New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-13
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With the great increase N the wholesome u,>.
OF riding On hor-ebaok which has recently ,,,-
place in this city and vicinity, We ARE persuaded a,
we should do great ssryic, la our lair resa., 4.
copying from book recently publishedin in Ensssa A.
following directions Tor the riding costume Il wun,.
Few ad,. know Row % dress or tor.s ,senis .sA.
hfr. has been srea. improvement, - ai as os
of ar. wears As 20 ne hcaddr,ss. may B, vsi,y,, -
fashion provided r fs 'ho head 20 rrQsre s,. -
,5,r.trsnt oor r.-led when th~ hands wosllle -
p,ysd with the rem. and whip lt should shade nom ~ @
ana II Used huIng protect -hr naFr vi The ion ~,
The rrcrut fashions Of wearing the pguc- .s,a.- q -
ostrich the cock the caperuaizie. ths phessnt "a. -.
and kinshsher the dins nat. OF YoSnS lsae. nv -
nav h. of spy olor and material suitable 10 he w~.,r,
.es.on Of th. y.sr but ,he sleeves q, raih.r &C.,
uothns b. more ou Of place, lsous,ae and nsssIe
;han the wide hAnsins sleeves ~h'ch os - wei IA ls
room For country US, the -hr of a habit u.,t
short. and border . az The boison foot dep %
eahsr Tn, f,shicn OF wsisteoai Of lshi userisl & a.
IL. fa.ha lf Ia.H
pro,ement and Is the oyerjscke, Of eoth OF ~.s,
sr rough weather. !, !. the duty Of every woman d.
IN becoming and attractive manner Pos. bic he,
rrason pretty youuE girls shonld no indulge pctsr
rdins costume long as It sPp,opune Many lais s
e,f1 IT D. tcoat. The beet ress~d se,
norr thar Hanue hemi.s, with long coored ..r. Ls-
and II fail flowing ike Turks and fastened viii A sa.t
band round toe ankl. they will not b. di-tnss ben tie
S5 81 the troSsers plated lise HShlandef. IN Ifs
with elastic band al the wast lsdy can 81. down
mpo.sihe for iacumbered BY two three shor pis1
l. IN. chest and back that require douo iods OF Pea
during aud after stormy exercise There prejudice NAs
ladies wearing long Welus,o boots but I quite ab.a e
they be and ooDfo snd PTc,eca
in riding long distances when with trousers ta ted n
They should for obvious reasons b ,sr .norh for ~,
wooden .iocsngs ard easy TO Get on and % Il would
ook well lady struggling out Of pair Of wet boot. %
he hspofs boot a and .sosps Of hs%SSI@'ss ISs S'
but long, to keep the stirrup in IL. place.
A MrrRoPoLrrAS FREE LoyER.-The perncn
doctrines of passional attraction seem to be gans
ground among the conservators of law and order. A
metropolitan policeman named Charles Mcmillan
member of the corps under command of Capt. Hart d
the Seventeenth Precinct, was hauled up before ths
Mayor on Saturday to account for his free-ove pr.
clivties Officer Mcmillan is a stout red-fsced perly
man Of about IS. The complainant against him ss
his wife, nea, little woman of about the same ses
L.. hi. lan "A "A
The third party in the was a rvsy-cheekeS Ass
of 30 who was to have been the victim of his hsrs.
istic tendencies. Mrs. Mcmillan stated to the ksya
that her husband had abandoned her without iessos,
and refused to contribute anything toward the uppos
of herself or Of their daughter. She further ss.s
that he had frequently il-used her, inictng personal
violence because she dared ~ ask him 10 MAINTAIN
her. Not along ago, she learned tha her hasbsnf
intended to marry the young lady present, Mss
Augusta Bonnard, upon which she saw the parsn~
of the young woman, and apprised them that he SS
already married. Miss Bonnard stated that sooG
si1 weeks ago Mcmillan came into her faAsr'
house TO quell u disturbance between the old seuss
man and her brother-in-law. While there, he seeSt
10 take great fancy 10 her and before he left nv.a
her TO accompany him the next day to the festivals
.Jones's Wood. She did not go with him, but sx
with her brother and did not him there; bnt ss
sequeutly he met her again, and told her that be "
been looking all the grounds Tor her, IN van. y
then gave her TO understand that he q single MA
and slept in the Staton-liouse; but being Of dome<<
habits, he was getting tired OF that kind Of he, al
ardently desired to change his condition. She niefra
from what he said about stepping out, and from hr
talk with her parents, that he meant matnDony sDd
she expected to be- married TO hun this FaD, WI SIC
found out that be had wife living, and dAaghlef
almost ar old herself. Hr. Mcmillan dened thai S
intended to marry the girl, or had made any matrn~
NAL advances. He stated that he only wei"
girls house for the purpose Of working up es'A"'
ieit case.
Capt. Hartt stated that McM.llan's deyot0n"v"
doctrine Of pasriona attraction was one OF NV
nesses He had been several times in such scfsY'
before.
The Mayor thought it was high time that the Ff
oner was brought TO realizing sense of the facs ~
be is not q citizen of Utah, subject Of the subs
He therefore held him TO bail for abandoning hs ~
and family. His trial will take place to-day.
The case Of Capt. De Riviere, charged with sssssk
ing one Capt. Grant Of Nicaragua at the Smthscaa'
House a few evenings ago, was called up at -
Special Sessions Saturday, but owing to the ates
Of Mr. Busteed, De Riyieres counsel j, was porpoo'G
DE Riviere, Bosquet, DE Klebis and DE Beaave"
were arrested ON Saturday, at the instance Of Cspl
Grant, for sending him challenge, aud held TO so'se
for the felony.
FATAL AccfDySr.-0n or about the lat u Aag~1
Daniel Croniu, then Clerk in the Coast Survey onoe'
Washington, ID. c., came to this city 70 witness !"
great Atlantic Cable celebration which took PIss
the let inst. A night two afterward, he visited y
disreputsble house No. 40 Leonard street, in couPF
with friend ortwo--he then being much under :sss
fuerce OF liquor A few bottles Of wine were indss"
in by the female inmates Of the place, at the eIPsS
Of the visitors; and Cronin at last became 80 gI
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