Would ladies buy diamonds at Tiffany's, and silks at Stewart's, if they had to count out the hard dollars on the counter?

Will the fashionable lady six months hence insist upon dressing her child like an ostrich, and herself like an inverted champaigne glass?

Does Brown still arrange these "white kid" parties ?

Will not the crisis be the means of putting the everlasting discussion of negro slavery to bed for a while? Who will be our next President?

Don't you think that Fremont had better remain on his "Butterfly estate" 'till after the next election? Did you approve of the Members of Congress raising their own wages last session?

If so, don't you think it would be a good idea to raise the salaries of our foreign ministers, so that they can represent the United States as they should be represented?

Do Members of Congress who spit on the floor expect-to-rate as gentlemen?

Do you believe that anything but the postage on protested bills will keep the Post Office Revenue up to $7,000,000 per annum ?

If you had been some time in a foreign land, would

you not have supposed that the "Adriatic," like the "Flying Dutchman," was a phantom ship?

Do you not think that Cunard ought to have a testimonial from the American people for carrying our mails some twenty years, without ever missing fire, even in the coldest weather?

Don't you think our railways would be better managed, if the Directors lived on the line of road, and the President kept out of Wall-street?

Don't you think it would be a good move to sink Wall-street; explode the Brokers' Board; and kill "Bull" and "Bear" in the country?

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Do you think that the President of the Erie Railroad ought to receive the same salary as the President of the United States ?

Do you agree with Punch, that, in case of a railway accident, absence of body is better than presence of mind?

Do you think the Tribune ought to rap a man over the knuckles for being too national at a Fourth of July dinner, in a foreign land, when asked to respond to the sentiment, "Our Country?"

What good does it do to quarrel with the world

Do you think Mrs. Cunningham is getting up another bogus baby?

Were you not surprised when it was announced that the New-York Independent had "suspended" (its List of Failures)?

Will not that "Pillow" require a clean "case " since that last sixty-four pounder?

If the General's breaches "are as soft as Downy Pillows are," may we not consider him bomb-proof? "What is the price of putty, since that "extra judicial decision?"

Will you accept my apology for having tired you with so many questions?

I had written thus far, when Messrs. Pudney & Russell's "devil" entered my room for more 66 'copy," so I close this page "with the assurances of my highest consideration," and a promise to open another on the morrow.

AMERICAN CONTEMPLATIONS AND

EUROPEAN

CONVERSATIONS.

THE Crisis-Two sides to every question-The Wail of the Tempest -Crosses the Ocean-Joint Stock Banks of England-" Arabia's" arrival a spark in the tinder box-"South Sea Bubble" and Western Lands-Panic of 1825-Specie Exportation-Anglo-American Houses in 1837-Their Escape-Long Credits-An Illustration-The Result-A China Operation-India owes ManchesterEngland has trusted all the World, and the World is Bankrupt -Indian Loan-Where the Gold and Silver go to-All Nations demanding Specie at Bank of England-Goose with the Golden Egg-Native receives, but seldom pays away, a Sovereign-Western States owe Eastern-Bank of England Statements in 1847 and 1857 -Russell's Letter stops the Panic-English Railway Mania-Crédit Mobilier-Law's Land Scheme-" Popular Delusions"-Louis Napoleon as a Financier-His eventful History-The Bourse-Louis Philippe Dethroned-Conspirators-Revolution of 1789 and 1848A Dozen Applicants for the Throne of France-Louis Napoleon has no partner-Italy Dying-Bonaparte wishes to send the Pope to Jerusalem-Germany is Republic in-King of Prussia on the brink of the Grave-Oscar, King of Sweden, not expected to Live-Turkey no account-The Constantinople Farce at Osborne-Union of Principalities-Russia the Strongest Government in Europe-Conversation with the Grand Duke Con tantine-His Character-Russia despises England-Nijni-Novgorod, a wonderful Fair-Distrust in Europe-Napoleon scents the Fray-Pereire-Napoleon, the Uncle