The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-23

CaibTf ats ~ 0ifRfiteid. 70
Bydrosuph rate 81 sodium. ........ 245
Organic matter ..........+...,,,... 81
o.s Carbonic scil. i. cubic i ches S.s7i
'ase' sulphurased hydrogen. 1854
Total cubic inches. MANN. .............4 40 ass
6ps cula5irg capitalists, desiring good invet menss
for rucney, wonli, without exiortion, end 10 Avon
springs ai,ne ii wealth fer surusssing Cs Orna or
Australia. for facilities ef collection cad the amount
to be realised. AL,QuIa.
Avcn Springs.
Avon Srs,sGs, LIVINGSTON Co.
N. Y. August Il, 1863.
Gyea: REshat Niagara Character II me E1eis-
-iooaie P'rasurss--C Gossip aid a Masquerade,
&c. Sc.
Leaving Cincinnati last week, where the heat was
intensely oppressive, ! made my way 10 Niagara,
aupposing that would find there at least one cool
spot iof breathing, refreshing, getting dry, aad
making toilet worthy Of the pcc Of the gasiidious;
but it was decided mistake The mercury rose to 81
and g. the winds Jailed to guietness aad sleep,
the poured down in unrestricted fury, and all the
elemeL Is OF sarh and heaven combined to make that
usually cecil and lovely spot torment to existence
had supposed that IL there was one cool spot on
the earth in this latitude it would be Niagara but
The only pleasant place TO be fouud was the tower
on Goat Island, which was thFopged from morning
Until night
Nor was IL any better at the hotels. The only
place where I felt ike stopping was the Iuter-
national, the magnificent new hotel of Mr.. Chuds-
Yet spacious as it il, he was unable to give me
place wherein to lay my head. l was, however,
fed like prince, but lett the very earliest train
OF The fine broad gagged road from the Falls TO
Capendsgua and Elm,m
Although there was an extraordinary press OF
company at Niagara, saw very few Of the elae 1t
that the people ont this season; the great
"unwashed masscs'' as they have been called; the
people who make the railroads, who build tho TEN.
pies, foat the mighty ships Of the Gen, conduct
trade az commerce, who sell tape" you please
or groceries, or make sboes-a!l who work and add
10 the real value ci eath-this peculiarly the
year CT the people, The great exhibition Of 'iaver-
sci industry was not designed as o market Tor :he
dast ngue alone. 1t belongs to the mighty people.
ard they food right earnestly all the avenues Of
approach to New York, as If determined to upset
the exchange tables OF ell the self styled and self
constituted, az show that n man is q man just in
ratio OF bis mighty thoughts glorious deeds. And
yorr correspondent says, Amen!
soon found myself at Avon Springs, trying to get
to sleep on the floor in one OF the par'ors. Good
heavens, how many people this year!" Every
thing was full. came with no designs on the sui
phur wafer. az I'm rather afraid Of sulphur here
after in another form. Most OF those who come bers
seek the cool, quiet shades OF tie country and tho
freed.m If rural hapis. The Water and the drink
il thereof ore only preexts for dpxeas Of beautiful
ssHc$ AID ts0nr.
&c Fay Tia. arg place like Avon was dull would be
B!an1Cr. You may not meet there just Inc persons
VIXEN you would most wish 10 sec. Some may have
gone and others (estecally your sTeethealD may
lot have appeayed or reported themselves. But this
fna G.t IN SO wit hp n
abeuBds in gossip gossip enough every week to re-
pJo6uce Revcrics of Bachelor" " Bleak House,"
or the late novel called "A Thouaapd Of Brick" /
enjoy it exceedingly. " 'ickes IRE out Of al dignity.
You SIC hiIe squad sitting over yoI der al ther
beads knit closely together and some fellow just
Catching it, up enc side and down the other. They
arc not exactly putting him through, but they are
making very upmists keable filings ior IL. lie
may happen TO be jolly, easy, gootnatur ed, care!
less benevolent scrt Of fellow, and may have sort
Of general sympathy for everybody, and special in
terest IN each aiticuiar one but, Oh take care.
lie bad better not show il. The best thing for hin,
to do is to cit away OF, at the further end Of the
house by himse smoking eisurely and indiiierently,
the stump Of his segar Siih his feet cooked up, and
capable OF saying "yes' and "Do;' looking very
wise, and holding in utter contempt any such teacher
like, vulgar thing as communicating an idea. ladif-
ference is vast idea. Let him appear, really be,
as careless as flea about the thoughts or wishes Of
nothing that the most stupid cannot fully understand
let him give cunning look out Of tie windward
corner of his eye, COW and then-ost let him do any
thing but attempt to make hmscif agreeable" ard
he'll get the whole house into eyerish anxiety about
him. The ladies will love, and caress, and pet him
the men win peak Of his wondrous hidden powers
and The first thing you know, the world will be sta.
tied by some patrcnNing, anxious, delighted mstron
man that discovered thai The moon was not made Of
"green cheese" or .hy 1t was that pail Of water
was no heavier with sh in IT, Such fellow IS thu.
Is smart, or be could not stand back SO long
just to wait for the wagon" ia Father qiit the
world and take tree than live in such suspense.
But 80 j is. Human natures strange institution,
especially one half Of H. shall not farther desant
Of it ut the present wrising, and wish only that yoa
could get to one side with me nov and then end hear
the Colonel giving his 'spericBce." He's charac-
ter, absolute, original cratic, uncomfortable. la
fact, he's bachelor, is afrnii Of the "wimmen,"
never goes near them, but in the course OF his life
has gathered up yarn or two illustrating the uncer
tainty Of "yerthy ,hngs," and especially Of "love
affairs" But hi pct him in one corner, pho ophis.
ing aDxiOusly ss to whether it La "best to nave
epsnlettes or not to have epaoetes while tell you
Of our fancy masquerade.
We are not Yankees here; we eat no Goldfish for
dinner ON Saturday, and wait generally until Sunday
afternoon before we com nence keeping the Sabbath.
SO we had masquerade on Saturday night. ALI the
children in the hotel (and have been crcdbly in
formed by one Of the coolest inhabitants" that at
the last enumeration of them in the hotel there
q thousand and One) rugged themselves handsomely
for the OCCASION while few OF the old gentlemen
speed the scele with the agreeable" OF the scar
leaf Mr.. y. was capital Irish gentleman; his
tongue hung loose in ii centre, and lugubrious
ly through The trying scene If fabricated by the
genuine lye oil OF Ireland. Yet he had not seen the
"c1sthpr,' for he wears white cravat with meau
ing in 1t.
1t was extremely gratifying 10 me to SOC the newz
boy. lie was fine character. Just as awful calm
came on, and all were looking for something new, ia
popped the liale gentleman with big bundle of pa
pcTs under one arm, and several dates Of New York
HERALDs in the other. He sung out in his peculiar
tone, Here's the New York HERALD, gentlemen;
two cents copy: has steamers news; Queen Victo.
ria's got another -, DC; letters from all pats OF
Europe, Asia, and South America; the latss, and
most approved railroad accidents; and especially let
tcrs from the great Avon springs. Come up, gentle
men; roll up, gentlemen tumble up, walk uphold
on, there, old gent; don't break your neck; nov
stand hack; stand back, | say--firss cone, first
served" and soon he bad none left, when mas en-
sued because there were 70 IIEBALDs.
BY the way, the courly aud agreeable nice Mr..
Haght, OF New York. IL here. He gets the HERALD