The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-11-05

ma Fromenading la Mode.-The handsome
and well developed UNDERSTANDINGS of the
farisian women, so boldly displayed to tie
admiration Of the traveller, have been attrib.
uteo to the dirty streets, by DR.. Arnott no
Is believed to be "authority" on such mat
ters. He tells US that the effort of the pretty
little French feet to pick their way through
the mud, and the habitual posing of the
weight of the whole body upon the toes /,
causes powerful muscular strain and con-
sequent large development of the cali. Now
this is interesting, if true The present style
OF skirts, and the universal prevalence of
muddy streets in rainy weather, afford larg
opportunities for the study of the su ,ject,
and it weuld be well to watch the gradual
development of the muscular extremities.
under such favorable circumstances. The
"way they do it"ia the capital Of the beau
monde is described after this fashion by one
OF the Jenkinses: 4
Mark how, with one hand abe gathers nm
her drapery fairly lifting it from the grousd.
but still allowing it to hang with graceful
irregularity of revelation, her well turned
feet and ankles. You might suppose that she
had borrowed living grace from the Venus
OF Mico. in the gallery of the Louvre!
NOW look at the American BELLE" saws
Jsnkies again, 'clutching he- gown with her
two hands,as if she were afraid of the sudden
trundling away other hoop, and crossing the
dirty street like blowsy country woman
tording creek"
Tho ~, k,l
orable, we fear, to either feminine grace or
the picturesque in woman's steps. It iustifies
great deal OF duck like waddling; and as
we look upon pair of female boots pleading
through toe mud, we are reminded of negro
Pompey's legs in pursuit of wood-cocks in
the swamp The exercise is good and health
ful but it must be confessed to be rather
trying to the taste for the beautiful.
Sentence.-The jury in the criminal case
OF Charles Gachett, tried at Charlottesville.
Va, for shooting Bentley, has returned
VERDICT OF guilty and sentenced him to a fine
hours =
The very Rev. John Lynch, President of
"our Lady of Angels" at Niagara Falls has
been appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Toron-
to, Canada.
ID. II. Craig, agent of the associated
press, has just purchased an elegant couatry
seat near Peekskill, N. r, for SIC, 900. So
says an exchange, -
Mrs. Sophronia Phelps, of ROLLING Pra;-
RE, Elkhart county, Ia, 7 obtained a ;udO-
ment OF " 800 against one DR.. Willis B.
Wilson for SANDER.
A saw mill of VIM. j. Watkins, in Lxnen-
parg county, Va, was burnt on Saturday
night last; loss $1,000.
Dutch journals state that the accounts of
the present seasons herring fishery are not
by any means satisfactory.
The Governor of North Carolina has an
pointed the 24th instant as day of thanks-
giving in that State.
A gunsmith in Texas murdered his wife by
putting her head in a vice and crushing it to
pieces.
The Orthodox Church at Lincoln, Mass.
was totally destroyed by fire Tuesday night.
Loss $4,000.
The number of hoop skirts made in Derby
since April is said to be $50, 600, co asuming
at least $500, 900 yards of tape and 445 tons
of steel.
- Aho u.iiSuiCy oesWeeu OF. DOmlRS0 ana
Denmark has been referred to arbitration
for settlement.
A public meeting is called in Chariotts-
vile, Va, to consider elmer easing the mill
tary defence of the town.
The Sultan OF Turkey is considerable of
spendthrift, IT report speaks true. Although
his allowance for family maintenance is as.
25o goo PEI annum, he has managed to contract
debts to the amount of Sl2O 900, and is still
running behind at fearful pace