The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-10-14

NEW YORK, Oct !, 1898.
Somebody should manufacture a" Pome'
on the Pleasures of No,orie,y;" it would
sell beyond any question. The ambition OF
a very considerable par, OF the human race
Stems to be running toward notoriety of late
years men are afflicted with passion for
getting their name up" and keeping be
fore the people which is indeed the most
dangerous OF all passions, because any ave
nue. of enterprise, bad, good or indifferent
leads equally to the attainment of its OBJ
iect Consider the uo,orieties we have had
in this city for long time past. There
was BsSNErr, who got himself before the
people by being horsewhipped; PETER
CoorkR, by benefcence BRAscn, by pub
fishing the history Of his iuian,lle maladies
Mrs. CuxSlSouAM, 10y manufacturing the
bogus baby and more lately, Capt, DE-
RlvlxRE, the gallant Iouave" who made
himself notorious by publishing his love let
tiers. The worst thing about this passion
for notorie,y is, that after man has once
had taste OF notoriety he can't live without
it he will have il again at any cost So
the gallant Xouave. He couldn't die away
with the fading Of Loves young Dream
when mamma and the daughter went back TO
the sunny South he was bound to do some
thing desperate to get himself up again
lie did two things, or rather, three. lie
knocked down certain Southerner, sen-
him challenge by way OF satisfaction, and
then announced himself to lecture on GER
tain evening of this week on the engrossng
theme Of Love" Asa natural consc-
auence, he was nabbed" by the officers Of
the law, just as be was stepping on the
boards, and he now again stands before the
Gothamtc world in the light of u hero,
martyr and a-iancy man. His clothing is
wonderful and 4" fierce to behold as the
London school of ballad poetry would
phrase it.
But he will get oil cheap for the assault
if he escapes as easily rs did the renowned
billy MuIiLGAS this week. BILLY met
a returned Californian whom be recognized
as one Of the Vigilance Committee who
had exparta,ed him in eighteen hundred and
something. billy gave him love tap
which laid the Vigilant up for month OF
two he was recently brought to trial, but
owing TO judicial consideration, BILLY was
merely. fined $3.50, which he paid easily. and
would have paid twice the amount Tor the
privilege Of committing the assault and re-
yenging himself upon and old enemy.
As to our last notoriety--we have not de
cided yet whether to classify him as noto-
riety or celebrity CyRus w. FIELD made
u sudden jump, aided by electricity, from the
quie, Of highly respectable position in
life to pinnacle which will be one Of noio-
riety or celebrity, according to the issue--
according to the success or failure Of the
Atlantic telegraph. What would bic said if
il were to be finply ascertained that not the
FIRST word Of q message ever came over those
wires II that discovery should b, made,
Atlantic cable charms could be bought
cheap. And then the ecsta,ic sermons that
have been preached the eloquent addresses
that have been delivered the poetry that
has been poured out like wa,er--the trium.
phal music, the infinite professions, the
hurrahs, the bonires and the pyrotechnics.
Surely We may have been making an ass Of
ourself on an extremely grand scale. The
spectacle rses TO the verge Of sublimity.
The fashionable season is about begin
ming. Everybody is back from the country
opera is well attended, and Grace Church IL
brilliant every Sunday morning with the
latest Paris styles Business drags the
Western and Southern buyers are gone
home and merchants are waiting for the New
York State and New England trade
BreadstuHs are dull and lower this week
cotton firm at high price cotton goods Of
some kinds selling well Tie book trade il
dull nothing yet published creates son
sation.' LosGrgiI>ow's new poem is looked
for with interest. -