in his humble but hodest calling be-
fore the arleeirg mind Of the patriot was directed to
the melancholy state Of society which We have noticed
above Since the insanity OF Branch ha, been decided
upon by the weird, Briggs whose understanding
sympathies are always with the people land who had
made a small loan to Branch on the occasion of his
voyage to Brardor has found another bosom friend
that friend is Perham. We need not describe
Josiah PeIham. For years and years his name
b.s ia
will 90 down in history with the Seven.Leagde
Boots. Unnumbered gin prints, s0 pencils, gilt
pepknyes and gift pens scattered broadcast through
the country attest his unbounded generosity II said
even that there have been gift farms. Briggs
that il IL co. hut our faith refuses yet 10 gup such
osinterested beneyolence. With d0wncast hsad ami
rumrsting step Briggs found his way to the Chinese
Buildings. Briggs found Perhsu; the friends shook
bands and took glass of sherry. Briggs stated his
fesrs Where asked the anxious lover OF his cOun
TVS honor where are the men coming from who
" to win our future Le1ingtons and Bunker Hills? We
mutt have marriages, or the stars and stripes will
be trcd into the dirt OF the SaratOgss and the York
towLs that are TO adorn the illustrated page OF our
"coning history Perhsm vas moved. The frends
mingled their tears and went TO the St Nicholas and
took q glass Of sherry The hopes Of Briggs were
elevated; the genius Of Perham was sst on tip toe
Hence the Gift Lady hence the Gh Gentleman.
No longer will the ploddirg clerk he obliged by sheer
necessity to postpone indefinitely the happy day. For
the very moderate Of 81 he gets undivided
three hun6red-thoussndth part OF lady whose
weight AID dress, believe, We have before stated
lady VINO can srg marve!ously, play rayishingy, who
has $25 GEO, and 10 stage-irght For the same very
moderate sum, despair is driven from the breast Of the
.ip,ter "a tho same three hundred thousandth degree
by the appearance upon Perhsms stege Of youog
man. who would be called handsOme IN certain quar-
tiers not very far west Of Broadway, and who - ssId
10 be possessed in bic own right Of 300, Ne Peharn,
With that modesty which only those who know him
can appreciate, bes put at Only go 900 10 The bik
On Saturday this manageable young man was pre-
acted 4 the fi.t tine to New-YCrk audience. That
audience was EMAIL but lie paucity Only Indicated the
interest with which this movement is regarded D. the
Neg.Yok fair they do net wish TO appear 10 be inter-
es'ed.
Brigss-Bngg. the immortal, Briggs the terror Of
alien thsves Of citizenship, Briggs the loved 0! Amer
icsn humanity, Briggs who bas truly American az
,i,.tion IN reuar the damage which Fernando Wood
has done Briggs the bgt coated, Briggs the brass-
buttored-Brggs led HIM %. Assembled Americans
sptisuded Assembled Americans were si'ent thi.
Bryce might speak. lie thus began:
"L.DILs GESTLEKEs: IA / had the pleasure Of
introducing the Cir L.6y he's been desrou CD the
psr. OF TIE Couui re for NE 70 Introduce the GIN
Gentlemen, sDd by your consent viii nov intro luce
bin. lev have the pleasure ard felicity % ieTo'
ducirg TIE Gil, Gentleman, quo 70 young mar o. uo-
doubled character Great applause
Busgs towed 40 did the On Genilemsn. he Is
sffsbe," whispered cross.eyed young lady On our
right 10 the Eugbose by her 'ide. Briggs retired 50
cd the Git Geutleman. He retiring, said Cos:
ESss, in a tore Of tmii eLtDusiism. " hdhr z IKE
modesty in ran, added Pug. WHAT msgn'h
eert ustache ~ said c. "rm CAD TO hear he's sos
good kerioer-uorals ia skace nowa-iays. rrj'iaeo
the lady 9th tss Pss ssss'. Our pee @%