The New York Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1869, Page 8

he On OUR SUMMER RESORTS. poreueeeeen es Lone BRANCH. panennnnnnnnannnnne Sights Seaside—The President and His wetccsouts—Tee Season—The Coming Ball— The Road and Equipages=The Weather. ‘SrersoN HOUSE, LONG BRANCH, July 24, 1869, SIGHTS BY THE SBASIDE. A large and fashionable watering place is certainly a good locality to study human nature and watch what the rest of the little world by which you are surrounded is doing. You see more of life ina large hotel by the seasidé than one generally supposes— that 1s, If you keep your eyes open, and are not Grawn into the whirl of fashion and excitement that gwallows nearly all within its vortex. Here, for in- stance, we have all classes, from the President of the United States to the newspaper correspondent— ‘these being about the extremes, I believe. We have the millionnaire in all his glory, who possesses nothing but his money; the ordinarily wealthy man who makes a good display, and in a sensible man- ner; the man who ts getting rich and the man who fe not and never will be, Then we have those who, when their hotel bills are paid, have scarcely enough here or anywhere else to pay the return passage to New York, and another class who come down with enough to have a good me for a month or so, but who, in a night or two, leave it ail at “the club,” ‘and probably have to glve a check for a little ba- Jance that be may find himself short of by reasop of bis visit to where the tiger is domiciled, We ave the woman of wealth, who may, and fre- qwentiy does, wear ber tens of thousands fm diamonds, with silks, satins and laces to match, and who, if her very existence @epended upon it, could not tell you a noun from an adjective, and whose whole idea of life consists In being able to outdo her neighber in costiy and mag- mificent display. Then we have all other classes of the sex, from the mother, who seems to educate her children through the hands of the dancing master and dressmaker, to the sensible woman, who thinks that her offspring should occupy some station in life other than that of mere devotees of Fashion, and who tries to bring up her children In a way to render them useful as well as ornamen- tai members of society. It is easy here to gee the reason why we are considered the most extravagant people on the face of the earth, and why then there is no immediate prospeet of any ebange. Look at the way that the children are dressed and tue lives they are permitted to lead, and then consider what the consequences will be as they grow older. Little things that should be in charge Of their nurses here have possession of the floor of the ballroom until close upon the hours of midnight. ‘Their dresses are extravagant in the extreme, In- stead of being in keeping with the simplicity of childhood, and to show how soon the young idea begins to shoot, | must here mention a conversation that I overheard a few evenings since between two children, the young lady being about twelve andthe young gentieman about ten years of age. This gay ana irae beens sought to engage the hand of the young lady for a redowa which she de- clined; this put the youngster in a rage and he said, “I thought you would decline, 1 have seen that you referred the society of —— to mine, and your de- clining to dance with me only serves to coniirm the tmpression.”” Whatdo you think of that? Ihave given his remarks nearly word for word, and if you can'find a ten year old who can beat it I would like W see him. Tlove to look quietiy on at the crowd assembled on the porch of an evening; the sight presented is better than most of the theatrical performances of the present day, and it must be a man who thinks only of himself who cannot enjoy the picture, An outside party fill every window of the drawing room, criticising those inside, the dancers and the dance. ‘Of course, you are eure to hear some uncharitable remarks, The dress and behavior of those inside are sme pieces, Mrs. Worldly is blamed because er children are dressed 80 conspicuously and allowed to remain up go late, while Mrs. Prudence is pitehed into because her children are sent to bed at an early hour, in janguage something like this:— “Her litue girl, why its been sent away long ago; child, it never is allowed in the parlor of an evening for the reason that its motner don’t wish to be annoyed. Wonder it don’t get sick by being cooped up so much.’ Then nearly all the young ladies have to pass the same ordeal, and but few cole out of the fire of words unscathed. Now, take the promenaders, then you will see hus- band and wife together (wonderful thing in this age) pe eget family affairs; then comes somebody's wife with somebody’s husband—they probably are not discussing family affairs; then somebody's hus- band, whose wife may be in Europe for ali i know, Joking lovingly into the eyes of some young girl (how very beige. and she, silly thing, believes ail ‘that is being said to her, and expresses her opinion siterwards that “married men are so very agree- Now look at that couple seated away off at the end of the porch; their chairs are close together; the pore is not seated in an upright position; no, 18 head inclines towards the lovely girl by his siae, drawn there by some magnetic power that as yet is Bot pocee understood and brought under con- trol by the scientific, He is talking in an earnest manner, but in tones so low that you can hardly dis- tinguiah a sound. She is apparently well pleased at all that is being said to her; her head has fallen for- ward as if to ring the ear nearer to the mouth that is speaking, fearful lest a word be lost; her hands are nervously picking to pieces a bouquet, or doing something, she don’t Know what, with her handker- chief, Now, then, get behind a door or ont of sight somewhere, and it may be if no one is near that you will see that charming face laid lovingly upon the shoulder of her admirer, while his arm may have, almost imperceptibly, encircled her waist, and it you shoula hear in a moment or so more, in a voice tremulous with emotion, the words, “Yes, but you must ask een don’t be the least surprised, and if you should see the same young lady five minutes afterwards in the strong light of the drawing room, with face flushed and eyes that look slightly suf- fused, don’t be the least astonished, Both occur every day, and are perfectly natural. Such are the sights we see by the sea, and looking at and record- ing them are by no means the least interesting of a correspondent’s duty at Long Branch and other fashionable watering places. THE PRESIDENT, His Excellency does not appear to have suffered any iil effects by reason of the clambake yesterday, of which you bad full accounts by telegraph. It was his first appearance, I believe, at a festival of that id, and he was instructed in the art of eating a soft clam by that veteran in clams, Banta, of the Astor Honse, The President was picking them out and placing them on a plate when Banta discovered it, and going up remarked, “Mr, President, that 18 not the way to eat a soft clam.” “No? the Presi- Gent replied. “No,” said Banta; “take it in this Manner (illustrating), skin it and dip it into the sauce, and then eat it; never put it on a plate.” “Ah! yes, I see,” said his Excellency, and then Went on with his repast, Jn the evening there was an excursion train from the interior, bringing a large number of visitors, all of whom the President was pleased to re- ceive and shake hands with in the drawing room. These citizens of the only State considered still out of the Union were evidently much gratified with the unostentatious manner in which their hands Were grasped, and went away pleased with the re- publican simplicity of the President's manners. The Fepublican party may gain some votes in this sec- tion of the State at the next election by reason of the affair last evening; and the other party should Jook to it and send Frank Biair, Jr., here again, in order to counteract the impression that Grant has oe the Jerseymen of Long Branch and its Crete Arete te the President and Mrs. Grant Grove out {i eae with ex-Secretary Borie, who returned from Philadelphia yesterday morning. ‘This morning his Exceliency has remained within doors pursuing a quiet lite. Whatis on the tapis for ‘the afternoon I have not yet learned. I neglected to Say that Mrs. Grant was in the drawing room dur- ing the reception last night and retired with the President about leven P. M., having evidently en- Joyed the festivities of the evening. THE SEASON. There are not many choice rooms remaining at the different hotels. Howland’s is “jam fall,’ and principally with Philadelphians, who year after ear monopolize that establishment. " Really it ks as ifa Ao f large proportion of the popula- tion of that good sized inland town had been re- Moved here and given in charge of Howland for the season. When [Ae enter his grounds the rim of your hat begins to expand and your coat collar begins to turn up by reason of their being in an aan ee, 80 strongly impregnated with Quaker- dom. You naturally feel inclined to say “thee” and “thou” and to keep your hat on when addressing @ lady in that vicinity, But J must not Keep on poking fun at them. They are a quiet, orderly people and well behaved, 6o much #0 that itis unfair to say more avout them, but I Cannot resist telling this story. Two New Yorkers the other evening, when one askea the other if he Nad ever been in Philadelphia. “'No,’? be replied, “but if I lead sober, moral life 1 hope to go there when J die.” Not bad, tnat, was it? THE COMING BALL. Whew, what a time wo are sure to have next Monday evening! Wh: im there will be and what @ display in the way decoration, dress, jewelry! H0., Ac. All the notables wi reach are sure to be here; tne prilliant uniforms of the army and navy will be ane us in ‘crowds, 80 that civilians will have to do their best or go to the wall. Two or three extra bands of music are be on band, and alt bids fair for id success, Hf we only have a pleasant evening thete 18 go doubt pag ME TY Ws at briilianey, ong long 08@ Who will have the Oppor- sunity of enjoying ii, that THR ROAD. The mppniscens Clif road 18 now every afternoon Ned the most elegant turnonta Thi lovers of fine horses and vetidies can have hell pews, for we have every style and clage in point use. One of the most perfect if all its a ments ws B. F. Brewster, thé Attorney Gen- eral vahia, It is stylis ivhont pein: loud, the te with which sy thin, ene coach is selected stampa it with being the property gentieman, THE WRATHER has not been the last twenty-four houre what one NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET. cares to have. A dull, marky atmosphere is not to lected for the seaside. nt appear to be Bearce of tate and the moon has found it dificult to sbine in the least. WHITE MOUNTAINS. Leute, “Noah e TS The Season Opens FairlyApproaches to the Mountains—The Company at the Glen—Lake Winnipiseogee—The Route tothe Summit of Mount Washington, Franconia Notch, &c. GLEN Housg, N. 4., July 21, 1869, This lana of sunshine and mist, magnificent moun- tains, lakes, rivers and cascades, where Nature has blended all shades of beauty with a master hand into one sublime picture, and that picture perfect, is now springing into its ripe season of summer life, The roads’ are alive with coaches bearing visitors from the two principal starting points, at Gorham on the north and Conway on the south side. The largest number seem to prefer the route from Bos- ton by the way of Lake Winnipiseogee—a charming sheet of water—Centre Harbor and North Conway. Althongh this route involves a stage ride of sixty miles it has the advantage of the grand scenery of the lake, an excellent view of the mountains as you approach the highest ranges of the White Mountains proper, the rivers Saco and Ellis, which rush through the picturesque and rugged gorges for miles, and the splendid cataract known as Glen Ellis Falls, The road, however, 18 good, the teams in good condition, and the hotels by the wayside, such as the Senter House at Centre Harbor—a house fit for the city—kept by Mr. J. L. Huntress, and the-Kearsarge at Conway, resided over in a good-humoret aud accommoda- ing manner by Mr. Samuel D, Thompson, t ‘The Gien House stands at the base of Mount Wash- ington, and confronts, m its country simplicity, the giants Mounts Jeiferson, Adams, Madison and Clay, over the faces of which belis of vapory clouds are Dow floating that, to our sight, divide them in the mid- die, leaving one half on earti aud the omer in hea- ven. The great mountain, Washington, 18 not visi- ble, for the heavier clouds have taken possession of hita; butevery one says that the weather will be fine to-morrow, snd consequently an immense crowd are ‘booked’? for the ascent to the Tip-top in the morning. The most favorite programme appears to be to. visit the sumuit from tls piace, eight miles by stage, and from tuence to the Crawlord House, on the west side of the mountain, Making the descent partly by the newly compieted railroad, three miles, and partly by stage, seven miles, From the Crawford the ride is easy to the Francona Notch, and this tour brings you into contact with nearly all that is to be seen about the White Mountains after what you have al- ready witnessed on the roads to the Glen, This route, I have said, is the most popular one from this point, and as the HERALD is Known to be always on the uppermost wave of the popular tide, of course its representative will take that very route. The Glen House is just now entertaining nearly 250 guests. If 1 were to say that they were not ine élite of all the leading cities of the Union no one would believe me, so I will so set it down. The fulness of the season does not come until tie middle of August, and as the house has ample accommodation for 400 people it may be expected that by that me things will pretty lively here, At present, even, everything looks and feels cheerful, The company are gay, well dressed and distinguished. The dining room by day and the magnificent parlors and corri- dors by night flash with handsome costumes and brilliant gems both light up the scene, human and mineral. ‘The band seems to have no iimits to its industry, and the proprietors, Messrs, Thompson, Cummings ¢¢ al, are as polite and accommodating as landlords ought to be. As the marriage hunting pro- clivities of anxious papas and mammas at faspionable watering places, and the rahnas expectancy of would be brides have frequently been made known to the general public by cunning and observant cor- Tespondents, who ave detect these things whe- ther they exist er not, it is quite unnecessary to say anything about them; so J will conclude this brief epistie ‘A an allusion to something more fresh— namely, the superb forests, the glittering steams, the mist-clad mountains and the salubrious air, in the midst of which I go to repose, to prepare for an early ascent to the peak of grand Mount Washington in the morning. RED BA The Beauties of New Jersey Between “The Hook” and “The Branch”=—The Shrewsbury Inlet—A Trip by the Sea Bird—The Sens son. RED Bank, N, J., July 24, 1869. Red Bank is at the head of navigation of the north branch of Shrewsbury Inlet, about twelve miles from the north point of Sandy Hook, and the round trip from New York, thirty miles, to and back from Red Bank is one of the nicest little excursions out of the city. We start from the foot of Warren street, steamboat Sea Bird, Captain Parker, and, running down through the Narrows (which are the golden gate of our Empire City), the first landing we make is Sandy Hook, where the passengers may stop and devote several hours on the long dock catching weak fish, sea bass, striped bass, &c, awaiting the return of the boat. The next landing, some six miles further on, is at Thompson’s, Navesink High- lands, where you may halt, enjoy a bath in the ocean surf or in the still waters of the inlet, and (especially on Sunday) have time enough for the regular dinner and astroll in the woods and still be in season for the returning boat vo town, The next landing is Port Washington, where Davis will supply you with a good dinner, and where you may cross over the inlet and devote an hour ortwo atthe Sailors’ Snug Harbor of the Neptune Clad, in the exploration of their lovely grove, and in the glorious views from the loft, wooded hills behind them, The next landing is Fair Haven, where they will supply you with all the essentials for the refreshment of the inner man, and where you will still have nearly two hours for recreation before you are called by the bell of the re- turning boat. The next landing is Brown's dock, communicating with the village of Riceville, a mile or so inland. The next landing is Mount’s dock, in the neighborhood of which Councilman Wilde, Phaion and others have their cosey summer retreats; and next We reach the end of our journey at Red Bank,one of the prettiest little villages and in one of the pret- test situations for a pretty village within a Sab- bath day's journey from Babylon. ere an hour ts allowed for @ reconnoissance of thé place, and it will pay to make the inspection, the Village is so heat and bright ana handsome, churches, private residences, girls and all. The Raritan and Delaware bond Railroad dine to Long Branch passes by this Vulage, and besides the drive heace to The Branch,” seven miles, has been pronounced by no less a personage than General Grant as ‘‘perfectly charm. ing,” from the smoothness of the road and the beauty of the surrounding scenery. And there 1s a comfortable summer hotel here; from the front piazza the outlook down the broad river and its flanking highlands and lowlands is very fine. On the return trip the landings named are made to pick up passengers and freight, and for three hours down, one hour in Red Bank town and three hours on the return, it is a trip which for the vartet) offered in its attractions is not excelled by any holl- day excursion from the modern Babylon. And at all the landings mentioned are pleasant and whole- some summer places of rest and ieitpory. com. bining all the advantages of the sea side and inland — ie seas ayaa yo Cope ed ‘vill tg farm houses, spi chickens eggs, cream and butter, fruits and “garden seas.) "And All these localities lie between the two railway lines tothe Branch, the one flanking these highlands b; the sea shore and the other six mies back imland, and the Red Bank steamer Bird, by the dividing inlet, supplies the travelling facili- ties of the intervening region between the two roads. Time was when this river was the only line of communication between New York and Jersey below the Hook, and then half a dozen steamboats and various lines of con- necting stages were employed & the route; two aforesaid railroads have feduced the Shrews- bury river to the Sea Bird; but still the natural beauties and advantages of this river's lovely sum- mer nooks and corners are as charming as ever, and before many jie ought to be equal in value to town lots on Manhattan island, As for the general ran of the season in these parts and along the Jersey coast down to Cape May, it is hot very flush, The summer, they say, has too cool, Burope has been drawi half our fashionable World across the sea and the Pacific Railroad is largely drawing the West across the Continent. But at Long Branch and ail such places the prices of ho- tel life have become go enormous as to frighten peo- ple off. Along this Shrewabury river we have prices more to suit the times and all the solid enjoymenta of summer life in the country convenient to town. WATERING PLACE NOTES. Fashionable gymnastics —Saratoga springs. ‘The season at Cape May is at its zenith. ‘The soirée of the Gray Reserves at Cape May was @ brilliant afair. Private theatricals are in vogue at Atlantic City; “Loan of a Lover’) ts the next piece promised. Young ladies who have o penchant for catching beaux will find this a rare opportunity for practice, Bishop Simpson and Rev. Lyman Abbott represent the.clergy at Saratoga Springs, The Philadelphia Fire Zouaves will be féted at Atlantic City on the 4th of Aogust, Lane Memphremagog, one of the most delightfa) and attractive of summer resorts, is crowded, ‘The runaway excitements have already began at Long Braneb, Fast driving or racing should not be allowed, White muslin evening dresses, orn: figs a o are very much worm by young the The most featores of th ro port are Cy i of the sea: pi new. nted with A usical parties at ti wily ‘ou Groat Bal Lak, 1s Ulad eralonge e “*E™ meetings are prostate are ne ~ ity, es being: President has gone to Long Branch for a reat frees official labors tue politicians are collecting there ip force, Bohemians write whole columns about the super- pasaral, wonderg of Congress Hall at Saratoga and levator, Had pias those loving brothers—are mak- ing a great pother about the conveyances that con- nect with their suburban retreats. if bono ? ‘lors are covered with names and tical quota Gen written by visitors with diamond t yt An excursion numbering three or four hundred, from Brodhead and thereabouts, visited Madison, Wisconsin, on Thursday. They were out in the <— ‘and the baptism was wholesale and perhaps jolesome, At Watch Hill Point, a favorite Rhode Island Tesort, form and fashion are not observed, and social sensations of any sort need not be anticipated. Everything looks remarkably Gor pen natural, and now held at Cay ay: ctised at Atlantic the place apparently has been leit just as it was half a century ago. A New York dandy peered into the Cave of Winds under the Falis of Niagara recently, and when asked what he thought of it, remarked, “On, ita very pretty, but it’s so deuced wet.’ Saratoga never bad finer weather or better accom- modations than now. Visitors arrive in hundreds. A young lady at one of the prominent summer re- sorts is said to have thirty breakfast, afternoon and evening dresses, half a dozen jockey hats, parasols innumerabie and two boxes of kids. Hawpton Beach, New Hampshire, has been a sum- mer resort for over forty years. There are two beaches, both of which afford excellent facilities for bathing. The north beach 18 said to be the safest sea-bathing place on the coast. With the exercise a proper precaution there is no danger on either each, The excursion party from Indiana and elsewhere, who met with the recent accident near Kansas City, arrived at St. Louis Tuesday night, nearly all of them rapidly recovering frovo the effects of their bruises. Among those whose condition is still considered dangerous are Frank Ford and General Barnet, of Cleveland; E. King, J. C. Noyes and General Craft, of Terre Haute; J, 8. Beach, J. Barnard, a brakeman, and Stephen Russell, of Kansas, At Newport the fashionable programme at the hoteis is to rise at nine, or thereabouts, ag the pre- vious night’s occupauon will allow. After break- fasting a drive is taken to the beach, a bath is in- duiged in, and tie ladies go down town to shop. After an elaborace toilet tuey dine, then dreas for a drive on the avenue or wherever fashion may dic- tate, and at nigat there are hops, parues, and vari- ous Ways to pass away the evening, even to the wee small hours. ‘The intervais are filed up with dress- ing and undressing, flirtations, gossip, promenades, Gs At the watering places the finest dressing 19 re- served for the latter part of the season, though many handsome toilets are seen, Everytuing that wears an underdress also wears an overdress nowadays. ‘The Grecian bend still clings to some of the fair ones, though not to so great an extent as last season, yet sufficiently distressing, Everything is bunched and gathered and puckered up in the Tear, ald an absence of crinoline is noticed. Chig- nons are worn much smaller than formerly, and seem undecided as to the direction to take, but it ts rumored that they are to be carried quite iow in the neck, and a few of the most daring have already adopted the style. A fashion which prevailed last year, and is seen this, 13 for gentlemen to carry black silk umbrellas to protect them from the heat of the sun, This is very sepsiole; and tnere is no Teason why a gentleman showd not carry a sun- shade as well as a lady, or wear a vell or carry a Wwuil, too, if he pleases. SING SING PRISON, The Recent Revolts in the State Prison—A Pardoned Convict’s Opinion of the Prison OfficialsThe Discipline and the Causes of Mutiny Among tke Prisoners. In view of the recent outbreaks among the con- victs confined in the State Prison at Sing Sing, and of the agitation by the press and public looking to the introduction of reforms, the following letter from a late inmate of the institution will be of in- terest. The letter was written in a neat, fluent style of chirography and would induce the belief that the writer was employed asa clerk in the prison, and, therefore, had opportunities of informing himself on the subjects of which he speaks:— NEw YorE, July 28, 1869. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— For the past few days I have noticed various re- Veh connected with the late revolt at Sing Sing rison, and, having been discharged from there since then, 1 am going to give you a full and trathful account of the whole affair. Ihave been confined there for the past four years, having been sentenced for five years in 1865; but on account of good be- havior I had one year taken off. We will go back as far as the month in which the last State election was held, which elected Mr. Hofman Governor of the State. At that time nearlygall, or, in fact, all, who were connected with the prison were republicans; but after the Ist of January, 1869, things began to change. The old keepers were replaced by new ones, on account of the political standing of the par- ties. “All now, I believe, are democrats,’’ Mr. Nelson, the present warden, who came with the new administration, is @ man who knows noth- ing but his duty as ‘‘warden in State’s Prison.’? He is @ man who makes no distinction among the pris- oners, and did at the commencement of his official duties shut down on all little favors that haa been {forest extended to the inmates. He allowed no special letters to be written, no extra visits, no fa- vors, and was very severe, but since that time he has changed greatly, and understands exactly how to treat the men in the prison. Now, it was reported, when he came into office, that there was a bill to be introduced into the Legis- lacure taking off a third of a man’s time on account of the crowded state of the prisons in New York. Well, the men all cheered for the democratic party; wrote to their parents, wives and friends the Jost news; but it seems that although the bill passed it was never d, or at least it never went into effect. Then the new keepers began to come, and under the direction of the warden they began to act with great severity with the men. Nearly every day some of the inmates were carried up to the hospital on @ stretcher from the shower bath. Things were gol on bad. This was during the mths of February, March and April. Up to that time the officers had everything their own way, but the news of the deaths by shooting and punishment having come tothe ears of the public, they were treated better. Everything underwent an entire change. We got better food, were allowed more liberties—but not as much as had formerly been allowed us—and the men ail bre that they Would be treated as formerly by the old party, And here let me say that during my whole term of im- Drisonment, previous to January, 1869, I never had @ harsh word spoken to me, and but once since that. It was in relation to a letter. I went to the warden’s office to get permission to write a letter, and his answer was, ‘‘No; all such things as that is played out.” So asked no more favors from that quarver; but, as I said before, he is better now; he uses more judgment and discretion, and I honestly think that e will make @ good warden. Among the keepers appointed by the Inspectors there are some men who can neither read nor write— men who are there solely through the influence of their friends in Albany. One man, a keeper there, calls himself a repeater, and saya thathe “woted” for Hoffman nine times at the last election. What a re- Pe what he meant Ido not know; but I eard him pass the above remark, and I believe 1 was when I was in the contractor's office with Ketchum. But now things, as regards food and treatment, are much better. Now, then, you have got a synopsis of the affair up to Friday, the 16th of duly, the time of the com- Mencement of the revolt, Thursday, at dinner time, we went to dinner, and we had an awful dinner, and in the morning ites 16th), after we all came out, no one. would work. They went to the shop, and after the different keepers went around and found they Would not work they marched them to their cells, ‘They had been locked wd there from Friday morning until the time I left, and all they had to eat was & piece of bread about two inches square; but they gave them all the water they wanted. How things re up there now I do not know, but hope and trust that there will be an investigating committee sent to see about it, You have no idea of the treatment of the men in that place. I have seen a keeper in the yard strike out and hit a man in the face and cnt him so that he bled. But I am afraid that this will be too lengthy for your paper, and I will give you a statement of tue contract labor. You can judge from that how money matters are carried on there. We will take the shoe shop—and I am pretty well Gcquainted with that, for | was employed in it for nearly four years, or all my time. They emplo! about 210 men in it, at forty cents a day, and when left here is @ list of the work they were turning outi— WORK TURNED ovr. 12 cases of men’s boots, at $4 50 per pair, 12 airs to @ case............., $y oeee $648 17 cases of men’s balmorals, at ¢ 40 pairs to a case..... 1,530 4 cases of men’s hunters, at $150 pairs to @ case. . 8 0 10 cases of men’ rog.ns, at $2 pairs to ® case....,... Cost of labor, 210 men, at 40 cen Balance to pay for stock ana ees, y outside ex- rhave tried to make the as Ican, and I hope you will be able to understand it. As & Matter of course the men employed in the above og re aware of the immense profits derived by by the contractor by contract labor, and they feel bad at having their services given’ for 40c. @ day when the contractors will pay them §1 for every day’s task or overwork they do. But let me say in conclusion, that there are men (and most of them! who know that they have committed crimes agains the State and that they are undergoing a ast sen- tence, and are satisied 80 long as they receive what the State allows them in the way of food, clothing, &c. But when there are 200 or 300 men all having & grab at it, they won't stand it, This is @ truthful account of the whole affair, and I never voted in my life, and don’t know that j ever shall, and therefore have no party feelings; but still, laying, aside the relative position of citizen and convict, let us mingle mercy with Is aces BAR aS in Bas abi thy, robbil piace that it is. Youre truly, A GADE MJSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. ‘Theatrical affairs in this city, after three weeks of unprecedented dulness, will to-morrow week (August 2) experience a slight fillip, which in the present dearth of musicai and dramatic novelty, must prove welcome to the play-goers of the metro- polis. There will be a general pricking up all around, and the vitality and excitement which will be in- fused at that particular time into the drama in this city will, beyond a donbt, hold good until the inaugu- ration of the regular fall and winter season. On that particular night Mr. Joseph Jefferson commences a seven weeks’ engagement at Booth’s theatre, opening with his famous impersonation of Rip Van Winkle, which possibly may prove sufficiently attractive to run through the entire seven weeks. Mr. Jonn E. Owens, on the same night, at Wallack’s, will make his first appearance as John Unit, in the comedy of “Self.” At Niblo’s Garden, on the same night, the drama of ‘Arran na Pogue” will be revived, after having been shelved for five years, with Mr. Dan Bryant, Mr. Dominick Murray and Miss Rose Eytinge sustaining the principal rdles. On the same night the Worrell Sisters will also commence a brief engagement at Wood’s Museum, appearing for the first time in their new operatic burlesque of “Lalla Rookh.” Upon the whole, present appearances in- dicate that the 2d of August will be a memorable day, or rather night, in the annals of the New York stage, and as the theatrical heavens upon that occa- sion are to be illumined with dramatic “stars” of acknowledged brilliancy our citizens need feel no apprehension whatever should they learn that a nomber of other dra- maile “stars? of uncertain magnitudes had suddenly flashed up behind the radiant halo of the footlights at some of the other theatres in town, to claim @ small share of public attention and patronage. It wags ever thus. Our sensations always come in bunches. We might languish in want of dramatic novelty for months without ever once receiving sO Much as one good-sized crumb were it not for the petty jealousies and animosities that exist among our enterpr ising Managers. When- ever one of our amusement caterers in the fulness of his heart prepares a feast for our dele ctation, the others, as @ general thin g, straightway endeavor to induce large numbers of the invited guests to remain away from the entertainment which has been prepared for them at great expense by offering them otner highly spiced dishes more congenial in many instances to their dramatic tastes. This, in @ measure, accounts for the milk in the cocoanut, and this, probably, is why we are to have so many new sensations on the 2d of August. “Patrie”? will be revived about the Ist of September at the Grand Opera House, with Misa Lucille Western in the role of Dolores. The piece, which reached 101 erformances in Paris last season, will be revived Rbout the same time at the Porte St, Martin, in that city. ivacte! Minstrels brought their summer season to aciose last night. ‘Their hall in the Tammany Wigwam will remain closed for renovation and re- pairs for about three weeks, during which time the troupe will favor the appreciative Philadelphians With @ round of their droll and inimitable negro eccentricities, mr. Clint Eddy, son of the well kuown tragedian, bas ieased the Waverley theatre for next season, and intends introducing first class performances in the variety business, ‘The season will commence on the 23d of Atgust, with a full and excellent compa- ny of well known aad popular artists of this pecu- Mar branch of theatrical amusement. ‘The Bowery theatre, alter another week or two, will close itsdoors for the purpose of renovation, redecoration aud repairs, in order that the theatre may be in food condition for the fall ana winter season, which Manager Freligh promises shall be replete with novelties tending to excite and amuse our east side denizens, Philadelphia is to have a new theatre. The lotand building now Ceey asthe Academy of Fine Arta has been purchased for that purpose for the sum of $140,000, "The lot has a front of filty-eight feet and a depth of 180 feet. ‘The present walls of the Academy Will be used, and it is intended to make the most elegant and commodious tneatre in the city, capable of holding from 1,800 to 2,300 people. A handsome front will be erected upon Chestnut street, with a wide entrance .hall in the middle and handsome stores on either side of it. Above there will bea One concert room, the rental of which, with the stores, will bring in @ considerable income, inde- pendently of the receipts of the theatre, San Francisco 1s the Mecca towards which our ‘Thespian pilgrims in goodly numbers are still direct- ing their willing steps. 10 popeesnty s8e3 A fascination for our “knights of the sock and bus- kin’? that is to @ certain extent irresistinle. They gravitate towards the Pacific slope as easily and naturally as rivers run down to the sea. To them there are no hard Jordan roads to travel. Time and space are now annihilated, and our “stars” of tragedy, comedy and burlesque are alike igh ee their orbits in that direction, John Brougham 1s ai present playing a successful en; ent in that city; so is Jamer Jenkins Leffingwell, and so Fire- Fy Lotta. John B, Owens has but recently returned from there. Miss Emma _ Grattan, former: one of the bionde brigade at Niblo’ her departure for the same haven of dra- matic delights iast Wednesday. Mr. Edwin Adams, the tragedian, will be in the same city early in October. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams will ar- rive there somewhat later in the season, as will also Signor Brignoli and Signor Givoza, the eminent com- poser. The Lydia Thompson troupe will bring up the rear, There is scarcely the slightest doubt that the auriferous citizens of the Golden State will ex- tend to each and every one of these a generous wel- come, The Lydia Thompson troupe to-morrow evening commence the last week of their successful engage- Ment at Niblo’s Garden. ‘Their last appear- ance will be made on Saturday evening next, after having performed in this city for forty-five consecutive weeks. For eighteen Weeks they attracted good audiences to Wood’s Musum, where they presented ‘Ixion, or The Man atthe Wheel,” for thirteen weeks. “Ernani” was afterwards given and ran for five weeks, when the troupe cloged at Wood’s and opened at Niblo’s Gar- den on February 1 in “The Forty Thieves.” This Was presented seventeen weeks, when “Sinbad the Sailor” was produced, and ‘will continue the attrace tion to the close of the engagement. Misa Lydia Thompson, Mr. Henry Beckett and several other members of the troupe, who are in exceedin; health al Btw? will go to Ni closing at Nibio’s, for the purpose of recruiting their health prior to starting on their professional tour through the South ‘and West. hs THE ENGLISH STAGE. Tom Taylor and the CriticeThe Mary Warner” Controversy—Burlesque and tho Breakdown Mania—Inconsistent Morality= How Merit Prospers=Hamlet—Gossip, Lonpon, July 7, 1869. The German poet Buger has left behind him an epigram to the effect that when we are assailed by the sting of calumny we may always console our- selves with the reflection that the worst fruite are not those which are bitten by the wasps. This epi- gram may be recommended to the consideration of Mr. Tom Taylor. Whenever he brings out a new piece that succeeds he is gure to call from the vasty deep some unwelcome historian ready to prove at great length that the real author of the triumphant work is anybody but Mr. Tom Taylor. This ts, in- deed, disagreeable, but he can derive perpetual solace from the fact that whenever he achieves a failure he 1s left unmolested, Now, “Mary Warner,” which, thanks to the genius of Miss Bateman, is the great piece of the day, excites its little controversy according to rule and precedent. -There is, it seems, a certain work by Mr. Gilbert, called “Margaret Meadows,” concerning which there was not much discourse when it hung upon its own hook, but which has blazed out into wonderfnl celebrity, since the discovery of some learned Theban that it has something tn common With the new play. The Atheneum, famous for ita keen scent after mysteries, whether of the Muses or the Mormons, does not ecraple to call the play a “dramatic version’? of the novel. Mr. *, | should tell you, is the father ofa gent! ‘ ch more noted than himself, who has Written suiue of the smartest burlesques brought out during the last few years, and who may be fairly called the ‘swell of extravaganza. He is a “B. A.,” a member of the Inner Temple and of the Northern Circuit and a captain in the Aberdeenshire militia, also the caricaturist of Fun, the cheap substitute for Punch, which is ®@ great deal funnier than the dearer article. His burlesques are distinguished from those of his con- temporaries by an avoidance of those perpetual “breakdowns” which at some houses are received as the perfection of humor. It is only within a com- paratively short time that you of New York have been made acquainted with the ramifications of Which the genus burlesque is susceptible, ana] doubt whether even now you have every variety at your fingers’ ends, Allow me to illustrate. The Strand theatre, to which nightly crowds have for weeks been attracted by Mr. John 8. Clarke in “Fox vs. Goose,” is the home of what may be calied the ‘funny’ buriesqne—the sort of article which may roughly be placed under the same head as the “Pocahontas” of John Brougham, ite main ob- ject Daing the promotion of jaughter. But the presence Qf the “breakdown” is here as overpower. ing 8 that of nerbs ina Westcountry pic, fivery y song must Of necessity conclude with a dance, and a grotesque pas de deux by Mesers, C. Fenton and James are indispensable items in the evening's Programme. No matter what the nominal subject of the piece, the impression left on the mind is inva- riably thesame, Turn into the New Royalty, where burlesque is likewise permanent. There, too, we find good crop of breakdowns; but the histriontc ele- ment more predominates, The directress, Miss M. Oliver, popularly termed “Patty (poetically Pattie”) Olver,” 18 an exceedingly smart actress in both ex- travaganza and domestic comeay, Mr. Dawson is sort of mock tragedian, with whom burlesque an- swers it# original purpose of parody. The burlesques in which Mr, John Clark (not to be confounded with ohn 8.) figures are of a similar kind, on account of the peculiarities of that popular actor. The Galety, on the other hana, as far as the burlesque part of tts entertainment is concerned, depends entirely on show, showy scenery, showy costumes and showy legs, Hoeeaily abown. Talley- rand’s ep! po rene toll a nee ane rs pul of al the ought, night be matched with ‘anotier 40 the effect that at the Gaiety theatre the use of dress is to leave the per- son uncovered, In such a state of things you will understand that whenever Mule, Schneider comes on with her O1fen- bach repertory, and appears at the St. James’ theatre, ‘a moral outcry 13 raised on every side. It seems Odd that while British beauty is allowed to display itself, unadorned in the strictest sense of the word, without calling forth any counter demonstra- tion beyond @ vague protest on the part of the Lord Chamberlain—which 1s about as efficient a document as a Papal bull fulminated against Brigham SOU the poor little French woman cannot kick up. her leg or shake her petticoats without Leb a Spine that causes ap ethical discourse to rise solemnly be- fore the eyes of the world, after the fashion of the awiul Turk, who responds to the hit of the brass ball, in a sport well known at public lens. Still the outcry is not without its reason. The English belles flourish under the patronage of an indefinable public, men who pay their half crowns at the door and of whom no more is heard; but with respect to the vagaries of Mile. Schneider tere 13 a sort of oficial sanction on the part of the aristocracy, which is eh ag an unhealthy sign of the times, It is felt that if royalty and nobility have aright to be Jax ser are losing sight of their own position, When they honor laxity in the most marked manner in their royal and noble capacity. Moreover, though the Orfenbach display thia year has been Lorn acne successful and Mile. Schneider's Boulotte, in “Barbé Bleue,” has pleased everybody who witnessed it, the moral objection has received a new impetus from the Jact that a series of perform. ances by the veteran irench comedian, Lafont, imme- diately preceding her appearance did not draw suf- ficient to pay for the gas, Perhaps it may be as well to remind you of the principle on which French plays are produced in London, M. Raphael Felix, brother of the great Rachel, takes the St. James theatre—the situation of which closely corresponds to that of the French theatre, New York—early in the summer, and keeps it open till nearly the end of the London sea- son. During the first part of his term the perform. ance 1s by a dramatic beenag’s but this retires early in June to make room for the operatic pe- riod, of which the bright particular ‘star’ 1s Mile. Scnneider, For this year the per- formance of the dramatic company was sin- gularly respectable. Old Lafont, who 1s nearly eignty yt e, still holds his position as one of the great institutions of the French stage, and if he can be no longer the beau gargon of forty years sao he 1s unrivalled as tne representative of the bigh- bred, middieaged gentioman. Lemairtre and Lafont are, in fact, the two monuments of another age, still in good preservation, whom anybody who has the opportunity ought to make a point of secing, just as the tourist through England ought to make a pot of visiting Stonehenge. I use this comparison intentionally, as American travellers do not set down this wonderful antiquity in their programme nearly so periectly as they ought. Make @ note, American travelier. The train will take rat from Waterloo station, London, in less than four ours to Salispury, where you will put up at the Red Lion, visit the cathedral, which 13 one of the finest specimens of the early Englisn style to be found in the world, and then take a trip to Stone- henge, which is about nine miles off, situated in the rolling prairie, miscalied Salisbury Plain. By no means miss this little trip, which is easily made in two half days. The tact that poor Lafont acquired laurels enough to fit out a “Jack in the green,” but drew no money, whereas Mile, Schneider, whose laurels, though likewise abundant, are of a less unequivoval kind, fills the treasury, looks ugly, you will observe, for the dignity of the European aristocracy. }rench talent, legitimately and honorably employed, is but coldly patronized; spice it with a little impropriety and at once you may utilize it to any degree you like, a$ least among the crowns and coronets. By the way, one cannot help marvelling that M. Raphael Félix, who is the manager of the Vorte St. Martin, Paris, should have bothered himself with a little enterprise at King street, St. James’, when he has literally been coining money with “Patrie.’? The season of the Porte St. Martin closed on the 27th June, and Ihave just recetved an account of the monthly takings of Sardou’s play from the sth March, when it was first brought out, to the 28th ult., which I give in franca:— March (18 to 31). April. jay. June (1 to 27) TOA) .orevecvcccsseecsvoses . This (hd an average of per night, which is, I belleve, something like $1,053, And yet ‘Patrie” was, I understand, a tlasco at New York. We lave not tried it in England, but M. Felix, who goes in the first instance to Brussels, with ail his company and directors, talks of bringing out an English ver- sion in the winter at one of the theatres, with the original scenery, The French opera, “Hamlet,” a M. Amboise Thomas, translated into Italian, continues to be very successful at the Covent Garden Opera House. Tue work is constructed on an ethnological basis, Swe- den and Denmark are both Scandinavian. Mile. Nilsgon is a Swede—“argal,” a Danish lady is oxact- ly suited to her. The notion of ‘Hamlet’ with the character of the Prince left out was once embodied in an old theatrical ‘‘Joe.” but an approacn has been made to its petra son oy M. Thomas, since Ophelia, not Hamlet ig the leading personage in the piece, and the “Death of Ophelia” would have been its most appropriate title. The Prince, however, as far as he goes, is admirably played by Mr. Santley. But | am forgetting Mr. Tom Taylor and_hi troversy with the Athenwum, the name of Mr. Gilbert Having carried me away into burlesques and thence into all sorta ee places. To go back, then, the Atheneum calls “Mary Warner” an adaptation of the novel “Margaret Meadows,” and soon after the production of the play rumors of Chancery in- Junctions were floating about the theatrical atinos- phere. At last, Mr. Tom Taylor writes to the 7: mes, oes | out the distinction between the two works. lary Meadows sacrifices herself for a son, whereas aay Warner sacrifices herself for @ husband.. Again, the son is gut!ty and the husband ts inno cent. And what is the pleasantest fact of ail, Mr. Gilbert and ter Are, as the latter says, ‘a! one’’ on the subject, If Mr. Gilbert is satisiied no one else has @ right to grumble. The public sees au in- teresting piece, the manager finds money in his treasury and Miss Bateman has a new part, which, if not in itself great, she is able to clevate into Greatness by the force of her poetical genius. she selects this part for her benefit, which 1s to take place on Friday next. On the following night her eng ment will cease, and then the theatrical bad a: pune Kory as Pe cee ‘ for fo tell you that the Polygraphic Mall, where Mr. Woodin used to change his dress several score Imes in the course of an evening, has been changed into a play house called the Charing Cross theatre. The house is pretty enough, but the per: formance, with the exception of ashort burlesque by Mr. Gilbert, in the well worn subject of “Norma,” is 8o utterly feeble that one can scarcely believe it was ever intended to succeed, It is a case of nothing acted by nobody. Perhaps the proprietor will uitt- mately ‘urn it to account by letting it out to ama- urs. con- A THRILLING RUNAWAY IN TROY. A Fire Engine Steamer Team Dash into tho Union Depot—Narrow Escape. (From the Troy Times, Jaly 26, Yesterday afternoon, tbout four loge, an alarm of fire was sounded from box twenty-seven, located at the corner of Fourth and Division sticets, to Which an immediate response was given by the ap- paratus connected with the fire department, To Tuning to the scene of the alarm, and while pasging down Fourth street neariy in ‘front of ex-Mayor Flagg’ residence, the Ranken steamer met with a mishap which came near proving disastrous in more ways than one. The king-bolt which connects the engine with the forward tracks broke, letting the water tank down upon the ground, throwing the river, Anthony Nunpiman, off the seat, injuring him severely, while the horses, which were under good headway, pore on with the 8, now disconuected from the steamer. Finding that they were disengaged, the animals became frightened and ran away. The first incident in their career Was a collision with the iron hitching post in front of H. Green & Son’s store, on the cor- ner of Broadway and Fourth street, which they broke (aA and by which one of the horses was terri- bly cut in the hind legs. The team then ran up Broadway as far as tie depot, when finding their frogs by a train of cars standing across he street they turned into the building, which was then full of people, and started to run’ through it. Two or three trains were on the point of arriving and departing at this time, Passengers were hurry- ing to a8 from the cars. Seeing the fright- Sninials dash into ther midst @ sort of consternation seized upon the crowd. All ran screaming and yelling in every possible direc tion. oy ea no one was hurt, though everybody was frightened, Yan ‘upon a boegage cart, and one of them was thrown down, which circumstance put an end to thelr further fight. ‘The scene in the depot was ex- citing for 2 few minutes, and the wonder is, con- sidering thé number of people in the gt who Were mostly all at hat no one was killed, Of course it was hat the steamer would bo to'work upqa yer ipisediansiy aed Oy elgnt bcNseh er immediately, and by eight o'cloc! b ike Feottré ahd in worklbg order forthe next e. ft ¢ ten o'clock alarm last evening, caused by par io gn ash barrel in the fourth story of the Fi corner of Grand on and v4 Ngee steamer was the first om forta. nately there was te occasion for her services. Con- elder! all the circumstances of the runaway it ace the oni temaaee eventa of the kind METEORS. Night Notes=Shooting Stare—The Grand Dia- play of the 13th Instant. To many of the HERALD readers the fact that me teoric showers in summer have recently occurred, May be so surprising as to betray them into asim. ple ejaculation of ‘“‘absurd;” but despite the genes rally accepted theory that such displays are only common to colder temperatures, it is its privilege, in advance of all contemporaries, to disabuse the minds of readers in this particular, and to chronicle the finest of these heavenly spectacles, AS we have surmised, but few of ourcitizens were advised of these interesting visitors, and perhaps exceptto belated lovers and wakeful ‘guardians of the night,” or perchance to some poor, homelesé Wale derer, the “show’’ was undreamt of, much leas wite nessed. On the night of the 13th of this month, this sume mer appearance of these “stars” upon heaven's concave stage was of such grandeur that as they “shot into space’’ the sight can never be forgotten. The particulars of the grand spectacle may ve gathe ered from the following special report:— is ASTRONOMER—Wake up! wake up! poung map, if you want to see the meteors; wake up ! EPORTER (drowsily }—Meteors, did yoo say, sir? Are they worth seeing? ASTRONOMER—Yes; and you had better make haste, for the ane 13 passing rapidly. REPORTER-—Is it clear? ASTRONOMBR—Yes, and the falling stars are play- tug finely. REPORTER—Is it warm, sir? ASTRONOMER—Not very; @ pleasant cooling wind. 1s blowing, but there is dew in the air. Button up pretty closely, and you need not fear it. REPoRTER—Are you going to the Observatory, sir, or where? ASTRONOMER—The telescope can hacia’ no goods yunted, a the top of the house will be the best pl To the housetop we accordingly mot . The roof is almost covered with dew and the air is quite cool. But we prea blankets and wrap others roun our legs and lie down on our backs to watch for early morning meteors. It was the 18th of the present month, and as some two or three of the pre- vious nights had not been well pasion for star gaze ing the writer, therefore, was filled with quiet satis faction to think that after all the summer would not pass without his catching sight of a fine di os shooting stars, which some @ erroneously con- sider can onty be seea in the coo), clear, crisp nighte of autumna. ASTRONOMER.—Do you see that? REPoRTER.—No. Where? beautiful amber color and of the firat magnitude, equal to the planet Jupiter; it shot from about twent! south twenty-five degrees. It 18 strange you did not see it, as it was very beautiful and peg You must or you'll miss many of them. EPORTER—I'll try to. Did you catch that one? REPORTER—No. How blind I am. What did it look like, sir? than a star itself. 1t seemed to be far up among tne stars, so slowly it moved, and such @ speck REPORTER—Was it among the stars? ASTRONOMER—NO. oh, no. Had it been os far ag tude must be its velocity would be so vast shat figures would only serve to make it unintelligible, ful! How quick it fashed up and then went ont! ASTRONOMER—Yes, that was & Nery fogs spect> with one of the stars? REPORTER—No. But! should think it was about star, Whatis the name of it, Astronomer ! ASTRONOMER—Capella, jut I think your suppose. I think it was not so bright as C pelle Did you notice its pretty train? saw that. Was it anything like a comet, do you suppose, sir ? tle. even at this day, uaderstood of the constitution of comets, though the world (astronomers and all} ing but ite froin day to-day UI they pese-out Sf ing but little from da) jay unt out O! the train of ASTRONOMER—It is gone already. It was of @ degrees north-northwest of Beta Andromed, ant keep your ‘eye skinned,” as an old sailor would say, ASTRONOMEE—There ! ASTRONOMER—Like the shadow of a star rather ight it was, those little stars of fourth and fifth magnte REPORTER—Ah! Did you see that? How men. Did you think to compare it in brightnes® lke that bright star yonder—there, beyond the Pol@ Magnified somewhat. It took you by surpi REPORTER—Yes; it had a long tall of light, IK STRONOMER—NO, probably not. There is but lite is ful! of conjectures avout them. But thelr train is the neighborhood of the sun. But meteors — REPORTER—There’s another! What @ magnificent train! See yonder ! there’s another ! ASTRONOMER—Did you notice that those two last had parallel courses? ‘That ts @ common circume stance. Do you observe, too, 1f you trace those you. have seen beyond their starting point they will meet about the same place. There REPORTER—What a splendid one! What aeuperd train it had, and almost white 1 ASTRONOMER—Yes, that was vps a It shot from ten degrees north of 9 to- ward it and five degrees beyond. Did you notice what part of the train disappeared frst? REPORTER—No. It seemed to go out all togethers ASTRONOMER—Did you not see that the head om star outstripped the train and vanished ne itself alk of a sudden, while the luminous line melted softl away from the ends toward the middle, where was much the brightest? . REPORTER—Your eyes are sharper than mines You seem to seea great deal more than Ido, Imus® try to keep a cioser watch. But they come and are gone so quickly that 1 seem to have no time to think about them. ‘There goes one, and there, and there's still another! What are they, Astronomer, do | suppose? You know the world has talked mici about them since the great meteoric showers. ASTRONOMER—Lie down again, and let us smok@ our cigars, and I'll try to tell you briefly. They ar@ little masses of matter analogous to this whict) makes up our earth, revolving ut the sun juat ag we do, except that they seem to go in ups Vel much, or shoals, as some have led j from their great number. There are evidently many of such clusters, The earth as it swi around the sun passes into these shoals of asterot bodies at certain seasons of the Noap So runs the theory, and it is every way probable and plausible. Brought near to the great mass of the earth, ave powerfully attracted by it and speed toward with great velocity. RePORTER—They look as if they took fire suddenly and were consumed with a flash. ASTRONOMER—That is prey near the fact. Som@ astronomers have invest; the subject very care- fully. ‘The old by ean) which has the cone a0~ ceptance as to the shooting stars, their luminosity to the condensation their swift passage causes in the earth’s atmosphere, into w! rn4 are suddenly plunged. But such itlemen thin! this theory untenable, Their doctrine is thas the luminosity of the sun, Meteors, &c., has @ common origin, viz.:—in the condensation of am ethereal medium which fills all space. This mediuns collects a3 a super-atinospheric envelt eronnd the earth as well as other large bodies by virtue of gravie tation; and if a small cosmical 1s attracted to- ward the earth by reason of the superior mass of the latter, when the orbital movement Sito) near each other, 1t will sweep through this ethoreaR envelope of the earth with such furious Mapas? as to produce tn it a chemical action ene in ioe of the extent to which the compression of th is increased by falling meteorites. Some id be collected, they tell us, from the fact that fiving near the earth’s surface at the of twenty miles a second would impart to earth @ pressure of 150,000 pounds to the square inch, or over 10,000 times the ordinary pressure o§ the atmosphere. It would appear, then, accordin: to this theory, that these bodies are luminous on! beyond or at the boundary of our serial ih and that they cease to be go on their entrance in! denser air. REPORTER—Well, that’s very strange. But 19 16 true, Astronomer, that some of the great meteors et years gone by were nearly a mile in diame, ASTRONOMER-—Calculation has made out sibly enough, that much of the apparent nitude of great meteors may be due tothe reflective al mg them be Property of the condensed atmosphere ve ot aoe a ” ret ie a m ery justly remark tha ough some ol judging from their luminosity, have ascribed them diameters of eighty-five to 125 feet, yet the manner in which so of them have lost in the atmosphere during the great | showers we cannot bey tor thet a higher saat so far ag actual magnitude concerned, than drops of rain, REPORTER—I have seen a good many, Astronomer, while you have been kindly 6 Smatters, °° ASTRONOMER—Yes; gaome objects, One was like @ large, ‘lear spark, 81 tenn oP treaty ES brill served, radiation near one point. That is not case, although they usually ee fay of departure, yet it is sometimes {n one and sometimes in another, But look! have been watching and talking see how the sky reddened tn the East, RePORTER— Yes, ASTRONOMER—And how few stars are visible now a8 compared with an hour ago—only the brightegy remain, Reronter—What splendid stat 14 that yondet, Astronomer? i hate wautod to ask Fou betcren et’, ASTRONOMER—That is Jupiter, one of the in the heavens. If you will watch itas the d It outs. ‘The iigut of morning now cower tt gary out up #0 that Wo sail not bo able to catch m more ing stars, though you must ungé cause we cannot see them. ey same, coursing along in the and it we should watch the jsplay, lack Apecks, — Tinis -interen often been witnessed. Well, you up? ) ePORTER—About thirty-Ave ap to forty minaes “4 : ag: ASTRO} —That owo's ateling ducing s Romuuer niga OM OP | : 2 aes