The New York Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1879, Page 4

4 LOCKYER’ SOLAR DISCOVERIES, Interesting Views of Leading American Scientists. DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. Deliberative Judgment Reserved for the Present. With a view of ascertaining the impression made upon our leading physicists by the telegraphic a nouncement of new solar discoveries by Mr. J. Nor- man Lockyer, the Henatp yesterday sent a represent ative to wait upon.the professors of chemistry or of allied branches in the three chief academic institu- tions of this city—Columbia College, the University of New York and the Coliege of the City of New York. As might be expected, these distinguished gentlemen had read with great interest the several publications in the Henaup upon this subject, und were unan- imons in regarding the subject as one of the utmost importance, but there was not the same argeement in regard to the merits of Mr. Lockyer’s announcement. - The prevailing opinion was in fayor of the ultimate simplicity and unity of matter which Mr. Lockyer claims to have proved, but the professors were all inclined to re- serve their opinions until they should receive fuller Actails of the experiments of the English spec- troscopist, and some complaint was made of the length of time which has been allowed to pass betore giving to the world sufficient data upon which to base an opinion. ‘This complaint, of conrse, referred only to the discovery announced in November to the French Academy of Sciences, and which was the sub- Joct of a paper read to the Royal Society on De- cember 12, of which only an abstract has yet been given to the public, even by Mz. Lockyer’s own paper entitled “Nature.” Something, too, was said in depreciation of Mr. Lockyer’s haste in announe- tng his conclusions in advance of the record of his experiments, whereas the opposite course would have obtained greater approval. : DR, JOHN WILLIAM DRAPFR'S OPTNION, Ina large lecture room on the second floor of the University of New York the veteran Professor J. W. Draper was found yesterday morning, just after dis- missing his class. Ho isa stout, ruddy gentleman, apparcatly nearing his seventieth year, and entered upon the subject of the interview with great anima- tion. The question of the constitution of the ele- ments, he said, had occasionally oceupied his atten- tion for just fifty years, and for just forty years he had been teaching chemistry in that room, in which he had made many experiments intimately connected with the subjectin hand, Dr, Draper well remembered the absorbing interest with which he and other students at the University of London had followed, in 1829, the experiments of their instructor in’chem- istry, Professor Fdward Turner, author of a well known textbook. A theory had then been promul- gated that the atonic weights of all the elements ‘were exact multiples of that of hydrogen, and if this theory had proved correct it would have led directly to a hypothesis similar to the present one of Lockyer. Pro‘essor Turner made a crucial test, the clement selected being chlorine; but after the most careful trial its atomic weight proved to be not ® multiple of that of hydrogen. Dr. Draper has very little doubt of the ultimate unity of matter and, consequently, of the composite character of the elements, but cannot seo that Mr. Lockyer has as yet advanced any decisive proot to thateffect. Heis a firm believer in the reality of the discovery of oxygen in the sun, announced two years ago by his son, Professor Henry Draper, a discovery which has an intimate re- lation to Mr. Locityer’s theories, and las been co tested by the latter gentleman. Dr. Draper reco; nized the great importance of Professor Crove’s leged discovery of a spectroscopic method of deter- ining the fusion point of the so called clements, os announced in the Janusry "Ls, but upon this he suspends his judgment an tails. Upon thie value of Pro researches tend- ing to prove f state of matter, Dr. Draper expressed a decidedly favorable opinion inssmuch as Professor Crookes produced not me his conclusions but his actual experiments befor the Royal Society. It shou!d, however, not be tor- gotten that tw in a course ot lished), advan matter, which he cedents of the sc pressed his gratificat: Rivors in the Henan art volume of his collected York, Harper & Brothers, memoir, entitled “An E: tations’ of Red Hot of Light by a synopsis was pub: sof such a state of etherial.’! As to the ente- ectroscopy Dr. Draper € ne justice rendered hi ‘The Production illustration res, ranging difference per ndered Of spectroscopy, and Dr. Draper has already eleged in print that “these results, which formed the bases of M. Kirchhoff's fundamental ‘Memoir on the Kelation Between the Coéfiicients of for Light and yy adequate ac- Kirchhom, nuder the guise of tions, and in a subsequent me- f this subject i od them While the conversation was being aded Professor oxygen in the su took part in the Emission and Absorption of Bod Heat’ were appropriated without ky e t by M. 1 PROFE: opmtox. Professor Henry nan of little more than forty’ y as been for eighteen apr the University and who was last the tamous total solar ecly emphatic thar dulity in regurd te Lockyer’s ¢ not desire to go fuliy into the subject, inasmy he is an interested perty. Both professors spoke very haudsc y man, whon at their home xpedition to Col The younge ve hd the pleastre of welcoming ¢ doubts as to the value of 4 are too deeply rooted to be dis but the coi L meng evidence: of opinion between Mr. ry Draper respecting the n in the sun and respect- wrtant results of the eclipse a YRESH Rev. Dr. F. A. P. College and’ oft found in hie INARD'S OPINION, ident of Columb! » of Honor, wi ge building. He pile of Reaaksript. ve to the ivtaLp Fepresentat ions about glancing rapidly through it he eald:—“We ail know that the spectra of the elements vary at differe not know that the variation Dr. Pernard ghought the give @ cufticiently definite state- "a reasons Cor tiie conclusions he Snnotnces, and, other scientists, com ned of that geutleman’s haste in announcing lis conclusions betore giving the facts apon which they itidently be stated that Pros gh by no meaus * conservative tin the old doctrine of the ele- in science, wilh im: inents wutil he sees much stronger evidence against it than has yet been presented. PROFESSOR CHARLES F. CHANDLER'S OPINION. Dr. Charles F, Chandler, professor of analytical bia Col- He chemistry in the School of Mines of Ce lege, was found at his office in that building, ‘was too inuch apied with the have much time tq spere and In Heasry'’s cable dexpatch. After reading ithe eat that as an analytical mint he had not paid expecial attention to spe scopy, but he had no hesitation in sayin: evidence to convines yer's hypotheses, titwould require strong f the truth ot Mr. Lock- clemente” present them welves daily to Profe ler in their most «ub- stantial form, and ite is not at all inclined to believe they can be changed oue mto another. It way wader- etood that the opinion of Professor Ogden N. Rood, who has charge of (he department of mechanics and piysies, ix substantially the ame as t fessor Chapdier, Dr. Jolin 8. Newberry, professor of geology, is abeent on the Pacitie coast; hence his pinion cannot be known. PROFEKBOR JOBS C. DRAPER In the person of Dr. John € feesor of nutural history in the of New York, & scientist Who hid good word to say for Mr, Lock- yer. Protowsor Deeper had ac of the HeraLy article in bis hands wha appro: . and at onee t t cabinet iu the room © pointed out and described the apparatus stating in position, with which for some five years he has taken # photograph of tie solar spectrum every day when the atmos pherie conditions would permit. On the table beside the camera obscura was a copy of a huudsome yolu helien’s work on spectrum analysis, Augsirom's atlas of the solar spectra, and various eotogrephe. Protessor Draper expiained that his ethod of photography diders irom that of all others who have mapped the spectra, in that the image does not past through glass at all, but is re flected trom heliortat and concave mirrors, so a6 to esonpo the risk of crror by refraction ilrougit glass, and presents an absolately “mathematica sant , He uses a Kutherfurd difraction grating of 1 of Pro. | NE Ww YORK HERALD,: lines to the inch, silvered with a thin coating, and | the unpolished silver surface is employed to giye the spcetra by reflection. With this apparatus Professor raper Las taken photographs of tulia Saxonica under a power of 7,000 diameters. They were made by 4 one-twentieth inch immersion Beck lens, t sunlight being reflected by a heliostat through a1 monly sain of copper solution, contango’ on the object at an angle of thirty to forty be In order to project these microscopic photo- gate upon a screen Professor Draper has devised a form of lantern (described in Sitliman's Journal for, last April) and also # special form of zirconia cylinders for the oxy: hydrogen light (described in Si/limaa’s Journal tor September, 1377), employing a zirconium oxide.or sili- cate prepared ftom crystals found in North Carolina. Thus equipped the Professor is able to project micro~ photographs mified more than half a million diameters, a result which, as he justly says, “must be seen to be appreeiated.” ‘He was kind evough to ex: hivit to the HEnarp representative a projection of his latest photograph of the solar spretrum upon & screen, upon which was marked the spectrum’ scale of Augstrém. Professor Draper has long been mak- ing a special map of that portion of the spectrum from G to g, each of which letters marks the locality of two dark lines of iron and calcium, Professor Draper's photographs are upon a scale more than fit- teen times that of Angstrom, and upon. examining tho solar image on the screen it was at once seen that the Swedish spectrocopist his made more than one serious error in the position of his dark lines, ‘The most striking result of the examination of this mag- nified image on the screen is the pre thin dark lines, which traverse the bright sp which correspond to the spectram of oxygen, and which are considered by Dr. Henry Draper to prove the presence of oxygen in the sun. Professor John C. Draper does not accept this conclusion, He points out that his own photographs are on a scale immensely larger than those of his Lrother, in which latter these thin dark lincs are uot percepti- ble. Professor John C. Draper believes it very prob- able that Mr. Lockyer’s conclusions may be correct; at all events he. proposes to test them in the most thorough manner as soon as he shall receive the nec- essary data, In respect to the great puzzle of the recent eclipse—the disappearance of those immense masses of solar hydrogen seen in the eclipse of nine yeurs ago~-he observes that the constituents of those Inasses niust still exist iu the sum, and if they do not appear us hydrogen ho thinks it a fair inference that they have condensed into # heavier or expanded into alighter “element” than hydrogen, While Dr. Joba ©. Draper is not prepared, without more exact data, to indorse Mr. Lockyer’s speculative couclugions, he awaits further information with considerable con- fidence that the English scientist has taken the neces sary precautions to build his theory “on the solid ground of nature.” A SCIENTIFIC METROPOLIS. LECTURE BY DR. WEISSE ON PHILOLOGY AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF MAKING NEW YORK A SCIENTIFIC CENTRE, A lecture on “Philology and the Opportunities New York Presents for Its Study and Countenance” was delivered last evening before the Philological Society, in the Cooper Institute, by John A. Weisse, M. D., author of the work recently issued on the “Origin, Progress and Destiny of tho English Lan- guage and Literature.” ‘The speaker said that during the Middle Ages and upto this century philology was almost limited to the study of Greék and Latin. Only within the last fifty years this important science rose to its legitimate plane, which is to trace lan- guage by analysis and synthesis from its present composite standard to its initials and roots, so as to clear up protohistory and arrive at glimpses of prehistory. As the society desired him to give an account of his recent work he woutd do 80 #8 succinctly as possible, and add a few remarks concerning the duties of New York, its educational and commercial advantages and its various refining end artistic socicties, He began his,analysis years ago of the English language, with intent to show its inferiority as compared with Greek, Latin, French and German, but found, on in- vestigation that it contained the croam and essence of its predecegsors and contemporaries; that its grammar is simpler than any we hate studietl, and that its retords and literature are more successive and complete than those of a: y other tongue, To trace its origin he would divide the time from the arrival of the Jutes, Sexons and Angles in Britain into three distinct perjods:—Angl0-Saxon from A, D. 449 to 1200, Franco-English from 1200 to 1600 and English from 1600 to 1879, ‘The advent of Christianity among the Anglo-Saxons, A.D. 597, added the first Latin words to the Anglo- Saxon diulect,as may be seen in King Ethelbert’s code of laws. Contrary to expectation, he found that the Anglo-Saxons had not only a written but a nacular literature before Italy, France, Spain, many or any other mediaeval nation. COMPOSITION OF MODERN ENGLISH. Foiirteen extracts end tables from authors of the Anglo-Saxon period from 517 to 1200 shor per cont Gortho-Germanic, all Anglo-Saxon 8 per Latin including 2 per ceut Prouch and tr imitie which came into Anglo-Saxon through tho Bible. ‘Twenty-two extracts and tables” from authors of the Franco-English period trom 1200 to i600 yield 51 per cent Gotho-Germanic, inclnding 49 per cent Auglo-Sexon, 47 per cent Greco-Latin, including 43 per cent French, 1 per cent Celtic and ttaces of Semitic. ‘This perio’ comprises the Qhancerian era wiich entiched the Franco-English vocabulary with thousands of Greco-Latin words for the new wants of an expunding literature. Fifty extracts and tables from standards in all styles of writing, from Shakespeare to ive 68 per cen 2 ¢ French, 30 Gotho-Germanic, incinding 28 of Auglo- Saxon, 2 Celtic and traces of Semitic and Sclavonic, Donbting this rather unexpected result from litera- | turohe, the lecturer, examined Walker's and Web- ster's dictionaries, and by connting the words of a paye in cach of the twenty-six letters aud tracing ere | them to their origin, thon averaging them } and multiplying the averages by the nuim- ber of pages in the dictionary obtained i) cont Greco-Latin, 27 Gotho-Gormanic, 1); Semitic, and one-lalt o&1 per cent Celtic and a frac- tion of Sclavonic, In thi¥ anubysis Le discovered that history, jurisprudence aud the press use more CHreco- Latin words than sacred writings, poetry, romance and domestic subjects. Science ronks between his- tory and poetry as re Greco-Latin words, for Agassiz’s “Natural * has 42 per cent of Greco-Latin and Prote: Tyndali’s 47. From Aphra Behn to Mrs, Somerviie’ women have always used more Anglo-Saxon than Greco-Latin words, this being attributable to the fact that women reevive uo clwssicul education like men. The English language, the speaker thought, gaihed more prestige in the laying of the Atlantic y other previous event, we- "paying a compliment to ius and energy of Mr. Uyrus Field in connee- ti ith this ent u went on to say | that he based the ah langtinge on the plain and simple fact ish now rules over three itundred and cighteen millions of people, or habitants, MAGNIFICENT FU Gluneing then xt the which is destined to be th considered that no 3 & philological society, for here | «6spoken than in any other the globe, froin irish to Japancse, Basqu honey it te the most appropriate Bolt philology, and should be.the: reat of au active a practical ‘orgavization which should pursde ‘the studies so auspicionsly begun by Duponeeau, Whit- ney, Haldeman, Hubert, Hancrott and a host of co- workers anxious to phoneti: 80 as to fit it more 4 among, the progress: the earth. W! Ianguage has already ansde we may safely 4 tinue 8 not far distant when English will rul uveds a | ion and didusion ought to have in this ch Ne i veigity superior tonnything yet atten. ptod e inf connected therewitw Inculty. of 1 school ot law, « dentel » 0 votorinar # wchool of engineerir plants, with lectures on botany aud agriculture, coa- nected with chemistry and geology; & shoot of trades, inechonies and man music, drawing, painting and sculpture; museums of arts and antiquities, drama, comedy, and opera of the highest order; a po! school, with professor. 7 tive Heionce inevery department of 40, and an institute ot scientists, scholars, literati and arti king and con: trojling the whole, of thix vast educetional and re- fining combination. Such a re would abtract thousands, not only from all parts of the New but from the Old Worid. YIELD YOR AMERICAN PHILOLOGISTS, Tt had hitherto been claimed that tie native dia- dects and la ys of America had nothing in com- | mon with t of the Old World; but ax it ix now ured that aii analogy exists between sarib lects of Ainerica and the dialects of Western Africa, and between the idioms of W mn Ainorica aud Eastern Asia, it belwoves American philoloyists to | investigate and settle that question, and there is no spot better suited for such on investigation than New York. An it ails thot there fe anulogy bo- college, and ‘mining, @ garden of = tween some American tongues and Hebrew, and — that Carthaginian ney rewched the Western Hemisphere, white provable, for the Mexicans informed Cortes ‘that they were acenstomed to look eastward for men like him. One of the strongest prow early cont or intercourse between the Old Werkl and the New ix the Mexican god Votom and the Gotho-Germanie Wodin (Odin); also the American tribe, country and river jowa, the Egyptian L-Hatto, the Jewish Jeho- veh and the ¢ atin Jovis, Should cm romny ethnology and archiwology prove resemblance be- tween the Carib and African races it would confirm his opinion that aster the geologie upheaval of the Desert of Sahara there was terry firma intercourse between Kastern America and Wextorn Atty ‘The lecturer cloved his nudvess by saying +—In the New York Henany of Januery 14 was printed @ ecientifié dissertation on J. Norman Lockyer's spectroscopic observations concerning the solar composition ant wetion. Tn this able article the writer, while commenting Jearnedly on the astron- omer's valuable labors and discoveries, object to the: vyousbulary used by *uentiom or, our . | | made and brands the words dis- association and on =a fmparoect, and suggests instead chromatosphere, an: synstasis. The erndite but ‘eritic jozes his remarks with saying: —"We have in this city an American Philological So . Lo that ed logical is." Thus al of America refers etymologic questions to society, point out our duties to the English populations, : CALHOUN’S PLACE IN HISTORY. Dr. H. Von Holst, professor of history at the Uni- versity of Freiburg, and the author of a standard work on the American Republic, delivered a lecturo last evening at Steinway Hall on “Calhoun and Slav- ery.” He did not regard Calhoun as a statesman, but what Calkoun thought and said became important," as giving a correct insight into political affairs during the third period of the Union's existence. From the day, he said, that Calhoun placed himself at the head of the nullification movement to the present the idea of State sovereignty, not yet eradicated, spread itself among the American people, and when Congress, then representing thirteen gnillions of people, had not the courage to controt six hundred thousand South Car- olinians, Calhoun felt his power and exercised it ever since. Reviewing his position Missouri compromise and his replies to Willian Lioyd Garrison, the lecturer stat that Crlhoun, ever trusting to that political gospel of Stute sovereignty, became the Paul who first to prociaim slavery a blessing as a municipal institution. Regardiess of the progress of civil ization everywhere, the democratic Republic was celied upon to nationalize human slavery, and the annexation of Texas was proclaimed to the world as a movement required by the demands of the slayeocracy. More than any ‘other man had Calhoun, with his demands for the protection of slavery, worked to uphold that institution, but more than atty other ma he also helped unwit- tingly to destroy it. California for the first time proviaiming that she would not have slayery was the ginning of slave decadence, aud when Calhona died, there died with him an era in American history. DR. CUMMINGS. PRIME’S PLEASANT RECOLLECTIONS OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC PASTOR AND FRIEND. The New York Observer publishes the following in- teresting letter from Dr. Ircnwus Prime on the late Dr. Cununings:— ‘This, as I learn by the daily papers, is the anniver- sary of the death of Rev. Dr. Cummings, the pastor of Bt. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church, in Twenty- eighth sprect, in this clty, His church was and is distingu'shed for its music, which draws throngs to its courts. The style ot the music is more artistic then we have in our inost fashionabie Protestant churches, but itis attractive in the highest degree. He died thirteen yearsago to-day, and, as on thereturn of each anniversary, a solemn high mass of gravient was celebrated in the church o! his affection, Ho was a remarkable man, @ companionable, cultivated scholsr and gentleman, My recollo-tions of him are refreshing, and they come to me this evening so cheerily that I must ask yon to share them with ine, I, was indebted to a ‘mutual friend,” Mr. W, A. Seaver, formerly an editor, and now ‘the worthy President of the Adriatic Fire Insurance Company, for my first acquaintance with Dr. Cummings, We were Mr. Seaver’s guests at dinner. A few moments after first speaking with him, for the grasp of his warm hand assured me he was ready for a cheerful word, I said to him: — “Dr. Cummings, I take this, the first opportunity of meeting you, to beg your pardon for breaking open a letter of yours ut my office.” “Ah,” seid he, “how was that? I haye forgotten DR. “Yes, a letter came to us with your name on it,and, ‘as one of onr editors bore the sume vame as yours, he supposed it was for him and broke the seal, ‘But find- ing it was written in Latin and came trom Rome we concluded it must be jor some one else, and we re turned it to the Post Office, “Oh yes,” he replied, “ remember no indulgence we had sent for from the Pope, ably you needed it at your office more than we did, and go it went to you!” i We were soon at the table, and it proved to be one of the early days of Lent. Our host 1ade.au apology and said to Dre. Cummi :--"Perhaps, as it is Lent, you abstain from meat?’ “Oh, no, it’s mect, meet, mect-ing all the time,” he said, “and without meat we should be unequal to the duties of {he season.”” In conyersing with me on the subject of news- wper making, and especially the contlicts of the re- igious press, ho referred humorously to his own ex- pericnce when he was a young man aud in the fam- ily of Bishop Hughes. He said:— ‘ “The Bishop was at that time running a newspaper himself, aud i was his aesisiznt. He would some- times come in when herd up tor copy, aud, throwing down the New York Obsercer before me, would say, “Chere, take that, and pitch in.’ To which Indded—“And you always did as you were told, 1 believe.”” < Speaking of the power of music in church he said to mo:—"I will undertake to fill any one of your churches to overflowing every Sunduy if you wiil let me provide the music.” ‘our inusic,’” I replied, «will not suit the taste of our people, who do not faucy the style of St. Stephen's.” “But it shall be purely Protestant and Presby- terian—sucly music as you delight in; adapted to your forms bf worship and the wants of your people. Our music would drye away your congregations; but music delights and will always draw the crowd, Jam very sure that your churches do not appre- ciate its Valuc as aincans of bringing the multitude to the house of God.” " “We spend money enough on it,” I said—“ofter as ‘on the choir as on the pulpit.” ew trae; but zon pay for that kind of music that does not accord with your service—it docs not address iisel! to the sentiment, the sensibility, the emotional nature. It is often an approach to the opera without reaching it—so that it is neither the one thing nor the other. Ours artistic, in har- mony with our ritual, addressing the imagination through the senses, You appeal to the intellect and the heart, and need a music to match your services.” ‘These are afew only of the words we oxchanged, but we imet not lony afterward at his own table, in his own house. Fifteen or twenty geatiemen sat down; ail but four were priests or ‘eminent laymen ot the Romish Church, Dr, Cummings, at the head of the table, Lad two of us Protestants on one hand two on theother. Tho Austrian Consul presided at the other end of the long table. Aiter we were seated, our h oking along the rows of guests, glee Protestants, we'll roast them.”” iles, and said, “I thought we all Lreturned bis # belonged to the sume sect.” “Aud which ?' exclaimed some one. * “The Society of Frieuds,” ssid I, and they gave me a cheer nloug the line, and did not try to roust a Prot- estant after that. It was a memorable dinner, I made the acqnaint- ance of several men of learning, travel and genius, whose friendahip I prized. Among the books lying around wus a volume of epitaphs composed by Dr. Cummings. He told me that his peopte constantly enme to hii for lites to pnt on the gruvestones of their children and friends, and he was obliged to make a book of them, that they could tuke what pleased them, and I made # comun. ow York Ubserner’. He remarked afterw to « friend of mine that ho did not suppose it possible for a Protestant to speak #0 kindly of a Cstholic production. As the epitxphs were the expression of human sympethy and love, the most of them were sich as come from and to every aciing heart, 4 q And by and by it came his time to die, He was in the prime and Vigor of life when disease overtook him, and with slow approaches wore his life » His constitutional chocrttiness never failed hin. I | think an invitation he gave to our friend, Mr. Seaver, | has no exampie in the speech of dyi 4 men of ancient or modern times, Socrates conversed with his friends serenoly. Philosophy and religion haye bow sathibeds ¢ ful. I have spoken of br, Cata- mings’ love of music and its exquis tre at St. Stephen's, It was iis pride and joy; and one who has ne unueie in his sonl cammot cuderstand his dying words, Mr, Seaver was in the habit of eeoiug hint almost daily, and each visit wes now apparently to be the last, One day, ox the end way very near and the two frieuds were parting, the dying said to the liv- ing, “Come to thy funeral, the inusic will be splen- di nd so it was; and on each retura of his deathday, January the 4th, the archos of St, Stephen's besome anthenis, and its walls are voce] with song, in mem- ory of the hal raed pastor, an accomplished gentie- man and genial friend, ROMANCE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT, ‘To tae Eprron oy tHe Loxpor Times:— When we burn @ branch grown last summer we obtain, in form of heat and light, a poftion of the power of the @un which was expended in forming that branch. So also with coal; each fire and gas flaino swpplies sun power, speat far back in the ote past in forming the plants of which coal is composud., Hence coal-producing countries are the heirs of w splendid inheritance of stored-up force, at once portable and to be unlocked with a «park. But no new coal is formed, so that we ave like men who live upon their capital, Each stroke of the pick in the colliery undermines our power. As & means of saving coal we look hopefully toward the electric light now arresting attention, Coat is changed in the engine furnace, first to heat and then to steam mo- tion, This being conveyed by driving bands to the dynamo-eleetric§ machine is tramtormed, by wn exquisite arrangement of maguetism and mo- tion, into electricity. Conducted thenve by wires to the electric Jamp it appears aguin as sunlight which streamed forth on the earth in the illimitable past. A given quantity of coal can in 10 other way be made to Flold 80 miuch light. Sir Williaa Armstrong has harnessed & neighboring wateriall to a dyneno-¢iectric machine, thus lighting up bis library, and in eo doing has ob- tained jn the form of light a portion of sun force expended as hent in lifting from the ocean the rain clouds which gave birth to that waterfall, This fore- shadows @ vast economy of coal, that precious buried taeasure on which England thrives. Puit! yours, G, Ae KEY WOWLH, He Gs Be Hastixas, Dec. 90, 1878, Deuding the | , GRNTLEMEN—There is a subject of great importance dared | BOARD OF EDUCATION. THE ERECTION OF ADDITIONAL SCHOOL BUILD- INGS URGED—WHAT THE SCHOOLS COST DUR- ING 1878—THE QUESTION OF VENTILATION AND COMMISSIONER WATSON'S REMARKABLE DISCOVERY, At a meeting of the Board of Education, yesterday afternoon, Commissioner Wheoler offered s resolu- tion asking that a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to prepare and present to tho Legisla- ture of the State of New York an act authorizing and directing the Comptroller of the city of New York to borrow, on the credit of the city, the sum of $1,000,000, to be expended under the direction of the Bourd of Education during the years 1879 and 1880 in the purchase of new sites and the erection of addi- tional school buildings in the city of New York. The resolution was ordered printed in the minutes and laid over, VENTILATION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS. ‘The President then made the following remarks on the subject of ventilation :— to which I desire to call the special attention of the Board, and that is the ventilation of the 120 build- ings occupied by our common schools. A good and reasonably cheap system of automatic veotilition would seem to be almost as unattainable a matter as the squaring of the circle. ‘The attempts to do that | have imnumerable, 80 have the attempts to put theories regi ventilation into practical, | und, at the same time, economical working. It is well to know just what we waut. We want an abundant supply of tresh air without draughts, and we want at the same timo | to get rid of the foul air given out by the school children, ‘the more crowded the schools, of course the more difficult to solve becomes the prob- lem of thorough ventilation. The press, end through it the public, has recently been greatly excited on the subject of school ventilation, and while, as is usually the case in’ these spasmodic excitements, there bas been some exaggeration, yet so much smoke cannot exist without a good deal of real fire, and we owe it to tia Miebtean ak parenis of New York to spare no et- fort ononr part to nave that fire extinguished and the relative smoke dispersed. In order that this subject of ventilation may bo properly dealt with, I have determined to appoint a committee on the matter, which will bring to bear upon it some of the best talent aud greatest energy in the Board, and I hope that the Board will supply the committee, when appointed, with the necessary sinews of war to carry on their investigations thor- oughly and successfully. VINANCIAL REPORT FoR 1879. ‘The Committee on Finance’ handed in their report tor the year 1878. It stated that $3,400,000 had been appropriated for that year by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, and that of this eum $3,096,007 9 had been expended. The amount paid for sites and new buildings, for alterations aud repairs on old buildings, for heating apparatus and furniture was $82,461; $2,253,170 40 were paid in salaries to the teachers im the grammar and primary schools, and .,035 70 to the professors aud others in the Normal College and {framing Department. To the janitors was paid the sum of $100,579 75, | It cost $70, support the eveuing schools, and $35,083 71 to support the colored schools; $34,374 55 were paid in salaries to the City Superintendent and his assistants, $37,300 13 to the oficers, clerks and janitors of the Board of ucation, und ,i87 13 to the boards of trustees $25,000.79 was the amount expended on the nautical school; fuel for all the schools und the hat! of the Board Cost $86,769 20, while $93,576 11 were expended on supplies. A ¥OE TO VENTILATION. ‘The question of ventilation coming up in Com- missioner Watson sprang irom his scat end said thet the President was wrong in his standpoint, and that the newspapers that adyocated better ventilation had been influchced by nien with patents, who bribed them with ten dollar bills to get up this excitement, That be, for one, would not be dictated to by newspaper scribblers, “Am I to take their clamor for my knowledge?” said he, shaking his fist in the direction of the reporters’ table, When asked by the reporters for the names of the men who bad ived the ten-dollar bills he replied. angrily, that he did not come to the Board of Kducation tor the purpose of answering the questions of reporters, Several ot the commissioners came tv the reporters’ table etter the meeting bad adjourned and expressed their annoyance at Mr. Watsou’s remarks, denouncing them as violent and unbecoming in a commissioner, | and begyca that the reporters would not judye of the temper of the Board by this exhibition of rage on the part of one of its members. A resolution appropriating $4,930 for teachers’ salaries tor two mouths was adopted. SEANDING COMBOTTERS. ‘The following standing committees for 1879 were || appointed :— Vinwnce—Commissioners Dowd, Vermilye, Kelly, Bourdsice and Bell. ‘eachers—Commissioners Halsted, Kelly, Place, Jeliiffe and Donne.ly. Buildings—Commissioners Watson, Cohen, Manierre una Donnelly. Supplies—Commissioners Lraud, West, Wetmore, Katzenberg aud Manierre. ‘Auditing—Commissioners Cohen, West, Dowd and Moriarty. Bylews—Comumissioners West, Beardslee, Walker, Watson and Donnelly. Sites and New sehools—Commissioners Jelliffe, ‘Traud, Wetmore, Manicrre and Katzenberg. Course of Study and School Books—Commission- ers Walker, Place, Traud, Wheeler and Watson. School /urnitnre—Commiesioners Moriarty, Cohen, Jeliitfe, Dowd and Katzenberg. ‘Normal College—Conunissioners Manierre, Hal- sted, Place, Bell and Donne! Even :ng Schools—Comunissioners Beardslee, Wick- ham, Well, Place and Halsted, Vermilye, ‘Traud, Colored Schools—Conimissioners Katzenberg, West, Manierro, Cohen and Vormilye, Warming aud Ventilation—Commissioners Wick- ham, Co! Moriarty, Wheeler and Donnelly. Nautical Schocl—Commissioners Wetmore, Dowd, Bell, Wickham and Watson. Annual Report—Commissioners Wheeler, Walker, Moriarty, Watson and Katzenber,. Nomination of Trusters—Commissioners Place, Halsted, Heardsiee, Wickhum, Moriarty, Kelly, West, Wheelep and T'r ud, Salaries and Eeonomy—Commisstoners Kelty, Hal- sted, Vermilye, Wetmore, Waker, Wickham, ‘Bell, Jellifie and Beardslee, A SMALLER BOARD OF EDUCATION NEF é New Yous, Jan. 11, 1879, To rue Eprfor ov tan Hewatp:— I wish to say a word in relation to the new School Dill just introduced in the Senate by Mr. Goebel. ‘This bill provides for the appointsent of three ad- ditional commissioners of common schools for the city and county of New York, thus increasing th» Board of Education’ to twenty-four members, ‘This is a decidedly: impracticable movement, and would be highly detrimental to school interesis, ‘The Board is now too large, aud much of its inefii- cicucy is due to this cause—wrangling and conse- quont inaction, due largely to not being posted in school work, A sinall board of eight commissioners would be moré efficient and their councils more har- monious; school interests would thereby be moro eiiciently conserved. ‘This would give one commis. sioner to cach district, who would be obliged to re- sie in the district, and thus be within a convenient distance of parents and teachers who might desire to consult him. The members of the present Bourd are nnequally distributed. it appears | from the statement’ of Trustee Limbeck, of the Eleventh ward, that there is in one uptown ward nine commissions He further says that it is aafe to say that “itcen conrmasioners live in one school dix trict. can the interests of the schools be properly cared for under these cireums ancvs? } i believe if we had # paid commirsion of five, doing | away With local boars, aud (hese officers devouing | their entire time to their duties, omple means for sanitary fiuprovemoents md school room for the thouvands ot children now in the street could be provided within the present aunudl appropriation of moneys ior school purposes, This move would reach the root of the evil, and a radical cure of the evils atiending school mismanagement would be effected. President Wood, of the Bonrd ot Raucation, in on Tecord ws approving of this xeeteet: ‘as you will per- ont ceive from the following ineid November 12, 1877, by special appointment Drs, Frauk H. Mazuflton and PD. B. St. John Roosa, now President of the State Medical Society, had an inter- view with the president in his office at the Boerd of Education. Thero were present Commissioners Will- jam H. Wickham and Isauc Beli. The object of the in- terview to get dent Woods’ influence to have a physician in the Board of Education. This Mr. Wood highly approved of, assigning cogent reasons why there should ® «medical mau in the Boerd, In the course of con- versation, in regard to the inefficiency of the present Board in relation to sant requirements of the schools, he (the president) wad “that for his ae he would be in favor of abolishing the Bowrd of Kducation and appointing a paid commirrion of five was band would be responsible; the present net. Your late inspe sion of the public schools is already. bearing fruit, as fs shown in the feverish activity all along the Hne—trustees’ Meetings, framing rules for everybody, princtpals, teachers, areata them- selves; reat activity in the flushing out of closets, rovords and reports of the thermometer, &e.; last, though not least, sweeping after school hours. unless these details are under the # i#ion of # competent officer of inspection, with authority from the central board, no permanent good can result from a 8] et Set fi oO} asda and sui only to loval direction and rules on * PhOURESS, ARREST OF A SCHOOL TEACHER. Mr. Wakeman, principal of‘ the public school at Woodsburg, L. L, was yesterday artusted and ar- raignod before Judge Mattnews, at Poersolis, charged with assattlt and battery upon a pupil, the son of Joseph Brower, The boy's legs are black and blue and he is considerably Jamed. Mr, Wakeman THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. Young the legs as he lay on the held him,” Mr, "Woke ave bonds to answer if indicted. tollow the matter to the " CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. EFFORTS OF THE BROOKLYN HEALTH DEPART+ MENT TO PREVENT CONTAGION IN THE SCHOOLS AND ELSEWHERE. The Brooklyn Board of Health, realizing the danger that lurks in contagious diseases, afid in consequence of the increase in the number of deaths frdin diphtheria aud scarlet fever, is exerting its utmost influence to prevent the spread of these maladies in the schools and cleewhere, The Board of Education of that city, in response to a request of the Health Board, passed a resolution prohibiting the attendance of any child at a public school who may be known to have a contagious disease or to live in a house wherein such disease is reported, until a certificate trom the Board of Health shall de- clare there is no longer danger from infection. The principals are requested to report daily to the Health epartment all such cases as may come under their observation. In ordcr to insuf the enforcement of this precautionary measure the sunitary authorities luavo prepared the draft of an ordinance for the en- actment by the Common Council regarding the mat- terof inspection of schools, and requiring the prin- cipals to report promptly all contagious diseases, under REN. Sanifary Superintendent Raymond called the atten- tion of the Health Board yesterday to the fact that two cases of scarlet fever had been reported to the principals of schools Nos. 16 and 19, aud yet children were found subsequently in attendance at seid schools who came trom the honses in whiclthe dis- ease was prevalent. ‘The Superintendent also sent in a communication in relation to the carrying. of bun- les of soiled clothes and bedding on’ public cara throngh the city. The practice, he says, cannot be too strongly condemned, as in. this way diseases are spread. Conductors were requested to compel such packages to be. carried, if taken on the cars, on the front platform, Another caso to which attention “was called = was that of a storekecper and paper carrier on Flatbush avenue, ‘This wan had a child sick with scarlet fever from December 31 till January 11, when the patient died, During that period the store had been kept open, and the business had been carried om, to the great danger of customers. ‘The physician in attend- ance had failed to notify the authorities, but when their attention was calied to the case by a citizen they at once mae ‘Lhe physician will be prosecuted by tho Board. 2 the week ending January 4 there were 90 cases wet fever reported in Brooklyn, of which 8 proved fatal,, The cases of diphtheria reported for that week were 43, and the deaths theretzom were 16, During theweck ending Janvary 11 there were 67 cases of scarlet fever reported und 15 deaths; of diphtheria there were 49 cases and 17 deaths. n. Mattison, one of Corps of Sanitary Inspectors, stated yesterday afternoon that five schools had been, reported to him that day in which children were at- tending from injected houses, INTERNATIONAL FISHERY EXHIBITION, An Internationsl Fishery Exhibition will be held at Berlix in the month of April, 1880, under the petronage of His Imperial and Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The following is a list of the ofiicers and coinmittees already appointed :— Honorary President—Dr. Fricdenthal, His Prussian Majesty's Minister of Agriculture. Committec of the German Fishery Society,—F. Von Benr, M. P,, president; G. Von Bunsen, M. P., vice president; Dr. Peters, Professor at the University, Berlin, vice president; Baron Baumbach, of tho Forest Department; M. Vou dem Borne, of Berneu- chen, near Wusterwitz; Dannemann, of the Board of Agriculture; Dr. Dohrn, M. Yown Couucillor, Stettin; Eckardt, of Libbinchen. nearGuben; VonErx- leben, of Selbelung, near Panlinen-Aue; Fastevau, of the Board of Agriculture; Friedel, ‘own Councillor, Berlin; Greiff, M. P., Chief Secretary to the Board of Education, &c.; Dr. Hermos, Director of the Aquarium, Berlin; Marcard, Chiet secretary to tho Bourd of ‘iculture; Von St. Paul IL , of Fischbach, Silesia, Commander I, N.; Schulze, of the Board of Revenues; Dr. Virchow, M. P., Professor of at tho University, Berlin, and Dr. Wittmack, Keeper of the Agricultural Museum, Berlin, ROSPECTUS. Aquatic Aninua's reserved in alcohol or repre- ite, Ke. salted, smoked, pulverized, preserved in ting, &¢.; the various stages of prepara: tion to be shown. In particular the following are desircd:—A. Sponges, in their natural state and prepared for use, shown according to their various xpecivs and local- ities. B. Corals, in their natural state and prep:red for use. C. Mollusca; oysters, samples of shells from the most famous Toculities, anutomy ot the oyster inenlarged proportions; shelis ot all sorts, pearl shells, mother of peerl, manuiactured; pearls, sorted according to their value; imitation of pearl, river pearl shells; mother of pearl, from the same. D. starfish, stella marina, se. urchins. K. Worms. F. Insects (chrysalides of insects, as de- stroyers of spawn or us {ood for fish), G. Crus- tacea;. various species of crawfish. H. Fish ot all kinds aud of all zones. I. Amphibious aninials, tortoises, turtles, terapins, <c. tore toise. shells in different stages of preparation up to the comb or Loule furniture (for comparigon's sake, also counterfeit tortoise shell); salamanders, frogs {rpawa of frogs), snakes (skins of suakes), K. Aquati rds (all soris Of birds detrimental to fishing, sex- gulls, herons, cormorants, &e.) I. Mammalia (seals, whales) and manufactured articles trom the sume; mammaiia detrimental to fresh water fish. 3. All kinds of prodicts manutactured from aqua- tic animais. Class I1,—Fishing, A. Fishing gear of every kind and from ev country, or models thereof. B. Fishing craft of all , in models and entations, CO. Fishing tac and netting in different stayes of preparation. D. Machinery and inplements used for working up the raw material. : Class 111.—Pisciculture, ‘A. Hatching apparatus in operation. All kinds of appliauces and implements for the artificial breeding of fish, crabs and shells, oxes for conveyance of try, &c. 8. Mouels or drawings of well known brovd- ing institutions. C. Mocels or drawings of appli- ances for protecting or periecting aquatic ani- mule (salmon ladders, &e.) D, Aquaria of oll sorts. E. illustrations of the development of some of the most important species, such us oysters, salmon, herring, crawfish, <ec., shown in their various periods of growth, pa Class Appliances in use for keeping and conveying freshiy caught aquatic animals. Also working models of such appliances, Conveyance of freshly canght fish by railway. Class V. Models and other representations of appliances in ‘use for the preparation and preservation, by drying, salting, smoking, &c., of the produce of tisheries tor commercial purposes (smoking houses, &e.) and vor household purposes ep Mt a fish dishes, &.) Mase V1. Models of fishermen’s dwellings and costumes; also of fishing implemeuts, not included in the tore- going classes. Class V—Scventifie Anveatigations Regarding the Stock of F Physico-chemical researches; investigation of the bottom of the sea and lakes, shown by samples aquatic plants in relation to fishing, herburia, &.; researches into aquatic fuuna (animals of the sub- ordinate classes promerved in alcohol or prepared, &c.); apparatus and implements used in such re- searches, Class V1IIT.—History of Fishing. Implements of fishing, originial ov in ne- tions trom the oldest times downward; also models, pictures, seals, emblems of ancient fishermen’s guilds, xe. Class 1, Alive or stuffed, sented in pictures, 2. Prepared or dri Class LY, Literature, statistics of fixiery, maps showing the geographical distribution ot fish, CONDITIONS OF THE EXHIBITION. 1, Persons willy to exhibit shouid apply by kt tor, before January 1, 1490, to the comyittee of the German Fishery Society, which will decide on the admission of the objects announced for exhibition. ‘Tue application shouid ‘state the claws, aecording to the above prospecte, and the amount and deserip- tow u of spice required (whether on wails, floors or 2. The committeo of the German Fishery Society will dotray all expenses connected with. the general = aud the fiturnal arrangement of the ex- tion. 4. Objects accepted for exhibition should be sent to Berlin, free of charge, during the month of March, the co:nmittee undertaking the expense of carriage from the Berlin Railway termini to the building ot the Exhibition, The exact date and aldroas will be communicated later. Perishable objocts will be ac- ce; during the course of the Exhibition only, ‘The committee will watch over the safety of all objects; without however holding itself responsible for losses or injurivs by accideut or robbery or fire, &c. On application the comunittes will cause objects to be insured againat fire at its own expense, 5. After the clove of the exhibition all objects will be returned to the exhibitors free of charge, the com- mittee defraying all expenves, with tho exception of shubie articles, which will be disposed of at Borin ir accordance with sueh undorstandigig asthe commitioe may enter into with the exhil 6. The public will be informed in a later com- munication whethor an’ abatement. of freights has beon obtained and Whether prizes will be awarded, 7. All olijects siiould, vo fur as roi with the oxhibitor’# namo and |. Th onwes Whore it is desired that they should be at the clone of the exhibition an exact list must be tor- warded to the committee. BAYARD TAYLOW’S BEMAINS. Tho Gesang Verein, rang Abt, Schucler and other Gorman singing socletios of this city haye sent a unication to Alderman Morris requesting tho the Governor's Room having the of Bayard a Ne in ie in this city, itis proposed to have Hali Park, Upon its arrive # solemn ditwe sung ia the City roceeded to disinfect and fumigate the | CAPTAIN: BOYTON AFLOAT. The Plucky Swimmer Makes a Trip Up the East River. CAPTURED BY THE CONVICT GUARD. General Exeltement Caused by the Appearance of the Rubber. Suit. ‘The fact that Ceptain Paul Boyton was to make « trip up the East River yesterday in his new lite- saving suit was kept a profound sccret. But somehow or other the matter leaked out that the Captain would make a voyage from the Battery to Hunter's Point in the afternoon, and Castle Garden, was be- sieged by a gaping, eager, jostling fcrowd of men and boys long before noon. Inside the Gar- den end on the emigrant pier stood “Nan,” the news- boy, asilver medal shining upon his breast, while © ranged beside him with more humble bearing were his two faithful comrades, Gilbert Long and Edward Kelly. On the other sideof the little group was Cap- tain Jack Hussy, his breast,covered with golden tokens of bravery, and a proud smile illuminating his weather-beaten countenance, At half-past twelve o'clock Boyton retired to asmall ‘room and after s few moments appeared dressed in a rubber suit made purposely to voyage on the River Volga and other long Prussian rivers. It dif fered from the old suits in several points. Instead of having only one compartment in the legs they were divided into two separate air chambers, front and back. This was ; done to avoid the sagging down of the lower limbs in the water, At the back of the suit was a wide rubber flange or leppel, which hung down like the broud trils of acoat, This flange is turned upward when in the water so that it forms an axcellent keel and also protects the back of the suit from being cut by rocks or gravel beds, Hung aronnd his neck was a formidable looking jeshark knife, and depending from this was a bottie which bore a mysterious inscription. To the re- porter it appeared to very much resemble the word “brandy.” The suit was of Para rubber, an eighth of an inch thick, the whole weighing when dry about thirty pounds. "In his hand he carried a delicately formed double-blated ash paddle. “clleas hg. way, yelled the Captein promptly # one o'clock, and the dense crowd parted for a moment as Paul Boyton darted down to.the edge of the dock and looked over. f “NZERING THE WATER. Then he inflated the sir chambers through the numerous tubes that hung from the dress, and, standing perfectly ercet, with a little toss of the head he plunged in to the stream, saying, ‘‘Here goes for the baptism of the new suit.” — The dive was mado aml much applanse, although many were evidently nervous for the safety of the Captain. A handsome silk nsatiogal emblem was unfurled, and, wi'h a quick movement, fastened to a braxe socket strapped to his. foot. ‘This is the flag he carried through many a long Kuropean riyer and which he bore down the Seine-to Paris. “Well, boys, I'm off; goodby,” said Cuptain Boy- ton, paddting uway vigorously.’ In an instant the air was reut with three cheers for the courageous American, who was rapidly floating around tho Battery toward the East River. At the Battery dock a bost put out to accompany Boyton. The Captain pulled ont into the middle of tho stream, and was soon rocking and tossing on the heavy tide swelis, Along the river front could be seu crowds of excited people, rushing trom dock to dock, straining their eyes at the novel sight which presented itself, At Fulton ferry the steam- boat la stopped in the middle of tho river, and, after a deafening salute from her whistle, the Ceptein was greeted with wild applause und cheers by the crowd of pusse! on board, Tho honors were so emphatic in ase that Captain Boyton stood upright in the er, and, after saluting with his paddle, waved the flag three times above: his head, while the workmen on the Brooklyn Bpidge looked down ayhust at the curious sight prestuted below. At twenty minutes past one o'clock the bridge was passed, and the rest of bis journey to Hunter's Point was « grund ovatiow from tho steamboats, sailing vessels and people on shore who waved bright hued handkerchie.s incessantly. At Hunter's Point a large crowd had taken up every available foot of space on the outlying piers. ‘The swimmer at this point was carried by the swilt current to the New York side ut pilgeaiog oe of speed, and cheers and yells were “4 from both sides of the river as Boyton could be seen making efforts to keep himself trom, being driven by the rapid current against the rocks of pts reef at the south end of Blackwell’ land, tain passed the threatening reefs in safety. BROUGNT TO FOR EXAMINATION. ‘When opposite. Blackwell's Island the Captain began shore, when suddenly the guardboat d the voyager was bailed by a striped con- vict with, “Hullo, there! Who the devil are you, aud what are you driving at?” “ “I'm on alittle pleasure trip and expect to go ore presently.” You do. ch! Well, I guess so, And‘ what's more, You can’t play any root: + you'll on mi ‘The Captain good humoredly started at a. ~— pace towurd the New York side, but the guard. bont shot in front of him, and, before he was aware of it, he found himself being headed off asa prisoner. On the New York shore everything was contusion and excitement, the Pegnie-oritenay believing that an escaping convict hat captured, and expecting to see & conflict take place, But the thrilling battle did not oceur, for the Captain amilingly accompenied the boat to land, where he was instantly recoguiged, and the sterness and gruff manners of the guard changed to politencas and apology. . A few minutes before four o’clock the crowd which lined the river at Hunter's Point cat ght wight of the bobbing flag and gleaming peddies of the indomitable swimmer, and al the flags were dipped, while tho une ashore bere. littie speck on the water swayed its colors with a yim. When a fow hundred yards off @ torpedo rocket was sent up from the land- ing glace, and exploded in the air with a terrific report. Capiain Boyton seized his colors, and, standing up in the water, he clembered on to acake of icvghat cracked beneath his weight. Then he uncorked the bottie strung around his neck and took # long and hearty drink, while the multitude on shore applauded with cheers and yells. THE RETURN DOWN. At ten minutes past four o'clock the voyage was continued, and the Captain set out smoking a cigar amid the cries of ‘Bravo, Boyton, bravo.” Tunis | Roe 'S' stsainer ‘panned “but aipped’ tte "aag: sud | Not a steamer rn ir blew its whistle in Me the oocasion. When just under the Brooklyn Bridge the silken fleg, which had frozen stiff, was torn irom its staff by the heavy wind on the river, ‘The silk col- ora dropped into the water and were chased down stream and captured directly ip front of the landing ier, Dover dock, which wag crowded by at least 000 persons. A et was ed = from duck to the floating msn, who stecred out ate mo Hyer when, te ernie ey to Captain Boyton tanded on the dock pe om the uve of his paddic, but covered with ie He then crossed over South strect and returned to his hotel, When stripped in his room he was found to be, instead ot cold and numb, very much heated, the exertion having raised the temperature ot his body two degrees exbove the normal state, Yo the Hzna.p reporter Captain Boynton said that he enjoyed his trip very much, but spoke in deprecu- tory terms of the river currents above Williamsburg. | He is delighted with the trial of his now suit for loug voyaging and said that he contem taking @ trip from the head waters of the St. Lawrence, down throngh the lakes to the gulf. COLLISION ON THE EAST RIVER. ene CABIN OF THE GRREENPOINT FERRYDOAT STOVB IN BY THE SHADY SIDE. A serious collixion took place yesterday morning, shortly after sevon o'clock, on the East River, in front of Greenpoint, between tile ferryboat of that name and the Morrisania steamer Shady Sido. ‘The latter vossel left her uptown berth at seven o'clock for Peck slip and way stopping places with some two hundred passengers. Abreast of Greenpoint the ferryboat bearing that narme appeared crossing the path of the Shady Side, Both boats were going ahead at full speed, and before oilicers or passengers could realize the er hey had struck heavily, The Greenpoint, ‘wi ui between two and three hundred people on poard at the time, received the blow ami:l- ships between the wheelhouse and the uarter, the Shady Side striking bows on. blow stuve in wbout eighteen feet of the Green- point’s bulwarks, tearing up and pushing before it aa inany seate of the line ranged under the cabin win- dows. Fortunately the passengers were able to yet out of the way, #0 that nobody was hurt. ‘The vessel continued her trips during the day. The tured by her will pro! reach $800 or 8900, injury to the Bhi Sido is more serious, Her oo uards were cartied away as far aft as the whee: ours, ond her cutwater showed a rent down to near the water line, ‘The repairs will cost about $2,000, Mr, Edward 8. Knupp, managing director of the Grecnpoint said that his ey Moe aad the pilot of the Greenpoint, Mr. Eli! ‘ker, from oll viene he matter, Mr. Barker has been no auswor, aud ted the gual ana got no Ne, He then noticed + man get out of @ chair in the pilot house on the Shady side take hold ot the wavel, but too late to prevent @ collision,