Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-05-31
suFrn AVENUE SOCIETY.
The wages and the York Of sin-Pa-
Iatsat Hcstdence OF Madam Hesteii,
the Abortteutst.

From The New Yorf News
No little sensation has been created 10 Fifth
avenue circles By the erection NOV going on
Of an expensive and rather unique edihce on the
corner Of Fifty second steeet Various rumors
Ia regard TO the standing Of its probable occu-
pant have been for some time floating among the
elite OF the metropolis. By some il has been
represented the future residence Of General
Lee. aud By others IL hss been metamorphosed
into ths abode of foreign Count. or possibly
Prince Of the ROYAL blood. Lately, however, The
consciences Of our Fifth avenue deniIens have
been more than usually exercised by strange
rumor which is nevertheless true that the real
osoer OF the Pfincly edihee vas neither General
Lee general anybody else. nor even a foreign
Count, but no other than DR.. Lobman, husband
Of Madam Restsll. the veil known female physi-
clan OF this city.
The building has been in process Of construc
ton for a year or more. and when com pleted-
say about the lst Of June or thereabouts-prom
ises TO be unsurpassed in elegance By any private
residence IN this city; and although. TO be sure.
Madame Resteil represents rather unique order
OF aristocrscy, Der vast wealth will, OF course,
insure for her reception Of considerable sefaf
among the "fair women and brave men with
#. whom Fifth avenue abounds Cards will be -
sued and a reception Of no ordinary msgnIh-
cence will take place But to the building:
The style is Of that order which sprang out
OF the reform Of the sixteenth century. and hsv
ing originated in Italy, il known as Italian Rem
siseanee or Maniera TedeseO-although partak
ing in some measure Of the Ror1anfque. The
front (of brown stone) consists Of three stories
and basement, facing fifty feet on Fifth avenue
It's proportions and that general unity OF effect
which depends upon proportion, symmetry, or
whatever else that element OF beauty may be
called. are Of tho most perfect order imaginable.
Nothing more 40 can be conceived The port
r
upon which rests a heavy uniquely ornamented
spandril. and the windows have that peculiar
form, appearance, or shall we say = expression
which makes them seem like deep set, grace
sally shaded eyes
"Shining eyes like antique jewels
Set In Psrisn statute stone"
The whole is surrounded by heavy railing
which extends TO near about one hundred pos
sibIy one hundred and fifty feet. on Fifty second
street. The entrance IN front 10 under mag
nfcent crescent, en- MOuresque, resting upon
Corinthisn columns similar 10 those first de
scribed. as supporting the projection or the por
tico. The doors not yet completed. but
there is no doubt. from the general good taste OF
the ediice. that they will be made 10 correspond
with in effect. with what painters would call the
one of the building. The buttresses are OF the
order usually denominated "fiSing," and belong
TO the second period of the renaissance, In
Of the style attained their apOgee. We miss,
however, the nosaces. the bosses, the trefoils
and quarterfOs. with all The semi Arabesque
pageanty Of the period. and miss them not, per
haps unpleasantly in this ediice of more mod
ern, and, in some respects, less ornate style
Many wonderful carvings are. however. dis
played here and there; but the general merit OF
The building is it, almost absolute combination
OF beauty. simplicity aud bpldness; and to stand
NJ nd IN Al % v
second street. it is almost impossible 70 repress
an apOstrophe OF sdmiring rhapsody. One IL
prone To repeat TO himself some Of the weird
descriptions OF the Haunted Palace, such az this:
And all with pearl pnd ruby glowing,
Was that FAIR palace door,
Through which came flowing. flowing. flowing.
And sparkling eveTmore,
A troop u spirits, whose sweet duty
'Twas but 10 sing.
In voices of surprising beauty,
The wit and wisdom II their King -
Or this:
ain the greenest OF our valleys
BY the good angels tenanted,
Once fair aud stately palace,
Radiant palace, reared its head -
for, indeed never did the eye Of an artist look
npon or the brain OF artist conceive design
more perfect in fs symmetry. But il il not
until you enter. that anything like a full con-
ception of the uniqueness of the edi6ce is obtain
ed Upon the right of the hall, as YOU pass
under the crescent and between slender CORN
THAN columns lies the drawing room; upon the
left the reception room. The former is a model
Of elegance. Ii is really entitled to be called an
Objef de pertu The columns. you enter. are
OF the same order, painted or decorated Ia
Seag0la in a manner TO resemble the more anti
que designs of the mosaic. The floors are
inlad of oak and walnut, and the ceiling
and walls are TO be splendldiy frescOed
Passing through the drawing room. which is
nearly square-say loxlS-yOu are confronted
by another pair of columns of the same peculiar
ornsmentaton. with folding doors Of mahog
any and rosewood exquisitely wrought You
pass between these columns and find yourself
finally usheTed into the paTlor. which is elegantly
fitted up for the display of statuary and various
works of art. Beyond this, and last of all comes
the dining roOus But it is principally in the
cupola. which holds the deliberately carved stair
case that the full deslty OF the effect is felt and
comprshended. The stairway is on your left :
before and behind YOU are sets of columns You
pass up the winding steps to the second story
Here the same effect is repeated You pass TO
the third story. and here an deliberately wrought
concave, fourteen feet high; by about the same
number in diameter. holding a skylight, rests
upon four columns, fair those which upheld
the glorious dOmes of the city by the sea. -
Here the effect IS OF tie most august and imag-
NATIVE order-of tire weirdest and most ideal
grandeur; here - the concentration of the beau
tiful which hence ranihes and pervades TIE
whole building. until YOU seem rather to be pass
ing through some visionary dome of clouds superb
through some palace like that OF the Prince
Prospero in Poe's tale Of the Masque OF the
Red Death" than a dwelling of the nineteenth
century erected on Fifth avenue. for the more
ordinary purpose OF a city residence.
IL j. but just TO remark, in closing. that to
DR. Lehman Fifth avenue is indebted for
the unique design OF this Princey residence
although Mr. Nook has acted as the artist, and
has superintended the minor details of It's con
structon.
We shall take occasion, when the building j.
entirely completed, TO refer 70 some Of lis beau.
ties more AZ length.
Dr. LOhmSn and Madame Restell will occupy
the edi6ce about the first OF JGne. IL ia expected
that the whole cost of erecting !, will amount at
least TO sl65 900
Fifth avenue has had her petroleum arstocracS
her shOddy arisIOcracy. her military sFistOcracy
and how many Others need not De enumerated
IL il now to be honOred With al sristOcracy Of a
new order, represented by Madame Res,el and
spouse. which We may call. for the sake OF =
name, the medical arisfOcracv
Whether Madame Resteli expects 10 follow
her profession at her ne~ residence ne are IN
able TO say: but from utter absence of the usual
decorations Of the demi msRde such as Cuuids
reclining Venuses and the ike. we Judge not IL
i most likely that she will abandon active life
altOgefher and invest hersal with the Oflu,a ctr-