, 1876-05-07
new YORK GOSSIP.
The Spring Gayeties in tho Amer.
lcan Metropolis.
Tho New Coaching Novelty, and the
dalop Through Fifth Avenue.
Remarkable Oratory Of the Woman Re-
Tirellst, Widow Van Cott.
Extraordinary Faith in Clairvoyanct
Lately Evinced.


Lately Evinced.
Accessibility Of New York Notables-Tw
Brooklyn Scandals.
Speta. Correspondence Of The Chieaae Tribune.
| NEW YoRK. May 4.-The spring season is no1
in the full tide Of gayetY. The streets are fllet
with m4gnifcently dressed women; elegan
! equipages dash up and down the avenue an
extrayagsnce seems to belle the general potiol
Of hard times and dull trade. There is vas
6eal Of mere surface in Al this seeming pros
peritv, and it is doubtless true that ii We knew
all the facts, that many OF the rich attires o.
the women and the handsome turnonts OF th'
men righttully belong to their creditors; but K
the outwardeye, the impression Of New York upoI
strangers from tho provinces (say St. Louis aut
Milwaukee, for example), must be unusually At
tractiTe. Fifth avenue never appeared to better
advantagethan it does now upon any sunny after
noon. The new ansctation OF four r-in-hand dsags,
and tho coming and going OF Delaney Kane'e
coach morning snd evening, ia only one Of the
daily excitements. 1t is just now considered
fashionable to take eariy morning drives, and
breakfast parties at High Bridge. jerome Park,
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are the so-called "rage." It ia = sort OF play
ing rustic, and the belles and beaux enjoy it
| immensely, although it involves atiyely
| sarly rising. These "breakfast parties." how
| ever, are not famous for seeing the sun rise. II
| tbs morning moal ID served BY II O'Clock. it ia
cona1dered au falt and the participants are sup
posed to fortifY themselves before they start
with cotee aud biscuit. Such triHes as these
| OCCUPY the time and attention of hundreds OF
"society folks" and engage the interest Of
| nxrf011 nn1 <h.xw
cannot, participate in them
| THE NEW Aa1BTocRATIc COACHING BUSINESS.
| THIS is the latest novelty, and like all novel;
ties in the beginning it is well patronized. Com
mon people wonder why q man Of the social
] standing and wealth Of Gen. Delaney Kane
should become stage-driver, and 60 to tho OK
| peneo Of providing such an outht merely a. a
| peraonal pastim=. But it is aptiy replied that
that is his business, and it is quite as honorabls
| and praiseWorthy Is yachting. horse:raclng, or
| other occupations hch our wealthy bloods en-
| gags in, aod far better than spending mouey
| upon wine and women - come DO. However,
the coach Is fixed fact, and it is novelty that
has ita fascination for the public u well as for
the fashlonables. The coach starts punctuatlY at
| 10, aud returns punctuaIy at 5, and tbs depart
| ure and arrival are Witnessed BY large crowds Of
| curious people. The singular thing about the
which are considered desirable, and, dur7pg the
| four days the coach has run. every
| outside seat had been held at premium, while
those on the luaide hare been at q discount, al
though finally occupied. 1t is now stated that
Ill the outside seats have been engaged as late
| as June Is, but theirs are PLENTY Of inside aeate
yet to be taken. Col. Eane'a driving is marvel
GUS, but it Is an illustration Of the influence OF
aristocratic ideas upon the police that they al
low this coach and its four horses to race
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on gallop, and the guard blowing long aod
loud blasts upon his horn, unnoticed. while an
ordinary individual would be stopped on the
first corner for fast driving One Of tie charm
is considered the proper thing at The conclusion
Of the ride to hand both driver and guard fee,
after the manner Of the English.-and, to
make this tho more ludic1ous, it is eravely an
ger is the precise amount which etiquette de-
mauds shali constitute the aforesaid fee, Yer
lily are ne Americans, or should say Ne New
}orkers, celebrating an Independence Of Great
Britain By aping sorne Of bar most fooliah
habits.
DIsAPPoBEMKS7s m CENTENNIAL TRAVEL.
The rush at travel to this country from
abroad, which Was prodicted rs concomitant
Of the Centennial Exhibition. is not yet visible
to the naked oye. In fact, the steamship agents
are very free in their predictions now that thero
will be no more than the usual travel toward
this country, while 1t is rather remarkable the |
number Of American tourists going abroad 10
equal to TIA nsaEage Of the last three years. The
Centennial managers are vise in Rising . |
rumpus about the expensive railroad rates
chsrged by the companies, and it is evident to |
them. ~ well as to the public, thAt the Phila- |
delphians will be hugely disappointed in the !
number Of visitors, unless tho fares ara iaree1v
reduced. The Europeans are not IS romantic as |
Nc are, and they are experiencing hard times |
with d severity scarcely less than our onn. Tho /
engagements for passage by the European
steamers for the next two months suggest that |
the American tourists Who expect to see the |
Exhibition at all will either make hurried
viais this month Or hurry home IN the fall be-
fore it closes: There il well-settted opinion |
visit the Philadelphia sights will b in October,
9fter the rnsh is over.
'FERVoR OF THE WIDOW VAN corr
Descriptive powers were never &c huch ut 4 |
loss as they are in attempting to describe the
magnetic oratory Of the new revival preacher, |
the Widow Van Cott, who has juat cloted week
OF interest in Brooklyn. She is now en- route TO ]
Davenport, Ia, and you will doubtless have q
chance ere long to hear and see her. She is
womaD, and in her WAY is quite Is /
effective as Moody in hla hhppiest vein. But
abe is q woman, and you know some Of our good
Preabyterians and Congregationslists ara op-
posed to women preachers, and no. long ago the
Brooklyn Presbytery 1rebuked the Rev.
Theodore Cuyler for allowing woman to preach
from his pulpit, because they esteemed il un-
scripturaf. Without discussing that point i4ia
doubtless for this reason that the Widow Van
Colt is not taken in hand and managed moTe
generally by the pastors Of great cideE, even a.
Moody and 6ankey, Whittla and Btlhs. and othar
peripatetio eyangelists are in their labors. But
Mrs. Van Colt ii highly esteemed by the
Methodista, and under thsir auspices Is
loing = mighty work. Her stvle q
Intensely dramatic. aud in some RESPECTS
the resembles John B: Gough,-minus bis boat
nils. Last Sunday evening she reused her
audience to the very highest pitch Of excitement
y her vivid descriptions. For ! closing acsne
'he brought ont the story Of Goliath and Dayid
p wonderfuliy effective manner, as showing !
he. power of faith illustrated BY David, and sha
,loturad the teEror Of the Iaraelites when 90.
isth game forward, tho confidence Of Dayid,
rs search for smooth stone for hts sltpT y be
FeAt fotWAfd TO meet the giant. Mrs. Ykn 0oss ! !
Eh{Eled her arm round and tnuud aa IL In tl,e |