, 1870-08-29


3ossons Fo1ls there are under whose finger
,ails dirt uiu grow, IL whose eoffee-cups
grounds will settle, apd on whnse cof6ns the
sorms have their eye, who have come to the
conclusion that their set il full. So an
cid. The report OF this sort Of character is
1T inviting, and hare not gauged it. Thero
3 a book by n. P. Willis, who threw his life
.wsy upon the "best society" called Paul
Fame, relating the Adventures Of An artist
aho made it the point Of his Life to conquer
- full'' set like this, and he waa only able to
10 il by making young woman
Ut that set "slop over" She crept into
| ia room when abe thought he Was
asleep and kissed him. Then she went and
married msn in the "fu1l set" izue to the |
last. It was so Affecting story that or
deeed tripe and onions that day for dinner to |
assure myself that I was in no danger Of |
joiulpg "a full Set" II Is not probable thzt |
sny town but Boston could raise up "tirst !!
society" OF this kinda dogmatic circle Of |
respectable automatons upon whom neither |
talent. wealth, courage, learning, nor good us-
ture can make my impression. How Will the |
world ever be cured Of its propensity to bo an
ass? ? To think that Shakspeare wrote. and
Luther preached, and tho pharisee prayed in
the temple, and Balaarn's aninaa took the
text. and Bonaparte arose, and Horace Greeley
wcars white coat, and that nevertheless there
il i" best aociety" aud q full set" at New
port. They oughtto make man over again.
BELMONT AND rERAT.
Tho best society suffered r terrible blow
when Paul Franc Augusts Belmont married
the beautiful Caroline Perry. The porrg's al
came from Newport, Oliver and Matthew,
father and SOB, both Coumodores- Oliver
Was hGh-strung person, as often wrong 10
right, aud rough as Decatur, but Matthew
Perry w.s better 81 raised," and he WAS the
agule-head of Newport for a quarter Of
century, the Commodore Of tho first Jspanese
expedition, and unexceptionable even to New
port, Belmont came to America Al financial
aseu, Of the Rothschil1s, with..a decided trace
OF Hebrew blood in him, with game leg, and
TitLout any other noticeable certificate, ex-
cept that be was man Of the world, aud
with i1im eye TOR horse and woman. AS
siduity and long purse played ruthless havoc
with the askAnt looks OF the beat society.
Tho great grandchildren Of Oliver Perry
bear slight resemblance to Moses
and Aaron, and their name which it is BEL
,nont, IL quite as ariatocratic as the name
Pe,ty. Alr. Belmont ia man Of taste, leisure,
aud social euterpr1se and he las raised right
by tie windmill Of Eric the Red, bronza
statue to the memory Of Matthew, his father
in-lsw, dutifully inscribed: "Dedicated by
their children, Augusts and Caroline Belmont.
petnsd his fate she jew reverse,
Al whose exchequer monaschs stand
Ills foot On the almighty purse,
The torAs Of Empires In his hand.
yASuEnln:r nEeoR1En DEAD.
Al this place propoee to 1sako Newport
1 and apologize to it in anothes letter. Speak
ing Of Mt. Belmont, am insensibly called to
regard another rich man, ,-aome aay the richest
III the now world, Cornelius Vanderbilt, who
was = few days ago falsely reported
dead. The poorest eritAph In the
powc1 Of language is to be said to bo the rich
cst man ii America aud to be dead. Yet, al
1ue report OF tho death Of tL1s old man, tht
.tock market took f1inting spell; approved
hcnes declined; Death drove 4 ehaft righi
.mong lhe securities, Al philstine Govern
:aent bonds declined when Gotisth cried
.'se,d for McGinuis." This is powcr-t.
make trouble living or dying, to be in tAs
memory Of tho bolleat forever, md inter
woven with all the sensitive crits1ions Of tn,
lime; this il Vanderbilt, probably the mos
powerful individuality in America, and yet vi
NAV xe1l ask on what foundation stands til;
old mans pride.
T raw him 1t Saratoga, Rttinr d,
| tina noreh of coupreaa Hat. xar
,,n a,r,;rht p7.refu, and not;c..h,
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snr~onnded hv n,r;.;tca,-sil os them coarse
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n;vea' ..blc.-snd upon his fue. atrairb
shon1dcn4. rndcr his cnr1inp xh;,e r;no1ets
t;na ~ s;,k p.. a face uos,d1v a. tho c1.,
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'Ws1nb eoae peuAien IL ny poeAe.,
thouSnt ot eue Boouaess con'o ~ 10 u
1ofn Nese tAaoe1out' 70 mako N! NJ
millions disnn5 the century Ok tno nasaon.
&c | Gy down amoness tho poor like tho angel
+ Heavens charity, to surprise the despainu
n to give opportunity to Young lovers longi,
d for Hed]ock, and without the means: to ,
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70 mortgage which comes between 5ou n
q s1eer, to make happy tears fal upon t
b corprc OF the dead. br saving to them tb
ID ,Ia,.. s.Hn-a ~ last "a. c-.,s rorthr
- mo s, ssosa ..; =, .
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u OWL way OF dignifFins riches. Let ra
1e claa to see the best use has seen bt to q
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: tie nAs ueen' u ieAst' no 9epsooAte. y
= some OF those who DIVIDE public attenti
n with life. He is member OF society, r1ef
D. r;nr the eosnr.px Of virtnops woman. = n,
of tsdn;,;.tr,,;on .,, mi . .hiaV trha :,
-. tolate 'u1eteass ne euaAos are not 1ne SUBJ
sx Of Plunder to be apent By him in pzudiga
On He has not associated with himself the pol
7et ~ 1~,f7;.ns of hia ritv. and psi3 thar, 80,
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