The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-08


T,nn,,aenea A. 10 social siiccesswhat credit
"a 70 commercial. The ran who can draw
ON fine imaginary with The assurance tina,
III fhe faith ofishe will maintain his ground
and make sure his position, IL pretty mucn
like the trader who, IL only time De gwen
him, will realize enough TO meet ms engage-
ments. Wilkes only asked ten mlnube ~
advance of the handsoHest man IN En 1gI,Tilas
and I am certain he was right Yin
was AT the top Of the profession-Bi1lmmei
was n long way his inferior. Montron, VINO
flnrrished in Paris some fifty years ago, was
n very remarkable specimen. since tiia1
time we have fallen upon O very IhierIoE
class. The walk has been yulgar1zed. ne
claim of the pushing man to afront place Is,
however. ineligible enough. may
not exactly recognize his rlgnt, DuC you
must confess to his zeal, ana ylein cleasnG
to his energy but what Is reaily uieps aar
tn understand is the social success OF men
u.bo hrinp nothing, not even impudence, to
the ommon stock of amusement, who are
fonnd In every city of Europe. THESE men
are neither rich, great, nor giited. me!
live obscurely, dispense no cIVllt'eS, 0 mo.
th;u1 tn All gappearance, for any one buL
tbev are everywhere, know every one. ana
| have access to the very highest in the !ana;
WDon,t bother yourself with Rouher, sa!a
Ea friend of mine the other day: ~. VIII
speak Of it to The Emperor. told bis
marck hatremark you made. \. was dinins
on Saturday with Antoneli, and heard chat
story ahouf Lady c." Now, why should
<. Rave the entree- at the Tuileries, or sit at
meal with the Cardinal? Can you tell me
this. or do YOU know any one who can
r know it is nm affectation with some
really distinguished men to surround Them
selves with very inferior companions, not
from anyd desire to be kings. OF their com,
panv, for some of them are men who Would
command the first places anywhere Dut
out of some strange. caprice, partly numor-
istic and partly indolent, they like TO nave
about them those who are easy recipients
Of. their own humors, and who demand no
exertion TO entertain them; and as they
would despise toadyism, they select men
even incapable ofthat servile homage ;.these
drearv inscrutables have therefore their use
Who ever saw a knot of men travelling
| without one Of these? Who ever saw q
Yacht party without one! Are these Iel-
lows, after all, the great philosophers otth
age, who know everything, see eFerythlng,
and do n~othing-for whom ana LOT whose
benefit you and I, and hundreds lfke us,
write books and newspapers, make reforms
in Parliament, pull down churches, and
| send out expeditions to Africa? -.
Is it possible that these, whom we pro,
fanelvh have believed to be the dull dogs OF
the world, are its prime movers mas
tiers? Have they u masonhood amongst
them. and secret signs to signify how They
are PLAYING MS off, how enjoying themselves
mt our expense? What a dreadful thougnS,
to think these stolid e%xistences were shreWd
observers and profound thinkers, the real
spectators of that comedythat you AMI l are
| PLAYING for their amusement +. !,
Some one once imagined the horror and
dismay that would be spread through Lille II
the furniture of our houses could be en-
lowed with speech and be called into the
witness-boX against us; out these men
would be far more terrible if we could be-
lieye themyto be endowed with intelligence.
IF the i~nscrutables threw off their mask,
what ~satires we should have on II vanity
| and our %pretension, our Wit and our WIS
dom-on the conversational brilliancy we
assumed to be impromptu, and the claret
we pretended to have kept so long what
bankruptcy would fall upon all our aifecta-
tons! a#~ aa ~sC rms
The question l would then PROFOUND is,
Are our dreary people, whom we cultivate,
askedto dinner, and foster generally; are
they the dull nonentities we love to believe
them, or are we %nurturing a whole colony
of serpents in the midst OF US, whose tor
Dor is but for q season, and who will awake
one day and devour us?
/ own to Il strong personal interest III the
solution of this problem; for 1 have been
handling these snakes fearlessly for years,
and it is only by a sudden thought l have
come to imagine they might he poisonous.
A FRONTIER RoMANCE.-The st. Paul
| /Nf;,,,eofoN# Drocs ,c1ofps tIipf come months
since q gentleman who resides in the FROM
tier town of Little Falls wrote to Il banker
lin st. Paul for q competent female teacher
Tor a school at Little Falls stating also That
the bows; were somewhat unruly, and That a
. school-marm" who could lick the unruly
would be acceptable. The banker, other
means falling, advertised for a teacher when
nearly Il score of applicants presented them
selves for the situation. Many OF them were
Urls of from fifteen to eighteen years OF age,
who, after a brief inspection, were rejected.
At last u tall, notwithstanding young
lady, with rather sharp features, presented
herself for inspection. She seemed to come
nearer than any other applicant to filling The
bill, She was told the salary would be
TWENTY-FIVE dollars per month and board.
She thought that satisfactory, and was will
ine to accept. The banker then produced
the letter Of his correspondent, and handed
it to her to read. She scanned it through
very carefully, and looking up with a smile,
the bows satisfactorily, "and would like very
much to 90. The banker loosely remarked
that there was a greater inducement than
twenty-five dollars per month-women Were
scarce on the frontier, and in u few months
she would doubtless get married. The lady
was incredulous, but accepted, and went on
her way rejoicing. That was three months
ago. On the 18th Of June she was married
to a gentleman of Fort Ripley, and another
teacher is wanted ut Little Falls.