The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-24
LiTe on Fifth Axensre,.

+ Fife on Fifth Avenue.
i A New York correspondent of the Troy
li7tmes draws vivid picture Of fashionable
life insN New York. He says :t,fs-',.s. ts4s .s,i
The modern style Of marriages is as fruit
full q source Of this splendid misery as can
great hit by illustrating the marriage q .h
tanode Of bis day, and were he now altye he
might find an equally rich subject In the
high life of New York. / knew an instance
OF splendid marriage In which, among
| other items Of display, q half d dozen grooms-
men and bridesmaids were put in service.
| The welded pair sailed for Europe, and,
while enjoying the luxury Of its gayest
capital, the husband detected his wife cor
responding with her music teacher, fine.
captivated. He immediately notified the the
parents to send for their daughter,
whom he at once abandoned. With.
In six months from her wedding the
| bride was back in her fathers house.
| Ihat trlfilng ingredient IN matrimony called
love is overlooked when the qualification of
social ambition is at hand, but the bride
| will yet find, the true master of her heart,
and, as In Hogarth' 8 famous series to which
have referred, an intrigue will be the re-
suit. In the meantime, while she shares
the grandeur Of "a splendid establish
pointment which gives life to a liason.
Among the more noted Of these marriages
q la mode is that Of public man of con-
| siderable notoriety, who was at that time q
| widower of fifty, with bad reputation
| both in social and political matters. How
ever, he was reputed to be rich. and wealth,
like charity, covers multitude of sins. He
offered himself to young lady who had
reached the ripe age Of sixteen, and hence
| might be expected to know her price. This
was O house in the Fifth avenue worth
one hundred thousand dollars, to be con-
veyed before the performance of that cere-
mony which was to unite the Affection
ate couple. The deed was executed, but
| it is more than whispered that Just one day
prior to this the premises were confiden-
TALLY mortgaged for $95, ,000.. The bride,
| under the circumstances, might draw con-
ISOLATION from the fact that her honorable
and henored husband shaved everybody
that came in contact with him, and hence
such piece Of sharp practice might rea-
sonably be expected. ........ e ~
| presume that the young lady referred
to took pattern by another marriage a la
mode, which occurred several years pre-
yiollsly, and excited a great deal of fremark.
This took place between distinguished
lfinancier and the daughter of an eminent
naval officer. 1t is said that in this instance
the consideration was not only the deed
of Fifth avenue mansion, but 800, ,00O
in valuable stocks. This match, as ] have
said, excited great notice and even censure,
> owing to the husbands antecedents. AS
the season advances, the matrimonial mar.
| ket is getting excited, and several important
bargains are now under way. Mention is
made of an alliance near at hand between
four-story broWn-stone house, with car.
riage and servants, and fortune on top oi
Lit OF $500, 200, on the one hand encountered
by 200 pounds of flesh and blood, with the
bloated countenance Of rakish Widower)
4 and on the other chignon and trousseau
smattering Of French and love of the
world, the flesh, and the devil, all done uE
in the painted form of fashionable youns
lady.
.-fr- SPECIAL INSTANCES. sr:,sst -
; Having alluded generally to the misery
inseparable from high life, let me now give
special instance. Here is lady whose
her acquaintances who only look at the
. outside. She has carriage and all the &C
compartments of metropolitan grandeur
besides which, she can wear on proper
occasions $4,000 worth of diamonds. Sht
is married to heartless and abusive man
-. Ewho is allured by other female attractions
which absorb his time and his money. A!
consequence, he treats his wife with
harshness which is breaking her heart, bu
which she conceals from the world out o
regard for appearances. might designate
another establishment of elegant cha
racter, whose owner is reputed to bt
worth a half million of dollars. Tht
!, family are very snowy and keep an eXten
siye eguipage. The father is a retired mer
chant, and has a controlling interest in ;
great clearinghouse, which once wa
+ wealthy but he has sunk most of its capita
in stock operations. He is living ut hi
usual rate of $4,000 per year, and yet h
knows that his frauds may be discovered a
almost any time. He has been for severa
years on the verge of ruin, but he will keel
up appearances for the famiy's sake as Ions
as possible, and then when the collapse
shall come, laudanum or the pistol will bt
the last resort. The question often arises
how long can this deception be continued
and the reply is, that il depends on goot
management and good luck. If no sudder
pressure takes place it may he protractet
/ several years, but a panic, or. any sudde1
change in affairs will at once bring it to
light. -....
: FIFTH AVENUE GUZzLING.
IF wine drinking can make people happy
treme beatitude for notwithstanding tn,
: high prices occasoned by the war, the mos
costly brands here find rapid market. I
any one will stop Of pleasant afternoon a
L. any Of the frSt-class grocery establishment
in Broadway, he may witness the delightful
task of liquor-tasting performed by little
knots of the aristocracy, who stop. in tt
/ leave orders. In all families, whether o
the highest or less repute, we find wine
} staple, and the wayit is drank would eX
cite the admiration of all teetotallers
| Hardly grocer's cart backs up to a house
: but you see the champagne basket. Aftel
dinner the wine circulates, and is duly
praised, for it is Of good American manu-
!, facture. The only man in the secret is the
fellow who comes round every week to buy
the empty bottles. he takes them down tx
the bottling-house, where they are filed ,anC
in due time they are returned with fresf
brands and silver tops. 1t seems absurd
i that the wine-drinking community should
be ignorant of this, when almost opposite
the Academy Of Music there is large ware
one may behold vast quantities of second
hand bottles received daily. There is M
necessity of penetrating the mysteries o
this place, for they are not beyond the
power of good guessing. The transforms
tion of Jersey cider and petroleum into
Heidseick and Vauve Cliquot is SO rapid anf
marvellous that it is wonder that it is moi
reckoned fine art. ,,,t .egt<
| WHAT BECOMES OF THEM.
1t is said that life in the Fifth avenue il
constantly changing, and that when fresh
paruenu comes in somebody must be going
out. The question may naturally arise what
becomes Of these decaying gentry, and the
reply is that they generally &c, to ruin un'
less their course be delayed by the patronage