The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-07

mysterious term We cannot define. But there
were two hundred and fifty lots of all sorts Of
things, three pianos, fifteen or twenty dozen of
wine glasses, Bohemian decanters, rich CARPET
ings, rosewood furniture -four or i've sets>.
French plate mirrors, carved oak and morocco
dining chairs, and no end of works of art in
bronze, marble and china all of which were
the second hand furniture dealers about town.
Their amusement, however, is not especially
agreeable to the directors Of the Fulton Bank,
or the innocent young man who purchased all
these fine things with the bank money $50 the
directors allege), and against whom no crimi-
nal charge can be sustained $50 his lawyers
say. We do not sympathise with the bank nor
pity the disgraced financier-both partiesshould
have had their eyes open--but we allude to the
sale one of the peculiarities of fast life in the
metropolis. We can recall several similar cases,
Of which that Of Huntington very nearly re-
sembles this Of Lane; but Wall street does not
seem to take warning by them, and the banks
carry on their business in the same loose way,
offering every temptation to the thief. If all
be banks should square accounts simultaneous
" to-day, where would their employees be? How
many young men are going the same pace as
that OF Lane and Huntington? How many
clerks keep fancy establishments on salaries
which do not meet their wine and segar bills?
These are queries which we refer to the bank
parlors, to 60 thence to the Courts, from which
the public occasionally has q glimpse of bank
management. No exclusion of reporters there.
A NEW FEATURE IN DUELLNG-PAYNG THE
ADyERsARY's ExpENsEs.-In that very amusing
story concerning the duel that did not take
place the other day between Captain Mulligan,
of our army, and Captain De Riviere, one of
Nspoleon's pet ZOuaves, we are told of very
liberal offer made by the second of the party of
the first part to the gentleman who held the
same position in regard to the party of the Sc
cond part. The locality of the fight was q
matter of negotiation. Where should the
belligerents meets Captain Mulligan's Sc
cond, not unmndful of the advantages
offered by the Clifton House, and the
associations connected with it, suggested ca
NADIA. The challenging party demurred. 1t
occurred to the person making the suggestion
that perhaps deficiency Of pecuniary means
was at the bottom of the refusal to 60 to
Canada. Impelled by generosity, and anxious
to give the challenger every facility to have q
shot at his antagonist the second of the chal-
lenged party intimated in the most delicate
manner that SO far as fifty or hundred dol
lars went, that sum was at their disposal.
Now this is stretch Of generosity and libe-
rality which we would commend to all future
duellists, particularly to those Virginia gen.
tlemen who inflict on each other and
on the entire community such an excruciating
amount Of bellicose correspondence. Let the
Mnlligan improvement be engrafted on the
code Of the duello. The only thing is, that if
it were adopted in Virginia, it might often be
found impossible for one party to pay the ex-
penses Of the other, and consequently the little
arrangement would have to fall through. Well,
that would be fully as creditable way of put
ting nm extinguisher upon warlike proclivities
as many of the modes that are now in vogue
in the Old Dominion. Let the Mulligan cutoff
be adopted by all means
THE ALBANY REGENCY DELEGATION TO
CHARIEsTON-It is insisted upon in some
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