New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-11
RON TON AT GOOSE CREEK.

is rot simply human, but, strange and incredible as
it may appear to the uninltiate even editotiaI
In making our arrangements for the speedy trans
mission of intelligence from Washington to our
own Office, we have been betrayed into the blunder
Of treating, me,sphorically speaking, merely with
pantaloous. wheres. we should also have enlisted
some pet of the eetticoats. "Our Own aud
" Our Special are clever fellows sroUgh IN their
way, but se must We hope the declaration Will
not hurt their feelps,-we must declare that IN
the millinery line they are little deficient. We ara
afraid that they keep rather Questionable company,
and we ere now preparing 70 transmit 10 them ie,'
ter of rigid Instructions, il which, alter kindly ont
firmly rebukiug item for wasting so much OF their
time and our money in banging about tie Senate
Chamber and the Hall Of Representatives. We shall
ask them why. with our arrangements sp)n a
reasonably liberal scale, we sre lett conataCty de-
pendeuf upcn our neigtbors for tie mos. thrilling
intelligence Lately, we haze had nothing from
them except accounts of the pccsnisry botaera-
tions of the house Of James Buchanan X Co.,
Wholesale Dealers in Islands, WHO are seniing
round tbe poor head Of she firm with bis hat 10 has
hand We have published this insi Jni6cant news
with notification butt was the best Shich could
obtain: while our ne ghbors have been pouring
upon delighted world torrents Of sparkling, flash
ing and prismatic intelligence how " the girls
" from the Western States" appear at .-s Drawing
Rooms with black sad blue cotton velvet
" bodlees"-you cannot deceive jenkins, who
knows plush when h. sess it-how other ladies'
are painted in various modes-by health, by
"rovge and [gentlemaHly Jenkins BY rPpte'-
how the Pike County girls have " faces 20 white
" and powdered that oGe might imagine their
" mo'bers, in the absence of any other .oilette,
" had dipped them in barrel OF the best snesee"
how some Of the women are " fat" and some
" skinny" With 4" heavily pcmaded curls, br.ds,
'plaits, riDgets, bands, wreaths, and other insane
s. dcyices'-Jenkins has evidently dressed hair in
lis day---fcr making the I" five small loaves and a
"fe~ 6sheo' (fue metaphor of Ofde6cient hs:rgiye
satisfaction to the mu'titude"-hOg some ladies
have " inviting busts, how some of the dsndles
who assisted at a recent Drawing Room prudently
concealed heir want of linen beneath ohari
table scarf" for Jenkins knows how these things
are done-how jenkins bad the good fortune to
meet Miss Lane, and how Mis- Lane had the mis-
fortune to meet Jenkins--hOw (horrOr of horrorsD
there were Z" no ham sandwiches, which sent
Jenkins weeping and supper.ess to his attic. But
there is no rest for Jenkins. He arises ea-ly in
tie morning; he remembers, rs he shaves himself
by the gh. Of tallow dip, that Hymen will that
day 4" fire up" his torch. Away goes jenkins to
church and on this occaJion in the pay of
another newspaper. He inquiries the road to the
temple, and after some diff ,ulty 6nds that sacred
odifce. A lovely Georgian, captured not By tur-
baned Turks, but BY Mr.. IL Gs'''S'' stands at
the altar; somebody tells Jenkins where the altar is,
and be Immediately mskes note Of " hereyes' blue
languish, and her golden hair" and otherwise
inds her "dimly percepti5le through lace aud
/" orange Blossoms, like star through SuMmer
{" cloud, leaning on the arI1 Of the groom-a reTy
{" gcadernasiy looking perSOa'" Fine writer, is
jenkins Then we have Bishop DOane, Z" in satin
{" surplics and bsnds." Miss Lane, in "apesgreen
" hat" hrs. Gov. BrowD, in "browa s1k,
A" stampod"-she might have sunk the shop--"with
velvet 3owers." Lady Napier, in French
" velvet lat" Another French h.t. A'superb
carrisge dress. Rose-cslored brocade. jenkins
does nc. say that " all went merry as marriage
/" bell which, for hiT is rather an odd omission.
But there is no rest for jenkins. Tto humming
bird il, again upon the wing, with his pen in his
beak. And this TINA ne gives us scrt Of floral
directory to the whole parterre. =. ". G. Brown
keeps open house and his gracious lady, &c,
Sc" Mrs. SIidsl pains" jenkins by the
iapYessiyene.s Of her demonstrations of courtesy
" sad complimentary volubllity," Which is what ho
is aat accustomed to. But We must sdOpt mora
coaciso method iz,eiying the Jenkinsian catalogue.
I-Mrs p. NJ G. .BsowS.......-..,...Gracious
U-Ars SLi1tLL...............,.sti, ..impressiye.
Ul-Mrs. GwiN .hos2naos
W.-Mn. DoUSLAs....................... ..beaifnuL
y-Mrs CLEsENr HILL.......'....... Dssnng.
EI-Mrs. CosRsD............. ....,,....sweetVofdc-
VII Mrs EyskYsoOY..... .'.''Everythas.
There ia 40 mistake about it. We are many
miles behind the times Wa must keep Jenkins.
II would b. Of small use, We fear, to attsmps to
poliah apy of our present correspondents. There
s a man who writes from Washington 70 Tie Bos-
ten Joa-ao, who is very gOod-Perey his name is,
and Jewel he is-who would suit US, because ne
&C nds such beautiful and tanalzng descriptions Of
"suypers' to his paper but he, We fear, cannot be
had for morey. There ID nothing for Us TO do bat
tc insert the following advertisement:
WANTED, A JENKINS The proprietors of this
sn. to reside IN sin Ion vho. aug .a. ). to give
daily reports Of Lod EAriERs 5HoE BUCKLE .aa tns csS
on Of s1S.fOs oss csLtAa with sS, o. :. ns % psJs 1
No need .pplJ who has rot haa prscs exp reoee
SAs So rs. eS.s S.a as ,S day Wis
for ws,hipe NJ -BeoT BLAcxSe NOT INCLUDED. Address
'hi. oe. wA esTscs'e' Of skill from he A' employer Of the