, 1866-03-13
OURNEW YORK LETTER.
News and Gossip Of the Grext City.

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! spring Designs, CoIor4 and Models
ExtFAF1E1nce-OEer
| ifJ OF Efforts to Prevent ar-C1IIiornt.
steamAh1ps-The New Lime 8ough
on-The San Francisco aud Chin,
L1ne-An Inheritance Worth SeekEu:
Improvement In Colorado mIntns
ssoeks-City Railroads and Their Ex
brilliant Ch&rEes-Weathera and Roar&
,- iEnm o1r Dan Correspondent y,
= NKwYork, March 8, 1866.
PHErARIsG FOR THE spR1so FASHIONS.
It is only the gay haberdash1ng In the Broad
way windows
"1hal comes before The swallow dates, and takes
The winds Of March with beauty"
'Datfodi]s, In our climate, arc guilty Of nt
snch folly.
!, Grim Lent forhIds festive array Just now
and until Easter Sunday there will be no sud
denly b1oasoming spring attire in the churcle
| and on the avenues.
But the fair peniteuts improve this clolsteref
interim ID the selection and management o
the toilets, which are to strike dumb viii
/ modification those rowdy girls in the next
pew, and complete the conquests which scar
let petticoats and pretty feet began last: win
Ter on Major Oatuan's Skating Pond and sc
all the shops arc crowded with lovely fabric:
and loyelIer buyers. The fashion Of the sea
son, supreme and absolute, has NOT yet de-
barked from the Havre steamer, but be,
Harry Mercury as the excellent Mrs, Nal
aprop observes, Ia % snew-lighted on the heay.
en-kissfng" 'shelyes and ~countcrs, ALREADY
piled toward the skies.
| PRICES COMING DOWN.
It is quite certain that many fabrics are a
little cheaper than last season, and that those
alniablc dogs, the impecunious honest
people are to hare their day.
The best French prints which refused last
year 10 quit their adopted shelves
for less than dollar yard, are bought for
seventT-dye cents. Inferior qualities sell at
sixty cents, and pereales, the very prettiest
possible morning robes, sery1ceable as calico,
and beautiful as lawn, at the same rate. Har.
se11lcs, alwa5s the most expensive, as well "a
the most durable Of cotton goods, ranges from
ont dollar to two dollars per yard.
DESIGNS AND. coLoRs.
Designs aud colors hare ncvcr been so beau
tifnl as this season. Stripes will be most fash
ionab}e. Always nnbeconing, and lnartistlc,
because they so break up outlines and make
the prett!est costume thing Of shreds and
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combined that, against oue's sense Of fitness.
one is half rcconcilcd to them. Besides tho
stripes, there arc bouquets, waters, feathers,
gromctrical figures, sprays Of eeaweed.
branches Of coral, and 1brous delicate mossea.
The grounds are lavender. violet, pink, gray,
and the sotsest ye11ows-llke the silk Of Indian
corn, and the glossy gold Of the pa1cat butter
cup. The muslins repeat these designs, and
are airy enough for T1tania's wardrobe. Or
candles range In price from fifty cents to a
dollar, but being last colors, wide and d1fa-
bic, are economical as we'll as beautiful. i
Almost all the new silks have broad stripes,
with clusters Of flowers raised upon them, or
alternate narrow stripes IN brilliant colors.
They are expensive. very rich, very tiresoma,
and universally unbecoming. The fair, the
chnBte, the inexpensive, she Tho buys these
ehining robes viii fall under the apprehension
Of the honest Joseph Fouche, and find that
"Torse than criae, 1t was blundcr.'
ExTRAyAGASCE AND ovER-DREssISG.f
It is not quite certaiu, however, that there
ts not 3 criminal element In the universal over
dressing Of the women OF New York. The
costllest fabrics, ft tor 8 Queens wardrobe, OF
the tsonsseau Of the Duchess de MoucheY, ne
Anna Murat-thc extravaganza Of whose brI-
dal array WAS scandal eyen in Paris-fud
ready purchasers. On Broadway you may
count hundreds Of the once unattainabte
camel's hair shawls In a flEe minutes walk,
though their price "a augmented greatly; and
seA, seAtet s4oAas, 1Msn Mse, tne Pasb F1nfer,
eost eoa ,n1se asa annotsa douafs' afe g common,
ar;1, ae ese,s e usy N ou5 ansty Streets 20
61a{n snd 1rs;tr ~ Fnetsi NY gas twns % the
moth Of use will not corrupt, aud whose
beauty the gusty thieves will not steal The
most bizarre and startling fashions have q
.ssss Iii, 1-h1aS, A noa Nae easer
ars honcht and n h5 m pl,um oteaehks
Is I'd caent.,v " M M ~ set,e4, o. "omea
which inspires these toilets. ~ ~ |'e'Ae 'e''e
NAV oge,tiv sahnTn s1 fha,r ~ Cnicaeo
u: mxy seusay teotke ~ sneI 0astesna ana TOO
pIolass consns 'iE1 OF Gotham IN the name Of
~ "a npnn,ss;.r = -. hamie, aie; seinafss,
fr,;oh ns EvtPatan5 Ia5 ~ Us unG!es picture,
ains 80 Ia aaT ~ tEsesuoea any Clan.
shar natura1 ~ e th1s ~ nb;fasn9e 1naeshiae more
maEa II ont ;, an,, 11,,;,os,nf,s, usEpay Soaia
~ tais oI, auI t P1noeopas Laakes y ont TO
tsut.sti, rnth,n, 1rsnE tx ~ % aona.snt ,, esely
h1,nscr f,r trbai, "nh ~ Pe1sstLeu MnIn can
NV r,in., - "asm re- HA'e WI one aoAar 10
cnnftnarnt or .h;s 11SonS Rarnt;;o a ~ asS s
come a dav Wien xerr h;.tnr .aalen,a. eagte -
sr.,st ha xn5aa Wnr{- 9'tMa !seG;konlnS
grnfesone % dance IF rsshf,r 9'G y. unu 3ony eha
1rssar ns,,a- - ~ go .s nust Ha} Tue
5;ne5 o5d dsrca shriasn5 - na4sao ~ nae ne
Eiie We send mia ahro,d 80 ~ r. nse'tg1asnt. N
weea the neW sP~ sPac.a'ne ~s a. 49, l. ~ hnuson
n,o,,ev If rs bnyant a1ack noss;hiv gSps1 E;pss
e'gnr nmr % nrars.nm1aJ .ms .u1s1 ci,r .,.u. .4
nay fifsv IhnysanJ .iy,r ~ ,ha,t1 steua9ta 70
tI55,s.sya da1tas ddI1tu, sAtT tIousana, serenity
tion 9 costiT Wares ssI h. ~ nns aosorp
has stimulated tieip imnnpt.fiaO ~ .ue a,,d ana
prices asked must be enor1nona to sn+ta;n tba the
dealers. Manv business f1rms NJ enao fas. a.s a..s
aesinst the other The sa,s4 hst,h tts1n H,,,o one
d6wn tunb,es9 nh ha wbne ran s1 es1Sk ITS istling,
cIous business men now nred,ct - n.nts auI IT
much distress Il IN nerhsns nn11 d1si, LsH.S an1
ECONOMY which c.n msLe .:t,.1.. ~! .ouat ~
anYthing.. s' 's'''Ha "o1tn
IN Paris, societies hare been formed n the
name Of sainle Siousseline, The G members mem VI sos of
sitnnlest rairnent. Rmt nne rc.natnha.y 10y snc
leaeues we're formed here ~ ;ntar,3ict ;1S IT, noN
of fnfeIen tnx1tries dnr;no ~ ~ w.s ss ~ nse
came to the meetinr E1spneJ T IN % co.,l1a.as aates
trailing priceless s,lRs. an rot,na 40 III e, hen,
that Gsshed with fiIamon5s H. 49, naHas Mss
tie doo9s of lie ha11 The cnnren,inn @ tre ,rom
reled abnnt fhe fcTnos ~ ia aa,,a,as 4nas-
t,+n,-,na nar,-ne.sa.a rne ~ tne coFenant, az
bier ser ,veeseS IL nar1i.ns,s.e, 1i"ays ~, tae NO;
Tel,.read in Ches,erfr1d,a iet,s+a ~ az ~ aao
never calls naIoes ~ Ias.s tasar ~ % " son,
fina3is 1rc,def7 n ,,3etae ~ tse1f ~ T. aad
shnnid hnv no artfc1e 6f Gre,,a euaa sasa iaay
Wh,ch az N tSor,rbt sba H. conY5 anniaesa5e M
Yon sec Whit heroIc % ahstInsnae tu 10 w3tnont.
aseetIc seicdenfni mnst hare fai'o;.as VIA. nl IN
Shoprnnn neycr so1i IN NAM .'oSSa. e,s,sm , lhe
he ladies never nade snch d.z9I;r!y y tMst' s4Moas'
aud The nattono1 deht s,esSfi,. se te-a,ee tooeu,
; ~ wonn o, .no,,r 9s ~u. ,sr.s:sA sso~sA
After ffis iitt1a % .,,gsr.coaasd aa n;ii - u
~ fhs te1ni,,na @ sa1ss sS SoTtea Pn O. mofau-.
III ~ ie11n T., ~ Aha. annt - law Ita9poon-
two ~ conc:r1ne H. ~ H. sna o. aao.aet @ ten or
be nost stvIisb lavendar ,;aiat III. snaaes 3 Hi,
be1nls de- .,i5,,sr Fionncaa hara u, % ada gts}i
reappearanee. ore wide nne e1nress;nt- ~ r.
highest fashionable knowledge on the ns1t of
the Searrr, BasoufnesEwiT e;re MD ~ ~
loose earmeuts Ills snrinr' The a1a fash
toned double, or tTipie faina. and ~ a ahnrt h@s
aleereless circular, are The laroritc NODES
a French sacane, cut without sleeves +.
appeared. F1ccnf viii a sircss ~ ssh', tho s,ao ~
hue il il yerr .n91v. The F,n,,,re ~ hon,ae .uH ea
fast bccomjlr d fh,n,1s n hatsfni vs 1oe,nn-1
The new sba5es are small, riose frnnt s9d
narrow baroiet. or curtain' viii ~ c,na.n sea
Whateyer. and on1r al of rtci iocs e,.,.a
the ehi0non the Pamela. a rrntesnne % .oms. my.
thing, between the aforetime Cvpsy md an cx.